Corporate / CVC · 6 deals
Sydney, NSW
Every published round RFC Ambrian Funds Manage 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.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MagnaTerra Technologies | Unnamed stage | 4 Jul 2025 | $11m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio | |
| FPR Energy | Seed | 26 Nov 2024 | $15m | Lead | SmartCompany, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio, RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio | |
| Gaia EnviroTech | Unnamed stage | Feb 2024 | $4.3m | Participant | SmartCompany (Mon 22 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (Thu 8 Feb 2024), RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio | |
| Gaia-envirotech | Unnamed stage | 25 Jan 2024 | $4.3m | Participant | RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio | |
| Hadean Energy | Unnamed stage | 30 Aug 2023 | - | Participant | RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio | |
| MRead | Seed | 2023 | - | Participant | Startup Daily (Fri 4 Jul 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 4 Apr 2023), RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio |
Companies RFC Ambrian Funds Manage has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPR Energy | 26 Nov 2024, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Gaia EnviroTech | Feb 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gaia-envirotech | 25 Jan 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hadean Energy | 30 Aug 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| MagnaTerra Technologies | 4 Jul 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| MRead | 2023, Seed | 1 | 0 |
Companies RFC Ambrian Funds Manage's own portfolio page lists that no published round yet places it in. The page is the source; the round is being looked for.
| Company | Site |
|---|---|
| Chrysoscorp | chrysoscorp.com ↗ |
| Chrysos Corporation | - |
| NextOre | nextore.com.au ↗ |
| Website Design by Wolf IQ | wolfiq.com.au ↗ |
Fund closes reported for RFC Ambrian Funds Manage, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies RFC Ambrian Funds Manage has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal RFC Ambrian Funds Manage did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Skorut | Chief Investment Officer | RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio (Wed 27 Nov 2024), RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio (Thu 25 Jan 2024) |
| Rob Adamson | Executive Chairman | Startup Daily, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage team page |
| Charlie Cryer | Head of RFC Ambrian London | RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio |
Stories naming RFC Ambrian Funds Manage. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of four Australian raises: MagnaTerra formed from a CSIRO merger, Mobile Tyre Shop backed by Sailun, Coinstash's Series A, and MogoPlus funded by New Model Venture Capital.
Also Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·SmartCompany
Weekly funding roundup covering eight local companies that together banked $80m, topped by twin $17m Series Bs at Safewill and Fresho, plus Celosia's $16.75m Series A and five smaller rounds.
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RFC Ambrian announces it has co-founded FPR Energy with CSIRO and Osaka Gas to commercialise high-temperature particle CST technology, with Osaka Gas joining the Australian startup as an investor.
Hadean Energy, a hydrogen electrolysis venture formed by RFC Ambrian with CSIRO, has won an Australia-UK government grant to develop a 5kW demonstration unit, working with EDF Energy and Certscape.
RFC Ambrian updates on portfolio company MRead, which it co-founded with CSIRO technology, reporting successful handheld explosives detector trials in Brisbane and upcoming field trials in Angola.
Roundup of seven Australian startups landing fresh capital and grants: Gaia EnviroTech's $4.3 million deal with RFM, four medtechs sharing $3.25 million via ANDHealth+, Q-CTRL's UK quantum prize, and CarbonHQ's $600,000 pre-seed.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Gaia EnviroTech's post-investment board meeting with RFC Ambrian, Arafura's chief executive change, Adbri's maintenance shutdown, BioCarbon's relocation, and a federal grants round opening.
Gaia EnviroTech, a regional Victorian organic waste and bioenergy company spun out of Gekko Systems, has received a $4.3m commitment from RFC Ambrian Funds Management's decarbonisation fund to support its expansion.
RFC Ambrian announces Hadean Energy, a venture formed with CSIRO to commercialise tubular solid oxide electrolysis for hydrogen production, with a completed funding round and trials planned at BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks.
RFC Ambrian recounts forming MRead with CSIRO to adapt magnetic resonance sensing for explosive and drug detection, including a seed round completed in late 2022-early 2023 with strategic investment from Codan's Minelab division.
RFC Ambrian announces the formation of a funds management arm to run multi-strategy funds for institutional investors focused on critical minerals and decarbonisation technologies.
MRead, a landmine-detection venture launched by CSIRO and RFC Ambrian with Codan also investing, has raised a seed round of undisclosed size to advance its handheld explosive detectors.
Also Startup Daily
RFC Ambrian reports NextOre's magnetic resonance ore sorting system is fully commissioned at First Quantum's Kansanshi mine, now the world's highest capacity plant, and recalls portfolio company Chrysos Corporation's recent ASX listing.