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| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| John Roese | Global CTO and Chief AI Officer | Taronga Ventures, Startup Daily |
| Geraldine McBride | Global Executive (former) | Perennial Partners portfolio, Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Dell Technologies. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
IREN's board has signed off on long-term share awards worth roughly US$788 million for co-founder chief executives Daniel and Will Roberts, as the Sydney-based green data centre operator capitalises on AI demand.
Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.
Recap of Australian startups Adiona and Deeligence pitching at a global startup competition in San Francisco; the million-dollar investment prize went to a US battery company, but both gained customers and investor contacts.
Sydney-founded quantum computing company Diraq has progressed to Stage B of a US defense agency program targeting utility-scale quantum computing by 2033, expanding its consortium with new industry and academic partners.
Australia's aviation regulator has granted Alauda Aeronautics an experimental certificate to fly its Airspeeder Mk4 racing eVTOL with a pilot aboard; Intel, Dell, AWS and Telstra back the series' computing and race-control systems.
Fleet-logistics software firm Adiona Tech won the Sydney pitch competition and heads to the San Francisco finale vying for a US$1 million investment prize; Telstra and Third Sphere previously backed the company.
Analysis argues Cognition AI's July 2025 buyout of Windsurf, after Google's reverse-acquihire of its leaders, secures IP, talent and revenue, boosting Cognition's Devin product, valuation and investor backing.
Proptech CIM has raised a $10 million Series A led by Five V Capital, with Carthona Capital and property executives participating, valuing it above $100 million to fund expansion into Asia and North America.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.
Database vendor MongoDB has hired Splunk veteran Simon Eid as its Asia-Pacific senior vice president, working from Melbourne to grow the business across ANZ, ASEAN and Japan.
Microsoft is acquiring Queensland video startup Clipchamp, which raised a $13.2 million Series A in 2020; CEO and co-founder Alexander Dreiling announced the sale, with investor Steve Baxter calling the company Canva for video.
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Australian advice platform Lumiant announced several team appointments across communications, customer success and product, following an earlier capital raise of over $1 million run through Equitise.
An e-scooter maker reached its crowdfunding goal within 43 minutes and neared a quarter million dollars, plus seed money from a venture firm, while the piece recalls earlier platform campaigns by other startups.
AI startup MyWave, founded by a NAB board member, has raised $3 million ahead of a planned listing, with Perennial Value Management leading and Patersons Securities running the raise.
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