Breakthrough Victoria is an independent investment management company that aims to create a world-class biotech, health, and life sciences hub in the state of Victoria, Australia. It focuses on attracting investment, fostering innovation, and supporting the growth of companies in these sectors.

Breakthrough Victoria

The Breakthrough Victoria Fund is a $2 billion investment by the Victorian Government to drive investment in research and innovation and catalyse new projects in partnership with knowledge institutes and industry stakeholders. These investments will be anchored at key employment and innovation precincts and will support projects with strong potential to drive long-term industry growth, including the commercialisation of new innovations and technologies in Victoria.  

Please email us at contact@breakthroughvictoria.com to find out more about our Funds.

Our friends at LaunchVic 🚀 are putting the spotlight on local #founders with their new campaign – Startups Start Here. With more than 2,950 startups recorded, their success stories are a testament to the incredibly supportive Victorian startup ecosystem. This makes #Victoria a great place to launch an idea, grow a #startup and scale your business into a globally competitive company.
 
And we cannot agree more.
 
Check out the campaign: https://lnkd.in/gdgwij7S
 
#startupsstarthere

To celebrate World Quantum Day today, we are pleased to share some insight into Breakthrough Victoria’s focus on quantum technologies.
 
We took the leap into #quantum with our investments in Infleqtion and Quantum Brilliance and are actively looking to invest in this emerging #technology.
 
Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gd6gK5yd

📢 Calling all our friends from the innovation sectors. Nominate someone who's made the biggest impact on the Victorian #startup ecosystem before entries close next week.

Nominees will be judged based on the following criteria:
👉 Support for early-stage startups
👉 Advocacy for Victoria's startup ecosystem nationally and globally
👉 Championing diversity and inclusion

Details here: https://lnkd.in/gzyJSrGV

Our Chair, the Hon. John Brumby AO, today announced Breakthrough Victoria’s $5 million investment into FLAIM Systems and got to experience their fully immersive virtual firefighting training system first-hand! 

Using VR training reduces firefighters’ exposure to potentially carcinogenic substances in training. It also benefits the environment by reducing water consumption, carbon emissions and PFAS foam usage.  

Born out of research at Deakin University, FLAIM’s innovative training system combines the VR headset with haptic technology, which creates an experience of touch by applying forces, vibrations or motions to the user – they can feel the heat of the fire and force of the hose!  

You can read more here: https://lnkd.in/gWXkQZ6A 

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Impact Investment Summit 2023 kicks off later this week in Sydney. Our Executive Director of Portfolio Management Sally Mccutchan will facilitate a panel session with industry professionals from Australian Impact Investments, Colonial First State and Ethinvest. Learn about the trends and key challenges of building an impact portfolio and what can be done from our expert panelists at 4pm on Day 1.
 
Secure your attendance to Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific: https://lnkd.in/g4jw3qa2
 
Sabina Curatolo Rosemary Addis Daniel Madhavan Kylie Charlton Philip Webb (IIC) Guneet Rana Dave Rae Andrew Tyndale Katherine Leong Philip Bateman Lillian Kline Alex Feher Rob Irving Katie Rabbidge #impactinvesting

Find out what Breakthrough Victoria is doing to drive innovation in #cleantech. Join our Director, Clean Economy Phil Gurney as he shares insights on the growing clean economy sector, funding sources and opportunities alongside panel speakers from Industry Capability Network - Victoria, Clean Energy Council and Gaia EnviroTech.
 
Limited seats available. Register now: https://lnkd.in/egHJYe52

Great insights from LaunchVic into our local startup and #innovation ecosystem.

Check out their report below, which shows Victoria’s #startup sector is maturing at a rapid rate!

With International Women’s Day 2023 focussing on how #innovation and technology can help achieve #genderequality, we asked our own Superstars of STEM Dr Madeline Mitchell and Eva Rodriguez Rodriguez to share their experience as women leaders in STEM.

https://lnkd.in/gaXwgzmQ

#IWD2023

Victoria has already banned dumping of #solarpanels in landfill and as other jurisdictions follow suit, it’s becoming even more urgent that we find ways to reduce this emerging waste stream.
 
That’s why Breakthrough Victoria is investing up to $10 million to support new innovative solutions to sustainably #recycle solar panels.
 
Learn more about the Breakthrough Victoria Challenge here: https://lnkd.in/gfmZAcRX

#BVChallenge

Our portfolio company Kite Magnetics™ is having a big week at AVALON 2023 - Australian International Airshow with the unveiling of their electric aircraft motor, which is now in commercial production. Breakthrough Victoria CEO Grant Dooley today joined founder and CEO Richard Parsons as he demonstrated this breakthrough #innovation to Victorian Treasurer the Hon. Tim Pallas MP.
 
We are proud to have supported Kite Magnetic to reach this major milestone and are excited at the potential for their electric motor to cut the #aviation industry’s global carbon emissions.

Special thanks to the Victorian Government and Invest Victoria for hosting us. #Avalon2023

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