ZiP Diagnostics: Ledger

Investor	Rounds	Invested
MTPConnect	Accelerator · Grant	-
Australian Government	Grant	-

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
ZiP Diagnostics is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Name	Role	Sources
Bill Hopper	Technical Director	@AuManufacturing

Coverage

Stories naming ZiP Diagnostics. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

14 deals

Life sciences investor MTPConnect injects $12 million into 14 drug and device startups

MTPConnect's government-backed accelerator program has awarded $12.07 million in non-dilutive grants to 14 Australian drug and device companies, which will also receive mentoring and support from partners including CSL and Roche Diagnostics.

Startup Daily Mon 23 Jun 2025 Anaxis Pharma Argenica Therapeutics Aspecthera Atherid Therapeutics CathRx Ltd Endo Axiom I D & E Inosi Therapeutics Nanomedx ProGenis Pharmaceuticals Theia Medical Venstra Medical Wavewise Analytics ZiP Diagnostics CSL Medical Research Future Fund MTPConnect Stuart Dignam

Also SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing

4 deals

HPA processing, ‘4D digital twins’ and breakthrough hydrogen storage among newly-funded CRC-P projects

Round 16 CRC-P grants, about $55 million across 23 projects, fund work involving CPC Engineering, ZiP Diagnostics, Emesent and Rux Energy across minerals processing, diagnostics, drone mapping and hydrogen storage.

@AuManufacturing Tue 22 Oct 2024 Emesent Rux Energy ZiP Diagnostics Axxin Edith Cowan University The University of Sydney Aeris Resources Australian Government CSIRO Ed Husic

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Companies awarded $8.4 m in commercialisation grants

Twelve Australian companies received federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling $8.4 million, including Zip Diagnostics and Incisive Technologies, with industry minister Christian Porter praising the medical manufacturing projects.

@AuManufacturing Wed 21 Apr 2021 BlockTexx InvertiGro Sportcor VetDB ZiP Diagnostics Australian Government Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program Christian Porter

Also Startup News (WA)

Grant $600k

Australian company awarded $600,000 to commercialise rapid Covid test

Diagnostics firm Zip Diagnostics received a $600,000 federal grant through the BioMedTech Horizons program to commercialise rapid Covid-19 tests built on Axxin platforms.

@AuManufacturing Tue 21 Jul 2020 ZiP Diagnostics Axxin Federal BioMedTech Horizons Program Bill Hopper

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Life sciences investor MTPConnect injects $12 million into 14 drug and device startups

HPA processing, ‘4D digital twins’ and breakthrough hydrogen storage among newly-funded CRC-P projects

Companies awarded $8.4 m in commercialisation grants

Australian company awarded $600,000 to commercialise rapid Covid test