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ROC Technologies Holdings Pty Ltd trading as “WaveX” (ACN 664 986 707) (the Company), is undertaking a capital raising to secure up to A$2,150,000 through the issue of fully paid ordinary shares at an offer price of A$123.00 per share. The Company has already secured A$1,010,000 in commitments. The minimum investment amount is A$100,000; however, the Company reserves the right to accept smaller amounts at its discretion.

The offer is being made pursuant to section 708 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and is available only to investors who qualify as Sophisticated or Professional Investors. The pre-money valuation of the Company is A$15,000,000. Shares issued under this offer will rank equally with all existing fully paid ordinary shares on issue in the Holding Co, which is the 100% owner of the IPCo and OpCo subsidiaries.

Subject to eligibility requirements and the offer closing prior to 30 June 2025, investors may also qualify for early-stage innovation company (ESIC) tax incentives. Proceeds from the raise will be applied to the construction of a large-scale prototype of the Company’s D-Spar™ wave energy system, matched government grant funding, and the advancement of commercial and technical partnerships.

Company Overview

WaveX is an Australian renewable energy company developing the D-Spar™, a next-generation wave energy system - the first at scale with no underwater moving parts. This patented floating technology represents a paradigm shift in reliability, survivability, and scalability, addressing long-standing challenges in wave energy. By leveraging proven oil and gas supply chains, WaveX enables cost-effective deployment and operation of its patented product — in an industry with over US$80 billion in investment in 2024 alone.

Headquartered in Perth, WaveX has secured over A$2.5 million in non-dilutive funding and is actively engaged with Tier 1 global partners across energy, engineering, and infrastructure. The Company’s technology reduces offshore wind farm downtime from 20% to less than 1%, significantly lowering the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE). Led by a high-calibre team of ex-oil&gas professionals, WaveX is positioned to be the first to commercialise the last untapped renewable energy resource, in a global market expected to exceed A$1 trillion by 2040.

The Problem

While wave energy holds enormous potential to complement offshore wind, support defence applications and remote area power supply for oil and gas operations, existing wave energy systems have failed to scale due to two persistent challenges: a lack of survivability in harsh ocean conditions, and first-of-a-kind designs with complex underwater moving parts prone to failure and lacking scalability. These technical barriers have historically made wave energy unreliable, costly, and commercially unviable at scale.

WaveX has inverted the traditional approach to wave energy conversion. We took a team of oil and gas industry experts from the oil and gas hub of Perth, Australia, and developed a system which solves the perennial wave energy problems of survivability and scalability. With the back-end confidence the solution could be industrialised - WaveX then joined forces with the University of Western Australia to complete the front-end R&D including tank testing, open water scale model testing and numerical modelling.

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The Solution: WaveX D-Spar™

The D-Spar™ is WaveX’s proprietary wave energy converter designed to operate without any underwater moving parts, a major advancement over legacy wave energy systems. Inspired by already-proven floating oil and gas structures, the D-Spar™ is a durable, low-maintenance platform that floats on the ocean surface and captures energy from wave motion in a highly efficient and survivable manner.

By removing mechanical complexity below the waterline, the D-Spar™ offers a step-change in reliability, safety, and scalability, enabling integration alongside offshore wind farms to improve energy yield and reduce downtime. This design also allows WaveX to utilise existing oil and gas supply chains for rapid and cost-effective deployment, making it one of the most commercially viable wave energy solutions in development today.

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Investment Highlights

Massive Market Opportunity

Targeting a global offshore renewables sector forecast to exceed A$1 trillion by 2040, with immediate application in the US$80B+ co-locating in the offshore wind segment.

Offshore wind farms—despite attracting more than US$80 billion in global investment in 2024 alone—suffer from a major inefficiency: they sit idle around 20% of the time due to low wind conditions. This intermittency is a $billion+ economic drain with low asset utilisation, reduced return on investment, and increases the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) across entire projects.

Wind farm developers of today will become wind+wave farm developers tomorrow, because co-locating technology to harness both wind and wave resources, lowers overall cost of production and improves profit margins. WaveX is a first mover and will be the prime technology provider to these development customers.

Solving a Critical Inefficiency

By co-locating and utilising existing infrastructure, the D-Spar™ reduces offshore wind farm idle time from 20% to less than 1%, significantly lowering the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) and boosting asset utilisation.

Proven, Scalable Technology

Floating wave energy system with no electrical or mechanical underwater moving parts, inspired by proven oil & gas structures and deployable via existing global supply chains. The WaveX technology is primed to leap frog its competitors.

Tier 1 Industry Engagement

MOUs and EOIs in place with Tier 1 industry heavyweights including a Japanese Gas Utility, UK-based Engineering Design House and the worlds largest aquaculture OEM in Norway. WaveX has over 25 NDAs signed with global energy and infrastructure firms.

Highly Leveraged Seed Round

Capital raise will unlock a $2.4 million matched federal government grant, delivering the next inflection point in the WaveX development pathway - a large scale open water steel prototype with substantial power generation.

ESIC Eligibility

Investments made before 30 June 2025 may be eligible for Early Stage Innovation Company (ESIC) tax incentives - CGT-free shareholding and 20% tax offset.

Experienced Founding Team

Led by Simon Renwick (ex-Clough, Technip, Subsea7), with a leadership team spanning Woodside, Macquarie, MMA Offshore, and more. Over 150 years combined experience delivering offshore projects for Tier 1 clients, with more than 1 million tons of offshore structures delivered to date.

Strong Non-Dilutive Funding Base

Over $2.5 million in non-dilutive grant funding already secured (state+federal), plus over $1M raised in this round to date.

WaveX has already positioned itself to take advantage of over $25M+ worth of other state, federal and international government incentives and grants to minimise future shareholder dilution. Timing has rarely been better to attract non-dilutive funding at this industrial scale.

Government Support & Non-Dilutive Funding

WaveX has already secured over A$2.5 million in non-dilutive funding through government grants and R&D incentives, significantly de-risking the Seed Round for investors. This capital has supported early-stage validation, tank testing at UWA, and technical development of the D-Spar™ system.

This match-funding structure ensures that investor capital is highly leveraged, with every dollar invested accelerating WaveX’s commercialisation timeline.

The Company has also received R&D Tax Incentive credits and continues to engage with industry development bodies and innovation programs to further extend its capital runway without excessive dilution.

Milestones

Date
Milestone
2023
Company incorporation, completed tank testing at UWA, first R&D Tax Incentive credits received, complete Pre-SEED capital raise.
2024
EOI from Tier 1 partner, 3rd party “Statement of Feasibility” received, Finalist in WA Innovator of the Year - Woodside Platinum category, awarded $2.4M federal govt funding
2025
Build and deploy large-scale D-Spar™ prototype (Seed Round)
2026
First full-scale deployment and begin generating commercial revenue
2027
Strategic exit pathway targeted via trade sale or major partnership within the renewable energy, defence and/or oil and gas sector.

Board & Management

Simon Renwick

Simon Renwick

Managing Director

More than 25 years as an engineer and manager of large scale offshore, industrial projects.  In the wave energy space, Simon has previously worked for Energetech, Pelamis Wave Power and consulted on Carnegie Clean Energy technology.   In oil and gas, Simon has been a team leader for scopes across some of the largest and most innovative projects in the world, including Gorgon (US$50B), Prelude (US$20B) and NRB (US$5B) encompassing engineering design, procurement, construction and commissioning.

Following his UWA honours project in 1998 – “hydrodynamic motion of spar buoys”, it wasn’t after completion of his work in Europe with Pelamis, that the concept for the WaveX technology was borne – looking to bring together lessons learned from his wave energy experience, uniquely combined with his knowledge from the oil and gas industry.  Over the years, this led to collaboration with the University of Western Australia to move through TRL 1-5.

Simon has been a founding Director of a number of SME’s including an offshore engineering consultancy, subsea construction company, offshore personnel access services provider, and a solar farm O&M business.

He “quit his job” in October 2022 to pursue the vision of WaveX on a full time basis and is using his extensive professional network to ensure the commercialisation of this technology.

Matt Allen

Matt Allen

Director

ECO Magazine Top 10 Ocean Influencer 2019. Blue economy start-up founder and successful exit to ASX listed business in 2022. As a Company Director and Marine Engineer, Matt brings 30 years delivering projects for tier one offshore energy companies. His strengths in strategic planning, project execution and corporate governance combine with an extensive network as a leader in the blue economy.

Culminating in 2020, Matt successfully led a team to patent and then globally license the IP for an underwater stabilisation technology, a team which included Shell in The Hague and The Oceans Graduate School at UWA in Perth.

Matt has an excellent understanding of both the challenges and the opportunities facing the wave energy and the blue economy and is uniquely placed to realise the commercial development of the WaveX technology.

Tracie Clark

Tracie Clark

Director

Tracie is a renowned advisor and investment professional with over 23 years of experience in investment management, financial services, accounting and business strategy.

She has founded two successful financial services businesses, worked in senior leadership teams and as a consultant.  Tracie is heavily involved in the start-up community and has a passion for supporting innovation and mentoring future entrepreneurs.

Tracie holds a bachelor of commerce in Accounting and Business Law, is a Certified Practising Accountant, and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tracie’s skillsets are an exceptional compliment to WaveX’ engineering and projects background, and her governance and strategic credentials will help ensure WaveX remains on-track  on its pathway to commercialisation.

Tim Green

Tim Green

Operations Manager

Tim has spent more than 10 years in business management and leadership of a maritime engineering consultancy. He worked through the full life cycle of an engineering start-up which was ultimately acquired by an international consultancy.  Strong experience in developing and promoting an employee focussed culture through positive leadership.

With over 20 years’ experience across all aspects of delivery of maintenance and capital dredging and marine works, Tim specialises in implementation and management for site investigations, environmental assessments, tender preparation and evaluation, contract preparation and delivery, and subsequent contract management through to completion.

Tim is passionate about reducing our collective footprint on the world, and the amazing opportunities to work with our environment, not against it.

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