Startup · $109m raised · Energy
EV charging company whose project explores network benefits from vehicle-to-grid technology
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Jet Charge raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Government | Grant | - |
| Australian Renewable Energy Agency | Grant | $12,000,000 |
| Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) | Grant | $12,000,000 |
| Claremont Capital | Accelerator | - |
| Clean Energy Finance Corporation | Unnamed stage · Accelerator | $6,000,000 |
| Federal Government | Grant | - |
| Greg Roebuck | Accelerator | - |
| Kilara Capital | Unnamed stage | - |
| LaunchVic | Grant · Accelerator | - |
| Mirova | Unnamed stage | - |
| RACV | Unnamed stage · Accelerator | - |
| Simon Monk | Accelerator | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Jet Charge, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Virescent Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Jet Charge acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Washington | CEO · Founder | Forbes Australia, SmartCompany (20 Dec 2024), Startup Daily, RenewEconomy (12 Dec 2023), SmartCompany (12 Oct 2023), @AuManufacturing, ARENA, LaunchVic, RenewEconomy (17 Feb 2022), Virescent Ventures portfolio |
| Monique Conheady | Chair (former) | Startup Daily, LaunchVic |
| Ellen Liang | Founder | Forbes Australia, SmartCompany, Startup Daily, LaunchVic |
| Jay Robinson | Founder | Forbes Australia, LaunchVic |
Stories naming Jet Charge. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of JET Charge co-founder Tim Washington, tracing the EV charging firm's growth and recalling its 2020 institutional round and $72 million Series C led by Mirova.
Fourteen projects won grants under the federal government's Grid Enhancing Technologies program, including EV charging firms Jet Charge and Charge Hub Australia, to show how EVs and other tech can ease grid constraints.
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Climate Salad's report says Australia's climate tech sector has passed 7,000 workers across 730 startups and drew $680 million in venture capital; Sea Forest's ASX debut and fund commitments point to investor appetite.
Victoria's Breakthrough Victoria has committed $75m to five specialist VC funds covering climate tech, life sciences, female founders and healthcare, each pledging a quarter of its capital to local startups.
Breakthrough Victoria is putting $75 million into five venture capital funds, including Virescent, SYNthesis BioVentures, Scale and Galileo, each of which has pledged a quarter of its capital to Victorian startups.
Roundup of short industry items: Element 25 and Vaxxas win US government grants, Orthocell gets an R&D refund, Convergence Medical completes its Series A, and Monique Conheady takes a Hysata board seat.
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Weekly roundup covering seven Australian companies' fresh capital: EV charging, satellite IoT, sovereign cloud, wearables, workplace messaging, plus two crowdfunding raises on Birchal.
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Jet Charge, an Australian electric-vehicle charging company, has secured $72 million with Mirova leading and earlier backers returning, to develop charging technology and its subscription model.
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A news roundup covering a government-backed hydrogen project for Telstra, a climate tech fund's first close, new appointments at a South Australian agency and a feed company, plus export approvals and science prizes.
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LaunchVic has selected ten scaleups for the last intake of its 30X30 mentoring program, which pairs their leaders with mentors from unicorn companies; the 20 earlier participants have together raised over $98.7 million.
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A rolling roundup of Australian energy-sector job moves, listing dozens of executives, directors and ministers joining or leaving utilities, regulators, developers and industry bodies between May and December 2023.
The renewable energy agency announces a $12 million government grant enabling JET Charge to roll out a subscription model for fleet EV charging infrastructure across Australia, targeting more than 3,100 new electric vehicles.
LaunchVic profiles EV charging firm JET Charge, covering its 2022 Series B raise backed by RACV and other investors and its place in the second 30X30 scaleup intake.
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap: Tiger Global's losses and past Australian bets, MilkRun and TradeSquare closures, Cyara's Spearline acquisition, a Co Ventures pre-seed fund, Square Peg's partner promotion and LaunchVic's 30×30 picks.
An EV charging company has closed a Series B of over A$25 million led by RACV, with the CEFC's innovation fund, Claremont Capital and earlier individual backers taking part; its 2020 Series A is also recalled.
Perth energy software startup Gridcognition raised a $2.25 million seed round, lifting total funding to $4 million, gained new investors and clients, hired five executives, and previously exited Greensense to ERM Power.
Energy software firm Gridcognition closed a $2.25 million seed round; CEFC committed $625,000 through its innovation fund alongside Alberts Impact Ventures, Afterwork Ventures and angel investors, taking total funding near $4 million.
Also Virescent Ventures portfolio·gridcog.com·Startup News (WA)
Innovation Victoria launches, merging Breakthrough Victoria and LaunchVic; Geoff Tarrant chairs the board, Monique Conheady deputises and Rod Bristow is CEO; Tarrant co-founded Payapps, bought by Autodesk in 2024.
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