Company
Cloud computing training platform sold for $2 billion in 2021
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round A Cloud Guru raised.
Investors whose own portfolio pages list A Cloud Guru, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| AirTree Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
| Glitch Capital | its portfolio page ↗ |
The transaction that ended A Cloud Guru'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pluralsight | Acquisition | Jul 2021 | $2b | SmartCompany (27 Mar 2026), LaunchVic, SmartCompany (26 Jul 2024), SmartCompany (23 Jul 2024), Startup Daily (17 Oct 2022), Startup Daily (17 May 2022), Startup Daily (4 Jan 2022) |
Companies A Cloud Guru acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming A Cloud Guru. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Startup Daily reports Airtree has extended its Frontier founder residency to San Francisco, dangling uncapped US$250,000 SAFE notes at expat Aussie and Kiwi founders; its Sydney edition hosts alumni of major local tech firms.
Melbourne AI advertising startup Cuttable raised $5.7 million at a doubled $100 million valuation, expanding to New York amid growing US demand.
Weekly roundup detailing eight trans-Tasman raises totalling A$373.3 million, headlined by Halter's Series E, spanning quantum computing, biomanufacturing, robotics, adtech and agtech, plus a recalled $2 billion founder exit.
Also Startup Daily
Adtech firm Cuttable has banked $5.7 million at a doubled $100 million valuation, adding Airtree, Glitch Capital and an angel to existing backers, and is heading to New York on growing American demand.
A weekly roundup detailing new funding rounds for six Australian startups: Lyka, PlasmaLeap, Firmable, Veyor, Lumonus and Future Minds Network, with investors and round details.
Firmable, which sells AI sales-intelligence tools, has banked a $14 million Series A with Airtree leading, plus angel money from Sue Morphet, Sam Kroonenburg, Martin Hosking and Rob Phillpot, to fund a US push.
Leigh Jasper keynotes SmartCompany's February 2026 startup event in Melbourne; the profile recalls his Aconex journey to an Oracle sale, Firmable's seed raise and his venture fund roles.
Propeller Aero's chief executive Rory San Miguel has won the Pearcey Foundation's 2025 NSW entrepreneur award; the profile traces his path from UNSW clubs and Flirtey to the drone surveying company.
Roundup of five Australian raises totalling $85 million: National Renewable Network's Series A, plus Syenta, Cuttable, SprintSuite and Bitwise Agronomy, with lead investors and expansion plans for each.
Melbourne adtech firm Cuttable has added $4.5 million to its seed round with Square Peg leading, taking total backing to $10 million and valuing the business at $44.5 million ahead of its US push.
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Glitch Capital, a new $50m vehicle led by Leigh Jasper and backed by exited unicorn founders, has completed its first deal, backing Melbourne edtech firm Cadmus.
Square Peg's half-year letter to investors reviews 2024: $146m invested, $220m returned via five exits, fund value up to $3.25bn, plus portfolio raises at Rokt, Constantinople, Exodigo, Cuttable and Supabase.
Square Peg's half-year investor letter reviews 2024: portfolio growth, $220m returned across five exits, a Rokt secondary at a $3.5bn valuation, and recent raises at Constantinople, Exodigo, Cuttable and Supabase.
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Brisbane market-research software firm Askable, self-funded since 2017 by a father-son duo, has announced a $22m Series A led by AirTree at a $100m valuation, with Skip Capital and founder angels backing it.
Also SmartCompany
Weekly roundup of three Australian raises: adtech firm Cuttable's seed round, Fundabl's equity round and SeenCulture's funding, naming investors, plus new Cuttable co-CEOs and a board appointment.
AI ad startup Cuttable, co-founded by Sam Kroonenburg, Jack White and Ed Ring, raised $5.5m in a seed round led by Square Peg with Rampersand aboard; Kroonenburg earlier sold A Cloud Guru to Pluralsight.
Square Peg announces its participation in Cuttable's AU$5.5 million seed round. The AI-powered advertising platform was founded by Jack White, Ed Ring and Sam Kroonenburg, and already works with major Australian brands.
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Interview with angel investor Carl Hartmann covering his Temando exit, co-founding Compono and Lyre's, what he looks for in founders, and his early-stage portfolio strategy.
Weekly roundup covering nine Australian startups' new capital totalling $40.5 million, across solar, quantum computing, marketing tech and crowdfunding, plus a look back at Aconex's $1.6 billion Oracle sale.
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Secondaries fund SecondQuarter has reached an $83m first close on its second vehicle, aiming past $100m, with founder-angels and Minderoo among new backers; its portfolio includes past sales of ActivePipe and A Cloud Guru.
Also Techboard
A Cloud Guru co-founder Sam Kroonenburg joins SecondQuarter Ventures as venture partner as it closes $100 million for fund two; the piece also recalls A Cloud Guru's sale to Pluralsight and Moxiwork buying ActivePipe.
Also Techboard·Startup Daily
Melbourne startup EQL raised A$25 million led by Insight Partners and AirTree Ventures, with angels and family offices participating, to grow sales teams and improve its product-launch platform.
Sydney venture firm AirTree has raised A$700 million across three vehicles — an early-stage fund, a web3 fund and a growth fund — with superannuation funds as backers. Its portfolio includes Canva, Linktree and Immutable.
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A year-in-review of Startup Daily's most-read 2021 stories, recalling major Australian tech exits including A Cloud Guru, Afterpay and Sweat, Canva's soaring valuation across three raises, Zero Co's crowdfunding record, and new VC funds.
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Commentary piece on VC exit strategies (IPO, trade sale, secondary sale) referencing recent Australian tech M&A deals and venture funding rounds including Sendle, UpGuard, Sonder and others.