Startup · $6.2m raised · Climate and sustainability · Energy
Waste gasification plants producing hydrogen, power and biofuels
Brisbane, QLD
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Wildfire Energy raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Qantas | Unnamed stage | - |
| GRDC | Grant · Grant | - |
| Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) | Grant · Grant | - |
| Climate Tech Partners | Unnamed stage | - |
| Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) | Grant | - |
| Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) | Grant | $3,150,000 |
| Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | Grant | $1,000,000 |
| Airbus | Unnamed stage | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Wildfire Energy, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Artesian VC | its portfolio page ↗ |
| Artesian VC | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Wildfire Energy acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Wildfire Energy. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Wildfire Energy receives an 18.56 million dollar Queensland government grant for its Bulwer Island Biofuels Hub, with the article recalling earlier ARENA funding and a Climate Tech Partners investment.
Wildfire Energy, an Australian waste-to-energy developer, received $2 million from Climate Tech Partners, Qantas and Airbus, plus a separate $3.15 million ARENA grant for bio-methanol production work.
Artesian's write-up of its first Yield summit in Melbourne, where agrifood leaders discussed AI, biologicals, robotics, agri-energy and biosecurity, and how RDCs, investors and corporates can together speed Australian agricultural innovation.
Techboard's May 2023 roundup of Australian startup funding: 42 private raises topped by Fleet Space's $50m round, two $40m acquisitions, multiple grants, accelerator intakes, and fund news including GiantLeap's $50m fund raise.
Two rural research corporations ran federal-backed innovation challenges, awarding grants totalling nearly $5 million, with four agricultural technology companies advancing to million-dollar proof-of-concept funding.
Profile of Wildfire Energy, whose patented MIHG waste-to-hydrogen technology won the 2021 Hitachi Global Challenge. It completed Brinc.io's accelerator, secured government grants, and is launching a seed funding offering.
Nineteen listed companies received federal BRII feasibility-study grants totalling $2.27 million across five government agency challenge themes, including turning farm crops into renewable hydrogen.