Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and Minister for Water, Queensland Government · angel in 1 deal
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO and General Partner (former) | Fund WA | Startup News (WA) (Thu 30 Nov 2023), Startup News (WA) (Thu 21 Sep 2023) |
| General Partner (former) | Fund WA | Startup News (WA) (Sun 20 Aug 2023), Startup News (WA) (Tue 21 Feb 2023) |
| Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and Minister for Water | Queensland Government | Defence Connect, @AuManufacturing (Tue 28 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 28 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 8 Apr 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 16 May 2023), @AuManufacturing (Wed 15 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 14 Jun 2022), @AuManufacturing (Wed 8 Jun 2022), @AuManufacturing (Thu 10 Mar 2022), @AuManufacturing (Wed 23 Jun 2021), @AuManufacturing (Fri 11 Jun 2021), @AuManufacturing (Fri 17 Jul 2020) |
Every published round Glenn Butcher 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.
Companies Glenn Butcher has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGA Thermal | 2 Aug 2021, Series A | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Glenn Butcher, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Glenn Butcher has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Glenn Butcher did.
Stories naming Glenn Butcher. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Elexon has opened a larger electronics facility after a fire, with a state minister highlighting the government's $890,000 grant that helped the Queensland manufacturer expand capacity, cut costs and create jobs.
A Brisbane dessert maker has opened a highly automated factory, with robotics built by Mexx Engineering and a $2.5m Queensland government grant funding the equipment, adding 56 roles by 2026.
Electronics maker Elexon Group has reopened in Brendale, Brisbane, nine months after a fire destroyed its factories, touting a rebuilt Industry 4.0 facility; a state minister recalls an $890,000 government grant aiding the recovery.
Mackay pipe-welding firm Key Solutions Group receives a $500,000 Queensland Government manufacturing grant to buy robotic welding equipment, expanding capacity and creating as many as eight jobs.
InterEarth, a Western Australian biomass carbon storage venture, has drawn investment from Fund WA — its third deal — alongside Counteract and Foxglove Capital, and is working with Nasdaq-owned carbon registry Puro.earth.
FundWA has backed Perth medtech VitalTrace as the second deal from its debut fund. The biosensor startup's co-founders took out a 2021 WA Innovator of the Year award.
A newly established West Australian venture fund has made its maiden startup investment, backing a telehealth platform founded by three WA entrepreneurs; the fund itself operates with support from a state government grant.
Roundup of manufacturing news: a naval ship delivery, a packaging firm's guidance downgrade, low carbon grants for nine Victorian manufacturers, a Queensland grant, an executive appointment, a truck safety launch, and a US distribution deal.
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Western Australia's government has selected three forming local early-stage venture funds, Purpose Ventures, Fund WA and Quokka Capital, for 100,000 dollars each in matched operational funding under its WAVES pilot.
Queensland's Made In Queensland program has granted roughly $1.1 million to two Toowoomba manufacturers: Obadare Group receives $937,000 to build whole rigs, and Tanuki gets $198,849 for automated packaging equipment.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing briefs: ZoneRV wins a Queensland grant, CLS and ARM Hub build a laundry robot prototype, Traffic Technologies lands a street-light order, Conflux launches a cooler, and UNSW unveils a solar car.
Two Bundaberg manufacturers have received Queensland government grants: NewFresh Foods $1.91m for crop-extraction machinery, and Aletek $1.36m for a laser scanner and CNC machines, under the Made in Queensland program.
Queensland's state government has granted a combined $840,000 to three regional manufacturers — Fabricator Engineering Industries Australia, TEi Services and Moduline — under its Manufacturing Hubs Grant Program, funding equipment purchases and digital development.
Three far north Queensland manufacturers have received grants totalling $930,000 under Queensland's Manufacturing Hubs Grant Program, funding equipment purchases expected to lift production and create new jobs.
Brisbane electronics maker Elexon Electronics has opened an automated Industry 4.0 factory, backed by a Queensland Government grant, to chase aerospace and defence work and help bring electronics production onshore.