Founder, Climate Tech Partners
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Co-head of Climate Tech | Investible | Breakthrough Victoria, Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
| Founder | Climate Tech Partners | Startup Daily (5 Aug 2026), wildfireenergy.com.au, Startup Daily (20 Apr 2026), Startup Daily (17 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (8 Apr 2025) |
| Founder | Renewable Metals | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Patrick Sieb. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Wildfire Energy, an Australian waste-to-energy developer, received $2 million from Climate Tech Partners, Qantas and Airbus, plus a separate $3.15 million ARENA grant for bio-methanol production work.
Battery recycler Renewable Metals has banked a $12 million Series A, led by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, to build a Kewdale demonstration plant; its seed round totalled $16.1 million across two tranches.
Climate Tech Partners has reached a $50 million first close on its debut climate tech fund, backed by Australian Ethical, the CEFC, Qantas, Airbus and Daniel Besen's family office.
Qantas and Airbus have committed A$15 million to Climate Tech Partners, a local VC, to back startups in sustainable aviation fuel and aviation decarbonisation, drawing on their 2022 US$200 million SAF partnership.
Breakthrough Victoria and Investible back Kite Magnetics, a Monash University spinout developing lightweight electric aircraft motors, in a seed round the article reports at $1.85 million.
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Investible's Climate Tech Fund reveals its first eight investments, including Xylo Systems, Kite Magnetics and CIM, with $30 million committed toward a $100 million target; Xylo also drew Startmate and Taronga Zoo support.
Investible names the first eight climate-focused startups receiving investment from its sector fund, which already holds commitments above $30 million, covering aviation, buildings, marine, agriculture, conservation and carbon advisory ventures.