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Startup · $16.1m raised

Redflow

Brisbane, QLD

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

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Arena backs Australian factory featuring “breakthrough” in battery storage powders

VSPC, Livium's battery subsidiary, wins a $30 million ARENA grant toward a cathode powder demonstration plant; the piece also recalls funding for AnteoTech, Li-S, Novonix and Energy Storage Industries, plus Redflow's administration.

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Funding announcement

Australian flow battery pioneer put into administration after failing to find backers

Brisbane flow battery maker Redflow has entered voluntary administration after failing to attract matching private investment, with Deloitte appointed; the article also recalls Tritium's sale to Exicom and a small earlier Redflow equity raise.

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Key hire

Grid Connections: Who’s going where in Australia’s energy transition

A rolling roundup of Australian energy-sector job moves, listing dozens of executives, directors and ministers joining or leaving utilities, regulators, developers and industry bodies between May and December 2023.

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Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Redflow banks extra placement money atop its August raise; Flinders University plans a space-cyber forum; VEX Robotics partners with a robotics peak body; a munitions venture wins an award; DXN lands a cable contract.

Unnamed stage $12m

Solar battery network startup RedEarth raises $12 million as it looks to ASX listing

Queensland battery maker RedEarth Energy Storage has raised $12 million ahead of a planned 2022 sharemarket float, with Ord Minnett Private Opportunities leading and Perennial Value and Thorney among the backers.

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Federal grants boost key value-added industry developments

Lynas Rare Earths and Australian Vanadium revealed multimillion-dollar federal manufacturing grants to commercialise rare earth refining and build vanadium battery electrolyte production in Western Australia.

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Series A $4.8m

Queensland's RedEarth secures $5m to roll out locally made battery storage

Brisbane battery maker RedEarth announced a $4.75 million Series A backed by a Queensland government fund, targeting local manufacturing growth, while the article also recalls Tritium's earlier backing and Redflow's $7.5 million placement.

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