Venture capital fund · 9 deals
Sydney, NSW
Every published round Electrifi Ventures 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 Electrifi Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hachiko | SaaS platform orchestrating distributed commercial & industrial battery storage assets | 3 Dec 2025, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Voltavate | Battery innovation platform developing cost-effective electrode-coated nanofibre separato… | 11 Jun 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
| MGA Thermal | Developer of Miscibility Gaps Alloy blocks for industrial thermal energy storage | 3 Dec 2024, Bridge / extension | 3 | 0 |
| Fugu Carbon | Creates machines that extract CO2 from the air and sell it to customers | Jul 2024, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| National Renewable Network | Virtual power plant model changing how Australians access solar and batteries | Dec 2023 | 3 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Electrifi Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Electrifi Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Electrifi Ventures did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Danin Kahn | General Partner | Business News Australia, mgathermal.com |
Stories naming Electrifi Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Aussie Angels, a platform for angel investing, is now Ventari. It hosts over 60 syndicates and funds whose backers have deployed $75m into ANZ startups; the company itself raised $2m in 2025.
MGA Thermal, a Hunter Valley energy storage maker, has banked $17 million from IP Group and others to commercialise its heat-storage technology, lifting its total funding to $50 million.
Six Australian startups, including Bodd, Hachiko and Cor, collectively secured about $24 million in fresh backing, while seaweed peer Sea Forest floated on the ASX and jumped in early trade.
Weekly funding roundup covering raises by Bodd, Hachiko, Fremantle Seaweed, Cor, Detail Earth and Recovr, plus seaweed peer Sea Forest's ASX float at a $112 million market capitalisation.
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Investible's climate tech arm explains its seed investment in Hachiko, a software platform for commercial and industrial batteries, citing distributed storage growth and the founder's energy-trading background.
Melbourne battery-separator startup Voltavate has banked $850,000 in an Artesian-led pre-seed round, with Investible, Electrifi Ventures and angel backers taking part, to make energy storage safer and more efficient.
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Manufacturing roundup: Monash shares 3D-printing guidelines for blind students; MGA Thermal gains syndicate investment atop ARENA funding; UniSA touts a natural obesity treatment; Sparc Technologies signs an MoU with CLP Group.
Jelix's investment note explains why its fund joined NRN's oversubscribed $4.3m raise ahead of its Series A, covering the startup's solar financing model, rapid revenue growth, and market opportunity.
Weekly funding roundup covering eight local companies that together banked $80m, topped by twin $17m Series Bs at Safewill and Fresho, plus Celosia's $16.75m Series A and five smaller rounds.
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Jelix's note explains its fund's participation in Fugu Carbon's newly announced seed round, with Investible leading and Counteract VC plus Electrifi Ventures also in, covering the carbon capture venture's market, technology and founders.
Weekly roundup of eight Australian funding rounds, led by Samsara Eco's $100m Series A extension; Diraq, 1Breadcrumb, Aquila, NRN, Klean, Bearhug and Sindy Labs also secured capital, and Klean won a Queensland grant.
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