Startup · $100m raised
Adelaide, SA
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Myriota raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Government | Grant | $5,480,000 |
| Australian Space Agency | Grant | $1,500,000 |
| Blue Sky Venture Capital | Series A | - |
| Boeing | Series B · Series A | - |
| Boeing HorizonX | Series B · Series A | - |
| British Technology Investments | Series B | - |
| Defence Innovation Hub | Grant | $5,480,000 |
| Hostplus | Series B | - |
| In-Q-Tel | Series B | - |
| InterValley Ventures | Series B | - |
| Main Sequence Ventures | Series B · Series B · Series A | - |
| Malcolm Turnbull | Series B | - |
| NRF Corporation | Series B · Series B | $25,000,000 |
| Right Click Capital | Series B · Series A | - |
| Singtel Innov8 | Series B · Series A | - |
| South Australian Venture Capital Fund | Series B | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Myriota, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Artesian VC | its portfolio page ↗ |
| Artesian VC | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Myriota acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Myriota. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of deep tech investor Main Sequence covering Elaine Stead's promotion to Partner, portfolio unicorns Gilmour Space and Advanced Navigation, CSIRO's expanded Atmosphere backing, and a fourth fund now being raised.
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Sydney chipmaker Morse Micro has banked an $88 million Series C led by Japan's MegaChips, with the national reconstruction fund and several existing backers also participating; funds will drive growth and future chip development.
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Australia's NRFC has injected $150m into Brandon Capital's sixth life-science vehicle, lifting it to a $439m close; past NRFC cheques to local deep-tech firms are also recapped.
Biotech PolyActiva has banked a Series C round led by the National Reconstruction Fund with Brandon Capital, funding late-stage trials of its dissolvable glaucoma implant and a consolidated Melbourne site.
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NRF chair Martijn Wilder describes boardroom disagreement over risk appetite at the government investor, recounting earlier deals backing Harrison.ai, Quantum Brilliance, Myriota, QuintessenceLabs and Vault Cloud.
Manufacturing roundup: OncoSil Medical locks in commitments for an $8.7 million raise, Soilco completes its purchase of Martins Fertilizers, Avecho collects an R&D rebate, alongside items on apprenticeships, Myriota, Recce and Swinburne research.
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Roundup of two Australian raises: a quantum security company's government-led $20m round and a retail analytics startup's US seed round backing its American push.
Adelaide satellite IoT firm Myriota has launched HyperPulse, a narrowband non-terrestrial network service built with Viasat, and opened applications for development partners to access it from April.
Harrison.ai has received $32 million from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation toward its Series C, with the federal investor's December backing of Vault Cloud, Myriota and Quantum Brilliance also noted.
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Weekly roundup covering seven Australian companies' fresh capital: EV charging, satellite IoT, sovereign cloud, wearables, workplace messaging, plus two crowdfunding raises on Birchal.
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Australia's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has put $22.5 million into Vault Cloud's Series B, its first defence-priority investment, after recent year-end cheques to Myriota, Quantum Brilliance and Russell Mineral Equipment.
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Myriota, an Adelaide nanosatellite company, has raised $50 million with $25 million from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation; the piece also recaps the fund's recent backing of Quantum Brilliance and Russell Mineral Equipment.
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SeenCulture, a workplace platform, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round from Alice Anderson Fund, M8 Ventures, InterValley Ventures and Torus, having earlier joined Techstars' first Sydney cohort with Cut Through Angels backing.
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Myriota has received a $1.5 million grant from the Australian Space Agency's Moon to Mars Initiative, announced at the opening of its Adelaide experience centre, to fund a communications payload for use off Earth.
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Canberra satellite firm Skykraft has raised $120 million to manage air traffic from space, with backing from Foresight Australia, OPTrust and Main Sequence; the round trails only Saluda Medical's this year.
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The Gold Coast rocket maker has won federal co-funding for a 32-member space manufacturing network, backing a Queensland manufacturing hub and a new orbital launch pad at Bowen.
Melbourne cybersecurity firm Cydarm raised $3 million in a round led by InterValley Ventures, with Five V Capital and returning backer Right Click Capital, to hire staff and expand internationally.
IAG's venture arm Firemark Ventures has committed a $75 million second fund, already deployed into Texas 3D imaging startup Plnar; earlier backing included UpGuard, Myriota, Hyper Anna, Airtasker and Life360.
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Satellite IoT firm Myriota won a $5.48 million Australian government Defence contract via the Defence Innovation Hub, weeks after a Spire Global partnership and an insurance-sector investment from IAG's venture arm.
Profile of satellite IoT company Myriota, a University of South Australia spin-out, recalling its seed backing from exactEarth and support from investors such as In-Q-Tel, Host Plus and Main Sequence Ventures.
Interview with Main Sequence partner Martin Duursma on why the deep-tech fund backs Australian space startups, the sector's commercial shift, and opportunities in satellites, launch and supporting software.
SmartCompany surveys Australia's space tech sector as Gilmour Space lands a $61 million Series C, profiling players such as Fleet, Myriota and Space Machines and recalling Moonshot's incubator backing of eleven startups.
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Weekly roundup covering Main Sequence's second-fund close, operating partner hires at Blackbird and AirTree, raises by Sea Forest, Adventus.io, Halter and others, acquisitions by Equiem, Stripe and Toyota, plus Big Tech earnings.
Australia's Main Sequence has pulled in A$250 million for its second deep tech fund, with existing backers returning and a sharpened emphasis on decarbonisation investments.
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SEA Electric orders batteries after a $54m raise; Baraja raises $40m for LIDAR, led by Blackbird; Stealth demos weed detection; Wattle Health lifts profit and sells its dairy arm; Hydac wins VR training grant.
Interview with Main Sequence Ventures partner Mike Zimmerman on backing deep-tech manufacturing spinouts from public research, its portfolio, Australia's venture market, and planned future investments.
Silentium Defence wins a $3.2m Defence contract for its passive space radar, plus a $1.46m Space Agency award for an observatory; Prism Systems receives a $925,000 grant for Navy-related work.
Australian government grants totalling $11 million go to space sector startups and universities, including a near-$4 million CubeSat mission, as part of a wider plan to triple the sector's value by 2030.
Adelaide defence firm DEWC Systems won a $3.1 million government contract to develop a CubeSat electronic warfare sensor constellation, having earlier bought engineering firm AES to build its own hardware.
Analysis arguing that despite eye-catching raise headlines during COVID-19, deal counts fell sharply in early 2020, with experts citing portfolio protection, pipeline deals rushing to close, and media amplification.
SAVCF profiles portfolio company Myriota, recalling its March 2018 Series B investment alongside several co-investors and noting astronaut Pam Melroy's appointment to the satellite IoT firm's board.
The South Australian Venture Capital Fund, idle since Blue Sky's collapse, has appointed Artesian as manager with David Rohrsheim leading locally; past fund investments in Myriota and Fivecast are recalled.
Adelaide nanosatellite company Myriota announced a $28 million Series B led by Hostplus and Main Sequence Ventures, recalled its 2018 Series A, and had recently acquired Canadian satellite firm exactEarth.
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An Adelaide machine learning research group led by Tat-Jun Chin has won a $600,000 SmartSat CRC grant to continue work on detecting, tracking and removing space debris, collaborating with universities and local space firms.
South Australia's government has named Artesian Venture Partners to manage its $50 million venture capital fund, which has previously invested in three companies; Artesian will open a small office at Lot Fourteen.
Adelaide startup Ping Services closed a seed round and earlier received government funding for its turbine-listening device, with a new version launching soon.
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Adelaide electronic warfare firm DEWC Systems plans to launch its MOESS CubeSat constellation from Southern Launch's Whalers Way site, recalls a grant, and has acquired local engineering firm AES.
Adelaide satellite firm Inovor Technologies wins a Defence Innovation Hub grant to test its satellite stabilisation algorithm, aiming at Defence adoption and later international customers.
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Adelaide startup Ping receives a government commercialisation grant to launch its acoustic wind-turbine blade monitor, while satellite communications firm Myriota's earlier Series A backing and South Australia's space sector are recapped.
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A columnist surveys Australia's re-emerging space sector, listing recent satellite and rocket launches and venture raises by companies including Myriota, Gilmour Space Tech and Kleos Aerospace.