Ralf Capel: Ledger

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

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Optimaze	Startup Daily (Fri 17 Oct 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 17 Oct 2025), Startup Daily (Mon 13 Oct 2025), SmartCompany (Mon 13 Oct 2025)

Pre-seed $3m

Optimaze raises $3 million to help businesses save billions in cloud costs

Sydney cloud-waste startup Optimaze has secured $3 million in pre-seed backing from Arconic and The Innovation Club to grow engineering, speed its roadmap and pursue cloud partnerships starting with AWS.

SmartCompany Mon 13 Oct 2025 Optimaze AWS Arconic The Innovation Club Anthony Potts Dawshiek Yogathasar Ralf Capel

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