Several of our coworkers and coworking alumni have successfully raised capital and scaled their impact! Ranging from legaltech to cleantech, many have raised big and are making waves. Read about some of these game-changing companies below and sign up for our Coworking Come and Try Day now!
The team at Mineral Carbonation International (MCi) identified an opportunity to turn carbon dioxide into valuable products. If major industries like cement, steel, and chemicals could utilise their emissions in the construction sector instead of discarding them as harmful waste, we could make a significant impact on global emissions. MCi aims to lock away 1 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2040, helping to reverse the climate crisis
Four of Japan’s largest organisations have invested in MCi Carbon, including ITOCHU Corporation, Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, and Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation (MUCC). MUCC is MCi Carbon’s latest investor, contributing US$5 million to the CBRIN-based cleantech company.
Compliance has become one of the biggest bottlenecks for regulated organisations, especially when it comes to marketing and content. That’s where Haast comes in. Its platform automates up to 80% of the manual review required for marketing and content compliance. It helps teams get content live up to three times faster, reduces risk, and frees up time for work that marketing and legal teams actually enjoy.
Haast raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding in 2023, followed by a $6 million Seed round in 2025 led by Airtree Ventures. With this raise, they’re doubling down on product development, expanding the team, and continuing to grow across Australia, the US, and beyond. They’re already working with leaders like Telstra, Zurich Australia & New Zealand, Future Super, and Aviva.
Gridsight is a rapidly expanding GridTech startup driving the worldwide shift towards electrification and decarbonisation.
In April this year, they raised $7.5 million in Series A funding, led by Airtree Ventures, with support from Austin-based Energy Transition Ventures, Singapore-based Aera VC, and Australian cricket captain and fast bowler Pat Cummins. With nearly 40 employees across Australia and the US, the funds will be used to scale the platform, accelerate product development, and expand partnerships to meet both domestic and global demand.
Gridsight was also recently named in Energize Capital’s 2025 Electrify Everything: Top 30 Software Innovators and recognised as a leader in innovation at the Australian Financial Review’s AI Awards.
Founded in 2012 and led by four Canberra-born founders, Instaclustr, an open-source data technology company, expanded quickly since it began working from the Coworking space located in Canberra’s CBD.
They raised a seed round led by ANU Connect Ventures in 2014, followed by a $9.6 million raise in 2016. In 2018, they closed a $20.8 million investment round led by New York-based private investment firm Level Equity. Following the 2018 raise, Instaclustr used the funds to accelerate its growth, expanding rapidly both domestically and internationally, before being acquired for an undisclosed amount by the Nasdaq-listed, multibillion-dollar company NetApp.
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