Standards Australia Future Fund

Standards Australia Future Fund is the early-stage investment vehicle of Standards Australia. It backs companies developing technologies that improve safety, efficiency and quality, and that support the use of standards. Investments are made at an early stage; the fund does not publish a fixed ticket size or a formal sector list.

The fund draws on the standing of its parent organisation. Standards Australia is the country's leading independent, non-governmental and not-for-profit standards body, with more than 100 years of operation. It develops and maintains Australian Standards® and represents Australia in international standards development. Its catalogue covers over 6,000 standards across infrastructure, emerging technologies, consumer safety, quality management and sustainability, and more than 5,000 experts participate in its technical committees. The organisation employs over 250 people and is based in Sydney.

Investment themes follow the parent organisation's technical domains: standards development, infrastructure, emerging technologies, consumer safety, quality management, sustainability, electrotechnical standardisation and international standards harmonisation. The underlying objective is safer, more efficient and more resilient communities, and supporting innovation, productivity and international trade. Standards Australia's development process is open, transparent and consensus-based, balancing technical, business, academic, government and community representation - a network that portfolio companies can engage with.