Electrifi Ventures

Electrifi Ventures Investment Manager Natalie Collins kicked off the pitching at the Investor Reverse Pitch night as part of Climate Action Week Sydney at Greenhouse recently. It was a great opportunity for the packed audience to find out more about what Climate Tech investors offer to start ups. If you're a start up in the climate space or an investor looking to back the next climate unicorn, hit us up!

Our portfolio company GOTERRA is doing a show and tell. If you want to see what the hype is about, be sure to check it out.

From the most recent acquisition of Charge HQ to enable the Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology to partnership deals with E.ON UK to license their technology internationally, Amber Electric is doubling down on their transition from an Australia energy retailer to a global technology platform with their current capital raise.     Thank you Dan Adams for spending time with us yesterday to discuss the vision of Amber, we could not be more excited for this follow-on investment opportunity at Electrifi Ventures.     To access the Q&A recording and deal note, apply to invest alongside our network of 380+ Climate Tech-focused angel investors on Aussie Angels. (link in comments). 👇 

⚡️ Electrifi Ventures has just launched a new deal into one of Australia’s most exciting and respected Climate Tech companies Amber Electric. They offer customers access to dynamic wholesale electricity pricing, and have built world class battery and EV automation software with explosive customer traction.   To find out more about Amber’s incredible 🚀 growth journey, join our Founder Q&A this Thursday with Founders Dan Adams and Christopher Thompson or read our deal memo. Apply to invest alongside our network of 350+ Climate Tech-focused angel investors on Aussie Angels. (link in comments). 👇

A unique behind-the-scenes opportunity in Sydney to understand how our portfolio company GOTERRA is the new way of waste management. 🐛 Sign up here for a tour during the upcoming Climate Action Week Sydney: https://lnkd.in/dYeZ3Bcw

⚡️ Electrifi Ventures has just launched a new deal into Voltavate, a Melbourne-based battery technology startup with a patented novel electrode-coated separator technology that they believe will fundamentally improve the way separators function within lithium-ion batteries. The breakthrough technology has the potential to increase the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries in the market today by 2x, in addition to a significant increase in energy density and performance. To find out more about Voltavate’s impressive traction, join our Founder Q&A at 10am AEDT on Thursday, 13th Feb, with Founder Amir Hooshang Taheri or read our deal memo. **We have limited allocation in their pre-seed funding round. ** Details in the comment. Apply to invest alongside our network of 350+ Climate Tech-focused angel investors on Aussie Angels. Danin Kahn, Natalie Collins, Germaine Lau, Simon Monk, Alex de Aboitiz, Cheryl Mack, 🌊 Vinko Grgić, Alexandra Lewis

It’s been all hands on deck at Electrifi Ventures as we close out a phenomenal year working with our Investors (LP’s) and startups.     Being a small team, this journey as with any startup, hasn’t been easy, but we managed to achieve some great milestones we set ourselves in 2024.     🌟 Launched and closed 6 deals with exceptional founders and startups: Christiaan from Sicona Battery Technologies, David and Vince from SunDrive, Mark and Anna from MGA Thermal, Luke and Mac from Fugu and Alan from NRN - National Renewable Network.  🌟 And not to forget these outstanding startups and founders who are already part of our portfolio: Dan from Amber Electric, Olympia from GOTERRA, Kristi and Alfred from Harvest B, and Michael and Rodrigo from Termina. 🌟 Completed 10 startup deals since the inception of the syndicate and our first follow-on investment in NRN  🌟 Over $1.7M investments deployed  🌟 Welcomed 50+ new individual investors (from all walks of life) to one of the most active Angel Syndicates in ANZ    💡Recent Portfolio Updates:   GOTERRA just opened their newest state-of-the-art facility in Western Sydney that will transform 6,000 tonnes of food waste into insect protein and fertiliser every year.  Harvest B was recently awarded a $2.25M grant from the Australian Industry Growth Program (IGP) to continue to expand their product innovation.  See Minister Ed Husic’s announcement on LinkedIn.  Termina (Fka Threadlet) has been hard at work with an ongoing pilot with a national bakery chain to refine its MVP offerings.   NRN - National Renewable Network is scaling rapidly with a 387% increase in monthly revenue with ~$7.5M of assets under management.   Fugu (Fka DAI) is well progressed in the development of their first full scale pilot machine to provide CO2 for a local Brewery in NSW.   Sicona Battery Technologies is achieving significant wins in the development of their latest Silicon Carbon product – SiCx®. SunDrive announced the signing of MoU with Trinasolar to form a majority Australian-owned JV to open a gigawatt-scale cutting-edge solar manufacturing facility in Australia.   MGA Thermal announced the closing of their $14.15M Pre-Series B round to advance the mission to revolutionise industrial energy storage.  We will be launching a new deal after a short holiday break. 🚀    🤝 Take the first step to invest in our future and the Climate, apply to invest alongside our network of 350+ Climate Tech-focused angel investors on Aussie Angels here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gqxnaedK.     #AngelInvesting #ClimateTechStartups #Australia #AUSStartups #AussieAngels 

“With many Australian climate tech deals still in pre-seed and seed stages, angel investment remains one of the largest and most impactful funding source,” - Danin Kahn, Syndicate Lead Electrifi Ventures. As a dynamic, ClimateTech-focused angel syndicate, we exist to help early-stage ClimateTech startups bridge the funding gap. Thank you Business News Australia Pty Ltd for the coverage on our portfolio company, MGA Thermal, 's Pre-Series B round. We are honored to be supporting an esteemed team who is leading the clean energy transformation for heavy industries. https://lnkd.in/gmEa8pck #AngelInvesting #CleanTech #ClimateTech #AusStartups

“Our network of over 350 climate tech-focused angel investors is committed to bridging critical funding gaps with the speed and certainty that emerging clean technology companies need.” - Danin Kahn, Syndicate Lead Electrifi Ventures Thank you pv magazine Australia for the coverage on our portfolio company, MGA Thermal, 's Pre-Series B round. We are honored to be supporting an esteemed team who is leading the clean energy transformation for heavy industries. https://lnkd.in/gXx8wAgk #AngelInvesting #CleanTech #ClimateTech #AusStartups

We also want to shout out to all of our investors who have made MGA Thermal possible to date, including foundational investors CP Ventures back in our Seed round in 2020, and those who joined and continued support over the years; Main Sequence, Alberts , Climate VC Fund, R3i Ventures, The Melt, CP Ventures and Simon Monk.   It’s fantastic to share the news of new investors Electrifi Ventures in partnership with Climate Salad joining our Pre-B round and support with Main Sequence, VARLEY HOLDINGS LTD, The Melt, Climate VC Fund, Pollination Group, Understorey Ventures and Jekara Group.   As the year starts to wrap up, we deeply appreciate all of our investors and their support year after year and are excited for the growth ahead! #Cleansteam #renewables #climatetech #scale-up #TES