Dr Heba Khamis: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO · Founder	Contactile	Startup Daily (Mon 23 Jun 2025), contactile.com (Mon 23 Jun 2025), @AuManufacturing (Mon 16 Jun 2025), contactile.com (Thu 12 Jun 2025), @AuManufacturing (Thu 12 Jun 2025), @AuManufacturing (Wed 4 May 2022), Startup Daily (Tue 28 Jul 2020)

Coverage

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

Grant

Robotics company Contactile says new grant will help it get a grip globally

Contactile, a Sydney robotics firm, has received a federal Industry Growth Program commercialisation grant to launch its tactile-enabled gripper internationally; the grant size was not disclosed.

@AuManufacturing Thu 12 Jun 2025 Contactile University College Dublin UNSW Sydney Industry Growth Program Ben Xia Dr Heba Khamis Dr Stephen Redmond

Also contactile.com·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·contactile.com

Seed $3.5m

$US 2.5 million seed round for Sydney sensor maker

@AuManufacturing Wed 4 May 2022 Contactile MYOB University of NSW Flying Fox Ventures Radar Ventures True Ventures UNSW Founders Benjamin Xia Dr Heba Khamis Dr Stephen Redmond

7 deals

UNSW is putting $140,000 behind 7 startups as it prepares to ramp up their growth

UNSW Founders' accelerator has invested $20,000 each in seven startups chosen for its 2020 10x cohort, selected from 75 applicants, with alumni Tiliter and InsideSherpa cited as program successes.

Also Startup Daily·Nightingale Partners

Dr Heba Khamis

Roles

Coverage

Robotics company Contactile says new grant will help it get a grip globally

$US 2.5 million seed round for Sydney sensor maker

UNSW is putting $140,000 behind 7 startups as it prepares to ramp up their growth