Managing Director, Proteomics International Pty Ltd · angel in 1 deal

Dr Richard Lipscombe

Role	Organisation	Sources
Managing Director	Proteomics International Pty Ltd	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing, Startup News (WA)

Disclosed deals

Every published round Dr Richard Lipscombe 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
Diag-Nose.io	Seed	30 Jan 2025	$3.2m	Participant	Breakthrough Victoria Radar Ventures Specialty Physician Associates Stephen Ho Carl Stubbings	Startup Daily, SmartCompany

Portfolio

Companies Dr Richard Lipscombe has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Diag-Nose.io	Melbourne based company improving clinical management and drug discovery for chronic resp…	30 Jan 2025, Seed	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Dr Richard Lipscombe, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Dr Richard Lipscombe yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Dr Richard Lipscombe has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Dr Richard Lipscombe did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Dr Richard Lipscombe is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

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

12 deals

Western Australia backs 12 medtech startup ideas with $5 million in Seed funding

WA's Innovation Seed Fund has awarded almost $5 million in grants to 12 researchers and startups for health projects, from liver cancer tests to endometriosis diagnosis, ranging from $90,000 to $500,000.

Startup Daily 19 Nov 2025 Australian Institute of Robotic Orthopaedics Pty Ltd Biotome Pty Ltd Curtin University DermR Health Research WA Pty Ltd Materia Health Murdoch University Pretect Devices Pty Ltd ProGenis Pharmaceuticals Proteomics International Pty Ltd Respirion Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd The Kids Research Institute Australia University of Western Australia Centre for Child Health Research WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund Innovation Seed Fund Dr Barry Clements Dr Emily Zhen Dr Richard Lipscombe

Also Startup Daily·Startup News (WA)

2 deals

Respiratory care biotech Diag-Nose sniffs out $3.15 million Seed round

Melbourne biotech Diag-Nose.io raised a seed round led by Breakthrough Victoria for its AI respiratory diagnostic, backed by physicians, funds and executives; one investor joins its board.

Startup Daily 31 Jan 2025 Diag-Nose.io Mount Sinai Stanford Biodesign ENT Innovation program Breakthrough Victoria Carl Stubbings LaunchVic Radar Ventures Specialty Physician Associates Dr Richard Lipscombe Stephen Ho Carl Stubbings Eldin Rostom Lauren Morrey

2 deals

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Iluka's refinery cost estimate, a biotech placement with a founder sell-down, a CEO appointment, a retirement, an R&D refund, a distribution deal, a CRC merger and Victorian grants.

3 deals

Two WA projects win major medtech grants

MTPConnect has awarded grants totalling almost $900,000 to three medtech projects under round four of its MRFF-backed BMTH program, benefiting two WA companies and one Victorian firm.

Startup News (WA) 18 May 2022 Atmo Biosciences Cortical Dynamics Proteomics International Pty Ltd Medical Research Future Fund MTPConnect Dr Richard Lipscombe Stuart Dignam

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