Investor · 1 deal
Every published round Origin Energy 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.
Companies Origin Energy has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegro Energy | 9 Sep 2024, Series A | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Origin Energy, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Origin Energy has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Origin Energy did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Origin Energy is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Origin Energy acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Company | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Locals | Acquisition | 14 Nov 2025 | - | RenewEconomy (Fri 14 Nov 2025), RenewEconomy (Fri 14 Nov 2025) |
| Solar Quotes | Acquisition | 2024 | - | RenewEconomy (Mon 8 Dec 2025), RenewEconomy (Mon 8 Dec 2025), RenewEconomy (Thu 17 Oct 2024) |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Calabria | CEO | Startup Daily, Wholesale Investor |
| Lawrie Tremaine | Chief Financial Officer (former) | Australian FinTech |
| Ryan Willemsen-Bell | General Manager of Future Fuels and Carbon (former) | @AuManufacturing |
| Tony Lucas | Executive General Manager Future Energy and Technology | ARENA |
Stories naming Origin Energy. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
AFR cybersecurity topic page rounding up recent stories: Origin Energy's data breach investigation, Point Wild's planned ASX float, AI models hacking companies, and a CyberCX–Monash University cybersecurity degree partnership.
Yanara, a renewables developer created from BrightNight's Asia-Pacific operations last year, has landed roughly A$245 million from asset manager Mirova to progress over 2 GW of Australian projects, including its Mortlake Energy Hub.
Also RenewEconomy
IREN's board has signed off on long-term share awards worth roughly US$788 million for co-founder chief executives Daniel and Will Roberts, as the Sydney-based green data centre operator capitalises on AI demand.
Orica will proceed with its Hunter Valley green hydrogen plant after a final investment decision, the first under Hydrogen Headstart; earlier government grants to it and CIP's Murchison are recalled.
Orica has reached a final investment decision for its Hunter Valley green hydrogen and ammonia project, confirming government grant support, while other planned Australian hydrogen projects advance slowly or have been abandoned.
Also RenewEconomy
Competition regulator approval lets Swiss trading giant Gunvor proceed with buying Zen Energy's retail arm and power purchase agreements; terms undisclosed. Article weighs whether the newcomer will challenge Australia's dominant gen-tailers.
The competition regulator has cleared Swiss trader Gunvor to buy Zen Energy's retail arm and linked PPAs; terms undisclosed. The article asks whether the deep-pocketed newcomer will challenge Australia's big three gen-tailers.
Renewable electricity retailer Flow Power has bought comparison service Solar Choice, with backing from Canadian pension fund OPTrust. Solar Choice stays independent while its customers get access to Flow's retail plans.
Also RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy
Origin Energy is buying Energy Locals, the membership-based power retailer founded to disrupt Australia's major gentailers. Its current owners, a consortium led by Palisade Impact, purchased it from Quinbrook about a year ago.
Australia's renewable energy agency has awarded Orica hundreds of millions for a Hunter Valley hydrogen and ammonia plant, and is consulting on a further two-billion-dollar round for green hydrogen projects.
Also RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy
Analysis of ADNOC's proposed cash takeover of Australian gas producer Santos, arguing the deal may harm domestic gas supply and national interests, with government, regulators and shareholders able to block or condition it.
Allegro Energy's chief executive argues local manufacturing can put Australia at the front of advanced manufacturing, recounting his flow-battery company's Hunter base, Origin Energy pilot and Series A capital, ahead of a Sydney panel.
EVP explains its decision to back Termina, whose software pools small businesses' energy purchasing to cut costs and emissions, citing traction across thousands of meters and its founding team.
Roundup: Space Machines' joint India mission clears a design milestone with an $8.5m government grant behind it, RMIT and Skykraft scale up photonics-based navigation tech, and SunCable names a new group CEO.
Origin Energy is acquiring Solar Quotes, Finn Peacock's long-running solar quoting and comparison site, as it winds down its in-house rooftop solar arm; price undisclosed, handover expected in December.
Also RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy
Allegro Energy has completed a $17.5 million Series A round, with The Grantham Foundation at the helm and Origin Energy, Melt Ventures and Impact Ventures also in; Origin held a five per cent stake.
Also @AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy·@AuManufacturing
RenewEconomy reports renewables retailer Maximum Energy, trading as Circular Energy, was suspended and wound up, its customers moved to big-three retailers; it also recalls earlier retailer collapses and Oxamii's seed backing.
Origin Energy has taken a fifth of Climatech Zero, a NSW-based firm helping heavy industry cut energy use and emissions, and will supply growth capital plus joint go-to-market work.
ARENA grants ANC $12.8 million to deploy 112 electric trucks for last-mile delivery through Project Spark, lowering ownership costs for owner-drivers and speeding fleet electrification.
Telco Superloop has earned MSSP accreditation from Palo Alto Networks for its Prisma SASE offering, after meeting service implementation and certification criteria.
Origin's 300 MW Mortlake battery moves ahead with Fluence as EPC contractor, backed by up to $24 million from ARENA; five of eight projects under its funding round are now committed.
The government renewable energy agency is granting millions to a metering company for a platform that aggregates household energy devices into flexible demand across the national grid.
Profile of Pendula, whose AI-driven platform personalises upselling for telcos and insurers, as it prepares a takeover offer for ASX-listed Whispir, whose board urged rejecting Soprano Design's bid.
Origin Energy put off its shareholder vote on the Brookfield takeover bid after a late revised offer, with directors also flagging the federal government's expanded Capacity Investment Scheme for investors to weigh.
Melbourne renewables software firm Orkestra has secured $2 million in a follow-up seed round led again by Tidal Ventures, alongside Rampersand, Impact Ventures, Luxem and four climate tech investors, with a Series A next.
Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, via a Grok-linked joint venture with Quinbrook, has completed the buyout of SunCable out of administration; the article also recalls earlier raises and names an interim CEO.
Also RenewEconomy·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing
Two small electricity retailers, Mojo Power and QEnergy, have been wound up by a Queensland court and suspended from the national market, with regulators transferring thousands of their customers to other providers.
Also RenewEconomy
Brookfield has agreed an $18.7 billion takeover of Origin Energy, bringing in GIC, Temasek and Mid-Ocean, and plans a decade of major renewable and storage spending in Australia.
Brookfield and MidOcean have lowered their bid for Origin Energy to $8.90 a share, which the target's board is prepared to back; the flagged $20 billion renewables spend is still only an intention.
NSW announced the second-round recipients of its electric fleet grant program, including Splend, IAG, Origin Energy and Sixt, and invited businesses to apply for a third round.
Clean energy software startup Orkestra Energy has emerged from stealth with a $1.1 million round led by Tidal Ventures, with angels participating, to grow its team and roll out its platform across Australia.
The renewable energy agency funds a company's trial putting fifty electric vehicle chargers on street power poles across nine New South Wales council areas, with partners supplying hardware, charging services and green power.
BlackRock's climate infrastructure arm is buying Melbourne battery storage developer Akaysha Energy, planning to spend A$1 billion building 1GW of storage for Australia's grid, with FIRB approval already granted.
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The Morrison government quietly granted Zero Degrees Rosella $3 million for a Victorian brown coal-to-hydrogen project, after a $5 million Queensland coal study grant, as election fossil hydrogen funding promises passed $400 million.
A Climate Salad community leader argues climate tech keeps booming, citing global investment data and listing recent raises by member startups FloodMapp, Gridcognition, Accurassi, Trace, Cecil and World's Biggest Garage Sale.
Energy software firm Grid Cognition has banked $2.25 million to support a British market entry, counting Ampol, Origin Energy and Ausnet among its customers, in news shared by its backer Alberts.
Also thewest.com.au
Energy software firm Gridcognition closed a $2.25 million seed round; CEFC committed $625,000 through its innovation fund alongside Alberts Impact Ventures, Afterwork Ventures and angel investors, taking total funding near $4 million.
Also Virescent Ventures·gridcog.com·Startup News (WA)·Startup News (WA)·Startup News (WA)
Sydney customer-messaging startup Pendula raised $6.75 million, exceeding its April target, in a round led by MA Financial Group with existing backer Equity Venture Partners, funding overseas expansion and platform analytics.
Profile of LightningFlow, an edge computing optimisation platform by The Migration Company, citing a prior seed raise, agreements with EY and ANZ, technology partnerships, and a current Series A offering seeking $2 million.