Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round MIT raised.
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| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksander Madry | Director | SmartCompany |
| L. Rafael Reif | President | Startup Daily |
| Robert S Langer | Professor | @AuManufacturing |
| Silvio Micali | Professor | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming MIT. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Startup Daily profiles the thirteen startups joining Startmate's Winter '25 cohort, covering healthcare AI, agent tooling, recruitment tech, retail promotions, sexual health, water leak detection, VR haptics and ADHD robotics.
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.
Breakthrough Victoria will give applicants to its Fellowship Program access to MIT's Orbit AI, an OpenAI-powered tool that helps researchers test commercial ideas before applying.
A Stanford study finds sodium-ion batteries are slower to challenge lithium on cost than hoped; the analysis surveys the field, including Australian battery maker PowerCap, after the Moss Landing battery fire.
Fusion startup Type One Energy has pulled in a $53.5m extension to its seed round, led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures with Foxglove Ventures and GD1 taking part, to accelerate its stellarator reactor plans.
Also Forbes Australia
Birchal's cofounder argues equity crowdfunding is closing the capital gap for founders outside the big cities, citing Western Australia's FY23 growth and two regional companies reaching the $5 million cap.
Two Australian consortia, AROSE and one involving EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania, each received a four million dollar grant under the Space Agency's Trailblazer programme to design lunar rover prototypes.
Monash University is named among ten international winners of Algorand Foundation grants supporting blockchain research, education and sustainability, including an Algorand Centre of Excellence at the Melbourne university.
Singapore venture studio Acumino has bought the intellectual property of Melbourne social video streaming startup Speakeasy for an undisclosed sum, with its four co-founders retained as advisors while returning to their earlier ventures.
Weekly roundup reporting Gilmour Space's raise, several startup funding rounds, KKR's Education Perfect deal, ASX listings, new funds from Accel and the Albert family, and global tech listings and acquisitions.
Also Forbes Australia
Wholesale Investor profiles Voxon Photonics, whose volumetric display projects 3D content viewable without headsets; the company is seeking a pre-IPO equity investment in exchange for a minority stake.
A US utility will pilot Gates-backed Form Energy's long-duration aqueous air flow battery, promising 150 hours of grid storage, with Australian-linked backers and solar players mentioned.
Opal Therapeutics partners with Massachusetts General Hospital on an HIV immunotherapy collaboration as human trials begin in London; the biotech counts Alloy Ventures, Alta Partners and GBS Ventures among its backers.
Sunshine Heart announced Dr Richard Lin will step down from its board at the November 2007 AGM, with Three Arch Partners nominating Dr Conrad Wang to stand for election in his place.