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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Palantir raised.
Companies Palantir acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Trae Stephens | Engineer (former) | builtin.com |
| Shannon Scott | General Manager (former) | Australian FinTech |
| Mitchell Brunton | Software Engineer (former) | Blackbird Ventures, Startup Daily |
| Misha Wakerman | Software Engineer (former) | Blackbird Ventures, Startup Daily |
| Michael Hurley | Executive (former) | - |
| Matt Grimm | Engineer (former) | builtin.com |
| Dr Vaughan Shanks | SmartCompany, Startup Daily | |
| Brian Schimpf | Engineering Director (former) | builtin.com |
Stories naming Palantir. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profiles space investor Will Scully-Power, whose Pine Gap firm backs Australian space startups and plans a larger US fund with partners; defence VC Beaten Zone has also wrapped up a $26 million fund.
Two raises reported: Superhero has banked $20m of a hoped $30m round led by Salter Brothers at a $176m valuation, while New Zealand crime-intelligence startup Azonic took NZ$1m in a Blackbird-led pre-seed.
MatrixOrigin announced completing a Series A above $10 million with HAND, AsiaCom and Australian-headquartered Artesian among the backers; the piece also recalls a 2025 Pre-A+ round and six earlier institutional investors.
Also matrixorigin.io
Profile of Palmer Luckey tracing his Oculus VR venture, its multibillion-dollar Facebook acquisition, his co-founding of defense tech firm Anduril Industries, and his gaming hardware venture ModRetro.
Blackbird announces its investment in Atticus's $10.8 million raise and profiles the startup's founding team, product craft, and enterprise customers.
Melbourne smart-sensor startup XY Sense raised $5 million in seed funding from Blackbird Ventures and angel investors to expand its workplace analytics platform across Australia, Asia Pacific, the US and UK.
Cydarm Technologies, a Melbourne cyber security software maker, has banked $500,000 with Right Click Capital leading, money earmarked for market validation and hiring, while founder Vaughan Shanks eyes overseas markets within a year.
Cydarm Technologies, a cybersecurity incident response startup, has raised $500,000 in a round led by Right Click Capital, which recently backed automation platform Black.ai.
Also SmartCompany