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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #179, 26th September 2026

Weekly roundup recording a dozen raises and acquisitions, Firmus's scheduled float, a new $50m venture fund, a founder share sale, grant winners, an accelerator intake, and an AI agent's government breach.

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Thoma Bravo backs bootstrapped Australian HR platform Tanda after 14 years

Growth equity firm Thoma Bravo has invested in Tanda, a Brisbane workforce-management software business, its first external funding after 14 years of bootstrapping; the money targets AI features and overseas expansion.

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #176, 30th August 2026

Weekly roundup: Blackbird confirms a record fund close and Galileo reaches a first close, Genesis merges with Proudi, IREN secures massive debt, and several startups report raises, grants and program wins.

Thoma Bravo lobs knockout offer for HR software biz Tanda

Street Talk reports Thoma Bravo has emerged as frontrunner to buy into Tanda, valuing the HR and payroll software firm near $800 million after a contested auction run by Barrenjoey; signing is expected soon.

Thales enters app security market with $3.6B Imperva acquisition

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Cloudera's Mark Micallef tapped to lead Anaplan APAC

Cloudera's APAC vice president Mark Micallef takes charge of Anaplan across Asia Pacific, succeeding Karen Clarke, who shifts to a Americas role, shortly after Thoma Bravo agreed to buy the software vendor.

Here’s why private equity is putting ‘buckets of money’ into IT companies

Analysis of why private equity firms are aggressively acquiring IT and channel companies, citing recent deals by Thoma Bravo, EQT and BGH Capital, plus an Australian fund targeting Microsoft software vendors.

Apax Partners eyes $13bn Fund XI raise just a year after $11bn fund close

A year after its previous flagship vehicle hit an $11bn ceiling, Apax Partners is chasing a bigger fund, while US pension minutes reveal new commitments and the firm moves to take control of Alcumus.