CTO · Founder, Lorikeet
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Research Engineer (former) | Startup Daily (7 Aug 2025), Startup Daily (5 Feb 2025), Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024), Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024) | |
| Executive (former) | Google Brain | Blackbird Ventures |
| CTO · Founder | Lorikeet | Startup Daily (13 Oct 2025), SmartCompany (6 Oct 2025), SmartCompany (8 Aug 2025), Startup Daily (7 Aug 2025), Square Peg Capital (7 Apr 2025), Startup Daily (5 Feb 2025), Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024), Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024) |
| Central Banker (former) | RBA | Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024), Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024) |
Stories naming Dr Jamie Hall. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Sydney AI customer-support startup Lorikeet has closed US$35 million in a Series A led by QED Investors, its third round in under a year, lifting total funding beyond $75 million.
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A Square Peg investor reflects on interviews with automation veterans, arguing that winning legacy enterprise customers for AI tools hinges on human factors, politics and budget dynamics rather than technology alone.
Blackbird's note explains why it led Lorikeet's nine-million-US-dollar round alongside co-investors, describing the startup's workflow-first approach to harder support tickets and its results with Eucalyptus.
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Square Peg led Lorikeet's US$5 million seed round for its AI customer-support automation platform, joined by Skip Capital and US angel investors, supporting the team's US expansion.
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