CEO · Founder, Neara

Daniel Danilatos

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO · Founder	Neara	SmartCompany (Tue 10 Feb 2026), OIF Ventures portfolio, SmartCompany (Fri 1 Nov 2024), Forbes Australia, Tech Funding News - Australia, Startup Daily (Mon 2 Oct 2023), Our Innovation Fund, Startup Daily (Tue 24 May 2022), Square Peg Capital, Startup Daily (Tue 15 Jun 2021), Square Peg Capital portfolio (Wed 28 Apr 2021), SmartCompany (Thu 22 Apr 2021), Square Peg Capital portfolio (Tue 20 Apr 2021)
Founder	Helix Collective	Our Innovation Fund, Square Peg Capital portfolio (Wed 28 Apr 2021), Square Peg Capital portfolio (Tue 20 Apr 2021)
Software Engineer (former)	Google	Startup Daily (Mon 2 Oct 2023), Our Innovation Fund, Startup Daily (Tue 15 Jun 2021), Square Peg Capital portfolio (Wed 28 Apr 2021), SmartCompany, Square Peg Capital portfolio (Tue 20 Apr 2021)

Coverage

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Funding announcement

Neara joins the billion-dollar club with $90 million Series D

Australian grid digital-twin startup Neara raised a $90 million Series D led by TCV, reaching unicorn status amid rising data centre power demand.

Forbes Australia Wed 5 Aug 2026 Artesian VC EQT Neara Skip Capital Square Peg Capital TCV Daniel Danilatos Jack Curtis Karamvir Singh Kim Jackson Muz Ashraf Scott Farquhar

4 deals

Neara powers up to unicorn status with $90 million capital raise

Neara joins the unicorn club after a TCV-led $90 million Series D at a $1.1 billion valuation, with existing backers participating; funds will fuel global expansion and engineering hires.

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19 deals

Blast OIF | 24 things from 2024

OIF Ventures' 2024 review: two portfolio companies acquired, a talent-leadership hire, its fourth fund deploying, new investments in eight named startups and nine follow-on rounds.

Also Forbes Australia·techtaffy.com

17 deals

Fifteen ANZ startups that raised $81 million this week

Round-up reporting Neara's $45 million Series C, Alimetry's US$18 million Series A2, Earthodic's US$4 million seed, and Antler's latest residency intake of startups each receiving $225,000 for 12% stakes.

SmartCompany Fri 1 Nov 2024 Alimetry Authentified Communiti Labs Earthodic JubJub Lyngo AI Neara Pactify SeeStone Shopfront Spoony Ausgrid CenterPoint Energy Endeavour Energy ESB Networks Essential Energy Hedno Powercor SA Power Networks Scottish Power Southern California Edison University of Auckland American angel investors Antler Australia Branch Venture Group Circulate Capital Closed Loop Partners EQT FTW Ventures Icehouse Ventures Investible Partners Group Prosus Ventures Queensland Investment Corporation RedStick Ventures Significant Capital Ventures Skip Capital Square Peg Capital Tenacious Ventures UniQuest Fund Albert Tietz Anthony Musumeci Ben Chamberlain Cam Moore Daniel Danilatos Daniel Ferguson David Johnson Drew Flaherty Fiona Donaghey Dr Greg O'Grady Jack Curtis Josh Leask Karamvir Singh Kenneth Liang Melissa Mail Nathan Spiteri Nicholas Carlton Nilufer Haksever Steven Germain Tanmay Patel Dr Tom McCarthy

Also Startup Daily

3 deals

Digital twin startup Neara pockets $15.25 million in Series B extension for offshore plans

Neara, an energy-sector digital twin platform, has raised a $15.25 million Series B extension with Prosus Ventures leading and prior backers Square Peg and Skip Capital returning, to fund US and European expansion.

Startup Daily Mon 2 Oct 2023 Neara Ausgrid Endeavour Energy Essential Energy Google Immutable Southern California Edison TransGrid Prosus Ventures Skip Capital Square Peg Capital Daniel Danilatos Jack Curtis Kim Jackson

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Series B $20m

Our investment in Neara

OIF Ventures' note explains its decision to back Neara's A$20 million Series B alongside Skip Capital and Square Peg, describing the infrastructure-modelling startup's technology, utility customers and growth.

OIF Ventures portfolio Thu 26 May 2022 Neara Ausgrid Canva Endeavour Energy First Solar Google Helix Collective SafetyCulture OIF Ventures Skip Capital Square Peg Capital Daniel Danilatos Jack Curtis Karamvir Singh

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily

19 deals

2021 wrapped: a record-breaking year for fundraising and growth

Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.

10 deals

The startup funding round: Tech preventing heart failure, the Airbnb of street art, and digital ‘twins’ for infrastructure

A weekly roundup of Australian startup funding: Neara, Archistar, Urban Ethos, ESN Cleer and Book An Artist raise, alongside Mr Yum and Octopus Deploy raises.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany

Series A $7.2m

Investment notes: Neara $7.25m Series A

Square Peg's investment note explains it led Neara's Series A, describing the infrastructure digital-twin platform, its founding team's backgrounds, and its work modelling networks for energy utilities.

Square Peg Capital portfolio Tue 20 Apr 2021 Neara Endeavour Energy First Solar Google Helix Collective Square Peg Capital Daniel Danilatos Jack Curtis Karamvir Singh Lars Rasmussen

Also Square Peg Capital portfolio·OIF Ventures portfolio·Square Peg Capital portfolio·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily

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