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Sydney, NSW
Every published round University of NSW 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.
Companies University of NSW has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seitec | 17 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Silicon Quantum Computing | May 2017, Seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for University of NSW, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies University of NSW has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal University of NSW did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Attila Brungs | Vice Chancellor | @AuManufacturing |
| Ian Jacobs | Vice-chancellor | @AuManufacturing |
| Jian Zhao | Associate Professor | @AuManufacturing |
| Professor Andrew Dzurak | Professor in Quantum Engineering (former) | Startup Daily |
| Professor Michelle Simmons | Professor of Quantum Physics (former) | @AuManufacturing |
| Professor Veena Sahajwalla | ARC Laureate Professor | @AuManufacturing |
| Thorsten Trupke | Professor | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming University of NSW. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A former navy sailor created fire-resistant menstrual underwear for frontline workers, with a $200,000 New South Wales government grant funding a second generation and trials upcoming with Australian fire services.
Seitec, a Canberra defence technology maker, has landed a $4 million round with ACTivate Capital leading and Beaten Zone Venture Partners and UNSW participating, funding overseas expansion, product development and hiring.
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Four organisations join a NSW government diversity pre-accelerator program as delivery partners, running programs for migrant, disability and First Nations founders alongside two university-based partners already on the roster.
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The National Reconstruction Fund has put $20 million into Sydney quantum chip maker Silicon Quantum Computing via a SAFE note, following its smaller-than-planned 2023 Series A and a similar NRF bet on Diraq.
The National Reconstruction Fund has invested $20 million in Sydney quantum startup Diraq, an equity stake the government fund says will aid domestic production and hiring ahead of a planned 2029 product launch.
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Femtech startup Ovum has started clinical trials of its AI women's health journal at two Sydney hospitals, with $40,000 in fresh backing from Soul Pattinson following a $1.7 million pre-seed round.
Weekly roundup detailing five Australian startups' raises: a PR platform's Series B, a biotech's post-stealth funding, a defence tech round, a pre-seed voice-AI raise, and a crowdfunding campaign.
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Quantum computing venture Diraq has banked $15 million toward an unfinished round, with earlier backers joined by two new funds, pushing its cumulative funding beyond US$137 million.
Aura Group introduces Elijah Su'a as a quantitative researcher, citing his modelling and forecasting projects and honours study in maths and statistics at Macquarie University.
University-backed investor Uniseed has brought in Monash and four NSW universities as partners and is recruiting technology and biotechnology investment managers in Melbourne and Sydney.
Australian manufacturing roundup: IDT Australia's shareholder raise, EV charger rollouts, a mining equipment hire, a plastics recycling plant completion, research collaborations and government funding moves.
Quantum computing startup Diraq has received a $3 million grant from NSW's Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund, following federal support last month through CRC-Projects round 14.
Round 14 of the CRC-Projects program awarded 24 projects a combined $50 million in grants, with named recipients including Gilmour Space, Diraq and Advanced Circular Polymers alongside university and industry partners.
Nullify, which uses AI to detect code vulnerabilities, has secured $1.1 million in pre-seed funding from OIF Ventures, Blacknova Ventures, Cyrise and two former XM Cyber founders now at Skylight Cyber.
Weekly roundup of six Australian startups that together raised $114.5 million, spanning payments, drone defence, carbon accounting, medical AI and health tech, across rounds from pre-seed to Series D.
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Quickstep is partnering with Defence researchers, DMTC and UNSW on the Hype-X project to develop heat-resistant composite materials for hypersonic aircraft structures, with commercialisation rights to new intellectual property.
Sydney drone marketplace Aerologix has raised a $4.2 million seed round led by Ellerston Capital and Nightingale Partners, funding research, commercial hiring and plans to expand overseas.
A consortium led by two Australian universities has received a $50 million federal Trailblazer grant for recycling and clean energy research commercialisation, following hubs announced for Curtin and Adelaide under the same program.
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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.
A $50m federal grant funds an Adelaide-led defence research commercialisation centre, with matching pledges from universities, CSIRO and industry partners; a Curtin-led resources hub and engineering internship funding were also announced.
Profile of Sydney underwater robotics maker Blueprint Lab, which won an Australian space agency grant and, its CEO says, is being acquired by London's General Oceans.
Sydney AI personalisation startup Cherry Recommends joins Y Combinator, which invests US$125,000 in each intake company, as it targets US growth; it earlier raised $500,000 in a CP Ventures-led seed round.
Five South Australian defence research projects led by Flinders, UniSA and the University of Adelaide with industry partners receive the latest Collaborative Research Fund grants from the Defence Innovation Partnership.
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Twenty-two CRC Projects share $47 million in grants, backed by $133 million in total investment, funding work on hydrogen storage, electric air transport, plant-based protein, orthotics and other industry research collaborations.
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NSW's second R&D Innovation Districts Challenge awarded $500,000 in seed grants to winners including Adiona, Arludo and Kleu Australia, while a closing profile introduces Hayley Saddington's medtech startup Peak Medical, now seeking strategic investors.
Providence Asset Group has bought a $3 million stake in energy software firm Evergen, joining AMP Capital and Artesian as leading shareholders; co-founder Alan Yu joins the board and further investment is planned.
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Google's former quantum hardware leader John Martinis has joined Michelle Simmons' Australian quantum computing startup SQC, which launched in 2017 backed by $83 million from government, university and corporate investors.
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New hardware accelerator The Melt has backed five industrial startups and raised the first year of a rolling angel fund set to reach $10 million, while also delivering R&D services for large corporates.
Australian Research Council's final 2019 Linkage Project grant round awarded $35 million across 77 projects, including UNSW superalloy and battery-recycling work and University of Queensland graphene cathode research with industry partners.
UNSW's SMaRT Centre, whose microrecycling turns waste into building panels, is among five inaugural winners sharing $5 million from the NSW Physical Sciences Fund, money its founding director says will progress commercialisation.
AI healthcare startup Harrison.ai, founded by brothers Aengus and Dimitry Tran, raised $29 million in its first outside round, led by Blackbird Ventures with Horizons Ventures, Skip Capital and Ramsay Health Care taking part.
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Sydney deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations has hired a senior Google Australia executive as its next chief executive from July, succeeding the outgoing CEO; the new hire also holds board roles elsewhere.
Sunshine Heart, an ASX-listed medical device company, appoints Brian Bolton as its chief financial officer and company secretary from April 2007, thanking interim CFO Steven Skinner, ahead of United States clinical trials.