Corporate / CVC · 2 deals
Sydney, NSW
Every published round RFC Ambrian Funds Manage 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.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MagnaTerra Technologies | Unnamed stage | 4 Jul 2025 | $11m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio | |
| Gaia EnviroTech | Unnamed stage | Feb 2024 | $4.3m | Participant | SmartCompany (22 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (8 Feb 2024), RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio |
Companies RFC Ambrian Funds Manage has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaia EnviroTech | Circular economy leader in anaerobic digestion technology | Feb 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| MagnaTerra Technologies | Deep tech company formed by merging NextOre and MRead, developing MR sensing to detect mi… | 4 Jul 2025 | 1 | 0 |
Companies RFC Ambrian Funds Manage's own portfolio page lists that no published round yet places it in. The page is the source; the round is being looked for.
| Company | Site |
|---|---|
| Chrysoscorp | chrysoscorp.com ↗ |
| Chrysos Corporation | - |
| FPR Energy | fprenergy.com.au ↗ |
| Gaia-envirotech | gaia-envirotech.com ↗ |
| Hadean Energy | hadeanenergy.com.au ↗ |
| MRead | mread.com.au ↗ |
| NextOre | nextore.com.au ↗ |
| Website Design by Wolf IQ | wolfiq.com.au ↗ |
Fund closes reported for RFC Ambrian Funds Manage, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies RFC Ambrian Funds Manage has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal RFC Ambrian Funds Manage did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Adamson | Executive Chairman | Startup Daily, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio, RFC Ambrian Funds Manage team page |
| Stefan Skorut | Chief Investment Officer | RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio (27 Nov 2024), RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio (25 Jan 2024) |
Stories naming RFC Ambrian Funds Manage. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
RFC Ambrian announces it has co-founded FPR Energy with CSIRO and Osaka Gas to commercialise high-temperature particle CST technology, with Osaka Gas joining the Australian startup as an investor.
Roundup of seven Australian startups landing fresh capital and grants: Gaia EnviroTech's $4.3 million deal with RFM, four medtechs sharing $3.25 million via ANDHealth+, Q-CTRL's UK quantum prize, and CarbonHQ's $600,000 pre-seed.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Gaia EnviroTech's post-investment board meeting with RFC Ambrian, Arafura's chief executive change, Adbri's maintenance shutdown, BioCarbon's relocation, and a federal grants round opening.
Gaia EnviroTech, a regional Victorian organic waste and bioenergy company spun out of Gekko Systems, has received a $4.3m commitment from RFC Ambrian Funds Management's decarbonisation fund to support its expansion.
RFC Ambrian recounts forming MRead with CSIRO to adapt magnetic resonance sensing for explosive and drug detection, including a seed round completed in late 2022-early 2023 with strategic investment from Codan's Minelab division.
RFC Ambrian announces the formation of a funds management arm to run multi-strategy funds for institutional investors focused on critical minerals and decarbonisation technologies.