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Australia's latest Defence Industry Development Grants round distributes over $22 million to 60 businesses, with seven named manufacturers and suppliers receiving grants for equipment, facilities and capability projects.
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Terram Astra, an Australian space and defence infrastructure startup, is seeking US$10m in seed capital for satellite communications and orbital-debris hubs, starting near Alice Springs, with Series A expansion flagged for 2027.
Defence Trailblazer is advancing emissions-cutting defence technology projects pairing companies with university researchers, and names seven ventures in its Entrepreneurial Foundations for Defence program.
Deals recorded from manmonthly.com.au's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Launch.Space Pty Ltd | Grant | 6 Jul 2026 | $1m | |
| Aurora Labs Ltd | Grant | 6 Jul 2026 | $1m | |
| Lintek | Grant | 2 Jul 2026 | $1m | |
| Cop-A-Mate Products | Grant | 2 Jul 2026 | $1m | |
| Gurit Australia | Grant | 2 Jul 2026 | $559.9k | |
| Currawong Engineering | Grant | 2 Jul 2026 | $184.7k | |
| Micca Holdings | Grant | 2 Jul 2026 | $62.4k | |
| Hullbot | Accelerator | 25 Jun 2023 | - | |
| CleanSubSea | Accelerator | undated | - | |
| Praxis | Accelerator | undated | - | |
| Electric Motor Power | Accelerator | undated | - |
Companies named in manmonthly.com.au's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Composite Design Corporation | 1 | |
| Aquila Space Technologies | 1 | |
| Aurora Labs Ltd | 1 | |
| CleanSubSea | 1 | |
| Cop-A-Mate Products | 1 | |
| Currawong Engineering | 1 | |
| Defence | 1 | |
| Defence Trailblazer | 1 | |
| ecoJet Engineering | 1 | |
| Electric Motor Power | 1 | |
| Electro Base | 1 | |
| Gurit Australia | 1 | |
| Hullbot | Deploys autonomous underwater robots to solve biofouling for ship hulls | 1 |
| Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing | 1 | |
| Lintek | 1 | |
| Micca Holdings | 1 | |
| Ocius | Sydney maritime drone maker that sold 40 vessels to the Navy for $176 million. | 1 |
| Praxis | 1 | |
| Royal Australian Navy | 1 | |
| SolaLinx | 1 | |
| Southern Launch.Space Pty Ltd | 1 | |
| Terram Astra | 1 | |
| University of Adelaide | University leading the Current and Emergent Quantum Technology training centre | 1 |
| UNSW | 1 | |
| UNSW Canberra | 1 |
Investors named in manmonthly.com.au's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Government | 1 |