Founder, Briefcase

Kirk Simmons

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Briefcase	Startup Daily (11 Dec 2025), Startup Daily (12 Sep 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (9 Sep 2025)
Head of Legal (former)	Canva	Startup Daily

Coverage

Stories naming Kirk Simmons. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Accelerator

Team Techstars Sydney: Meet Briefcase, the case-management platform speeding up legal decisions

Startup Daily profiles Briefcase, founded by former Canva legal head Kirk Simmons, which digitises dispute handling for courts and tribunals; it is one of twelve companies in Techstars Sydney's 2025 cohort.

Startup Daily 11 Dec 2025 Briefcase Airtasker Canva Superpower Techstars Sydney Christie Jenkins Kirk Simmons Max Marchione Tim Fung

10 deals

Cheque-in: 19 ANZ startups that raised $69 million this week

Weekly roundup covering 19 Australian and New Zealand raises, headlined by Andromeda Robotics' $23m Series A, plus Freckle, Marloo, X-Hemp, Harvest B, Wable, Starboard and Techstars Sydney's 12-startup cohort.

Startup Daily 12 Sep 2025 Andromeda Robotics Briefcase CorFin.AI Crystal aOS Freckle Harvest B Juxtabyte Marloo MuseAI OncoRevive Onsite Our Leg Up Slice Starboard Maritime Intelligence SurfLab VetNotes Wable X-Hemp Zipline AI Airbnb Alberts Canva Clay Google Halter Heidi Health Investment NSW Mecwacare Revolut Sharesies Stake Taurus Capital Techstars Sydney Xero 1984 Ventures Altered Capital Artesian VC Blackbird Ventures Brand Fund Breakthrough Victoria CoAct Capital CoVentures Danehill Group Forerunner Ventures Gradient Icehouse Ventures Industry Growth Program King River Capital Liquid2 Main Sequence Ventures Mandalay Venture Partners Mintaka OIF Ventures Purpose Ventures Rethink Impact Startmate trampoline Visible Ventures Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation Craig Piggott Leighton Roberts Matt Leibowitz Paul Sharbanee Philip Fierlinger Tom Hambrett Dr Tom Kelly Amy Stevens Andi Lucas Antony Arena Ben Robertson David Stephen Sta.Maria Grace Brown Hardy Michel Holly Fowler Hugh Le Jad al Masri Jesse Morse Joni Pirovich Kirk Simmons Kristi Riordan Michael Ragavan Michael Theo Michelle Reeves Mitch Sigley Mohammad Tavakkoli Yaraki Nathan Croxton Nathan Merzvinskis Rod Bristow Dr Samira Sadeghi Shakeel Lala Silven Victor D. Epistola Trent Fulcher

Also SmartCompany

9 deals

19 ANZ startups that raised $66.7 million this week

SmartCompany 12 Sep 2025 Andromeda Robotics Briefcase CorFin.AI Crystal aOS Freckle Harvest B Juxtabyte Marloo MuseAI OncoRevive Onsite Our Leg Up Slice Starboard Maritime Intelligence SurfLab VetNotes Wable X-Hemp Zipline AI Airbnb Alberts Canva Clay Google Halter Heidi Health Investment NSW Mecwacare Revolut Sharesies Stake Taurus Capital Techstars Sydney Xero 1984 Ventures Altered Capital Artesian VC Blackbird Ventures Brand Fund Breakthrough Victoria CoAct Capital CoVentures Danehill Group Forerunner Ventures Gradient Icehouse Ventures King River Capital Liquid2 Main Sequence Ventures Mandalay Venture Partners Mintaka OIF Ventures Purpose Ventures Rethink Impact Startmate trampoline Visible Ventures Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation Craig Piggott Leighton Roberts Matt Leibowitz Paul Sharbanee Philip Fierlinger Tom Hambrett Dr Tom Kelly Amy Stevens Andi Lucas Antony Arena Ben Robertson David Stephen Sta.Maria Grace Brown Hardy Michel Holly Fowler Hugh Le Jad al Masri Jesse Morse Joni Pirovich Kirk Simmons Kristi Riordan Michael Ragavan Michael Theo Michelle Reeves Mitch Sigley Mohammad Tavakkoli Yaraki Nathan Croxton Nathan Merzvinskis Rod Bristow Dr Samira Sadeghi Shakeel Lala Silven Victor D. Epistola Trent Fulcher

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily

12 deals

Techstars Sydney reveals the 12 startups it just backed with $2.2 million

Techstars Sydney's 2025 accelerator class holds 12 startups, with US$120,000 invested in each; seven are first-time funded. Supported by Investment NSW, the three-month Sydney program ends with a December Demo Day.

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