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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round GitHub raised.
Companies GitHub 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abi Noda | Product Manager (former) | Tech Funding News - Australia, TechCrunch Venture |
| Nat Friedman | CEO (former) | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Blackbird Ventures portfolio |
| Thomas Dohmke | CEO | SmartCompany, Blackbird Ventures portfolio |
Stories naming GitHub. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Melbourne GRC startup CyberHeed has released Live Integrations, which continuously pulls configuration signals from tools like GitHub and Microsoft products to assess compliance controls in context, extending its SmartPrep capability.
BuildPass, a Melbourne construction software maker, says its American business now exceeds a fifth of revenue half a year after opening in Austin, with growth credit from Mighty Partners funding the expansion.
Xbow, a startup using AI for cybersecurity, has closed a $120 million round co-led by DFJ Growth and Northzone at a valuation topping $1 billion, with five other investors participating.
Roundup of a quiet funding week: Melbourne workforce-platform maker 2cloudnine banked over $7.5m, algae-ingredient maker SeaStock $740,000 from government accelerator FaBA, while San Francisco's Sumble emerged with $59m.
Also Startup Daily
Atlassian has agreed to buy DX, a tool that measures engineering team output, for $1 billion — its biggest deal yet — after also announcing The Browser Company purchase this month.
A weekly roundup covering five funding rounds: HealthMatch's Series C, Monday Distillery's crowdfunding, Sonder's Series B, Lleaf's bridge round, and Spice AI's seed raise.
Blackbird's investment note explains why it joined Spice AI's seed round led by Madrona Ventures, describing the web3 data and AI infrastructure platform and its founders.
Also SmartCompany
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup: Zip's deal for Sezzle, Zeller's unicorn raise, several Australian funding rounds, Startmate backing Provvy, a space manufacturing grant, NZVC's first close, and tech's response to Russia.
FourthRev has raised an $11.2 million Series A to grow its university-partnered digital skills programs, after a prior seed round led by US investor Reach Capital.