We appointed the CFO, a finance leadership hire, to bring rigour to capital, reporting and the numbers behind the growth. One of several senior appointments we delivered for Emesent.
Emesent — Emesent is an Australian deep-tech company born from a decade of CSIRO robotics research, founded in 2018 by Dr Stefan Hrabar and Dr Farid Kendoul. Its flagship, Hovermap, captures data autonomously in the places GPS cannot reach, underground mines and complex industrial sites, and has now flown more than 3,000 autonomous missions across mine sites worldwide for operators including BHP, Barrick and Newmont. Australian robotics, proven in the hardest environments on earth.
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Capital Raising · Oceania
Emesent →Emesent raised $15 million in equity funding plus $10 million in venture debt from the NRF to scale mine-mapping drone operations.
Capital Raising · Oceania
Emesent →Emesent raised AUS$25M (AUS$10M venture debt from NRFC + AUS$15M equity from Main Sequence, QIC Ventures, Orion Resource Partners, Hostplus, NGS Super) to scale autonomous mapping and robotics manufacturing and accelerate Cortex AI and Aura platform development.
Capital Raising · Oceania
Emesent →Emesent secured US$17M in new funding for AI-powered mapping and robotics technology
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