Government

UK Government

Disclosed deals

Every published round UK Government 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
No published deals recorded yet.

Portfolio

Companies UK Government has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
No portfolio companies recorded yet.

Funds

Fund closes reported for UK Government, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for UK Government yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies UK Government has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal UK Government did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of UK Government is recorded as having been acquired.

People

Name	Role	Sources
Greg Hands	Energy and Climate Change Minister	RenewEconomy
Sir Keir Starmer	Prime Minister	RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio

Coverage

Stories naming UK Government. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

2 deals

Renewable Metals raises $12 million Series A to scale next-generation lithium-ion battery recycling technology

Australia's clean energy finance agency led an oversubscribed $12 million Series A in a Western Australian battery recycling startup, joining existing and new investors to fund prototype operations and first commercial plant design.

CEFC 20 Apr 2026 Renewable Metals Australian Government UK Government Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Finance Corporation Climate Tech Partners European Metal Recycling (EMR)Investible Neglected Climate Opportunities Blair Pritchard Luan Atkinson Peter Beaven

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11 deals

Eight Aussie startups that raised $80 million this week

Weekly funding roundup covering eight local companies that together banked $80m, topped by twin $17m Series Bs at Safewill and Fresho, plus Celosia's $16.75m Series A and five smaller rounds.

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Grant

Hadean Energy: Innovative Australian Hydrogen Electrolysis Technology

Hadean Energy, a hydrogen electrolysis venture formed by RFC Ambrian with CSIRO, has won an Australia-UK government grant to develop a 5kW demonstration unit, working with EDF Energy and Certscape.

RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio 30 Oct 2024 Hadean Energy Australian Government CSIRO EDF Energy RFC Ambrian UK Government Australia-UK Renewable Hydrogen Innovation Partnerships Anthony Albanese Chris Rowland Sir Keir Starmer

9 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: HUNGRY bags $10m, USDA greenlights cultivated chicken labels, making leather from beer

Weekly agrifoodtech digest: several venture raises including Uncommon's Series A, Bunge's agreed Viterra purchase, FreshRealm taking over Blue Apron, Nextbite sold, Meatless Farm ceasing trade, and American label approvals for cultivated chicken.

Also TechCrunch Australia

Unnamed stage $7.6m

Woodside and Hive Energy invest in Carbon280 hydrogen storage pilot

Perth hydrogen storage company Carbon280 raised 7.6 million dollars from Woodside and Hive Energy to pilot its licensed Hydrilyte technology, after an earlier UK-government-funded trial.

Startup News (WA) 21 Dec 2022 Carbon280 UK Government Hive Energy Woodside Mark Rheinlander

Grant $265k

UK backs Australian invented hydrogen storage tech to cut use of fossil fuels

Britain's business department grants GHD money to demonstrate Lavo's hydrogen storage unit at Chester, while Lavo separately received a New South Wales government grant for Newcastle manufacturing.

RenewEconomy 24 Feb 2022 GHD LAVO NSW Government University of New South Wales UK Government Greg Hands Tej Gidda

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