Managing Partner, Melt Ventures
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Camplify | SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing, Startup Daily |
| Founder | Slingshot | SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing, Startup Daily |
| Managing Partner | Melt Ventures | SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing, Melt Ventures team page |
| Managing Partner · Founder | Melt Ventures | Forbes Australia, @AuManufacturing (9 Apr 2025), Startup Daily (16 Nov 2023), @AuManufacturing (23 May 2023), Startup Daily (13 Dec 2022), Melt Ventures team page |
Stories naming Trent Bagnall. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Manufacturing roundup: Nourish Ingredients' precision fermentation milestone, MyNu Energy's investment from Melt Ventures, a refused Veolia licence, AusBiotech committee applications, UOW community batteries, a Gold Coast rail contract, and Premcar's South African launch.
Melt Ventures has closed a $10 million fund for hardware-focused climate tech and named its first investments, including Endua's $11.8 million pre-seed round backed by Melt, Main Sequence, QIC, 77 Partners and Ampol.
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Hardware-focused venture fund Melt Ventures has secured $10 million for its first fund, backed by new angel investors and family offices plus earlier supporters, and has already invested in three energy storage startups.
Manufacturing roundup: Boeing ends local 747 parts, ASM signs a rare earths supply deal, Melt Ventures launches a seed fund raise, Thales trials dockyard tracking, and Synchron closes a large round.
Melt Ventures launched an advanced manufacturing venture fund expecting first close soon and targeting $20 million by March 2023; the piece also recalls earlier backing of Camplify, Gamurs, Greaseboss and other companies.