Startup · $34m raised
Geelong, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Viva Energy raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Renewable Energy Agency | Grant | $34,000,000 |
| Victorian Renewable Hydrogen Business Ready Fund | Grant | - |
Companies Viva Energy acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Wyatt | CEO | ARENA |
Stories naming Viva Energy. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A think tank report finds electrifying vehicles and machinery plus local low-carbon fuel production would greatly lift Australia's fuel security, while oil drilling would not; also notes a waste-to-fuels firm's $2m investment.
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Government agency ARENA funds a Geelong wastewater trial capturing oxygen byproduct from Viva Energy's hydrogen electrolyser to cut treatment emissions.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is funding a Barwon Water-led trial with Viva Energy to test capturing electrolyser oxygen for wastewater treatment, beginning with a feasibility study before a two-year demonstration phase.
AuManufacturing's briefs roundup records Electro Optic Systems' completed $35 million placement and Environmental Clean Technologies' completed $1.5 million placement, alongside Incat's best-managed-company award, Osteopore's approvals in two Asian markets, and GLAM applications opening.
ARENA grants AMSL Aero $5.43 million under its Advancing Renewables Program to develop Vertiia, a hydrogen-powered electric aircraft, its first hydrogen aviation project.
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ARENA announced a $22.8 million grant to Viva Energy for a hydrogen refuelling station and EV charging in Geelong, with fleet partners Toll, ComfortDelGro, Cleanaway and Barwon Water committing to hydrogen vehicles.
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Roundup reporting Singular Health's IMCRC grant for 3D-printed medical seals, Viva Energy's fuel security payment, a fine over a worker's death, and the national battery recycling scheme's launch.
Victoria is funding more than $7 million in grants for renewable hydrogen ventures, supporting hydrogen bus trials, a refuelling station, hydrogen production facilities, and the state's first hydrogen-powered cremation prototype.
Six Victorian companies including Austeng, Volgren and Viva Energy received grants from a $6.6 million state pool; Austeng will work with Geelong Cemeteries Trust on hydrogen-fired crematoria furnaces.