Investor · 11 deals

Innovation Seed Fund

Disclosed deals

Every published round Innovation Seed Fund 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.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
University of Western Australia	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$99.9k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
The Kids Research Institute Australia	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$499.6k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
Respirion Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$649.3k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
Proteomics International Pty Ltd	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$500k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
ProGenis Pharmaceuticals	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$100k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
Pretect Devices Pty Ltd	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$494.8k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
Murdoch University	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$99.8k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
Materia Health	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$500k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup News (WA), Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
DermR Health Research WA Pty Ltd	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$500k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
Curtin University	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$499.9k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)
Biotome Pty Ltd	Grant	19 Nov 2025	$498k	Lead	WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025)

Portfolio

Companies Innovation Seed Fund has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Biotome Pty Ltd	Developing a novel diagnostic for preeclampsia risk	19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
Curtin University		19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
DermR Health Research WA Pty Ltd	Advancing the DermR Patch α2 through early clinical validation and design refinement	19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
Materia Health	MateriaPOD platform built to transport donor organs, blood products and reproductive cells	19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
Murdoch University		19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
Pretect Devices Pty Ltd	Developing Vedette, a device to prevent extravasation injury in neonates	19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
ProGenis Pharmaceuticals	Developing nucleic acid therapy for aortic stenosis	19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
Proteomics International Pty Ltd	Developing Promarker Endo, a blood test for endometriosis diagnosis	19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
Respirion Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Developing inhaled RSP-1502 to treat resistant infection and inflammation in cystic fibro…	19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
The Kids Research Institute Australia		19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1
University of Western Australia	University analyzing recovered experimental panels	19 Nov 2025, Grant	1	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Innovation Seed Fund, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Innovation Seed Fund yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Innovation Seed Fund has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Innovation Seed Fund did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Innovation Seed Fund is recorded as having been acquired.

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