Startup · $2m raised
Brisbane, QLD
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Graphene Manufacturing Group raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Queensland Government | Grant | $2,000,000 |
Companies Graphene Manufacturing Group acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Nicol | Chief Executive Officer | Dealroom, @AuManufacturing (Tue 2 Apr 2024), @AuManufacturing (Thu 28 Mar 2024), @AuManufacturing (Wed 28 Feb 2024), @AuManufacturing (Fri 17 Nov 2023) |
| Jack Perkowski | Non-executive Chairman | Dealroom, @AuManufacturing (Thu 22 May 2025), @AuManufacturing (Fri 17 Nov 2023) |
| Lisa Roobottom | COO (former) | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming Graphene Manufacturing Group. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Brisbane clean-tech firm Graphene Manufacturing Group is issuing shares to a lone private backer for about US$10 million to lift graphene and battery output, with completion due about 23 September.
Brisbane graphene producer GMG has raised roughly C$5 million in a bought-deal share and warrant offering underwritten by Red Cloud Securities, with the money set to support operations and product development.
Brisbane graphene maker Turquoise Group has begun selling powder in bulk and is preparing an equity raise; a federal grant of $949,500 announced in January is funding its first commercial-scale facility.
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Graphene Manufacturing Group has approved early-works spending on a planned 10-tonne graphene plant in Brisbane, citing its March bought-deal financing of roughly $6.4 million as it prepares for a US listing.
Battery materials producer Alpha HPA advances its Gladstone precursor plant into alumina production, appoints two manufacturing general managers, and collects a further payment under its MMI-C grant, a tenth of which goes to Orica.
Brisbane battery developer Graphene Manufacturing Group has signed an agreement with the Queensland government for a grant worth as much as $2 million toward a planned pilot plant expected to create twelve jobs.
Also @AuManufacturing
Roundup of manufacturing briefs: Latrobe Magnesium's share placement, DroneShield and Cyclopharm results, Graphene Manufacturing Group's US OTCQX listing, an Electro Optic Systems dispute settlement, HEO London recruitment, and a green steel partnership.
Briefs roundup: Main Sequence adds Alison Deans as venture partner; Starpharma hands the CEO role to Cheryl Maley; DroneShield lands a $2.2 million repeat order; Q-CTRL will deliver quantum training with QUIN.
Graphene Manufacturing Group has closed a $3 million Series C, with Cuspis Capital contributing just over $1.7 million, ahead of a planned TSXV listing still subject to conditions.
Australian Research Council's final 2019 Linkage Project grant round awarded $35 million across 77 projects, including UNSW superalloy and battery-recycling work and University of Queensland graphene cathode research with industry partners.
An Australian manufacturing industry body is co-funding Gilmour Space's push for lighter rocket fuel tanks, matching the company's contribution, within a Queensland collaboration also involving a university and two materials firms.