Significant Early Venture Capital

With over two decades of Australian investment in building capability in research and universities, Australia now enjoys some of the most extraordinary talent and globally leading minds. This talent is creating knowledge and has the capacity of solving some of the big problems of our time but if we can’t take this know-how and intellect into the world, then this brilliance is lost and the opportunity we have will remain just that – an opportunity. As business builders and investors, Significant has been taking up this challenge for nearly two decades. Working in collaboration with universities, researchers and state governments, we, as a collective group have a track record in translating this knowledge bank into technology, into products, into services and ultimately into businesses that: - Have become global companies - Re-shaped markets - Solved sustainability problems - Created jobs and - New career pathways for Australians Significant has the capacity to create high value niche modern manufacturing industries and exports for Australia and are extremely proud of their achievements. Significant leads by example to show that Australia can commercialise its inventions, that sustainable globally competitive businesses can be created in Australia, and that early-stage investment can create immense value for investors, demonstrating that through action Significant is able to attract more capital to invest in this important space and is be able to shift the mindset (read the AFR article) that Australia is great at innovation but not at execution.

Fiona Hindmarsh

CEO

22 past transactions

Earthodic

Seed Round in 2024
Earthodic is an Australian materials science company that specializes in the development of bio-based coatings aimed at reducing reliance on non-renewable resources. The company produces a biobased water-resistant coating suitable for use on pulped paper and various products. This innovative coating is designed for manufacturers, converters, and consumer brands, enabling them to coat items such as packaging and materials used in agriculture and construction. By offering a sustainable alternative to traditional plastic, Earthodic contributes to environmentally friendly practices in multiple industries.

Cyban

Series A in 2023
Cyban is a medical equipment manufacturing company that specializes in developing devices to monitor brain oxygen levels. Its flagship product, a brain pulse oximeter, measures oxygen levels from the point of trauma through to hospital discharge. This device is designed for ease of use and provides clinically relevant information to guide medical interventions. Additionally, it can connect with central patient monitoring systems, allowing clinicians to detect issues early and improve patient outcomes.

Vantari VR

Series A in 2023
Vantari VR specializes in developing a virtual reality simulation platform aimed at enhancing procedural training in the medical field. The company’s technology allows hospitals, universities, and medical device companies to visualize, interpret, and understand medical images within a virtual reality context. By providing healthcare professionals with a safe and scalable environment to practice various procedures, Vantari VR seeks to reduce the likelihood of medical errors. This innovative approach enables doctors and nurses to refine their skills before performing procedures on actual patients, thereby improving overall patient safety and care.

FLAIM Systems

Series A in 2023
Flaim Systems is a virtual reality platform focused on enhancing skills training for emergency services, particularly for firefighters. The company develops and produces a VR simulator that offers immersive learning experiences aimed at preparing personnel for hazardous and emergency situations. By providing realistic training environments, Flaim Systems enables firefighters to effectively prepare for high-stress scenarios they may encounter in the field. This innovative approach to training supports the development of critical skills necessary for effective emergency response.

Additive Assurance

Venture Round in 2022
Additive Assurance is a Melbourne-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in quality assurance solutions for metal additive manufacturing, particularly through laser powder bed fusion techniques. The company has developed a process monitoring system that integrates a mounted sensor package with machine learning-driven software, facilitating in-situ analysis for rapid detection of faults and variations during the manufacturing process. This technology enables industries such as aerospace, medical devices, energy, and defense to enhance control over their additive manufacturing operations, ensuring higher quality and reliability in their production builds.

Visionary Machines

Seed Round in 2022
Visionary Machines develops advanced sensing technology that enhances machine navigation and automation through the use of passive camera arrays. By providing high-fidelity perception, the company's systems minimize issues such as ambiguity and false positives. Its 3D spatial sensors employ geometry measurements from multiple cameras across various spectra, combined with cutting-edge AI techniques. This technology enables machines to effectively see, navigate, and interact with their environments. Initial applications are focused in sectors such as defense, mining, and logistics, where precise measurement and object perception are critical. Visionary Machines aims to solve complex challenges, making previously intractable problems manageable for both humans and machines.

Liquid Instruments

Series B in 2022
Liquid Instruments specializes in developing advanced test and measurement devices tailored for the manufacturing, defense, and education sectors. The company's flagship product, Moku:Lab, is an all-in-one device that integrates high-speed analog inputs and outputs with the signal processing capabilities of an FPGA. This innovative platform allows for software configuration, providing users with the flexibility needed to enhance their workflow and productivity. By addressing the diverse requirements of its clients, Liquid Instruments aims to improve precision in testing and measurement while facilitating advanced digital signal processing across various applications.

Cyban

Series A in 2022
Cyban is a medical equipment manufacturing company that specializes in developing devices to monitor brain oxygen levels. Its flagship product, a brain pulse oximeter, measures oxygen levels from the point of trauma through to hospital discharge. This device is designed for ease of use and provides clinically relevant information to guide medical interventions. Additionally, it can connect with central patient monitoring systems, allowing clinicians to detect issues early and improve patient outcomes.

Mastt

Series A in 2022
Mastt is a digital infrastructure provider focused on enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of urban growth through innovative tools for the construction industry. Its flagship product, also named Mastt, is a cloud-based software solution designed to streamline project management by offering capabilities for reporting, contract management, and payment processes. The platform replaces traditional spreadsheets and outdated systems, delivering an integrated end-to-end solution that allows project owners, managers, and consultants to monitor all project activities in real time. By enabling faster reporting and improved oversight, Mastt helps its clients, which include government entities and large corporations, ensure that capital projects are completed on schedule and within budget.

Hearables 3D

Seed Round in 2021
Hearables 3D is a supplier of custom audio devices that leverages 3D scanning and printing technologies to create personalized earphones. The company employs a smartphone-based scanning process to capture detailed 3D images of the user's ear, which allows for the generation of a digital ear impression. This digital model is then utilized to automate the design and production of custom-fit hearing devices using SLA 3D printing. By integrating artificial intelligence and automation into the custom-fit journey, Hearables 3D aims to streamline the process of creating tailored audio solutions, enhancing both comfort and sound quality for users.

Visionary Machines

Seed Round in 2021
Visionary Machines develops advanced sensing technology that enhances machine navigation and automation through the use of passive camera arrays. By providing high-fidelity perception, the company's systems minimize issues such as ambiguity and false positives. Its 3D spatial sensors employ geometry measurements from multiple cameras across various spectra, combined with cutting-edge AI techniques. This technology enables machines to effectively see, navigate, and interact with their environments. Initial applications are focused in sectors such as defense, mining, and logistics, where precise measurement and object perception are critical. Visionary Machines aims to solve complex challenges, making previously intractable problems manageable for both humans and machines.

Partington

Seed Round in 2021
Partington operates as a multi-materials engineering firm that develop supplementary composite materials such as carbon fibre composites. They offer composites designing and developing solutions using computer-aided engineering.

Visionary Machines

Seed Round in 2021
Visionary Machines develops advanced sensing technology that enhances machine navigation and automation through the use of passive camera arrays. By providing high-fidelity perception, the company's systems minimize issues such as ambiguity and false positives. Its 3D spatial sensors employ geometry measurements from multiple cameras across various spectra, combined with cutting-edge AI techniques. This technology enables machines to effectively see, navigate, and interact with their environments. Initial applications are focused in sectors such as defense, mining, and logistics, where precise measurement and object perception are critical. Visionary Machines aims to solve complex challenges, making previously intractable problems manageable for both humans and machines.

Mastt

Seed Round in 2020
Mastt is a digital infrastructure provider focused on enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of urban growth through innovative tools for the construction industry. Its flagship product, also named Mastt, is a cloud-based software solution designed to streamline project management by offering capabilities for reporting, contract management, and payment processes. The platform replaces traditional spreadsheets and outdated systems, delivering an integrated end-to-end solution that allows project owners, managers, and consultants to monitor all project activities in real time. By enabling faster reporting and improved oversight, Mastt helps its clients, which include government entities and large corporations, ensure that capital projects are completed on schedule and within budget.

Visionary Machines

Seed Round in 2020
Visionary Machines develops advanced sensing technology that enhances machine navigation and automation through the use of passive camera arrays. By providing high-fidelity perception, the company's systems minimize issues such as ambiguity and false positives. Its 3D spatial sensors employ geometry measurements from multiple cameras across various spectra, combined with cutting-edge AI techniques. This technology enables machines to effectively see, navigate, and interact with their environments. Initial applications are focused in sectors such as defense, mining, and logistics, where precise measurement and object perception are critical. Visionary Machines aims to solve complex challenges, making previously intractable problems manageable for both humans and machines.

Partington

Seed Round in 2020
Partington operates as a multi-materials engineering firm that develop supplementary composite materials such as carbon fibre composites. They offer composites designing and developing solutions using computer-aided engineering.

Elementice

Seed Round in 2020
Elementice specializes in providing hardware and software solutions tailored for the professional photography market. Their platform enables photographers to manage real-time image delivery and streamline workflows, allowing users to view and edit images across multiple devices while updating branding and managing client galleries. The services include cloud integrations, automated workflows, and e-commerce capabilities, facilitating the sale of digital images and physical print orders. Elementice also offers tools for tracking customer engagement metrics, thereby helping photography professionals enhance their efficiency and client acquisition efforts. Customer support is accessible through phone, email, and online applications, ensuring that inquiries are promptly addressed.

FLAIM Systems

Seed Round in 2020
Flaim Systems is a virtual reality platform focused on enhancing skills training for emergency services, particularly for firefighters. The company develops and produces a VR simulator that offers immersive learning experiences aimed at preparing personnel for hazardous and emergency situations. By providing realistic training environments, Flaim Systems enables firefighters to effectively prepare for high-stress scenarios they may encounter in the field. This innovative approach to training supports the development of critical skills necessary for effective emergency response.

Elementice

Seed Round in 2020
Elementice specializes in providing hardware and software solutions tailored for the professional photography market. Their platform enables photographers to manage real-time image delivery and streamline workflows, allowing users to view and edit images across multiple devices while updating branding and managing client galleries. The services include cloud integrations, automated workflows, and e-commerce capabilities, facilitating the sale of digital images and physical print orders. Elementice also offers tools for tracking customer engagement metrics, thereby helping photography professionals enhance their efficiency and client acquisition efforts. Customer support is accessible through phone, email, and online applications, ensuring that inquiries are promptly addressed.

Helfie.ai

Seed Round in 2020
Helfie offers low cost, mobile based health checks, in seconds, to anyone, anywhere in the world. Helfie is disrupting the $6+ trillion global healthcare market by combining artificial intelligence with real doctors to revolutionize the speed, scale, and cost of delivering online health checks - faster, cheaper, and mobile first. By making health checks hyper-convenient, low cost and available to anyone with a mobile phone, Helfie dismantles the structural barriers (access & cost) that exclude billions of people from healthcare along with eliminating the behavioural barries (cost, time/inconvenience, and complacency) that stop people from participating in preventative health. Helfie's game-changing approach and capability in enabling population-wide health checks and making them repeatable and very low cost, has the potential to deliver profound individual, social and economic value throughout the world.

FifthDomain

Seed Round in 2019
FifthDomain is a cyber security education and training technology company focused on addressing the global skills shortage in this critical field. It offers on-demand learning environments that allow both future and existing cyber operators to engage with hands-on education and training content at their convenience. The company's virtual learning platforms provide flexible access to essential and current cyber security material, along with practical exercises conducted in a secure online setting. FifthDomain's services include dynamic content hosting, online virtual environments, learning labs, custom cyber ranges, and other related offerings, catering to students as well as government and corporate sectors to enhance their cyber defense capabilities.

Liquid Instruments

Series A in 2019
Liquid Instruments specializes in developing advanced test and measurement devices tailored for the manufacturing, defense, and education sectors. The company's flagship product, Moku:Lab, is an all-in-one device that integrates high-speed analog inputs and outputs with the signal processing capabilities of an FPGA. This innovative platform allows for software configuration, providing users with the flexibility needed to enhance their workflow and productivity. By addressing the diverse requirements of its clients, Liquid Instruments aims to improve precision in testing and measurement while facilitating advanced digital signal processing across various applications.
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