Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round HB11 Energy raised.
Companies HB11 Energy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Warren McKenzie | Managing Director (former) · Founder | SmartCompany, RenewEconomy (Thu 17 Apr 2025), RenewEconomy (Fri 28 Apr 2023), @AuManufacturing |
| Heinrich Hora | Scientific Director | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming HB11 Energy. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A profile of fusion startup HB11 Energy, its collaborations, and founder Warren McKenzie's argument that Australia lacks a fusion strategy, pushing the company toward the US.
Feature on Australian capital moving into fusion energy: super fund Hostplus backs Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Foxglove Capital's Matt Bungey backs Type One, and startup HB11 Energy pursues laser proton-boron fusion locally.
RenewEconomy reports HB11 Energy's bilateral research deal with Spanish laser labs and mentions its earlier $560,000 grant from ARC for a fusion laser project with UNSW and other universities.
Deakin University's Institute for Frontier Materials received an ARC Linkage grant to work with HB11 Energy on proton-boron fusion and hydrogen storage; HB11 raised an oversubscribed pre-seed round in February 2021.
Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.