Vice-Chancellor, ANU
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Board Member (former) | Liquid Instruments | liquidinstruments.com |
| Vice Chancellor (former) | Australian National University | @AuManufacturing, Startup Daily, Our Innovation Fund |
| Vice-Chancellor | ANU | Startup Daily |
| Board Member (former) | Activate Capital | ellty.com, Startup Daily, Business News Australia |
Stories naming Prof Brian Schmidt. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A directory of fifteen Canberra investors backing deep tech, noting ACTivate Capital's fund first close, several government-backed company raises, an incubator's alumni, and one portfolio acquisition.
Liquid Instruments has raised a $50m Series C for its reconfigurable testing hardware, co-led by Australia's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and Keysight Technologies; proceeds go to AI development and aerospace, defence and chip markets.
The ACT Government has launched the ACTivate Capital venture fund, with an initial $23 million close and capacity for $50 million, to back Canberra startups and commercialise local research, led by fund manager Ken Kroeger.
Roundup of manufacturing briefs: biotech Imugene's share plan added A$18.2 million, EVOS shifted its Brisbane head office, ANSTO won federal backing for nuclear medicine, CSIRO endowed Wollongong scholarships, plus two chief executive appointments.
Robotics firm Advanced Navigation, backed by publisher OIF, is buying ANU spin-out Vai Photonics in an all-scrip deal of up to $40m; Vai's navigation tech is in talks with NASA.
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US software company NetApp is buying Canberra data platform Instaclustr in a deal reportedly exceeding $500 million, nine years after its founding, rewarding early backers including ANU Connect Ventures and Bailador.