Startup · $994.2k raised · Hardware
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Spiral Blue raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre | Grant | - |
| Australian Government | Grant | - |
| Australian Space Agency | Grant | - |
| Commercialisation Fund | Grant | - |
Companies Spiral Blue acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Spiral Blue. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Space firm Spiral Blue teams with Arlula, whose Sales Engine platform will distribute data from its planned Teal LiDAR satellite constellation; the article recalls a $3 million CRC-P grant the company secured earlier this year.
Stone & Chalk and KPMG Australia selected five space startups for their Future Technology Program, offering residency and mentorship to support growth in the sector.
Spiral Blue says its Space Edge One computer is now operational in orbit, the first Australian space edge computer commissioned, with work continuing on a hyperspectral mission supported by a manufacturing grant.
Podcast conversation with Esper Satellite Imagery's young chief executive about hyperspectral imaging satellites, customer pre-orders, a joint space mission with other Australian firms, and a consortium grant.
Roundup of manufacturing items: a ventilation grant program reopens, MGC Pharma reports Long Covid trial results, CSIRO and CSCRC projects win iAwards, Spiral Blue completes satellite integration, and AML3D raises capital.
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A Sydney space incubator, a joint venture of TCG Group and Saber Astronautics, hosts six startups; three collaborate on an earth observation project supported by a manufacturing grant and university engineering help.
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.
Twenty-four Australian manufacturers have won federal grants via AMGC's Commercialisation Fund, spanning clean energy, medical, food, defence, resources and space projects, with industry co-investment lifting total project funding beyond $32 million.
Spiral Blue receives a $578,000 AMGC commercialisation grant for a hyperspectral satellite imagery project with several partners, and had earlier won an Australian Space Agency supply chain grant.
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Twenty-four Australian manufacturers received grants totalling just over nine million dollars under the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre's Commercialisation Fund, matched by far larger private co-investment across six national manufacturing priority areas.
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SmartCompany's year-end list profiles ten Australian startups poised for a big 2022, recalling their 2021 raises, crowdfunding campaigns, government grants and accelerator origins, from mtime and Quantum Brilliance to Zoomo and Superhero.
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Feature on Australia's growing space tech sector: an accelerator chief cites Gilmour Space's series C, space agency grants to four startups, and emerging companies in geospatial data, space medicine and orbital manufacturing.
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Weekly roundup reporting Gilmour Space's raise, several startup funding rounds, KKR's Education Perfect deal, ASX listings, new funds from Accel and the Albert family, and global tech listings and acquisitions.
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Weekly roundup of Australian startup funding: Gilmour Space's $61m raise, rounds for Mindset Health, HowToo, Beer Cartel, Tracer DAO and Wimp 2 Warrior, Currus Biologics' $10m cancer-treatment raise, and Alberts' $16m impact fund.
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Sydney startup Spiral Blue sent its Space Edge Zero computers into orbit aboard SatRevolution satellites via Virgin Orbit, and holds an Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars grant and a Defence Innovation Hub contract.
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First grants under the federal Supply Chain Capability Improvement program go to three NSW space companies for edge computing and inertial navigation projects, within the Moon to Mars initiative.
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