Startup · $600k raised
Brisbane, QLD
Programs: Startmate (Summer24 accelerator)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Carbonaught Pty Ltd raised.
Companies Carbonaught Pty Ltd acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Pedley | Co-founder and CEO | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
| James Lyons | Co-founder and CTO | Startup Daily (22 Feb 2024), Startup Daily (19 Oct 2022) |
Stories naming Carbonaught Pty Ltd. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Canberra is funding carbon management demonstrations: round two of a national program directs $32.6 million across seven projects, naming six recipients including Carbonaught, Australian Carbon Vault, Karbonix, MCi Carbon and Electralith.
Startup Daily's Ask column profiles the ten Startmate Summer 2024 Demo Day startups and their funding asks, noting Kite Therapy's completed raise and Carbonaught's government grant.
Queensland's Advance Queensland initiative has granted more than $5.5 million to 56 small businesses across two programs, with Rainstick and Carbonaught among recipients; Carbonaught also recently won a US government grant.
Startup Daily covers Startmate's Summer24 accelerator intake: ten startups, six with women founders, four in deep tech, spanning health AI, e-commerce, materials and agtech across Australia and New Zealand.
SparkLabs Cultiv8 has picked ten cleantech startups for the first intake of its new accelerator, run from Orange with backing from Cultiv8 Funds Management and several agricultural research bodies.
Profile of climate startup Carbonaught, which spreads crushed waste rock on farmland to remove carbon dioxide and restore soils, covering its founders, XPrize result, pilot projects and pre-seed backing from Antler Australia.