Startup · $102.2m raised
Adelaide, SA
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Micro-X Ltd raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| US Department of Homeland Security | Grant · Grant | $27,430,000 |
| Billion Prima | Grant | $900,000 |
| U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) | Grant | $25,300,000 |
| Varex Imaging Corporation | Unnamed stage | $7,500,000 |
| Australian Stroke Alliance | Grant | - |
| Medical Research Future Fund | Grant | $8,000,000 |
Companies Micro-X Ltd 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Skeats | Chief Operating Officer | @AuManufacturing (Sun 8 Dec 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 20 May 2024) |
| Dr Brian Gonzales | Chief Executive Officer | Dealroom, Forbes Australia, @AuManufacturing (Mon 24 Jul 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 26 Sep 2022) |
| Kingsley Hall | Chief Executive Officer (former) | Dealroom, @AuManufacturing (Mon 7 Jul 2025), @AuManufacturing (Sun 8 Dec 2024), @AuManufacturing (Fri 22 Mar 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 12 Mar 2024) |
| Peter Rowland | Managing Director | @AuManufacturing (Mon 19 Sep 2022), @AuManufacturing (Thu 23 Sep 2021), @AuManufacturing (Mon 1 Mar 2021), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Thu 14 May 2020) |
Stories naming Micro-X Ltd. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Micro-X has lined up A$8 million through convertible notes to advance Head CT work and the Rover launch, while installing Dr Brian Gonzales as CEO in place of departing Kingsley Hall and cutting costs.
Eight university- and company-led Australian quantum projects share $12.7 million in stage-two Critical Technologies Challenge Program grants, funding prototypes for data-centre cooling, medical imaging and rare-earth detection.
Micro-X's Head CT test bench produced its first 3D images, qualifying it for an MRFF progress payment, with US ARPA-H contracts worth $25 million announced this week supporting full-body CT development.
Podcast conversation marking ten years of cold-spray printer maker SPEE3D, its technology chief discussing the TitanSPEE3D printer for US defence needs, roughly 100 units shipped, and ambitions for off-world manufacturing.
Micro-X will trial its lightweight portable CT brain scanner at two hospitals this year; the Adelaide company's stroke technology was developed with $8 million in grant funding, as was rival EMVision's approach.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: OncoSil Medical's capital raising, an NT grant for a water monitoring project, GoZero's preferred supplier appointment, Micro-X's first Argus order, Aurora Labs' defence work, and Monash waste-recycling research.
Micro-X has released footage of its portable head scanner for diagnosing strokes in ambulances, built with $8 million flowing from a government grant to the Australian Stroke Alliance; EMVision is developing similar technology.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: DroneShield's Ukraine orders, CEO appointments at Bridgewest Perth Pharma and Sentinel Boats, SPC's community capital raise, LBT's underwritten raising, a university defence consortium, wine grants and new facilities.
Manufacturing briefs roundup: WA government commits $5m to space facility Fugro SpAARC; Starpharma and Micro-X receive R&D tax refunds; Bulla licenses Violet Crumble for ice cream; SCEE wins $50m in contracts.
Adelaide X-ray maker Micro-X has won US Homeland Security funding of up to $21 million to build self-screening airport checkpoints, extending earlier contract work on its miniaturised CT scanner technology.
Also Forbes Australia
EMVision has delivered its first portable brain scanner to a Sydney hospital for stroke trials and won a $2.5 million NSW grant, while ASA-funded Micro-X advances its rival ambulance imaging technology.
US Homeland Security has extended its development contract with Adelaide X-ray maker Micro-X and funded the second phase of a passenger self-screening project, taking the two contracts to US$4.5 million.
Adelaide x-ray technology firm Micro-X announced a strategic deal with Varex Imaging, which pays a licence fee and buys shares for a 9.9 percent stake, together giving the company $15 million in backing.
Also @AuManufacturing
Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: Manildra draws on CEFC money to quit coal, Ankere Therapeutics launches with seed backing, Micro-X gear reaches Ukraine, plus a vessel naming, precinct tenders, an FFI appointment and a cable rebrand.
Fifteen Australian manufacturers share $7.16 million in federal Commercialisation Fund grants across two tranches, with industry contributing $17.95 million toward projects spanning clean energy, medical devices, recycling, defence and food technology.
Manufacturing briefs: Fleet Space's satellite is orbiting, First Graphene wants industry partners, Micro-X wins a $400,000 government grant, Wellnex completes two acquisitions before relisting, Forbidden Foods enters Chinese e-commerce, Monash opens a blockchain hackathon.
Also @AuManufacturing
EMVision is named the second Australian SME granted $8 million by the Australian Stroke Alliance from its $40 million Medical Research Future Fund grant, to develop microwave stroke imaging; Micro-X earlier received $8 million.
Adelaide X-ray firm Micro-X will put its $8 million share of a $40 million Medical Research Future Fund grant toward developing a portable brain CT scanner for pre-hospital stroke diagnosis.
Adelaide-based ASX-listed x-ray maker Micro-X has secured $30.5 million in share commitments to fund a Seattle office, US security scanner work and in-house tube development.
Also @AuManufacturing
Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: Leigh Creek Energy awards gasification contracts, Archer Materials gains a quantum chip patent, Micro-X expands its range, Orthocell receives a government R&D refund, and Botanix with UQ reports antibacterial findings.
Adelaide X-ray technology maker Micro-X has won two US Department of Homeland Security grants totalling $5.6 million to develop self-service airport security screening, one grant involving Elenium Automation and Monash Uni MADA.
Also Forbes Australia
Roundup of Australian manufacturing briefs: Bosch's automation arm partners with Ellume on COVID-19 test production, Tonga receives an Austal-built patrol boat, Micro-X ships Rover X-ray units, and Envirostream wins a government recycling grant.
Adelaide X-ray maker Micro-X is spending $4 million expanding Nano device production after a $15 million institutional capital raising and a share offer, amid surging Covid-driven demand and orders.