Top 20 Clean Energy Startup Investors in Australia (July 2026)
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Artesian Clean Energy Seed Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Renewable Energy, Energy, Clean Energy | $539k–$3M |
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Series B, Post-IPO Debt | Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate | $5M–$719M |
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Robin Chiang
Angel
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1 | Australia, United States | Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, News, Energy | |
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John Clifford
Angel
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1 | Australia, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Energy, Solar, Software | $500k–$2.3M |
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Ed McManus
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Energy, Clean Energy | |
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Energy Estate
VC Fund
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1 | Australia | Seed | Energy, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy | |
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Engie Factory
VC Fund
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1 | Chile, Singapore, Mexico | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | CleanTech, Clean Energy, Energy | $460k–$2.2M |
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $367k–$21M |
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Taronga Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Construction, Information Technology | $962k–$27M |
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Alberts Impact Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Energy, Music, Health Care | $979k–$5.2M |
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Kara Frederick
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | SaaS, Energy, Logistics | $1M–$3.5M |
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Quantexa
VC Fund
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1 | Australia | Seed | Energy, Clean Energy | |
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Victorian Clean Technology Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Australia | Seed | Energy, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy | |
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Direct Capital Private Equity
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, Australia, United States | Private Equity | Software, CRM, Sales | |
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$35M |
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Hazy
VC Fund
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1 | Australia | Seed | Energy, Clean Energy | |
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Mirvac Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Energy, Fashion, E-Commerce | |
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AlbionVC
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $2.2M–$20M |
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Synertec Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Australia | Seed | CleanTech, Power Grid, Clean Energy | |
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Virescent Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, Philippines, New Zealand | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar | $304k–$33M |
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Artesian Clean Energy Seed Fund The Fund makes seed & follow-on investments in clean energy focused startups from approved accelerators, incubators, university programs & angel
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Clean Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $539k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enosi — Enosi traces ‘your’ energy – matching site-specific, half-hourly energy demand with site-specific, half-hourly generation data – across the grid. From this Enosi: - Allocates, sorts and prioritizes settlements of that energy supply amongst a defined “community” - Delivers price and usage data to that community’s common retailer for easysettlement on monthly retail bills
- Oxamii — Oxamii is a peer-to-peer marketplace that allows businesses to purchase renewable energy from local producers.
- BlockTexx — BlockTexx is an early stage clean technology company that recovers polyester and cellulose from textiles and clothing.Through an Australian developed patent pending process that combines chemical recovery technology and advanced manufacturing to produce high quality recycled materials of rPET pellets and cellulose powder from textile waste.BlockTexx is positioned at the end of the value chain, where raw materials and end-of-use solutions have the highest environmental impact and revenue potential.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation invests using a commercial approach to overcome market barriers and mobilize investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low emissions technologies. They seek to catalyze and leverage private sector funding for the commercialization and deployment of clean energy technologies necessary for thetransition to a carbon-constrained economy.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Series B $5M–$77M; Post-IPO Debt $42M–$719M; Debt Financing $18M–$329M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $62M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- FlexiGroup —
- Relectrify — Unlocking extra lifetime and performance of batteries via advanced battery management (BMS) technology.
- Quintessential Equity —
Robin Chiang
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- Industry: Apps, News, Energy
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- pebblar —
- Porter & Sail —
- Allume Energy — Apartment residents can now access solar energy directly from their rooftops and share it fairly with their neighbours thanks to our world-first technology, SolShare.
John Clifford
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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $500k–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 3E Group —
- Relectrify — Unlocking extra lifetime and performance of batteries via advanced battery management (BMS) technology.
- Gridcog — Gridcog provides holistic software to plan, track, and optimize your transition to a decentralized and decarbonized energy future.
Ed McManus is Deliveroo Australia's chief executive officer.
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- Industry: Energy, Clean Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gridcog — Gridcog provides holistic software to plan, track, and optimize your transition to a decentralized and decarbonized energy future.
Energy Estate provides strategic consulting, transaction advisory and project development services to the global energy sector.
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- Industry: Energy, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enosi — Enosi traces ‘your’ energy – matching site-specific, half-hourly energy demand with site-specific, half-hourly generation data – across the grid. From this Enosi: - Allocates, sorts and prioritizes settlements of that energy supply amongst a defined “community” - Delivers price and usage data to that community’s common retailer for easysettlement on monthly retail bills
Engie Factory is a start-up accelerator of the Engie Group that supports startups related to sustainability, making them grow rapidly until they become companies and contribute to the market, with products and services. It began operation in 2016, with its headquarters in Santiago in Chile.
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- Industry: CleanTech, Clean Energy, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Chile, Singapore, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $460k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PHNXX — PHNXX provides containerised clean and reliable energy solutions for business operations.
- ARQ Energy — ARQ Energy battery system allows multiple users in the same location to access renewable energy and off-peak electricity for reduced utility bills and carbon emissions.
- Verta Bioenergy — Bespoke drop in replacement pellets to decarbonise industrial coal use. Minimal investment required. Decarbonising one plant at a time.
We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $367k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $4.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.
Taronga Ventures is an investment firm that invests in emerging innovation, technology, and business. Taronga Ventures is headquartered in Australia.
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- Industry: Software, Construction, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $962k–$7M; Series A $4M–$10M; Series B $8.7M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DryFlow Magnetics — DryFlow Magnetics is an industrial technology company that specialises in waterless mineral processing.
- Rebound Technologies — An agile cold chain solution that boosts revenues, preserves product quality and ensures food safety, all while offering proven energy cost reductions.
- Future Maintenance Technologies — Future Maintenance Technologies delivers AI-enabled robotics and digital systems that automate inspection and maintenance of rail and other critical assets. The company develops solutions such as the Automated Rail Infrastructure Inspection System (ARIIS), which captures and analyses infrastructure data to support condition monitoring and defectdetection. Its platforms integrate sensors, machine vision and analytics to reduce manual track walks and improve maintenance planning. Service offerings include asset management consulting, implementation of digital maintenance systems, and support for global automated maintenance programs. Future Maintenance Technologies collaborates with rail operators and infrastructure owners to embed robotics into existing workflows, helping transition from reactive to predictive maintenance strategies.
We back pioneers who share our vision for a better tomorrow.
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- Industry: Energy, Music, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $979k–$4.6M; Series A $1.7M–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bygen — Bygen delivers high-quality activated carbon products while also facilitating large-scale, long-term carbon dioxide sequestration.
- Harvest B — Plant-based meat startup that develops plant-based ingredients for plant-based meat producers by leveraging a smart ingredient system
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.
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Browse database — It's Free!Kara Frederick is a General Partner at Reinventure Group, a venture capital firm backed by Westpac. She has spent more than 15 years at the intersection of financial services and technology, including as an investor and a founder. She has executive experience within banking in the US and Australia. Kara is a graduate of Princeton University,co-heads Princeton's Alumni Council in Australia, and resides in Sydney with her family.
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- Industry: SaaS, Energy, Logistics
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Everproof — Enabling organizations and individuals to monitor and verify qualifications, licenses and certifications through one online account.
- Gridcog — Gridcog provides holistic software to plan, track, and optimize your transition to a decentralized and decarbonized energy future.
- New Energy Transport — New Energy Transport is a trucking company that provides logistics and freight services.
Connect fragmented data to reveal real-world relationships so humans and AI can make trusted decisions at scale.
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- Industry: Energy, Clean Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gridcog — Gridcog provides holistic software to plan, track, and optimize your transition to a decentralized and decarbonized energy future.
Clean technology fund for early stage ventures
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- Industry: Energy, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Allume Energy — Apartment residents can now access solar energy directly from their rooftops and share it fairly with their neighbours thanks to our world-first technology, SolShare.
Direct Capital is a private equity manager established in 1994. Today Direct Capital remains owned and managed by three of its founding directors, Ross George, Mark Hutton and Bill Kermode. The team has grown to 13 investment professionals, who together have 110 years of private equity experience.Direct Capital seeks to be a pre-eminentprovider of equity capital to Australasian businesses lacking ready access to the stock market, with a focus on increasing shareholder wealth in private companies, and assisting shareholders to release value.
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- Industry: Software, CRM, Sales
- Stage:Private Equity
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $270M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- TR Group —
- Active Refrigeration —
- Bayleys Realty Group — Bayleys Realty Group offers expertise in the marketing and sale of a range of properties, including residential real estate, farms, and commercial property. This tourism leisure asset such as hotels and motel businesses for sale.
Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 322
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.7M; Series A $3.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
- Blinq — Blinq makes it easy to share your contact details via QR code scanning on the mobile app.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
Data has never been more valuable. But with growing privacy demands and tightening regulations, most of the world’s data is locked away and unusable.For businesses to make better decisions, develop new technologies and deliver more value for customers, they need data they can actually use. They need to set their data free to do more. Hazy ispioneering the new data. We’re the world’s leading synthetic data company, re-engineering enterprise data so that it can be: - Shared without restrictions - data that can move freely, without restriction, to where it’s needed most in businesses and society - Used without limits - data that’s reliable, safe and easy for people and businesses to use to solve problems and create new value. - Trusted without question - data that’s open, transparent and trusted by people, businesses and society.
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- Industry: Energy, Clean Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gridcog — Gridcog provides holistic software to plan, track, and optimize your transition to a decentralized and decarbonized energy future.
Ventures arm of Mirvac Pty Ltd
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- Industry: Energy, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mys Tyler — Finally, an app that brings you body-relevant fashion inspiration. Discover like-minded, like-bodied creators sharing the outfits they love on Mys Tyler.
- Allume Energy — Apartment residents can now access solar energy directly from their rooftops and share it fairly with their neighbours thanks to our world-first technology, SolShare.
AlbionVC supports visionary founders and technologies with long-term capital and scale-up know-how. Founded in 1996, it was amongst the first to back leading global success stories such as Booking.com, Egress, Quantexa and Oviva. With £1bn in AUM and over 100 exits successfully realised, it funds venture breakthroughs that drive real outcomes forfounders, investors and society. AlbionVC is the technology investment arm of Albion Capital Group, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For more information please visit: https://albion.vc/
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 167
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$13M; Series A $3.8M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oviva — Oviva is digitizing the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity through a unique behavior change platform.They have developed unique, personalised behaviour change programmes that combine smartphone app and learning portals to support dietitian-led behaviour change for conditions such as type 2 diabetes and complex obesity. Their approach allowspatients to achieve a better health outcome without having to attend clinic appointments, whilst saving health systems significant sums by preventing the development of complications related to these health conditions.Oviva was founded in 2013 and is based in London, England.
- uMotif — uMotif provides the most modern eCOA/ePRO and eConsent platform designed to power clinical and real-world research.
- Neurofenix — Neurofenix understands the challenges stroke survivors face. We offer at-home stroke therapy services covered by Medicare with a dedicate virtual therapist.
Synertec is a diversified Technology and Engineering company focussed on developing and delivering environmentally sustainable solutions for challenging industry sectors including energy, critical infrastructure, and highly regulated industries.
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- Industry: CleanTech, Power Grid, Clean Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- PHNXX — PHNXX provides containerised clean and reliable energy solutions for business operations.
Virescent Ventures invests in founders, technologies, and businesses that can help achieve zero emissions and beyond.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Philippines, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $3.9M–$6.8M; Series A $11M–$33M; Venture - Series Unknown $304k–$7.3M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amber Electric — Join the smart energy revolution. Amber Electric is a new way to buy electricity. Unlike traditional retailers, we pass through the real-time wholesale price, helping you save money and use more renewable power.
- IND Technology — IND Technology is a data security and quality improvement.
- DryFlow Magnetics — DryFlow Magnetics is an industrial technology company that specialises in waterless mineral processing.
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