Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Company

Honeywell

Technology provider supporting HAMR Energy's project via UOP eFining process

Coverage

Stories naming Honeywell. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

4 deals

Crunchbase Predicts: 15 Companies That Could Go Public In 2026 As The IPO Market Gains Momentum

Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.

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In The Space Of Months, AI Funding Boom Adds More Than $500B In Value To Unicorn Board And Reshuffles Top 20

Crunchbase's unicorn tracker analysis finds AI-driven valuations added over half a trillion dollars in months, reshuffling the top twenty and minting eleven new decacorns in H2 2025, including Figure, Kraken, Mistral and Sierra.

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Grant $2.5m

Brookfield-backed metering firm buys assets of “smart pool” retailer sunk by energy crisis

Metering firm Intellihub has bought the assets of Pooled Energy, a NSW smart pool retailer that entered administration amid electricity price rises. The article also recalls Intellihub's April purchase of GreenSync and Pooled's ARENA grant.

Series B US$198m

Rio Tinto joins Gates to back renewable hydrogen startup as miners look to future tech

Mining major Rio Tinto has joined Bill Gates' fund and other industrial and cleantech backers in a US$198 million Series B for hydrogen electrolyser developer Electric Hydrogen; Fortescue's electrolyser investments are also noted.

Grant $2.5m

ARENA-backed energy retailer goes into administration as price surge causes havoc

Pool-focused electricity retailer Pooled Energy has entered administration amid soaring wholesale power costs, with administrators appointed. The article recalls its 2018 ARENA grant and notes Weston Energy lost its gas retail licence.

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