Liquid Instruments $50M Series C: Defense Tech 2026
Analysis of Liquid Instruments' $50m Series C, whose co-leads were Keysight and Australia's NRF, examining defense-tech capital trends alongside comparable 2026 hardware raises.
Corporate / CVC · 2 deals
Every published round Keysight Technologies 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.
Companies Keysight Technologies has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid Instruments | Maker of reconfigurable measurement devices originating from ANU research | 2026, Series C | 2 | 2 |
Fund closes reported for Keysight Technologies, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Keysight Technologies has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Keysight Technologies did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Huei Sin | President | @AuManufacturing |
| Joaquin Torrecilla | Vice President of Software Transformation | Startup Daily (5 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (29 Apr 2026), liquidinstruments.com |
Stories naming Keysight Technologies. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Analysis of Liquid Instruments' $50m Series C, whose co-leads were Keysight and Australia's NRF, examining defense-tech capital trends alongside comparable 2026 hardware raises.
Retrospective on Liquid Instruments, the Canberra-born software-defined test instrument maker, which has closed a fifty-million-US-dollar Series C co-led by the reconstruction fund and Keysight, with Significant Ventures among existing investors.
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