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Fine Structure Ventures

Disclosed deals

Every published round Fine Structure Ventures took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Gilmour Space	Series C	30 Jun 2021	$75m	Lead	NRF Corporation Queensland Government QIC Ventures Hostplus NGS Super Blackbird Ventures Main Sequence Ventures HESTA	Startup Daily (Wed 30 Jul 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 29 Jul 2025), Startup Daily (Fri 16 May 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 16 May 2025), Startup Daily (Mon 24 Feb 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 23 Feb 2024), Startup Daily (Mon 19 Feb 2024), SmartCompany (Mon 19 Feb 2024), @AuManufacturing (Fri 11 Aug 2023), Startup Daily (Tue 20 Sep 2022), @AuManufacturing (Tue 20 Jul 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 5 Jul 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 2 Jul 2021), SmartCompany (Thu 1 Jul 2021), SmartCompany (Wed 30 Jun 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 30 Jun 2021), TechCrunch Australia, @AuManufacturing (Wed 30 Jun 2021), Blackbird Ventures portfolio

Portfolio

Companies Fine Structure Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Gilmour Space		30 Jun 2021, Series C	1	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Fine Structure Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Fine Structure Ventures yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Fine Structure Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Fine Structure Ventures did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Fine Structure Ventures is recorded as having been acquired.

Name	Role	Sources
Brett Rome	Managing Partner	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing

Coverage

Stories naming Fine Structure Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

12 deals

The Week in Agrifoodtech: new investments in alternative fat, Kroger buying Albertsons, Beyond Meat cuts 200 jobs

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding rounds for alternative fat and agtech startups, acquisitions including Kroger's purchase of Albertsons, and other sector news such as Beyond Meat's job cuts.

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Ignition Lane Weekly Wrap: Australian space takes off, edtech learnings, Facebook hits $1 trillion

Weekly roundup reporting Gilmour Space's raise, several startup funding rounds, KKR's Education Perfect deal, ASX listings, new funds from Accel and the Albert family, and global tech listings and acquisitions.

Also Forbes Australia

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As Gilmour Space secures $61 million, here are seven Aussie startups heading into orbit

SmartCompany surveys Australia's space tech sector as Gilmour Space lands a $61 million Series C, profiling players such as Fleet, Myriota and Space Machines and recalling Moonshot's incubator backing of eleven startups.

Also @AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

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A GIANT LEAP: Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space fires up with $61 million series C

Gold Coast rocket firm Gilmour Space raised a $61 million Series C led by Fine Structure Ventures, with Blackbird, Main Sequence and super funds taking part, ahead of a planned 2022 orbital launch.

Startup Daily Wed 30 Jun 2021 Gilmour Space CSIRO Fidelity Fleet Space Technologies Space Machines Company Blackbird Ventures Fine Structure Ventures HESTA Hostplus Main Sequence Ventures NGS Super Adam Gilmour Brett Rome David Elia James Gilmour Rick Baker

Also SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·TechCrunch Venture·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

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