Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and Minister for Water, Queensland Government
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO and General Partner (former) | Fund WA | Startup News (WA) (30 Nov 2023), Startup News (WA) (21 Sep 2023) |
| General Partner (former) | Fund WA | Startup News (WA) (20 Aug 2023), Startup News (WA) (21 Feb 2023) |
| Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and Minister for Water | Queensland Government | Defence Connect, @AuManufacturing (28 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (28 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (8 Apr 2024), @AuManufacturing (16 May 2023), @AuManufacturing (15 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (14 Jun 2022), @AuManufacturing (8 Jun 2022), @AuManufacturing (10 Mar 2022) |
Stories naming Glenn Butcher. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Elexon has opened a larger electronics facility after a fire, with a state minister highlighting the government's $890,000 grant that helped the Queensland manufacturer expand capacity, cut costs and create jobs.
A Brisbane dessert maker has opened a highly automated factory, with robotics built by Mexx Engineering and a $2.5m Queensland government grant funding the equipment, adding 56 roles by 2026.
Electronics maker Elexon Group has reopened in Brendale, Brisbane, nine months after a fire destroyed its factories, touting a rebuilt Industry 4.0 facility; a state minister recalls an $890,000 government grant aiding the recovery.
Mackay pipe-welding firm Key Solutions Group receives a $500,000 Queensland Government manufacturing grant to buy robotic welding equipment, expanding capacity and creating as many as eight jobs.
InterEarth, a Western Australian biomass carbon storage venture, has drawn investment from Fund WA — its third deal — alongside Counteract and Foxglove Capital, and is working with Nasdaq-owned carbon registry Puro.earth.
FundWA has backed Perth medtech VitalTrace as the second deal from its debut fund. The biosensor startup's co-founders took out a 2021 WA Innovator of the Year award.
A newly established West Australian venture fund has made its maiden startup investment, backing a telehealth platform founded by three WA entrepreneurs; the fund itself operates with support from a state government grant.
Roundup of manufacturing news: a naval ship delivery, a packaging firm's guidance downgrade, low carbon grants for nine Victorian manufacturers, a Queensland grant, an executive appointment, a truck safety launch, and a US distribution deal.
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Western Australia's government has selected three forming local early-stage venture funds, Purpose Ventures, Fund WA and Quokka Capital, for 100,000 dollars each in matched operational funding under its WAVES pilot.
Queensland's Made In Queensland program has granted roughly $1.1 million to two Toowoomba manufacturers: Obadare Group receives $937,000 to build whole rigs, and Tanuki gets $198,849 for automated packaging equipment.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing briefs: ZoneRV wins a Queensland grant, CLS and ARM Hub build a laundry robot prototype, Traffic Technologies lands a street-light order, Conflux launches a cooler, and UNSW unveils a solar car.
Two Bundaberg manufacturers have received Queensland government grants: NewFresh Foods $1.91m for crop-extraction machinery, and Aletek $1.36m for a laser scanner and CNC machines, under the Made in Queensland program.