Company
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| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Penelope Barr | Head of Legal Product Lab | Startup Daily |
| Peter Arthur | Partner | Blackbird Ventures portfolio |
| Tom Kaldor | Lawyer (former) | SmartCompany |
| Valeska Bloch | Head of Cyber | allens.com.au |
Stories naming Allens. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Allens' Cyber Brief podcast hosts QuintessenceLabs founder and CEO Vikram Sharma discussing quantum computing threats to encryption, harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks, and the governance steps boards should take toward post-quantum readiness.
Weekly roundup detailing new funding for eight local startups: home lending, document verification, farm water monitoring, alcoholic drinks, freight software, leaf protein, artist content sales and organic bedding, totalling over $36 million.
Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany
Profile of Ajust, whose platform uses AI to route consumer complaints to businesses; its solo founder secured pre-seed backing from Carthona Capital and joined AWS's generative AI accelerator program.
Blackbird's founder profile interviews Inventia Life Sciences' CEO about his career, co-founders and the RASTRUM 3D bioprinting platform, recalling the firm's early investment in the Sydney biotech company.
Aura Group announces managing director Calvin Ng has joined BNK Banking Corporation's board as a non-executive director, alongside independent director Michelle Guthrie; the article also recalls Finsure's merger with Goldfields Money.
Also Aura Group portfolio
Law firm Allens has launched Auctus, an eight-week virtual legal tech accelerator, choosing seven startups from more than 120 applications to work with mentors on legal, growth and innovation strategies.