Accelerator · 4 deals
Sydney, NSW
Every published round EnergyLab 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, and a place in one of its own programs is under Cohorts.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECX Australia | Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | Lead | RenewEconomy (4 Aug 2026), RenewEconomy (4 Aug 2026) | |
| My Solar Manager | Accelerator | 28 Jul 2023 | - | Lead | Startup News (WA), Startup Daily | |
| Sicona Battery Technologies | Accelerator | 2023 | - | Lead | SmartCompany, Startup Daily | |
| Sicona | Accelerator | 2023 | - | Lead | RenewEconomy, Startup News (WA), @AuManufacturing |
Everyone EnergyLab has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
| Member | Program | Announced | Cheque | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGRA Farming Technologies | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | $50k | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| Alt. Leather | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| Aspiring Materials | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| CATCH Power | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| DC3 Tech | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| EVX Australia | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| Loop Hydrometallurgy | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| Magnefy | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| MetroElectro | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| OzAmmonia | 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 3 Aug 2026 | - | ARENA, RenewEconomy |
| Brightspace | 2025 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 26 Aug 2025 | - | Startup Daily, RenewEconomy |
| BSpkl | 2025 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 26 Aug 2025 | - | Startup Daily, RenewEconomy |
| Flipped Energy | 2025 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 26 Aug 2025 | - | Startup Daily, RenewEconomy |
| SunWiz | 2025 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 26 Aug 2025 | - | Startup Daily, RenewEconomy |
| Renewable Metals | 2023 Supercharge Australia Innovation Challenge | 2023 | $8m | RenewEconomy, SmartCompany |
| Acacia Money | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| Allegro Energy | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | $75k | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| Conry Tech | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| EcoJoule Energy | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| Economical Energy | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| Farmbot | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| National Renewable Network | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| Raaise | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| Solstice AI | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| VALAI | 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 28 Jul 2022 | - | Startup Daily (28 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2022) |
| InfraVision | 2021 Climate Solutions Accelerator | 2021 | - | RenewEconomy, SmartCompany |
| InfraVision | 2020 Scaleup Program | 2020 | - | RenewEconomy, SmartCompany |
Companies EnergyLab has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acacia Money | 28 Jul 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| AGRA Farming Technologies | builds and licenses commercial indoor plant factories that provide flexible load and dema… | 3 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Allegro Energy | Recyclable, water-based battery chemistry | 20 Sep 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Alt. Leather | Bio-based leather alternatives for fashion and automotive | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Aspiring Materials | Carbon capture game startup | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Brightspace | AI-driven digital twins of buildings | 26 Aug 2025, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| BSpkl | Hydrogen membrane manufacturer using ion-beam sputtering technology | 26 Aug 2025, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| CATCH Power | home energy management hardware and software that coordinates household solar, batteries,… | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| DC3 Tech | designs, integrates and commissions DC microgrid systems for EV fleet depots and data cen… | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| EcoJoule Energy | Climate tech company | 28 Jul 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Economical Energy | 23 Oct 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| ECX Australia | 3 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| EVX Australia | Australian fully vertically integrated public EV charging infrastructure provider | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Farmbot | Farmland remote water and asset monitoring platform for livestock farms | 28 Jul 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Flipped Energy | Demand response and dynamic pricing technology for energy retailers | 26 Aug 2025, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| InfraVision | Aerial robotics for power grid infrastructure | 2021, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Loop Hydrometallurgy | developing patented Halion Loop™ technology which offers a step-change in critical minera… | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Magnefy | using non-invasive magnetic sensing and AI to detect developing faults in transformers an… | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| MetroElectro | installs, owns and operates rooftop solar and battery systems on commercial and industria… | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| My Solar Manager | 28 Jul 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| National Renewable Network | Virtual power plant model changing how Australians access solar and batteries | 28 Jul 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| OzAmmonia | a UNSW spinout with a patented platform electrolyser converting industrial nitrogen oxide… | 7 Aug 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| Raaise | 28 Jul 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Renewable Metals | Startup recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover critical minerals | 5 Oct 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 0 |
| Sicona | 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Sicona Battery Technologies | 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| SunWiz | solar and battery market analysts | 26 Aug 2025, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| VALAI | Climate tech venture | 28 Jul 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
| Fund | Manager | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| - | Melt Ventures | SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing |
Companies EnergyLab has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal EnergyLab did.
Stories naming EnergyLab. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Climate tech fund manager Impact Ventures has passed $10m under management and taken its follow-on vehicle to a first close; its portfolio spans Amber Electric, Orkestra and Infravision.
Sydney early-stage climate tech backer Impact Ventures says it now manages $10 million and has completed the first close on its follow-on vehicle, which will keep backing its maturing portfolio companies.
Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.
EnergyLab unveils ten hardware-focused climate tech startups joining its 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator, supported by $1.64 million from ARENA; alumni Infravision, Renewable Metals, Orkestra and Amber later received ARENA funding.
EnergyLab names ten hardware-focused climate tech companies joining its 2026 Climate Solutions Accelerator, which pairs seed investment with a six-month program. Several hold government grants, and Catch Power's 2024 purchase of Solar Analytics is recalled.
Also RenewEconomy
South Australian startups Lunio Energy and OptiGrid launch a 5 MW Strathalbyn battery into market trading; the piece recalls OptiGrid's seed round backed by CEFC, IP Group, Hostplus, universities and EnergyLab.
A 5 MW South Australian battery has started trading, the first project for developer Lunio Energy and the first four-hour site run on OptiGrid's optimisation platform, whose seed backers are recapped.
NSW Government grants worth $400,000 across 19 recipients include EnergyLab, Barayamal, Go Remote, Western Sydney Women and Scale Investors, funding events and initiatives aimed at closing the gender funding gap.
Melbourne electric motorcycle maker Savic has banked $2 million via a convertible note, handing the chief executive job from founder Denis Savic to EV systems veteran Marc Alexander.
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.
Also RenewEconomy
Ten battery start-ups, mostly Australian, join Supercharge Australia's first incubator cohort; the piece also recalls earlier Innovation Challenge award wins by Renewable Metals and Veepower.
Solar panel recycler Elecsome has secured a patent for its dismantling and glass recovery methods; the piece also recaps its accelerator participation, a feasibility study with AGL and an Enel Green Power agreement.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: IDT Australia wins a Sanofi mRNA contract, Amplia collects an R&D tax refund, OptiGrid enters EnergyLab's accelerator, plus a ship launch, hydrogen towers, road works and a job listing.
Roundup covering seven Australian companies' recent raises — Splend, Rich Data Co, Slice, InvestorHub, Eyeonic, Graceview and Monty Compost Co — from fleet electrification finance to AI compliance and compost-monitoring seed rounds.
Weekly roundup: InvestorHub banks a $4m Series A extension led by EVP, while Brisbane compost-tech maker Monty Compost Co picks up $1 million from Skalata, Antler and other backers.
Also SmartCompany
Sprint Ventures announces a binding term sheet making QVCDF a cornerstone backer of its upcoming third fund, and flags plans to invest across healthcare, climate tech and AI, plus a July event.
Wollongong spin-out Sicona is expanding into the United States with a plant making silicon-carbon battery ingredients, aiming to extend electric vehicle range; the EnergyLab accelerator alumnus secured $22 million during 2023.
EnergyLab's debut Decarb Debrief reports record 2023 fundraising by its alumni, led by Infravision, Sicona and Renewable Metals, as the accelerator grew to seven programs serving 67 startups.
Newsletter highlights Australian startup funding including Jet Zero, Kismet, VaultEscrow, Jupiter Ionics, ChronoForge, FLK it over, Anni, and Bae Juice, alongside M&A activity.
Also Early VC
Australian startups Diraq, Marqo, and Hatch secured funding rounds. Ansarada was acquired by Datasite. Bupa launched a new venture fund, and the Queensland government backed several VCs and accelerators.
Queensland's QVCDF, managed by QIC, will fund five accelerator programs to ready over 160 local startups for venture capital investment across two years.
RenewEconomy reports the national renewable energy agency's announced plan to back the climate-focused startup accelerator EnergyLab, recapping its years supporting clean energy founders and naming standout graduates.
EnergyLab's Energy Scaleup program takes Perth clean-energy startup My Solar Manager into its 2023 cohort; alumnus Village Energy endorses the program, and applications for 2024 are open.
EnergyLab has picked 10 startups, six of them Australian, for the newest round of its Scaleup Program, which pairs clean energy companies with corporates, backers and mentors to hasten grid decarbonisation.
Melt Ventures has closed a $10 million fund for hardware-focused climate tech and named its first investments, including Endua's $11.8 million pre-seed round backed by Melt, Main Sequence, QIC, 77 Partners and Ampol.
Also @AuManufacturing·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing
Hardware-focused venture fund Melt Ventures has secured $10 million for its first fund, backed by new angel investors and family offices plus earlier supporters, and has already invested in three energy storage startups.
A Perth company that recycles lithium batteries has won the inaugural Supercharge Australia Innovation Challenge Award, finishing ahead of Sicona and Roev, and now plans a NSW plant feasibility study with state fund support.
Turkish battery-circularity firm Niocycle has become Brisbane startup Vaulta's first overseas backer, joining a further funding instalment; earlier backers included Renu Energy, and Vaulta was picked for a Supercharge Australia program.
Roundup covering an SME sentiment survey, Renewable Metals winning a Supercharge Australia award, a new Queensland trade commissioner, an FFI green hydrogen power deal, a Siemens emissions pilot, and a CDU drones grant.
EnergyLab's Supercharge Australia initiative has selected eleven startups for its first Innovation Challenge, covering lithium batteries, EV conversion and recycling, with experts judging a Sydney pitch event in March.
Brisbane climate investment app Bloom Impact Investing has raised a $525,000 seed round co-led by Dom Pym through his family office Euphemia, with Envato founders Collis and Cyan Ta'eed reinvesting, for a business development hire.
EnergyLab's 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator has taken ten Australian climate tech startups into its six-month program, backed by $750,000 in total pre-seed funding from angel investors, half again more than the prior year.
EnergyLab has picked ten Australian climate startups for its 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator, a six-month program, with the group sharing $750,000 from angel investors.
A non-profit is starting an ocean-health startup accelerator with a climate-tech accelerator partner, while an impact firm will help it raise a new early-stage fund for participants.