3 deals
Startup · $4m raised
AROSE
Not-for-profit, industry-led consortium whose projects include bushfire detection and response, agriculture and defence
Perth, WA
Funding history
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Accelerator
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Grant : $4,000,000
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round AROSE raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Government | Grant | - |
| Australian Space Agency | Accelerator · Grant | - |
What AROSE bought
Companies AROSE acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Leanne Cunnold | CEO (former) | Startup News (WA) (21 Mar 2023), Startup News (WA) (24 Oct 2022) |
| David Flanagan | Chair | Startup News (WA) |
Coverage
Stories naming AROSE. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
2 deals
Australians invited to name upcoming locally-made lunar rover
A public competition to name Australia's Trailblazer lunar rover has opened, with the two consortiums building rival designs, AROSE and ELO2, each holding $4 million in grants for early prototype work.
6 deals
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Grant
$4m
Lunar rover arose with $4M
WA space consortium AROSE has received a $4 million Australian Government grant under the Space Agency's Trailblazer program to design a lunar rover for NASA, leading a sixteen-organisation group including Fugro and Nova Systems.
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Funding announcement
QuantumTX delivers $750,000 to 30 companies
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