Startup · $6.2m raised
Perth, WA
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round GridCognition raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Clean Energy Finance Corporation | Seed · Pre-seed | $625,000 |
| Australian Government | Grant | $1,000,000 |
| Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program | Grant | - |
| Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) | Grant | - |
| Afterwork Ventures | Seed | - |
| Alberts | Seed · Pre-seed | - |
| Ed McManus | Seed · Pre-seed | - |
| Free Electrons Accelerator Program | Accelerator | - |
| John Clifford | Seed | - |
| Kara Frederick | Seed · Pre-seed | - |
| Kara Fredericks | Seed | - |
| Startmate | Accelerator · Pre-seed | - |
| Albert Impact Capital | Pre-seed | - |
| Alex de Aboitiz | Pre-seed | - |
| Doug English | Pre-seed | - |
| Matt Allen | Pre-seed | - |
| Patrick Sieb | Pre-seed | - |
| Rayn Ong | Pre-seed | - |
| Simon Monk | Pre-seed | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list GridCognition, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Virescent Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies GridCognition 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ana Grulovic | Head of Finance | Startup News (WA) |
| David Koopmans | Chief Revenue Officer | Startup News (WA) (Tue 8 Feb 2022), Startup News (WA) (Tue 9 Nov 2021) |
| Dr James Barnard | Head of Data Science | Startup News (WA) |
| Fabian Le Gay Brereton | Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder (former) | gridcog.com (Tue 14 Jul 2026), Startup News (WA) (Tue 8 Feb 2022), Virescent Ventures portfolio, CEFC, Startup News (WA) (Tue 9 Nov 2021), Startup News (WA) (Fri 3 Sep 2021), Startup News (WA) (Thu 17 Dec 2020), Startup News (WA) (Thu 15 Oct 2020), gridcog.com (undated) |
| Pete Tickler | Chief Product Officer · Founder | Startup News (WA) (Tue 8 Feb 2022), Virescent Ventures portfolio, Startup News (WA) (Tue 9 Nov 2021), Startup News (WA) (Fri 3 Sep 2021), Startup News (WA) (Thu 17 Dec 2020) |
| Sam Thorogood | Chief Technology Officer | Startup News (WA) |
| Simone Guin | Global Marketing & Communication Manager | Startup News (WA) |
Stories naming GridCognition. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A Climate Salad community leader argues climate tech keeps booming, citing global investment data and listing recent raises by member startups FloodMapp, Gridcognition, Accurassi, Trace, Cecil and World's Biggest Garage Sale.
Energy software firm Grid Cognition has banked $2.25 million to support a British market entry, counting Ampol, Origin Energy and Ausnet among its customers, in news shared by its backer Alberts.
Also thewest.com.au
Energy software firm Gridcognition closed a $2.25 million seed round; CEFC committed $625,000 through its innovation fund alongside Alberts Impact Ventures, Afterwork Ventures and angel investors, taking total funding near $4 million.
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Energy software startup Gridcognition has closed a pre-seed round of $675,000 backed by Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Alberts and Startmate, announced on the investor's own site.
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Blackbird's year-end review covers its fourth fund announcement, investments in companies including See-Mode, Morse Micro and SafetyCulture, Startmate's climate cohort intakes, Mike Cannon-Brookes joining its board, and numerous team hires.
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Two WA startups, Gridcognition and Cass Materials, join other Australian companies pitching at Startmate's first remote demo day; the piece also recalls the founders' earlier sale of Greensense and Shell's takeover of ERM Power.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation's Innovation Fund pledges $300,000 towards Startmate's climate accelerator cohorts, while Gridcognition, Digital Agriculture Services and Cass Materials join the program's latest intake ahead of demo day.
Startmate reveals the startups joining its latest Melbourne cohort and its first New Zealand group, while discussing remote operations and new leadership appointments.