Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Founder, OptiGrid

Nam Dinh

Coverage

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

Funding announcement

The little big battery using local smarts and deeper storage to help fill gap in most renewable grid

South Australian startups Lunio Energy and OptiGrid launch a 5 MW Strathalbyn battery into market trading; the piece recalls OptiGrid's seed round backed by CEFC, IP Group, Hostplus, universities and EnergyLab.

RenewEconomy 21 Jul 2026 Clean Energy Finance CorporationEnergyLabHepburn Energy ParkHostplusIP Group AustraliaLunio EnergyOptiGridSA Power NetworksUniversity of AdelaideUNSWNam DinhSahand KarimiSeth Thuraisingham
Funding announcement

The little big battery using local smarts and deeper storage to help fill gap in most renewable grid

A 5 MW South Australian battery has started trading, the first project for developer Lunio Energy and the first four-hour site run on OptiGrid's optimisation platform, whose seed backers are recapped.

RenewEconomy 21 Jul 2026 Clean Energy Finance CorporationEnergyLabHepburn Energy ParkHostplusIP Group AustraliaLunio EnergyOptiGridSA Power NetworksUniversity of AdelaideUNSWNam DinhSahand KarimiSeth Thuraisingham

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