Professor, University of Wollongong

Dr Gerry Swiegers

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
CTO (former) · Founder	Hysata	uow.edu.au, Virescent Ventures, @AuManufacturing (9 May 2024), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (2 Aug 2022), @AuManufacturing (25 Mar 2022)
Professor	University of Wollongong	@AuManufacturing (9 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (2 Aug 2022), @AuManufacturing (25 Mar 2022)

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Funding announcement

Hysata to scale UOW clean energy innovation with $49M ARENA funding

Hysata has received an ARENA grant of up to $49 million to build a commercial-scale electrolyser manufacturing line at Port Kembla, with UOW and TAFE NSW Illawarra supporting workforce training around the project.

uow.edu.au 18 Sep 2026 Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Hysata TAFE NSW Illawarra University of Wollongong Dr Gerry Swiegers Professor G.Q. Max Lu AO Dr Paul Barrett

Series B $172m

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.

Virescent Ventures portfolio 9 May 2024 Hysata Advisian Apple CEFC University of Wollongong Virescent Ventures Alex Oppes Blair Pritchard Dr Gerry Swiegers Dr Paul Barrett

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·Forbes Australia·RenewEconomy·SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·@AuManufacturing·commbank.com.au·australianmanufacturing.com.au·Crunchbase News

Seed $5m

Hydrogen startup anticipates 30 new hires over next 12 months

@AuManufacturing 25 Mar 2022 Hysata University of Wollongong Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Finance Corporation IP Group Australia Dr Gerry Swiegers Dr Paul Barrett

Also RenewEconomy

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