Company
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Stax raised.
Companies Stax 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Beavis | Managing Director | ARN (ARNnet) |
| Amanda Iwasaki | Head of Operations | ARN (ARNnet) |
| Davinia Simon | Head of Sales and Growth Markets | ARN (ARNnet) (Thu 3 Feb 2022), ARN (ARNnet) (Tue 21 Sep 2021) |
| James Coxon | Chief Product Officer · Founder | ARN (ARNnet) (Thu 3 Feb 2022), ARN (ARNnet) (Tue 21 Sep 2021) |
| Mike Middaugh | Managing Director (former) | ARN (ARNnet) (Thu 3 Feb 2022), ARN (ARNnet) (Tue 21 Sep 2021), ARN (ARNnet) (Thu 22 Oct 2020) |
| Prayna Prasad | Head of Marketing | ARN (ARNnet) |
| Thor Essman | Managing Director | ARN (ARNnet) |
| Thor Essman | Executive Chair | ARN (ARNnet) |
Stories naming Stax. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Activewear brand Stax has gone into liquidation after a June receivership, prompting founders Don Robertson and Matilda Murray to apologise online to customers awaiting orders, with CasCap Advisory appointed to wind up the business.
Stone & Chalk awarded its 2026 International Women's Day scholarships to twelve female founders across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide hubs, doubling the intake after applications rose 60%; a past recipient's climate startup also appears.
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.
Cloud platform Stax becomes standalone from Versent, hires ex-AWS executive Davinia Simon to lead sales amid NZ and Southeast Asia expansion, and recalls A$23.6 million raised in private funding over the past year.
KPMG's annual review reports Australian fintech investment of US$1.4 billion in 2020, featuring eNett's acquisition, raises by Judo Bank and Brighte, a cryptocurrency-backed IPO, and global fintech trends.
Cloud services specialist Versent has appointed a former AWS managing director for Australia and New Zealand to its board, following other recent executive additions including a chief operating officer and a subsidiary managing director.
AI consultancy V2 AI opens in Western Australia with three senior hires - Richard Allen, Derek Bingham and Holly Dean - while its chief executive flags AI governance as the key challenge for enterprise deployments.