Company
The group managing the CDR Data Standards Body.
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Data61 raised.
Companies Data61 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian Turner | CEO (former) | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
Stories naming Data61. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Main Sequence sets out its investment thesis for physical AI, describing portfolio companies across robotics, vision, connectivity, compute and simulation, and recalling over $100 million invested since inception.
Weekly roundup of four Australian raises: HammerTech $105m led by Riverwood Capital, JigSpace $13m led by Breakthrough Victoria, ExoFlare's $5.3m seed, and Go Locum's $350,000 seed led by Paspalis.
ExoFlare, cofounded by ex-Data61 chief Adrian Turner, has banked $5.3 million in seed funding led by Salus Ventures to help food producers manage biosecurity risks.
Also SmartCompany
Analysis of quantum computing's threat to cryptocurrency encryption, covering a quantum-safe token launch by Kaz and Quantum Assets, post-quantum blockchain research efforts, and QLabs' recently secured $25m investment funding.