Company

Thales

Mulwala, OS

Disclosed deals

Every published round Thales took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
No published deals recorded yet.

Portfolio

Companies Thales has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
No portfolio companies recorded yet.

Funds

Fund closes reported for Thales, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Thales yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Thales has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Thales did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Thales is recorded as having been acquired.

What Thales bought

Companies Thales acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Tesserent	Acquisition	25 Jul 2023	$176m	ARN (ARNnet), TechCrunch Venture

Name	Role	Sources
Patrice Caine	CEO	TechCrunch Venture

Coverage

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

12 deals

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #173, 9th August 2026

Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.

This Week in Australian Startups 8 Aug 2026 BioScout Contactile DroneDeploy ElectraLith EngageRM Enrola Eudaemon Technologies Firmus Technologies Rampart Spacetalk StrongRoom AI Vexev Zabidou Acusensus AMD ARM Hub Atlassian Baidam Canva Catalysr Defence Science and Technology Group Driva EnergyLab Google Kashcade Labor LinkedIn MassRobotics Millibeam Nine NRF Corporation OneQode Procore ProcurePro REA Group Sharon AI Shaw and Partners Southern Launch Startup World Cup Thales TPG Telecom Tractor Ventures Unlockd UNSW Sydney Victorian Government Vodafone Australia WA Government Afterwork Ventures AirTree Ventures Alumni Ventures Angel Investors Antler Australia ARENA Artesian VC Astanor Bioshore Ventures Blackbird Ventures Black Nova Venture Capital Blackstone Coatue Demea Sustainable Investment Division Q GrainCorp Ventures GrainInnovate Horizon Hort Innovation Venture Fund Jane Street Main Sequence Ventures Neotribe Ventures Nvidia Purpose Ventures Salter Brothers Skalata Ventures Startmate Swinburne Ventures Limited Ten13 TreeArc Anthony Carbines Ben Carroll Chris Bowen Matt Berriman Mike Cannon-Brookes Tim Rogers

Also Dealroom·RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy

Exit / M&A

Tesserent hires ex-Telstra talent to supercharge growth

Tesserent appoints ex-Telstra sales executive James Ormesher as chief growth officer, shortly after Thales completed its $176 million takeover of the cybersecurity firm.

ARN (ARNnet) 9 Oct 2023 Telstra Telstra Purple Tesserent Thales VMTech James Ormesher Kurt Hansen

Exit / M&A

Thales enters app security market with $3.6B Imperva acquisition

TechCrunch Australia 25 Jul 2023 Imperva New York Stock Exchange Tesserent Thales Thoma Bravo Patrice Caine

Also ARN (ARNnet)

4 deals

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: two companies raise capital, two receive R&D tax refunds, an electric refueller debuts, a distribution deal is signed, IP is bought with shares, and more Bushmasters head to Ukraine.

@AuManufacturing 27 Oct 2022 Environmental Clean Technologies FBR Limited Imagion Biosystems Neurizer Optiscan Imaging SEA Electric Thales Titomic the federal government Dr Camile Farah Glenn Fozard Justyn Peters

Also Techboard

2 deals

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Manufacturing roundup: 3D Metalforge raises funds via placement, Recce Pharmaceuticals lands an R&D tax rebate, CoDeAc unveils a nuclear detection solution, A2EP plans a webinar, and Varley Rafael advances local missile production.

@AuManufacturing 29 Mar 2022 Recce Pharmaceuticals Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP)Australian Defence Force Cablex Schneider Electric Thales Varley Holdings Australian Tax Office James Graham

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Coverage

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #173, 9th August 2026

Tesserent hires ex-Telstra talent to supercharge growth

Thales enters app security market with $3.6B Imperva acquisition

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed