Venture capital fund · 11 deals
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Every published round DST Global Partners took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies DST Global Partners has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
Fund closes reported for DST Global Partners, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies DST Global Partners has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal DST Global Partners did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Stafford | Managing Partner | Australian FinTech, Techboard, Startup Daily |
Stories naming DST Global Partners. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand startups whose late-July funding totals $102 million across space capsules, medical devices, livestock breath analysis, sports analytics and AI crop forecasting.
Aura Ventures portfolio company Haast has closed a US$12 million Series A, with Peak XV Partners leading and DST Global Partners, Airtree and Black Sheep Capital joining, funding product development and international expansion.
A roundup of five Australian startups that together raised $30.1 million this week, spanning compliance AI, chemical-industry software, insurance automation, women's health diagnostics and an AI receptionist for trades.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·theaustraliatoday.com.au
Weekly roundup of ten Australian and New Zealand startup raises totalling nearly $194 million, topped by Neara's $90 million round at a $1.1 billion valuation, with Splose, Operata, HAMR Energy and Adora also covered.
Melbourne work-documentation startup Fluency raised a US$6 million seed led by Accel at a $30 million valuation, with DST Global and others participating; its founders previously raised $1.5 million.
Ranking of Australia’s five best-funded fintechs — Airwallex, Athena, Zeller, InDebted and Brighte — profiling each one’s total raised, most recent raise, backers, valuation and growth moves.
Crunchbase's unicorn tracker analysis finds AI-driven valuations added over half a trillion dollars in months, reshuffling the top twenty and minting eleven new decacorns in H2 2025, including Figure, Kraken, Mistral and Sierra.
Weekly roundup of seven Australian startup raises, led by Airwallex's Series F, plus EatClub, Kite Magnetics, Termina, Preve, Foremind and Liveheats.
Also Startup Daily
Airwallex has wrapped a $465 million Series F at a $9.6 billion valuation; Blackbird joins for the first time and half the round is a secondary sale for early backers.
Weekly roundup of five startup raises: Fleet Space's Series C, Checkmate's Series A, Adventus's new round, Endua's hydrogen funding and Servicely's raise, with investors named.
Also Forbes Australia
Techboard's monthly roundup cataloguing April 2022 Australian startup funding: megadeals, seed rounds, grants and crowdfunding, nine acquisitions, several ASX listings, and venture firms' fund news.
Online trading platform Stake raised A$90 million in Series A funding from Tiger Global and DST Global Partners, with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth advising on the transaction.
Share trading app Stake secured a $50 million Series A extension from Tiger Global and DST Global Partners, a year after its initial $40 million round, lifting total funding to $90 million ahead of a crypto launch.
Also SmartCompany·Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Airwallex has raised a US$200 million Series E at a US$4 billion valuation, led by Lone Pine Capital, with its founders also unveiling a $200 million fund amid a wave of big local raises.
Square Peg podcast interview with Airwallex co-founder Lucy Liu covering her journey building the cross-border payments firm, which became Australia's fastest unicorn after a US$100 million round led by DST Global.
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Tiger Global led a $40 million round into Stake, an Australian zero-brokerage trading platform, with DST Global partners joining. Previously bootstrapped, the company will use the capital to expand internationally.
Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech
Melbourne cross-border payments startup Airwallex announced a $160 million Series D with ANZi Ventures and Salesforce Ventures joining returning backers, lifting total funding to $360 million for acquisitions, market expansion and new products.
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Daily tech roundup covering Walmart's engineering workforce, Udaan's US$585 million Series D, Dyson abandoning its electric vehicle project, criticism of AirPods battery waste, and Zip's leadership hires plus acquisitions of PartPay and Spotcap.
Payments startup Airwallex has joined Australia's unicorn ranks after closing a nine-figure growth round led by DST Global, with existing backers returning; it plans overseas expansion and acquisitions of payment companies.
Also SmartCompany
Sales-coaching AI startup Hupo has announced a $10 million Series A, with DST Global Partners leading and four earlier backers returning for the round.