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Sustainable fuel hopeful HAMR Energy revs up with funding round

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Jul 2, 2025 – 8.03am

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A sustainable fuels startup, chaired by former ExxonMobil executive Richard Owen, is on the hunt for $10 million to break into the nascent green aviation fuel industry and develop its pipeline of low-carbon liquid fuel projects.

HAMR Energy has launched its Series A funding round, hitting up high-net-worth individuals and venture capitalists along with energy, fuel, aviation and shipping companies.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.