Dr Gerry Swiegers: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
	ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science	@AuManufacturing, RenewEconomy
CTO (former) · Founder	Hysata	uow.edu.au, Virescent Ventures, @AuManufacturing (Thu 9 May 2024), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Tue 2 Aug 2022), @AuManufacturing (Fri 25 Mar 2022)
Professor	University of Wollongong	@AuManufacturing (Thu 9 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 2 Aug 2022), @AuManufacturing (Fri 25 Mar 2022), Virescent Ventures portfolio

Coverage

Stories naming Dr Gerry Swiegers. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Funding announcement

Hysata to scale UOW clean energy innovation with $49M ARENA funding

Hysata has received an ARENA grant of up to $49 million to build a commercial-scale electrolyser manufacturing line at Port Kembla, with UOW and TAFE NSW Illawarra supporting workforce training around the project.

uow.edu.au Fri 18 Sep 2026 Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Hysata TAFE NSW Illawarra University of Wollongong Dr Gerry Swiegers Professor G.Q. Max Lu AO Dr Paul Barrett

Series B $172m

Fireside Chat: Hysata – Defying hydrogen's hype cycle

Virescent Ventures partner Blair Pritchard reflects on Hysata, the Wollongong electrolyser spinout whose $172 million Series B he led, covering its technology, culture, customers and the green hydrogen market outlook.

Virescent Ventures Thu 9 May 2024 Hysata Advisian Apple Clean Energy Finance Corporation University of Wollongong Virescent Ventures Alex Oppes Blair Pritchard Dr Gerry Swiegers Dr Paul Barrett

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·Forbes Australia·RenewEconomy·SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·@AuManufacturing·commbank.com.au·australianmanufacturing.com.au·Crunchbase News

Unnamed stage $5m

CEFC makes first hydrogen-related investment, alongside lead investor IP Group

Electrolyser developer Hysata has raised $5 million, led by IP Group with a $750,000 commitment from the CEFC through its Clean Energy Innovation Fund, to commercialise technology developed at the University of Wollongong.

Virescent Ventures Thu 17 Jun 2021 Hysata Advisian Australian Government Clean Energy Finance Corporation Clean Energy Innovation Fund Go8 Universities University of Wollongong Worley IP Group Australia Ben Gust Dr Gerry Swiegers Ian Learmonth Michael Molinari Dr Paul Barrett

Also RenewEconomy·@AuManufacturing·RenewEconomy·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

Dr Gerry Swiegers

Roles

Coverage

Hysata to scale UOW clean energy innovation with $49M ARENA funding

Fireside Chat: Hysata – Defying hydrogen's hype cycle

CEFC makes first hydrogen-related investment, alongside lead investor IP Group