Investor · 26 deals
Every published round Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre 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 Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3RT | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Allthread Industries | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Black Sky Aero | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Ceramisphere | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Elenium Automation | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Endua | Queensland energy company backed by Main Sequence. | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 |
| EQ | 25 Jan 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Examin | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Geofabrics | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Harvest B | Developing plant-based meat ingredient systems for food manufacturers | Jun 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 |
| Laronix | A Queensland startup using artificial intelligence to replicate the natural voice of pati… | 13 Dec 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 |
| Microbio | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Minomic International | Prostate cancer tests and solid tumor diagnostics | 13 Apr 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 |
| Plante | Turning food waste into biodegradable nursery pots in place of plastic planters | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 |
| Premcar | 2 Sep 2024, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Reid Print Technologies | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Solar Analytics | software specialist | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 |
| Spiral Blue | Space Edge computing technology for Earth Observation data | 16 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 |
| Sustinent | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Technofast Industries | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| The Hygiene Co. | 16 Mar 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| TomKat Global | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| TPS | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Vaxxas | Biotech/MedTech company | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 |
| Venlo | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| YOUC | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Analytics | CATCH Power | Acquisition | 2024 | - |
Stories naming Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Melbourne electric motorcycle maker Savic has launched a process seeking acquirers and strategic investors; the article recounts its earlier crowdfunding, capital injection and government grant, though no new funding is confirmed.
WA's government has announced half a million dollars for National Electric Motor Services via its co-investment program for wind manufacturing, backing a Malaga facility to overhaul turbines locally; earlier recipients are also named.
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Queensland medtech Laronix has built AI that recreates patients' own voices from brief recordings; the profile recalls its 2023 seed round, earlier federal grants and a 2025 non-dilutive award.
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Western Australia's government is putting $2 million into Camco Engineering to create local manufacturing of wind turbine anchor cages, while state utilities signed power purchase deals with three wind farm projects.
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A co-investment grant of $453,230 makes Turbine Solutions the third recipient under Western Australia's wind energy manufacturing program, which AMGC administers to help local manufacturers enter the wind sector.
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Bunbury manufacturer RCR Advanced Technologies has received a state government grant to pilot making wind turbine transition flanges locally, becoming the second company supported through the $8 million Wind Energy Manufacturing Co-Investment Program.
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Construction firm Northern Trade Solutions is launching a glass-making arm, Northern Glass Solutions, with a $668,072 Northern Territory Government grant toward a $5.4 million, 12-month project alongside industry and university partners.
Western Australia's wind energy manufacturing co-investment scheme, administered by AMGC, has granted coil maker Australian Winders $488,204, its first award, to automate production, expand capacity and create 25 jobs.
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Roundup of brief items: Memphasys hails fertility device trial results; a concrete recycler is fined; Wurrba, Hazer and University of Queensland land government grants; Aus J gains a North American distribution partner.
Profile of edge computing maker Aicraft and its founder, recognised among Australia's most innovative manufacturers; its products serve space and defence, with work progressing under a state government grant.
A Northern Territory developer of portable desalination gear has landed a government grant toward a bigger production project with two partners, aiming to take its device to full manufacture.
Drone firm Blueflite is developing hydrogen tanks for UAVs in Darwin alongside Charles Darwin University and H3 Dynamics, backed by NT government support and co-investment from the Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund.
Industry body AMGC publicises two past grant recipients that commercialised imaging technology: mDetect's muon system for tailings dam safety and EQ Resources' hyperspectral tungsten sorting, with grants of $248,191 and $600,000.
Headsafe's Nurochek concussion-screening headset has won US FDA approval, with development earlier backed by a $447,500 AMGC grant; the company is now pursuing certifications in several more regions.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: OncoSil Medical's capital raising, an NT grant for a water monitoring project, GoZero's preferred supplier appointment, Micro-X's first Argus order, Aurora Labs' defence work, and Monash waste-recycling research.
Indigenous builder Warle Construction is commercialising a cyclone-resistant steel house-framing kit, backed by a $392,470 co-investment from a NT advanced manufacturing fund, with partners including Annge Consulting, Troppo Architects, Stantec and Vertex Australia.
Seeley International is scaling up Adelaide air-conditioner production for California, backed by South Australian Government support; its earlier Climate Wizard project drew a $1 million Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre grant.
Profile of Bodd, a Melbourne maker of 3D body scanners for uniforms and apparel, covering its Bosch-built hardware, defence and police customers, university ties, scan-based revenues and roughly $8 million raised to date.
Feature arguing Australia needs more scaleup manufacturers, featuring interviews with Gilmour Space, Breakthrough Victoria and Harvest B, set against the nation's declining economic complexity ranking.
Filtration specialist ActionLaser launched its MeltFilter plastic-recycling export brand after a $558,500 AMGC Commercialisation Fund grant, with help from Senarc Services, Simple Motion and Heat Treatment Australia.
Northern Territory's Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund has co-funded six manufacturing projects, reportedly creating jobs and economic returns, with $5.2 million still available for new applications.
Hydrogen storage startup Endua has raised $7.5 million from QIC, Melt Ventures and 77 Partners to scale its modular hydrogen power banks for microgrid and standalone power markets.
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Black Sky Aerospace has approval to turn its Queensland property into an integrated rocketry site, and earlier received nearly half a million dollars from the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre for propellant work.
Western Sydney metal powder startup Kinaltek has completed a $15 million Series A with investors undisclosed, and previously received a $500,000 grant from the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre in 2021.
Molycop has commercialised a process substituting recycled rubber for coke in electric arc furnace steelmaking, backed by a $750,000 AMGC Commercialisation Fund contribution and collaboration with UNSW's SMaRT Centre and Crawford Boots.
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.
Electric motorcycle maker Savic is extending a crowdfunding raise via Equitise ahead of C-Series production; the article recalls a $3 million equity round led by Artesian and government grant funding.
Diverseco opened a Darwin automation facility backed by a $4.45 million co-investment through the NT's Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund, and will partner with Charles Darwin University on robotics micro-credentials.
Seeley International's Climate Wizard units now cool Adelaide Central Market; the manufacturer previously received a $1 million Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre grant for a manufacturing line project.
Stress-imaging startup 1Millikelvin won two innovation awards at the Avalon airshow, including a $50,000 SME prize, with individual and commendation awards going to BAE Systems, MicroTau and RMIT-affiliated researchers.
Six Australian manufacturers received more than $2.1 million in federal grants from AMGC's Commercialisation Fund, with individual awards going to Hygiene Co, Laronix, Provectus Algae, Process Plants International, Vypex and OptoTech.
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Samsara Eco, an Australian National University recycling-tech spinout, has closed a $54 million Series A with returning and new investors, plus an earlier government grant, to expand its enzyme library and build its first commercial facility.
A Northern Territory government manufacturing fund co-funds Arctic Installations' tropical insulating panel project, with the company contributing its own capital, and the business has won a first export deal in Timor-Leste.
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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.
Manufacturing roundup: Vaxxas wins a federal grant for vaccine patch production, Air Tip secures NT co-investment for its tipping trailer, COFA gains research funding, and Fortescue plans US hydrogen research spending.
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Materials developer Kinaltek has signed an agreement letting UPL Speciality Chemicals use its one-step alloy process for catalyst production in India; its Sydney pilot plant was built with a government grant.
Henkel's venture arm has invested an undisclosed sum in Australian recycled-timber company 3RT, whose founders include Flinders University academics. 3RT also recently received an Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre commercialisation grant.
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Profile of hydrogen storage maker Lavo: $65 million in pre-orders, utility-scale orders exceeding a billion dollars, grants and investor backing, with regulation and certification named as its biggest hurdles.