# IP Group Australia

> IP Group Australia is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Manufacturing. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Surry Hills, Australia
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ip-group-plc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/IPGroupplc
- Website: https://www.ipgroupanz.com/

IP Group Australia is a VC fund in Surry Hills focused on Biotechnology and Manufacturing. Ip Group Australia build and support outstanding intellectual property-based companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$2.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $811k–$896k |
| Series A | $3M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 20% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 20% |
| Health Care | 2 | 13% |
| Therapeutics | 2 | 13% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 33% |
| Series A | 4 | 27% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 10 | 67% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shane Meaney | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shane-shane-meaney |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MGA Thermal | MGA Thermal they are developing novel materials, designing innovative technologies, and delivering thermal energy storage solutions. They are improving the electrical grid’s stability, residential and commercial space heating, industrial process and waste heat, and even electric vehicles. Their focus, is enabling intermittent renewable energysources such as the sun and wind, to provide base load electricity to the grid. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 13, 2026 |  |
| Atisama Therapeutics | RAGE Biotech is a biotechnology industry. | $18.9M | Series A | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| ElectraLith | ElectraLith develops direct lithium extraction and refining technology designed for efficient and sustainable lithium production. | $17.1M | Series A | Jan 16, 2025 |  |
| Hysata | Hysata is a developer of hydrogen electrolyzer designed to accelerate the world's shift away from fossil fuels to green hydrogen | $111M | Series B | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Azaneo | Azaneo develops lightning-fast electric weeding technology. Using only electrons - herbicide free. | $895.5K | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2023 |  |
| Resseptor Therapeutics | Resseptor Therapeutics enhances the treatment of the immune system's ability to identify and respond to tissues, malignancies, and pathogens | $1.5M | Seed | May 24, 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 |  |
| ElectraLith | ElectraLith develops direct lithium extraction and refining technology designed for efficient and sustainable lithium production. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 06, 2022 |  |
| Jetra Therapeutics | Jetra Therapeutics develops new treatment for obesity-related liver disease designed to reduce stress in liver cells. | $1.3M | Seed | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| Alimetry | Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hostplus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hostplus) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does IP Group Australia invest in?

IP Group Australia invests primarily in Biotechnology, Manufacturing and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is IP Group Australia's check size?

IP Group Australia typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$2.3M at Seed, $811k–$896k at Pre-Seed and $3M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IP Group Australia participates in.

### How do I contact IP Group Australia?

Public channels for IP Group Australia include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at IP Group Australia?

The team at IP Group Australia includes Shane Meaney (Investment Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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