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Melt Ventures
Venture capital · Australia · Asia Pacific
Melt Ventures is an early stage venture fund that invests in advanced manufacturing focused Australian startups with global ambitions. It describes itself as the first dedicated early stage Advanced Manufacturing Fund (ESVCLP) in Australia and provides capital, expertise and advice to hardware product companies.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsadvanced manufacturinghardwareclean techiotclimate techdeep tech
Your fit with Melt Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsMelt Ventures lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Pre-seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (38%), AI & Machine Learning (25%) and Education (13%). 77% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside First Light Capital, Investible and Main Sequence.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Melt Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Melt Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 20. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 100% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 51th | 20 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 70th | 38% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 38% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Climate & Energy | 3% | 1% |
| Consumer | 3% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| First Light Capital | 2 |
| Investible | 2 |
| Main Sequence | 2 |
| AgriZeroNZ | 1 |
| CP Ventures | 1 |
| Cultiv8 Funds Management | 1 |
| GrainCorp Ventures | 1 |
| Lightbank | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers20100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with First Light Capital
Compare Melt Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Melt Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Pre-Seed |
Round details for Melt Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Melt Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegro Energy has developed a high-performance, low-cost, long duration storage platform ready for deployment to your site today. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Bovotica develops novel technology to modulate the rumen microbiome of cattle to reduce methane emissions and increase production efficiency | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Dingo Technology is a recycling company that aims to divert toxic waste from landfill by recovering and reusing Australian resources through a patented process to recycle lithium borate flux from used X-ray fluorescence beads. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Earflo is a company that produces an FDA-cleared medical device for treating ear pressure and fluid in children at home | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Endeavour Aerospace produces solid rocket motors and provides launch services | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Endua engineers and manufactures plug-and-play hydrogen technology solutions for gases, fuels, and energy storage | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and offers ultrasonic non-destructive testing products for weld and corrosion inspection | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Extraterrestrial Power aims to deliver affordable power to humanity in space via energy production utilizing in situ resources. | Space & DefenseEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Farmo provides remote monitoring and automation solutions for agriculture and smart cities | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hyperion designs and supplies large-format 3D printing and robotic manufacturing systems, helping organisations produce parts, tooling and infrastructure in-house or on-site. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Indrus provides automated yard and dock orchestration using existing cameras, tracking arrivals, dock scheduling, and yard moves in real-time. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| INFIN Robotics is developing technology to transform how we observe, understand, and protect our seas. | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Lixa develops a technology to switch off antimicrobial resistance | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| MGA Thermal develops and provides industrial thermal energy storage technology to help businesses reduce reliance on fossil fuels and lower energy costs. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| MyNu Energy designs and provides battery energy storage systems and related products for various applications | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides high performance low carbon dyes and auxiliaries to the world | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company installs and maintains solar and battery systems on homes and provides a monthly hosting credit on the homeowner's electricity bill | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Plasmaleap builds and designs plants for the local production of fertilisers, fuels and chemicals. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Refilled provides a hydration solution for commercial spaces with a drink dispensing system and various flavor combinations. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| SafeGauge produces and sells wireless testing tools for safer maintenance | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- melt.ventures
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 20
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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