# Manufacturing investors in Australia (2026 list)

> 65 manufacturing investors in Australia, 88% active in the last 12 months. Led by Hustle Fund, In-Q-Tel, Artesian VC. Ranked by what they funded.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/manufacturing-investors-in-australia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Manufacturing investors in Australia

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a manufacturing company in Australia in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

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**65** investors on the list No change this week

**452** cheques in 12 months *-13%* against the market

**$5.7M** median round they joined *-29%* against the market median

**88%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**42%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Hustle Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **280** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **273** **$20M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 3 [Artesian VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artesian) *Deploying now* Asset manager · Australia **201** **$2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 4 [Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **194** **$2.5M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 5 [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **177** **$7M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 6 [IP Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ip-group) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **174** **$9.1M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 7 [Development Bank of Wales](https://millionrounds.com/fund/development-bank-of-wales) *Deploying now* Government · United Kingdom **123** **$1.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 8 [Investible](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investible) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **123** **$2.4M** median round **Aug 2026** last seen
- 9 [SVG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svg-ventures) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **119** **$1.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 10 [iSeed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iseed) *Deploying now* VC firm · India **118** **$2.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 11 [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · United States **104** **$17M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 12 [Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/australian-renewable-energy-agency-arena) *Deploying now* Investment firm · Australia **97** **$3.3M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 13 [Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **84** **$1.3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 14 [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **84** **$13M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 15 [Katapult](https://millionrounds.com/fund/katapult) *Deploying now* VC firm · Norway **83** **$1M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 16 [OIF Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oif-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **62** **$5.7M** median round **Aug 2026** last seen
- 17 [Natural Resources Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/natural-resources) *Deploying now* Government · Canada **61** **$1.6M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [Gates Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation) *Deploying now* Institutional LP · United States **60** **$21M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 19 [Archangel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/archangel-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **46** **$1.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 20 [Australian Government](https://millionrounds.com/fund/australian-government) *Deploying now* Government **45** **$3M** median round **Jul 2026** last seen
- 21 [Brisbane Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brisbane-angels) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **44** **$958K** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 22 [Clean Energy Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clean-energy-finance-corporation) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **41** **$24M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 23 [Uniseed Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uniseed) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **37** **$4.8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [Skip Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/skip-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **33** **$7.3M** median round **Aug 2026** last seen
- 25 [Collide Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collide-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **27** **$6.8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**40 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **6** Nov **[Ocient](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocient)** Series C · $100M *With* [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt)
- **5** Nov **[i14](https://millionrounds.com/company/i14)** Seed · $6.3M *With* [Virescent Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/virescent-ventures)
- **5** Nov **[RadianX](https://millionrounds.com/company/radianx)** Seed · $9M *Led by* [Twynam Agricultural Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twynam-agricultural-group)
- **2** Nov **[Clutch Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/clutch-industries)** Grant · $4.7M *With* [Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/australian-renewable-energy-agency-arena)
- **2** Nov **[Northwood Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/northwood-space)** Series C · $375M *With* [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt)
- **30** Oct **[Neoen](https://millionrounds.com/company/neoen)** Debt · $1.3B *With* [Clean Energy Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clean-energy-finance-corporation)

## Stages This Year

354 rounds

- Seed **24%**
- Venture **17%**
- Series A **15%**
- Grant **15%**
- Pre-seed **8%**
- Other **22%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **103**
- Energy **38**
- Biotech **33**
- Agtech **29**
- Cleantech **21**
- Healthcare **21**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

140 Q1 25

102 Q2 25

155 Q3 25

157 Q4 25

148 Q1 26

129 Q2 26

86 Q3 26

31 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing About the book Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing Vaclav Smil · 2013 3.77 from 518 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without… On AmazonListen on Audible
- PRODUCT DESIGN+DEVELOPMENT >IN Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.00 from 482 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design. On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen · 2010 3.93 from 1,401 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Innovation Company building About the book If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a graph, they would show an almost perfectly flat line, until the eighteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution would cause the line to shoot straight up, beginning an almost uninterrupted… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=industrial).

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## Quick answers about manufacturing investors in Australia

### Who are the most active manufacturing investors in Australia?

By cheques observed, the most active are Hustle Fund, In-Q-Tel, Artesian VC, Boost VC and Blackbird Ventures.

### How many manufacturing investors in Australia are there?

65 are on record. 88% made an investment in the last 12 months and 42% have led a round.

### Which stages do manufacturing investors in Australia back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (31%) and Series A (19%).

### How big are the rounds manufacturing investors in Australia join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $3M.

### Which sectors do manufacturing investors in Australia back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Energy and Biotech.

### Which manufacturing investors in Australia lead the most rounds?

Blackbird Ventures (13 led), Main Sequence Ventures (9 led) and OIF Ventures (5 led).

### Where are manufacturing investors in Australia based?

Among the most active, most are based in Australia (10), the United States (9) and the United Kingdom (2).

### What have manufacturing investors in Australia invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Ocient (Series C, Nov 2026, with In-Q-Tel), i14 (Seed, Nov 2026, with Virescent Ventures) and RadianX (Seed, Nov 2026, with Twynam Agricultural Group).

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