The funding was announced with a round co-led by the Australian government-established National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) and US-based Keysight Technologies.
The NRFC has invested $28.45 million to support Liquid Instruments to consolidate and scale its manufacturing operations in Australia.
The investment will help keep high-value engineering and advanced manufacturing capability onshore while supporting the creation of new highly skilled product engineering roles.
“NRFC funding will keep Liquid Instruments in Australia, and our cornerstone investment will crowd-in significant private capital from overseas while creating highly skilled jobs in Australia,” said Dr Mary Manning, NRFC chief investment officer.
Founded on research developed at The Australian National University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Liquid Instruments designs highly configurable instruments that replace multiple pieces of traditional test equipment with a single reconfigurable platform.
This allows engineers to design and deploy custom measurement tools quickly, supporting work across aerospace, defence, semiconductors, quantum research and complex electronics.
The company’s technology is already being used by major global innovators including Nvidia, Lockheed Martin, Blue Origin, PsiQuantum, BYD and Intel.
“The NRFC’s investment enables Liquid Instruments to consolidate its manufacturing in Australia while continuing to scale globally,” said Liquid Instruments founder and chief executive officer Professor Daniel Shaddock.
Liquid Instruments was part of the agency-supported ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station that directly contributed to NASA’s historic Artemis II mission.
The Aussie technology assisted with high‑performance signal processing, timing, control and data handling required for optical communications demonstrations.
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