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Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 96 cheques on record.

Deploying nowInvestment firm

GrantDebtVentureEnergyRenewable Energy

Deploying now
68%of best year17cheques in 12 months, 96 on record
Since the last cheque34days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$3.2MRounds led0 of 96Sole investor62 roundsMostly inAustralia, 80%
Pitch Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) highlights

  1. 01

    17 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Grant and Debt: 80% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 62 rounds, median $1.8M

What they do

Type
Investment firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
EnergyRenewable Energy
Based in
Australia
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first96 appearances

  1. 2026

    13 rounds

  2. Sept
    HysataGrant · AU · Startup Daily$35MWith 1 other
  3. Jul
    WildFire EnergyGrant · US$2.2MWith 2 others
  4. Jul
    HAMR EnergyGrant · AU$22MWith 2 others
  5. Jun
    Australian Centre for Advanced PhotovoltaicsGrant · AU$67MSole investor
  6. Jun
    Zenobe EnergyDebt · GB$278MWith 2 others
  7. May
    Edify EnergyDebt · AU$2.4BSole investor
  8. May
    KnodeGrant · AU$2.1MSole investor
  9. Apr
    PowerPlus EnergyGrant · AU$1.6MSole investor
  10. Apr
    VoltavateGrant · AU$2.5MWith 3 others
  11. Apr
    InterContinental EnergyGrant · SG$1.1MSole investor
  12. Mar
    MGA ThermalVenture · AU · Startup Daily$12MWith 3 others
  13. Mar
    NewVoltGrant · AU$17MSole investor
  14. Jan
    Applied EVSeries B · AU$40MWith 1 other
  15. 2025

    19 rounds

  16. Dec
    Sunman EnergyGrant · AU$112MWith 1 other
  17. Dec
    Essential EnergyGrant · AU$1.5MSole investor
  18. Nov
    InfravisionSeries B · US · Crunchbase News$91MWith 4 others
  19. Nov
    Sundrive SolarGrant · AU$17MWith 2 others
  20. Oct
    NextPowerVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  21. Oct
    GelionVenture · AU$13MWith 1 other
  22. Oct
    Fortescue Future IndustriesAU$710KSole investor
  23. Sept
    Evie NetworksDebt · AU$33MSole investor
  24. Sept
    Lab 360 SolarGrant · AU$2.6MSole investor
  25. Aug
    Fortescue Future IndustriesDebt · AU$2.0BSole investor
  26. Aug
    BluVeinGrant · AU$5.9MSole investor
  27. Aug
    AMSL AeroGrant · AU$1.9MWith 1 other
  28. Aug
    Tindo SolarGrant · AU$22MSole investor
  29. Jul
    LuminousGrant · US$3.2MSole investor
  30. Jul
    Allume EnergyGrant · AU$2.4MWith 1 other
  31. Apr
    RayGenSeries D · AU$79MSole investor
  32. Mar
    BetterFleetSeries A · US · Startup Daily$15MWith 4 others
  33. Mar
    EvenergiSeries A · US$5.0MWith 1 other
  34. Feb
    JOLTDebt · AU$136MWith 1 other
  35. 2024

    14 rounds

  36. Dec
    JET ChargeSeries C · AU$45MWith 2 others
  37. Nov
    OrkestraGrant · AU$1.8MSole investor
  38. Jul
    PV LighthouseGrant · AU$1.3MSole investor
  39. May
    Birdwood Business EnergyGrant · AU$623KSole investor
  40. May
    HysataSeries B · AU · Kiko Ventures$111MWith 5 others
  41. May
    RelectrifySeries B · AU$17MWith 2 others
  42. Mar
    AurizonGrant · AU$6.3MSole investor
  43. Mar
    Lochard EnergyGrant · AU$1.3MSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Clean Energy Finance CorporationVC firm7rounds togetherArtesian VCAsset manager4rounds togetherIP GroupVC firm3rounds togetherClimate CapitalVC firm2rounds togetherElemental ImpactVC firm2rounds togetherEnergy Impact PartnersVC firm2rounds togetherInvestibleVC firm2rounds togetherMUFG BankInvestment firm2rounds togetherMain Sequence VenturesVC firm2rounds togetherSociete GeneraleCorporate VC2rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) put money into.

Hysata$35M · Sept 2026WildFire Energy$2.2M · Jul 2026HAMR Energy$22M · Jul 2026Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics$67M · Jun 2026Zenobe Energy$278M · Jun 2026Edify Energy$2.4B · May 2026

Quick answers about Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

What does Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) invest in?

Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) invests most often at Grant and Debt (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Energy and Renewable Energy.

How active is Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)?

96 investments on record, 17 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Hysata (Grant, Sept 2026), WildFire Energy (Grant, Jul 2026) and HAMR Energy (Grant, Jul 2026).

How big are Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)'s cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.2M.

Does Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 96 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Australia (80%) and the United States (15%).

Is Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 17 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) invest alongside?

Most often Clean Energy Finance Corporation (7 rounds together), Artesian VC (4 rounds together) and IP Group (3 rounds together).

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