Key hire
Adam Beavis leaves AWS to lead Stax
Cloud management firm Stax has appointed ex-AWS executive Adam Beavis as managing director, with co-founder Thor Essman moving to executive chair, months after hiring Davinia Simon from AWS.
Company
Red Hat
Funding history
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Red Hat raised.
What Red Hat bought
Companies Red Hat acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
Coverage
Stories naming Red Hat. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Exit / M&A
LAB3 appoints ex-Microsoft partner manager as alliances head
Steve Johns leaves Microsoft after 17-plus years to join Melbourne startup LAB3 as head of alliances, managing partnerships and building go-to-market managed services capabilities.
2 deals
“Who wouldn’t want to invest?”: How Brisbane startup Outfit bagged $20 million to grow its footprint in the US
Brisbane marketing software company Outfit raised $19.5 million from US growth equity investor Five Elms to expand in America, having previously secured $1 million from Equity Venture Partners in 2017.