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Every published round Temasek 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.
Companies Temasek has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PsiQuantum | Quantum computing company establishing APAC HQ in Brisbane | Jul 2021, Series D+ | 2 | 0 |
| Immutable | 8 Mar 2022, Series C | 2 | 2 | |
| Samsara Eco | AI-powered enzyme discovery platform for recycling plastics at scale | 28 Nov 2022, Series A | 2 | 1 |
| Living Carbon | Creates photosynthesis-enhanced trees to capture carbon | Oct 2023, Series A | 1 | 1 |
| Betashares | Jun 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rhoda AI | Mar 2026, Series A | 1 | 0 |
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
| Fund | Manager | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Fund 3 | Main Sequence Ventures | @AuManufacturing, TechCrunch Venture, Main Sequence |
Companies Temasek has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Temasek did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Chia Song Hwee | Deputy CEO | AgFunderNews |
| Jane Atherton | Deputy Head of North America | AgFunderNews |
| John Marren | Joint Head of North America | AgFunderNews |
| John Vaske | Head of Americas (former) | AgFunderNews |
Stories naming Temasek. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Robotics startup Rhoda AI announced a $450 million Series A valuing it at $1.7 billion, debuting FutureVision, software helping robots handle unpredictable industrial settings; Khosla Ventures, Temasek and others backed the round.
The infrastructure fund manager has completed a close on its fifth flagship vehicle, beating its target, while its chairman reflects on LP reaction to the firm's sale to BlackRock.
Samsara Eco has struck a decade-long supply deal with Lululemon for enzyme-recycled fabrics; the piece recalls its Temasek-led raise and flags a new NSW plant.
The fund's authors recap two climate-investment events, weighing the massive global capital needs, mixed public-private funding models, and its clean-economy portfolio activity in Victoria.
Year-end roundup ranking 2024's twelve largest startup raises, headed by PsiQuantum's $940 million government-backed quantum computing round, plus Guzman y Gomez's ASX listing and Betashares' Temasek investment.
KrASIA roundup: HongShan closes an RMB 18 billion fund, Partior and Miridih raise Series B rounds, Packworks gets a government grant, four Chinese startups raise, and Nika.eco, Validus and Airs Medical win funding.
Weekly roundup of eight Australian funding rounds, led by Samsara Eco's $100m Series A extension; Diraq, 1Breadcrumb, Aquila, NRN, Klean, Bearhug and Sindy Labs also secured capital, and Klean won a Queensland grant.
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Australian plastics recycler Samsara Eco secured a Temasek-led Series A+ of $100 million to scale enzyme-based infinite recycling, with Southeast Asian facilities planned, adding to its 2022 Series A.
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Australian enzymatic plastics recycler Samsara Eco raised a large all-equity round led jointly by Temasek and Main Sequence, with Lululemon among other backers, funding new recycling facilities and team growth.
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Singapore's Temasek has agreed to take a minority stake of as much as A$300 million in ETF manager Betashares, which says the money will fund growth, acquisitions and a superannuation push.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: Hysata's green-hydrogen Series B, Rize's Series A, other raises, Ocean 14 and Peakbridge fund closes, Uber buying Delivery Hero's Taiwan unit, executive hires, and an accelerator's cohort selection.
The Australian federal and Queensland governments are investing $940m in PsiQuantum, which will open a Brisbane regional headquarters; $18.4m will fund a national quantum centre at the University of Sydney.
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Feature on Australia's fast-growing climate tech sector, recounting raises at companies including Neara, Loam Bio, Goterra and Great Wrap, and warning that scarce growth capital and limited foreign investment could stall the industry.
Year-end Crunchbase column recapping five distinctive 2023 raises: Cortical Labs, Forward, Neura Robotics, KoBold Metals and Living Carbon, with amounts, backers and one stated valuation.
Also TechCrunch Australia
Origin Energy put off its shareholder vote on the Brookfield takeover bid after a late revised offer, with directors also flagging the federal government's expanded Capacity Investment Scheme for investors to weigh.
Crunchbase data analysis ranking the busiest cleantech investors, led by Lowercarbon Capital, and citing large sustainability rounds at Loam Bio, Our Next Energy, Ohmium and Palmetto Clean Technology.
Deep tech venture firm Main Sequence has reached an initial A$450 million close on its third fund, pushing money under management past A$1 billion; Hostplus, Temasek and CSIRO are among the backers.
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Enzyme-based plastics recycler Samsara Eco announces a multi-year partnership with Lululemon, which makes an undisclosed minority investment, its first in a recycling company.
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Plant-based meat maker v2food changed course and is shutting its Wodonga factory after founder-CEO Nick Hazell's departure, with Tim York now chief executive; the story recalls its two Series B raises.
Brookfield has agreed an $18.7 billion takeover of Origin Energy, bringing in GIC, Temasek and Mid-Ocean, and plans a decade of major renewable and storage spending in Australia.
Agtech firm Farmers Business Network hands its top job to Temasek executive John Vaske in April, while co-founder and longtime chief Amol Deshpande departs to weigh new ventures.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: funding for FoodByUs, New School Foods, BloomX and others, acquisitions by CropX and Growy, plus layoffs at Impossible Foods and Glovo.
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Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech raises including Roslin Technologies, Sistema.bio, Buddha Brands, Proper Good, Perfekto, Agriconomie, FishLog, PasarMikro, DataFarming, Carble, Sabanto and BioRaptor, plus partnerships, a product launch and layoffs.
Enzyme-based plastic recycler Samsara Eco has raised a $54 million Series A to build a commercial recycling facility in Melbourne, with investors including the CEFC Innovation Fund, W23, Main Sequence, Breakthrough Victoria and Temasek.
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Samsara Eco, an Australian National University recycling-tech spinout, has closed a $54 million Series A with returning and new investors, plus an earlier government grant, to expand its enzyme library and build its first commercial facility.
Australian web3 gaming firm Immutable launched a $500 million fund backing web3 games and NFT companies, collaborating with investors including Animoca Brands and BITKRAFT, after a March Series C led by Temasek.
Also TechCrunch Australia
Kaseya has agreed to acquire Datto for US$6.2 billion, funded by an equity consortium including Insight Partners, TPG Capital, Temasek and Sixth Street. The article also recalls Datto's earlier acquisitions, merger and NYSE listing.
Also ARN (ARNnet)
Square Peg Capital's investment note on leading Doctor Anywhere's US$27 million Series B with co-leads EDBI and IHH Healthcare, describing the Singapore telehealth platform's integrated Southeast Asian care delivery business.
Sydney NFT gaming firm Immutable raised a $280 million Series C valuing it at $3.5 billion, led by Temasek with Tencent and Animoca Brands, six months after an $82 million raise.
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Australia's Main Sequence has pulled in A$250 million for its second deep tech fund, with existing backers returning and a sharpened emphasis on decarbonisation investments.
Sydney-based NFT gaming firm Immutable has secured $200 million in new backing spearheaded by Singapore's Temasek, valuing the company at $2.5 billion; Tencent, Mirae Asset, ParaFi Capital and Declaration Partners also joined.
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