Tag: Main Sequence Ventures

Main Sequence investment brings US robots firm to Australia

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
CSIRO’s innovation fund Main Sequence Ventures has led a $39 million investment into RIOS Intelligent Machines which will see the US-based AI factory robots firm come to Australian shores....

Finally, VC wakes to innovation in manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
For a very long time now in Australia it has been possible to get venture capital for a yet-another gold mine or some FinTech app. But when manufacturing innovators...

Main Sequence and the next manufacturing wave

Posted on   |  by Brent Balinski
Where will we find the manufacturing successes of tomorrow? It’s a fair question, and there’s always a fair bit of guesswork involved. One answer was given by the federal...

Q-CTRL gets intelligence boost via In-Q-Tel

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The strategic investment by US intelligence-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel in the Sydney headquartered quantum startup Q-CTRL brings with it a lot more clout than money. Ironically the participation...

Q-CTRL’s $22m great leap forward

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Sydney-based quantum computing startup Q-CTRL has completed a $22 million Series A funding round (US$15 million) led by Australia’s largest venture firm Square Peg Capital, less than two years...

Venture funding is in rude health

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian venture capital industry is reaching new stages of maturity and would continue to grow with or without government support, according to Innovation Bay co-founder Ian Gardiner. Venture...

Science tech and venture funding

Posted on   |  by James Riley
People advocating greater government involvement in directing university research programs should be careful what they wish for, according to CSIRO chief executive officer Larry Marshall, who warns this may...

Partnering for commercial tech

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A data-collecting drone and a fish identification technology are two recent projects that demonstrate the commercial importance of collaboration between public sector research and the private sector, Industry Minister...
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