Dr Philip Kinsella: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
Co-founder and Now CTO	h3d-logo-white-bg.jpg	h3d.ai, h3d-logo-white-bg.jpg team page
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (former)	H3D	swinburne.edu.au, Significant Ventures, Startup Daily (Fri 19 Sep 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 16 Sep 2025), SmartCompany

Coverage

Stories naming Dr Philip Kinsella. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Series A $5.8m

H3D Secures Series A Funding to Expand its AI

H3D has closed a $5.8m Series A, spearheaded by Significant Ventures with Swinburne University and Co:Act Capital taking part, to push its AI design technology from hearing devices into dental laboratories.

h3d.ai Thu 12 Feb 2026 h3d-logo-white-bg.jpg Swinburne University of Technology CoAct Capital Significant Capital Ventures Iain Mcleod Kate Eriksson Michele Troni Dr Philip Kinsella

Series A

Breaking the bottleneck

Significant Ventures' post explains why it led H3D's Series A, profiling the AI company automating custom-fit design for hearing and dental labs, its Swinburne origins, customer traction, and expansion from audio into dental.

Significant Capital Ventures portfolio Mon 20 Oct 2025 H3D Swinburne University of Technology Significant Capital Ventures Iain Mcleod Michele Troni Dr Philip Kinsella

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·swinburne.edu.au

6 deals

Cheque-in: 5 Australian startups banked $340.2 million this week

Funding roundup covering five raises totalling $340.2 million: Firmus's Nvidia-backed round, plus H3D, Puralink, Escape This and Isaacus, across AI infrastructure, health tech, robotics, entertainment and legal AI.

Also SmartCompany

Dr Philip Kinsella

Roles

Coverage

H3D Secures Series A Funding to Expand its AI

Breaking the bottleneck

Cheque-in: 5 Australian startups banked $340.2 million this week