# Bluescope Steel

> Bluescope Steel is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-scope-steel/about/
- Website: http://www.bluescopesteel.com/

Bluescope Steel is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. BlueScope Steel Limited is a steel manufacturing company. The Company offers metal coated and painted steel building products, and is also a supplier of engineered building solutions (EBS) to industrial and commercial markets. The Company's segments include Australian Steel Products, which produces and markets a range of coated and paintedflat steel products, as well as various commodity flat steel products; New Zealand & Pacific Steel, which includes the New Zealand Steel, Pacific Steel, New Zealand Minerals and BlueScope Pacific Islands business areas; BlueScope Buildings, which provides EBS and includes its metal coating, painting and Lysaght operations in China; Building Products ASEAN, North America & India, which is involved in metallic coating, painting and steel building product operations, among others, and Hot Rolled Products North America, which includes North Star BlueScope Steel, a single site electric arc furnace producer of hot rolled coil.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 67% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 67% |
| Solar | 1 | 33% |
| Mining | 1 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Vassella | Managing Director and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-vassella-0423 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yotta Energy | Yotta is developing a modular energy storage device The SolarLEAF™ - a battery storage device that integrates with photovoltaic (PV). It has been designed to reduce cost and expand development of energy storage and grid resiliency. The SolarLEAFs biggest value is reducing the soft costs of designing, installing, and maintaining an energy storagesystem compared to traditional centralized systems. | $8M |  | Sep 19, 2023 |  |
| Verdagy | Verdagy is revolutionizing water electrolysis technology to facilitate large-scale green hydrogen production. Their solution achieves the lowest upfront capital costs and offers a competitive unit economics for production. Located in Moss Landing, California, Verdagy operates laboratory and pilot plant facilities to advance and rapidly scale itstechnology platform. | $73M | Series B | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Hysata | Hysata is a developer of hydrogen electrolyzer designed to accelerate the world's shift away from fossil fuels to green hydrogen | $29.9M | Series A | Aug 01, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Doral Energy-Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doral-energy-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bidra Innovation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bidra-innovation-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlueScopeX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluescopex) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cricetus Felix Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cricetus-felix-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EDP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edp-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Evergy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evergy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bluescope Steel invest in?

Bluescope Steel invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Bluescope Steel?

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### Who are the partners at Bluescope Steel?

The team at Bluescope Steel includes Mark Vassella (Managing Director and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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