Company
Canva enterprise client
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Docusign raised.
Companies Docusign 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Newton | APAC GM (former) | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Docusign. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Canva is pushing productivity tools like Docs and Sheets to win enterprise subscribers from Microsoft and Google, while slowing its AI rollout to control costs and trimming its revenue growth forecast.
Forbes Australia reports Xero's board lifted CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy's potential pay to US$18.5 million, mostly equity vesting over three years, and now requires her to hold shares worth five times her salary.
Bessemer Venture Partners has wrapped up a $350 million fund for Indian startups, planning $5-40 million cheques; the piece also notes recent closes by Accel India and Stellaris.
Telstra Ventures has rebranded as Titanium Ventures, and the telco is exploring selling its stakes in the VC's funds as it tightens capital management. The firm has backed 99 startups since 2011.
Weekly AI column profiles Melbourne legaltech Deeligence, which raised $1 million with Alice Anderson Fund backing to automate due diligence and challenge billable hours; also DocuSign acquiring Lexion and a Microsoft-OpenAI deepfake fund.
Ellerston's JAADE fund says it invested in Nitro Software alongside Potentia Capital, part of the takeover that delisted the document productivity software company from the ASX.
Salesforce is shutting its Australian venture arm amid global layoffs. Local head Mike Ferrari has departed, and the unit's Australian investments will now be run from the company's American headquarters.
Legal automation firm Josef banks $5.2 million in a round OIF Ventures led, with Carthona, Flying Fox, Jelix and Saniel participating, adding US and UK law firms as clients.
Also SmartCompany
Potentia's $400 million takeover approach for ASX-listed software firm Nitro was rejected, with the column examining Nitro's widening losses, executive pay, and Potentia's separate pursuit of payments company Tyro.
Telstra Ventures has completed a third fund worth half a billion dollars, drawing on dozens of new and existing backers, with early cheques already written into fifteen companies including FTX and Forage.
Also Startup Daily·Techboard
An Australian founder now leading a US artificial voice company recounts four lessons from building startups abroad, recalling his company's Series A, an earlier venture raise at a marketplace he co-founded, and a past acquisition.
Data management vendor Cohesity has named former VMware executive Sanjay Poonen as its CEO and president, with founder Mohit Aron shifting to a technology and product role while staying on the board.
UK payments firm GoCardless raised A$437 million in Series G funding led by Permira, with BlackRock Private Equity Partners joining, valuing it at A$2.9 billion as it readies its Australian platform for PayTo's launch.