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Renewable Metals raises $12M Series A - Luan Atkinson, round details and contact

Profile of Australian battery-recycling company Renewable Metals, reporting its oversubscribed $12 million Series A with CEFC and Virescent Ventures leading, founder and CEO Luan Atkinson, and chair Peter Beaven.

Examining the challenges and opportunities in electrifying heavy transport

CEFC insight piece on growing electric truck use in Australia, outlining its financing for Team Global Express, Zenobē and Volvo Group, from fleet finance to charging and resale-value support.

Growth Capital: backing the businesses scaling Australia’s net zero transition

Recap of CEFC’s Sydney forum on climate tech investing, revisiting its 2025 co-investment with Five V Capital in Agile Energy and the PATF’s growth capital approach.

Growth Capital: backing the businesses scaling Australia's net zero transition

CEFC's write-up of its Growth Capital Forum sets out its PATF investment approach and revisits its late-2025 co-investment with Five V Capital in Agile Energy, plus Australian Ethical's view on transition investing.

MGA Thermal wins Impact Award in Climate Salad's climate tech awards

Climate Salad's 2024 Australian Climate Tech Awards honoured eight winners, with MGA Thermal taking the Impact Award; the piece recaps the thermal storage company's year, including ARENA grants and a pre-Series B top-up.

Fireside Chat: Hysata – Defying hydrogen's hype cycle

Virescent Ventures partner Blair Pritchard reflects on Hysata, the Wollongong electrolyser spinout whose $172 million Series B he led, covering its technology, culture, customers and the green hydrogen market outlook.

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Octopus attracts super new investor to back moves into big solar and storage

Octopus Australia closed a second $250 million raising for its Oasis renewables fund, adding super fund Rest alongside Hostplus, the CEFC and Sky Renewables, and formed an Indigenous-owned venture in the Northern Territory.

FUNDED August 2022

Techboard's monthly roundup tallies August 2022 private funding at $207m across 22 deals, listing the month's raises, BlackRock's acquisition of Akaysha Energy, One Click Life's reverse takeover listing, and several fund closes.

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FUNDED July 2022 Anniversary Edition

Techboard's anniversary roundup catalogues a month of Australian startup funding: megadeals, three acquisitions, large debt deals, grants, accelerator intakes, and fund news including Archangel Ventures' committed capital.

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Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: Manildra draws on CEFC money to quit coal, Ankere Therapeutics launches with seed backing, Micro-X gear reaches Ukraine, plus a vessel naming, precinct tenders, an FFI appointment and a cable rebrand.

Hydrogen under $2 in reach as Hysata develops revolutionary process

Virescent Ventures' blog flags Hysata's ultra-efficient electrolyser as progress toward low-cost hydrogen; the Australian company's backer is CEFC, whose investments Virescent manages, with fuller coverage in the AFR.

Downforce Technologies draws investor support with innovative soil carbon solution

Soil carbon measurement startup Downforce Technologies closed a $3 million seed round backed by CEFC's Clean Energy Innovation Fund, Perivoli Innovations and Tiverton, with Australia as its first target market.