Startup · $2.5b raised · AI
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Sharon AI raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Canva | Venture debt | - |
| Digital Alpha | Venture debt | - |
| Ellerston Capital | Venture debt | - |
| Kie Chie Wong | Venture debt | - |
| Regal Funds Management | Venture debt | - |
| Situational Awareness | undisclosed | - |
The transaction that ended Sharon AI's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | IPO | 25 Feb 2026 | $177m | Defender AM portfolio, Defender AM, Dealroom, Forbes Australia (Tue 25 Aug 2026), AFR Technology, Forbes Australia (Tue 14 Jul 2026), Startup Daily |
Companies Sharon AI acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Sharon AI. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Quarterly report from the Defender Global Fund flagging an 84.7% portfolio return, profits taken on SharonAI following its February Nasdaq uplisting, SharonAI's GPU collaboration with NVIDIA, and fresh investor subscriptions.
Defender's quarterly newsletter reports an exceptional quarter for its global fund, headlined by portfolio holding SharonAI, which surged after a February Nasdaq uplisting and an NVIDIA GPU deployment partnership.
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Filings show Canva backed Sharon AI's US$103 million December 2025 raise with Regal, Ellerston, Digital Alpha and others; the Sydney compute provider has since floated on Nasdaq and raised US$2.15 billion more.
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The head of neo-cloud firm Sharon AI argues no copyright change is needed to attract data centre investment; the piece recalls its Nasdaq listing raise and a large new financing.
Dealroom reports SharonAI Holdings' plan to fund an Nvidia GPU deployment for an Australian AI factory via equity and convertible notes, with both private placements likely to wrap up in June.
Australian AI infrastructure company SharonAI Holdings has debuted on Nasdaq at a valuation above $1 billion, with a December pre-IPO round, backing from Digital Alpha and USD.AI, and an April ASX float planned.