Founder, Levur
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Founder | Levur | SmartCompany, Startup Daily (6 May 2025), Startup Daily (23 Jan 2025) |
Stories naming Tom Collier. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Sydney startup Levur has banked $1.2 million in a pre-seed round, with Main Sequence and GrainCorp Ventures leading, to brew palm oil alternatives; its KPMG prize win and 2024 accelerator stint are recalled.
GrainCorp Ventures announces backing for Levur, a Sydney startup engineering yeast to brew palm-oil substitutes — its third venture investment this year, after Calice and BioScout.
Levur, a Sydney biotech making a yeast-based substitute for palm oil, has taken out KPMG's Nature Positive Prize, with four other Australian startups sharing the advisory prize pool.