Executive, Meta

Catherine Porter

Role	Organisation	Sources
Executive (former)	Meta	AFR Technology

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Stories naming Catherine Porter. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Seed ~$50m

Airwallex-backed start-up raises nearly $50m in seed round

Metal, co-founded by Loong Wang and Catherine Porter, completed a roughly $50 million seed round with Airwallex and its venture arm Capital 49 as joint leads, per new filings.

AFR Technology Sun 4 Oct 2026 Metal Meta Airwallex Capital 49 Catherine Porter Loong Wang

Also Fintech News Australia·This Week in Australian Startups

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Airwallex-backed start-up raises nearly $50m in seed round