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Geelong, VIC
Every published round ManuFutures 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, and a place in one of its own programs is under Cohorts.
Everyone ManuFutures has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
Companies ManuFutures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FormFlow | 19 Jan 2021, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Partington Advanced Engineering | 2018, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for ManuFutures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies ManuFutures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal ManuFutures did.
Stories naming ManuFutures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Sydney-based textile dyeing startup Xefco has raised a $10.5 million seed extension led by Main Sequence Ventures, including $2.5 million from Breakthrough Victoria, funding expansion of its water-free dyeing technology into Victoria.
Conflux Technology and Deakin's materials institute have launched a nine-month alloy development project for 3D-printed heat exchangers, backed by a $138,000 IMCRC grant; the piece also recalls Conflux's $8.5 million Series A.
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Deakin University and Li-S Energy will produce lithium-sulphur batteries in Geelong at a new $20 million facility; the startup recently raised over $20 million and plans a public listing.
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ManuFutures, an incubator run from Deakin University, has received federal money to build an export program for its advanced-manufacturing tenants, of which there are currently eleven.
A Geelong joint venture between Deakin University and the Australian Innovation Center aims to scale boron nitride nanotube production, backed by a federal manufacturing grant, and has moved into the ManuFutures hub with other startups.