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Every published round Tesla 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloy Technologies | Seed | 12 Aug 2026 | $11.5m | Participant | Cut Through Venture, SmartCompany, ontargetish.com, Startup Daily |
Companies Tesla has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloy Technologies | 12 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Tesla, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Tesla has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Tesla did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Tesla is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Tesla 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SolarCity | Acquisition | undated | $2.6b | RenewEconomy (Mon 24 Aug 2026), RenewEconomy (Mon 24 Aug 2026) |
Stories naming Tesla. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of deep tech investor Main Sequence covering Elaine Stead's promotion to Partner, portfolio unicorns Gilmour Space and Advanced Navigation, CSIRO's expanded Atmosphere backing, and a fourth fund now being raised.
Tesla has reportedly dropped its Solar Roof tiles as financially unviable and will supply only conventional panels; the piece also recalls Australian startup Volt raising funds in 2024 for a competing product.
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Robot data analysis startup Alloy Robotics has raised $11.5 million in a seed round led by Square Peg, with Blackbird and Airtree participating, less than a year after a $4.5 million pre-seed.
Robotics AI startup Alloy has banked an $8m seed at an $80m valuation, led by Square Peg with Blackbird, Airtree and Skip Capital back again; funds earmarked for engineering hires and growth in the US.
Ten13's post explains why it joined the robotics company's latest raise alongside Blackbird, Neotribe, Startmate and Horizons, covering its autonomous scanning device, dialysis focus, founders, and US rollout plans.
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The CEFC recounts a decade of project financing behind Australia's landmark grid batteries — DeGrussa, Hornsdale, Victorian Big Battery and Capital Battery — showing how early public capital helped storage reach mainstream markets.
Profile of JET Charge co-founder Tim Washington, tracing the EV charging firm's growth and recalling its 2020 institutional round and $72 million Series C led by Mirova.
Defense startup Singularity has surfaced from stealth, securing a large Series A co-led by two venture firms to scale production of affordable systems that counter cheap drones, with backing from several established investors.
Mobility newsletter: a new autonomy index puts Chinese robotaxi operators on top; Cargofy raises $11m, XDOF $70m; Carro buys CarPlace; plus driverless partnerships and a Waymo recall.
Mobility newsletter roundup: Uber's robotaxi deal with Rivian, Nvidia's automaker partnerships, Advanced Navigation's Series C, other startup raises, and acquisitions including Amazon's purchase of robotics startup Rivr.
Rivian chief RJ Scaringe has secured US$500m for Mind Robotics, his AI robotics venture, with Accel and Andreessen Horowitz co-leading and Eclipse Capital adding funds, valuing the months-old company at US$2bn.
Robotics startup Rhoda AI announced a $450 million Series A valuing it at $1.7 billion, debuting FutureVision, software helping robots handle unpredictable industrial settings; Khosla Ventures, Temasek and others backed the round.
Weekly roundup of eight raises totalling $572.12 million, led by Firmus's $500 million round; RAGE Biotech, SunDrive, Number 8 Bio, Fabra, Keeyu, MyGig and Drone-Hand also funded, plus two RAGE Biotech executive appointments.
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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.
Melbourne fintech startup Inaam has banked a $500,000 pre-seed round from Startupbootcamp's fund and Singapore VC Hatcher+ as it launches an impact-investing app for young investors.
Virescent Ventures announces it has invested in Amber, an Australian retailer letting home battery owners buy and sell power at wholesale rates, citing its customer base and overseas utility partnerships.
Aura Group's letter says the firm is preparing an ASX listing within two years, credits its 66-strong multinational team and 1,600 clients, and points to compound growth and 2024 net inflows.
Preview of the sixteen startups in Startmate's Summer '25 Accelerator cohort pitching at Demo Day at Carriageworks, closing out Blackbird's Sunrise gathering in Sydney.
Breakthrough Victoria's chief executive reflects on the sovereign fund's first four years, its university co-funding partnerships and OECD evidence that government venture capital works best alongside private investors.
Harrison.ai has received $32 million from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation toward its Series C, with the federal investor's December backing of Vault Cloud, Myriota and Quantum Brilliance also noted.
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Victorian solar tile maker Volt has passed A$1.1 million in an ongoing Birchal crowd-equity campaign, bankrolling a planned United States expansion that pits its roof tiles against Tesla's Solar Roof.
A rundown of Gartner's ten technology trends to watch in 2025, spanning agentic AI, governance platforms, disinformation security, quantum-safe cryptography, spatial computing, robotics and neurological enhancement, with Australian startup Synchron cited.
Weekly roundup of four Australian raises: HammerTech $105m led by Riverwood Capital, JigSpace $13m led by Breakthrough Victoria, ExoFlare's $5.3m seed, and Go Locum's $350,000 seed led by Paspalis.
AuManufacturing roundup of brief industry news: Wide Open Agriculture banks a $7.5 million raise, Liontown adds a lithium offtake partner, Osteopore signs Zimmer Biomet for distribution, plus quantum, defence, rail and recycling items.
ExoFlare, cofounded by ex-Data61 chief Adrian Turner, has banked $5.3 million in seed funding led by Salus Ventures to help food producers manage biosecurity risks.
Also SmartCompany
Defender AM's quarterly letter reports the Defender Global Fund's Q2 2024 performance, a fresh Lyka Pet Food raise at a higher valuation, and the fund's profitable part-sale of its Lyka holding.
Agtech investor Tenacious Ventures reached an $18 million first close on its second fund, which has a $50 million target; backers include Trawalla Group, Wollemi Capital Group and Macdoch Ventures.
Also Forbes Australia
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Matrak closes a Series A, Queensland Pacific Metals receives an R&D tax refund, ARENA funds a household energy trial, Ampcontrol appoints a transformation chief, plus policy and launch briefs.
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Defender's fund letter reports a 2% quarterly return, discusses listed trades including a semiconductor ETF position, and revisits its Series A investment in Australian pet-food maker Lyka Pet Food.
Dom Pym discusses his journey from engineering to founding Up Bank and now investing via Euphemia, focusing on social good and underrepresented founders.
Brisbane solar battery maker Redback Technologies has entered voluntary administration, with McGrathNicol appointed on 5 March; the firm keeps trading while a sale or recapitalisation is sought.
Home energy group 1komma5° has invested in Queensland solar and storage firm Arkana Energy Group, its fourth and largest Australian purchase, following earlier deals for Natural Solar, Solaray Energy and Kozco Energy Group.
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.
Manufacturing briefs: milk company results, a biotech shelving US studies, a rare earths R&D incentive, wind zone consultations, land tax anger, a big battery, a food tech centre launch, and a CEO appointment.
Akaysha Energy has given final approval to its Brendale battery beside a Brisbane sewage plant and flagged another huge battery near Gladstone.
Weekly roundup covering nine Australian startups' new capital totalling $40.5 million, across solar, quantum computing, marketing tech and crowdfunding, plus a look back at Aconex's $1.6 billion Oracle sale.
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Three Australian companies — Fleet Space Technologies, MoreGoodDays and Syneta — feature on Forbes Asia's 100 to Watch list; the piece profiles each business, its backers and recent raises.
Defender's quarterly fund letter reports Q2 returns, AI and resources holdings, and portfolio company Lyka's second up-round at a stated US$150 million valuation.
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Robyn Denholm has joined SafetyCulture's board as a director, adding to her Tesla chairmanship and Technology Council role, replacing long-serving director and Blackbird co-founder Rick Baker.