Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Startup · $1.1m raised

Redflow

Flow battery specialist that was placed into voluntary administration

Brisbane, QLD

Coverage

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

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Arena backs Australian factory featuring “breakthrough” in battery storage powders

VSPC, Livium's battery subsidiary, wins a $30 million ARENA grant toward a cathode powder demonstration plant; the piece also recalls funding for AnteoTech, Li-S, Novonix and Energy Storage Industries, plus Redflow's administration.

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Funding announcement

Australian flow battery pioneer put into administration after failing to find backers

Brisbane flow battery maker Redflow has entered voluntary administration after failing to attract matching private investment, with Deloitte appointed; the article also recalls Tritium's sale to Exicom and a small earlier Redflow equity raise.

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Key hire

Grid Connections: Who’s going where in Australia’s energy transition

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.

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Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Redflow banks extra placement money atop its August raise; Flinders University plans a space-cyber forum; VEX Robotics partners with a robotics peak body; a munitions venture wins an award; DXN lands a cable contract.

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