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| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Liu | Executive Director (former) | @AuManufacturing |
| Gary Walsh | Senior Design Engineer (former) | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming Ford. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
AuManufacturing roundup of brief industry news: Wide Open Agriculture banks a $7.5 million raise, Liontown adds a lithium offtake partner, Osteopore signs Zimmer Biomet for distribution, plus quantum, defence, rail and recycling items.
Ten13 announces it led Cartelux's Series A alongside co-investor QIC, outlining the digital retail-marketing platform's founder Josh Williams, its automotive brand customers, traction across ten countries, and its global Google partnership.
Roundup: Arafura Rare Earths banks $25m for its rare earths project; Incitec Pivot, Electro Optic Systems and Alpha HPA announce leadership changes; Titomic extends its MD's contract; Cobram Estate grows US olive output.
Weekly roundup covering five Australian startups that announced a combined $58.5 million in new funding, spanning quantum computing, advertising software, mining safety technology and event rental software, alongside government grant programs.
Briefs roundup: space capability database launching, IDT's shareholder plan after a $5m placement, Orthocell's R&D tax refund, Ford job cuts, steel output figures, and a gate safety warning.
The Geelong wheel maker reports progress on its planned merger with a US SPAC and American listing, including audit work, new programmes and an estimated funding need, but no money has yet been raised.
Climate Energy Finance analysts review Australian federal and state programs backing critical minerals projects, covering government grants, low-cost loans, new budget funds and the private equity raises and debt facilities they catalysed.
TechCrunch's Daily Crunch roundup covering Musk's Twitter purchase and Apple's fees, Zillow layoffs, LatticeFlow and OTI raises, Square Peg's fund close, and Argo AI's shutdown.
Also Startup Daily
Profile of Carbon Revolution's automated Mega-line expansion at its Geelong factory, noting the carbon fibre wheel maker's $95 million April raise, FY21 loss, and wheel selections by Ferrari, Ford, Renault and GM.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Hemideina's $10 million raise, ARENA funding an electric bus fleet trial, Pure Hydrogen taking a stake in H2X, plus updates on Carbon Revolution, Li-S Energy and Lynas.
Hydrogen vehicle maker H2X, renamed H2X Global, claims fresh backing from Liberty Energy Capital and a significant raise, while its plans to build fuel cell vehicles in Australia remain uncertain.
Transport newsletter rounding up recent deals: raises at Zoomo, Einride, Firefly, Solid Power, Youibot and Kneron, Kneron's purchase of Vatics, a Firefly secondary sale, plus policy, launches and event news.
Profile of TST, an Australian-Singaporean composites company commercialising the D4 forming process for helmets, covering its defence research origins and an Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre grant backing its motorcycle helmet work.
Carbon Revolution, a Geelong carbon fibre wheel maker, announced plans to raise $95 million for a new mega production line, reported Q3 FY21 growth, and disclosed OEM program agreements including electric vehicle work.
Gary Walsh argues Australia must commercialise new materials like BNNTs, describing his company's licence with Deakin University, a federal government manufacturing grant, and PPK Group's co-funding of the technology.
A weekly roundup reporting several Australian and New Zealand startup raises, including Circle In, Equiem, HealthChase, RateIt, Swoop Aero and Tell Me Baby, plus startup funding via Mars and Antler programs.
Fifteen companies received defence innovation grants totalling $28 million through the Defence Innovation Hub, including Carbon Revolution for Chinook helicopter wheels; the Geelong firm also completed a convertible note raising in June.
Also @AuManufacturing
An electric truck developer ran range testing on a Ford-based vehicle at a US facility, reported strong results, and signed a training agreement with a Victorian TAFE while expanding local manufacturing.
Ford has bought San Francisco scooter company Spin, reportedly for about US$100 million, under two years after launch. The piece recalls Spin's 2017 Series A and Y Combinator backing, plus Lime's Uber-backed round.