Startup · $2.5b raised · AI
Neocloud company
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Sharon AI raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Situational Awareness | undisclosed | - |
| Canva | Venture debt | - |
| Digital Alpha | Venture debt | - |
| Ellerston Capital | Venture debt | - |
| Kie Chie Wong | Venture debt | - |
| Regal Funds Management | Venture debt | - |
The transaction that ended Sharon AI's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | IPO | Feb 2026 | US$125m (A$178m) | Dealroom, Forbes Australia (25 Aug 2026), AFR Technology, Forbes Australia (14 Jul 2026) |
Companies Sharon AI acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Sharon AI. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Filings show Canva backed Sharon AI's US$103 million December 2025 raise with Regal, Ellerston, Digital Alpha and others; the Sydney compute provider has since floated on Nasdaq and raised US$2.15 billion more.
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The head of neo-cloud firm Sharon AI argues no copyright change is needed to attract data centre investment; the piece recalls its Nasdaq listing raise and a large new financing.
Australian AI infrastructure company SharonAI Holdings has debuted on Nasdaq at a valuation above $1 billion, with a December pre-IPO round, backing from Digital Alpha and USD.AI, and an April ASX float planned.