Funding stories
Culture Amp, an Australian tech company focused on employee engagement, has reached a valuation of over $1.5bn following a $100m funding round.
Paytron, a financial services business, has raised $4.35 million in seed funding to help SMBs manage their finances more effectively.
Australian Government urged to allocate $250 million in May budget to support AI research and commercialisation, says AIIA.
The company states it plan to use the Series C funding to further accelerate its sales and grow its development, support and marketing departments.
WSO2 has announced that the company has closed $90 million in financing from client vehicles, advised by Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Credit.
Orca Security raises $550m in funding round led by Temasek, boosting its valuation to $1.8bn as demand for its cloud security platform grows.
Data integration company Fivetran has agreed to acquire enterprise data replication technology provider HVR in a cash and stock deal worth $700m.
CoderSchool raises $2.6m in pre-Series A round led by Monks Hill Ventures to expand educational content and technology infrastructure in Vietnam.
Satori, the DataSecOps platform, has raised $20m in Series A funding to fuel R-D innovation and go-to-market expansion.
Canva reaches a $40bn valuation after securing $200m in funding, with plans to accelerate growth and expand its team.
Databricks secures $1.6bn funding to accelerate innovation and adoption of the data lakehouse, reaching a $38bn valuation.
New Zealand-based platform Komodo has closed a NZ$1.8m seed round led by Folklore Ventures to advance student wellbeing.
Dovetail raises AU$5m to expand its customer research platform. It has gained over 1,000 customers, including IBM and Harvard University.
New Zealand legal tech startup LawVu has raised $17m in Series A funding, led by Insight Partners and supported by AirTree Ventures.
Singapore-based eCommerce logistics integrator, Locad, has raised $4.9m in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India's Surge.
AI specialist HIVERY has secured undisclosed debt financing from the 1V Venture Credit Fund ahead of its next funding round to support its growth.
Wellington-based startup Marama Labs secures $1.25m in funding to expand its chemical analysis tools for industrial customers.
Illumio secures $225m in Series F funding, with Thoma Bravo leading the round, to reach a valuation of $2.75bn.
Claroty raises $140m in funding round to meet growing demand for industrial and critical infrastructure cybersecurity.
Prismatic has raised $3.25 million in seed funding, and states the investment will help to propel growth and empower B2B software companies.
