Loong Wang: Ledger

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

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO · Founder	Metal	This Week in Australian Startups, Fintech News Australia, AFR Technology

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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #181, 11th October 2026

Weekly digest: Firmus withdraws its planned listing, Square Peg reaches a billion-dollar close on two vehicles, MUFG clears regulators to buy Grow Inc, and Lubdub, RocketDNA, Energy Bay and Metal all raise.

Also @AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·Startup Daily

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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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #181, 11th October 2026

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