Voyagers Climate-Tech Fund: Ledger

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Xefco	Seed	29 Apr 2024	$10.5m	Participant	Main Sequence Ventures Breakthrough Victoria Virescent Ventures Investible Clean Energy Finance Corporation	SmartCompany (30 Apr 2026), @AuManufacturing (29 Oct 2025), SmartCompany (3 May 2024), Virescent Ventures, Main Sequence, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (30 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (30 Apr 2024), Breakthrough Victoria, Main Sequence Ventures portfolio, Virescent Ventures portfolio

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Xefco	Deep tech company using plasma-based deposition technology to dye and finish textiles wit…	29 Apr 2024, Seed	1	0

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Voyagers Climate-Tech Fund yet.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Voyagers Climate-Tech Fund is recorded as having been acquired.

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Seven ANZ startups that raised $27.4 million this week

Weekly roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises totalling $27.4 million, headlined by Xefco's $10.5 million round, plus Hometime board appointments and Matrak's China expansion.

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Textiles dyeing climate tech startup Xefco raises $10.5 million Seed extension

Sydney-based textile dyeing startup Xefco has raised a $10.5 million seed extension led by Main Sequence Ventures, including $2.5 million from Breakthrough Victoria, funding expansion of its water-free dyeing technology into Victoria.

Startup Daily 30 Apr 2024 Xefco CSIRO Deakin University ManuFutures Recycling and Renewable Energy Commercialisation Hub (REAHC)The North Face Breakthrough Victoria Clean Energy Finance Corporation Investible Main Sequence Ventures Trailblazer Universities Program Virescent Ventures Voyagers Climate-Tech Fund Grant Dooley Tom Hussey

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Xefco media release

Breakthrough Victoria is putting $2.5 million into Xefco, an Australian startup whose plasma coating enables water-free fabric dyeing, alongside Main Sequence, Virescent, Investible and Voyagers in a seed round.

Breakthrough Victoria 30 Apr 2024 Xefco Clean Energy Finance Corporation Deakin University Breakthrough Victoria Investible Main Sequence Ventures Virescent Ventures Voyagers Climate-Tech Fund Grant Dooley Tom Hussey

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Seven ANZ startups that raised $27.4 million this week

Textiles dyeing climate tech startup Xefco raises $10.5 million Seed extension

Xefco media release