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Florida auditor A-LIGN has acquired AssurePoint, gaining IRAP assessment capability and a path into Australian government work; it is the buyer's second purchase this month after Pathfynder.
Microsoft partner Engage Squared takes an undisclosed growth investment from Alceon to build AI capability and expand across APAC, while promoting co-founder Alastair Cashen and Claudia Piscitelli to bigger roles.
Australia's Apate.ai will deliver its AI anti-scam platform globally through US telecoms analytics firm Mobileum, weeks after a US$8.15 million seed round led by Lobby Capital.
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SCX.ai unveiled a Swift package linking Apple's on-device AI to its hosted models, including locally served MAGPiE, shortly after completing a $40 million IPO and ASX listing.
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Evolution Business Systems, a Microsoft partner, has been acquired by Pine Services Group, part of Evergreen, effective 1 September. EBS keeps its name, leadership and operations; no price was disclosed.
Sydney tech services firm Adactin has bought Melbourne Microsoft partner Focus Dynamics Group, keeping all 82 staff and the FDG brand intact to deepen its Dynamics 365 and Azure capabilities; terms undisclosed.
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Profile of SouthernCrossAI, which has floated on the ASX and raised $40 million for its onshore AI compute push, plus a DDN partnership; founder David Keane argues Australians should keep data and value onshore.
Sovereign AI compute firm SouthernCrossAI floated on the ASX via a $40 million IPO and reports growing recurring revenue, paying customers, and a second node planned.
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ResetData, half-owned by Centuria, has lined up data centre capacity from CDC, secured 72MW of power, and locked in $165m of Macquarie debt for GPU deployment.
IT services firm Fuse Technology has bought WA provider Infinitum Technologies, gaining a foothold in Perth and the Mid West; staff move across and the brands will merge over the next two years.
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Devoli has hired Kent Plummer from Aussie Broadband as channel manager for Australia, tasking him with helping the provider's MSP partners simplify how they run connectivity.
Salesforce specialist Davanti has been sold by Dentsu to US buyer Enduring Ventures and has reverted from the Merkle brand to its original name, with the deal completed at the end of June.
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Insurance software firm Monvia has begun trading on the ASX under ticker MNV after completing a $17.5 million initial public offering, with proceeds set to redeem preference shares and fund growth.
Interview with NinjaOne's A/NZ chief Geoff Davies on MSP tool consolidation, recalling the company's US$252 million acquisition of Dropsuite and its US$400 million Series C funding round.
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Swoop's chief executive is leaving the ASX-listed telco, with interim directors named, as its record of buyouts, divestments and fundraising draws sharp public criticism.
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ARN reports efex has acquired managed services provider onPlatinum from Comms Group for $30 million — its largest deal, following the Crowd IT purchase — with proceeds earmarked for debt reduction and investor returns.
Telco Swoop divests its incomplete Melbourne fibre network to Xenith's Australian arm for $11 million, proceeds going to debt repayment; the story also recalls Voicehub's 2024 sale to Pivotel for $9 million.
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US holding group Pine Services acquires ERP consultancy Stratus Consulting, entering Australia; the article also recalls Evergreen affiliates buying Blackbird IT and REDD.
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Google Cloud has committed US$750 million to a new partner fund for agentic AI resources and incentives, unveiled at Cloud Next; the piece also recalls Google's March acquisition of security firm Wiz.
WhiteHawk is acquiring Sydney cyber firm Quixxi in a share-based deal to add AI governance capabilities, with most Quixxi staff not moving across.
Feature on burnout among managed service provider leaders, interviewing TSP Advisory's James Davis, ex-Blackbird IT co-founder Richard Stafford on his exit and recovery, and GTIA A/NZ chair Maria Armstrong.
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A software vendor has secured $1 million in pre-seed backing led by two venture firms, with an earlier backer and three channel executives also investing, to fund hiring in Australia and the US.
Canadian TaaS firm Turnium has proposed buying Sydney channel partner Insentra in a deal worth as much as C$15 million, expected to complete by the end of 2025 if conditions are met.
Morse Micro, a Wi-Fi HaLow vendor, appoints former Swann Communications chief executive Alex Talevski as its first senior product and AI executive, and tasks him with opening a Melbourne office.
IT services firm Entag has bought Rubicon 8, creating a combined 145-person business backed by Anchorage Capital Partners, with both companies recently recognised at the Telstra Partner Awards.
Growth investor Advent Partners has bought a stake in IT services firm efex, whose founder stays on as CEO; the piece also recalls efex's purchases of Datcom Cloud and Medihost Solutions.
Accenture is buying CyberCX, a Melbourne-founded cyber security services provider with some 1400 staff, in its biggest such deal yet; the price is reported at more than $1 billion, pending regulatory approvals.
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Global investor EQT has offloaded Sydney-headquartered IT services firm Nexon to Adamantem Capital, ending a six-year ownership during which Nexon made eight add-on purchases and lifted revenue more than fivefold.
archTIS raised A$7.5 million in a share placement, led by Henslow and Canaccord Genuity, to fund US expansion and product development; the announcement follows its March acquisition of Direktiv's assets for US$750,000.
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ERP specialist Wild Tech has brought in Andrew Kirk, previously of Searce, as a senior business development manager to push its enterprise managed services and digital transformation work.
Interview with Skie co-founder Adam Troughear on why the Australian Salesforce consultancy sold to Britain's Bluprintx for $12.9 million, covering cultural fit, buy-and-build strategy, and shifting motives in Australian tech M&A.
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The planned xAmplify–CSO Group merger into MARQ1 has collapsed. xAmplify has instead landed backing from Macquarie Capital Principal Finance and promoted Tom Scicluna to chief revenue officer, while Howard Fyffe departs.
US-based Evergreen Services Group acquired Brisbane-headquartered MSP REDD, its 100th MSP acquisition, with REDD continuing under the Lyra Technology Group portfolio.
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Health software firm Five Faces has raised a $1 million series A round led by Utiliti Group, with Queensland government's Female Founders Co-Investment Fund also backing, to fund product development and expansion.
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Endpoint management firm NinjaOne has finalised its buyout of Melbourne cloud backup company Dropsuite, first announced in January, with the completed price around US$270 million versus the originally flagged US$252 million.
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UK-based consultancy Bluprintx has bought Australian Salesforce partner Skie, with lender ThinCats funding the deal; Skie co-founder Adam Troughear moves into a Bluprintx executive role.
Zendesk has completed its purchase of Local Measure, an Australian voice software firm; its team joins Zendesk's contact centre arm and the technology now runs fully inside the platform.
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Global IT services company Infosys has agreed to buy cyber security firm The Missing Link for $98 million, with TML keeping its leadership; closing expected in Q4 FY2025, TH Global Capital advising.
Security software firm archTIS buys orchestration vendor Direktiv's assets, staff and customers for US$750,000 paid in tranches, with Direktiv's two founders taking engineering roles at archTIS.
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Adelaide satellite IoT firm Myriota has launched HyperPulse, a narrowband non-terrestrial network service built with Viasat, and opened applications for development partners to access it from April.
Zendesk has announced a deal to buy Local Measure, an Australian-founded contact-centre technology firm, to speed its AI voice plans; completion still needs shareholder, regulatory and court sign-off, tipped for May 2025.
Jason Ashton, formerly NBN Co's wireless networks technology chief and BigAir's co-founder, rejoins Superloop on 3 March in a newly created role leading acquisitions and its smart communities portfolio.
Endpoint management vendor NinjaOne is buying Melbourne-founded cloud backup firm Dropsuite for US$252 million, with completion expected by June subject to shareholder, court and customary approvals.
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Interactive systems chief Simon Durkin explains how serving clients through their acquisitions fuels growth; ex-Datacom Australia head Alex Coates joins as chief executive from January 2025.
ERP specialist Wild Tech has hired Matthew Rodgers, previously at sa.global, to lead its Microsoft business across Asia Pacific from Kuala Lumpur and strengthen links between Southeast Asia and A/NZ.
ASX-listed Adisyn has locked in $3 million from investors and signed a binding deal to buy Israeli semiconductor IP firm 2D Generation; the purchase price remains undisclosed.
SaaS vendor ReadyTech has officially opened a Tasmanian Centre of Excellence to build local tech skills, with planned training partnerships with the University of Tasmania and TasTAFE as it works toward doubling its workforce.
Telecom Vocus hires Ricky Corker from Nokia to lead enterprise and government from November, amid its agreed purchase of TPG Telecom's fibre assets for about $5.3 billion.
Cloudflare has bought Sydney-founded cloud protection startup Kivera, absorbing its product into Cloudflare One; the story also looks back at Kivera's $5.1m seed round of August 2023 and its backers.
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A Blackstone-led consortium including CPP Investments has agreed to buy Australian data centre operator AirTrunk at a valuation above $24 billion; founder Robin Khuda will partly cash out, pending foreign investment approval.
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NextDC has opened D1, its Darwin data centre, built alongside Vocus and the NT government, with Aussie Broadband, GSL Networks and NetVault among foundational partners in the facility's Digital Development Program.
Motorola Solutions has bought Noggin, an Australian cloud-based critical event management software provider. The price was not disclosed, and Noggin's 130 staff will move across to Motorola.
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Sekuro has released a managed XDR service built on CrowdStrike and AWS technology; the piece also notes its recent appointment of Scott Waters as a security adviser serving federal government agencies.
Telco Superloop has earned MSSP accreditation from Palo Alto Networks for its Prisma SASE offering, after meeting service implementation and certification criteria.
The Melbourne-based technology consultancy has landed a $30m commitment from US venture firm Columbia Capital, earmarked for doubling headcount and expanding beyond its current east-coast offices.
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LMNTRIX has recruited Oliver Chivers away from eSentire to lead its UK and EMEA push, following growth across its home market, APAC and the US.
Plutora's Australian arm entered administration over an ATO grant dispute, owing about $38 million. Ex-backer Macquarie Bank sold its 45 per cent stake for $1, while Enov8 and Innovo offer affected customers free migration.
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| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2 Digital | Unnamed stage | 9 May 2024 | $30m | |
| Support Fusion | Pre-seed | 26 Mar 2026 | $1m | |
| Subble | Pre-seed | 3 Jun 2024 | $1m | |
| Kivera | Seed | 10 Aug 2023 | $5.1m | |
| Five Faces | Series A | 7 Jul 2025 | $1m | |
| Bluprintx | Venture debt | May 2025 | £5m (A$10.4m) | |
| archTIS Limited | Unnamed stage | 7 Jul 2025 | $7.5m | |
| Apate.ai | Accelerator | 5 Aug 2026 | $11.4m |
Companies named in ARN (ARNnet)'s articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 6 | |
| Telstra | Telecommunications company | 4 |
| Aussie Broadband | 3 | |
| Dropsuite | 3 | |
| Equinix | 3 | |
| NinjaOne | 3 | |
| Palo Alto Networks | 3 | |
| Salesforce | Software company | 3 |
| SCX.ai | cloud computing provider | 3 |
| Accenture | 2 | |
| Adobe | Public software company mentioned as example of falling valuations | 2 |
| Anycast Holding | 2 | |
| Apple | 2 | |
| archTIS Limited | 2 | |
| Australian Securities Exchange | 2 | |
| AWS | Cloud computing platform | 2 |
| Blackbird IT | 2 | |
| Bluprintx | 2 | |
| CrowdStrike | 2 | |
| CSO Group | 2 | |
| Direktiv | 2 | |
| efex | 2 | |
| Evergreen | 2 | |
| Evergreen Services Group | 2 | |
| Local Measure | Call centre software vendor whose Engage platform provides AI-driven call routing for inb… | 2 |
| Nvidia | Technology company developing platforms for AI computing including orbital compute. | 2 |
| Optus | Australian telecommunications company where Aigentsphere founders previously held senior … | 2 |
| Pine Services Group | Technology-focused holding company specialising in acquiring and supporting ERP and techn… | 2 |
| Pivotel | 2 | |
| REDD | 2 | |
| SambaNova | 2 | |
| Skie | 2 | |
| Superloop | 2 | |
| Swoop | 2 | |
| VAST Data | 2 | |
| Vocus | 2 | |
| VoiceHub | 2 | |
| Wild Tech | 2 | |
| xAmplify | 2 | |
| Xenith Infrastructure Group | 2 | |
| ZenDesk | Customer support software company | 2 |
| 360 Consulting | 1 | |
| A-LIGN | 1 | |
| ActivePipe | 1 | |
| Adactin | Aussie ITSP offering AWS, Microsoft, digital transformation and software testing services | 1 |
| Adisyn | 1 | |
| AirTrunk | Data centre operator, subject of a major acquisition in Australia | 1 |
| Amazon | Global e-commerce and technology company | 1 |
| Amazon Web Services | 1 | |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | 1 | |
| Anchorage Capital Partners | Mid-market buyout firm | 1 |
| Apate.ai | Helps banks, telcos, and governments dismantle scam operations | 1 |
| Atlassian | Australian software company referenced as Accel's earlier investment. | 1 |
| Australian Department of Defence | 1 | |
| Australian Tax Office | Tax agency that recently paid Lexaria a $2.6 million rebate | 1 |
| Azure Healthcare | 1 | |
| Bain & Company | Corporate partner of Everlab. | 1 |
| BCG | Global management consulting firm | 1 |
| BigAir | 1 | |
| Blackstone | Investment firm where Kelly Vohs is an alum | 1 |
| Capgemini | 1 | |
| CDC Data Centres | 1 | |
| Centuria | 1 | |
| Cisco | 1 | |
| Cloudflare | 1 | |
| Cognizant | 1 | |
| Comms Group | 1 | |
| CPP Investments | 1 | |
| CT Group | 1 | |
| CyberCX | 1 | |
| Datacom | 1 | |
| Davanti Consulting | 1 | |
| Davnet Telecommunications | 1 | |
| DC Two | 1 | |
| Deloitte | Professional services and advisory firm | 1 |
| Deloitte Consulting | 1 | |
| Dentsu | 1 | |
| Department of Defence | 1 | |
| Dimension Data | 1 | |
| Enduring Ventures | 1 | |
| Engage Squared | 1 | |
| Enov8 | 1 | |
| Entag | 1 | |
| EQT | Melbourne-based financial services group | 1 |
| Equate Technologies | 1 | |
| eSentire | 1 | |
| Evolution Business Systems | Microsoft partner providing business applications and financial management solutions to s… | 1 |
| Five Faces | Patient experience software provider for hospitals and health providers, trading name of … | 1 |
| Fletcher Buildings | 1 | |
| Focus Dynamics Group | Provider of advanced Dynamics 365 and Azure solutions | 1 |
| Fortinet | 1 | |
| Fuse Technology | 1 | |
| Generation-e | Melbourne Microsoft solutions partner | 1 |
| Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) | 1 | |
| Houlihan Lokey | 1 | |
| illion | 1 | |
| IMEC | Co-developing a patient-ready processing chip with Coherence Neuro | 1 |
| Infinitum Technologies | 1 | |
| Infosys | 1 | |
| Interactive | 1 | |
| Kivera | 1 | |
| Lakeba Group | 1 | |
| Lancom Technology | 1 | |
| LLMGateway | 1 | |
| LMNTRIX | 1 | |
| Logicalis | 1 | |
| Lovable | No-code AI app building platform | 1 |
| Lyra Technology Group | Holding company for independent technology service businesses | 1 |
| Macquarie Asset Management | 1 | |
| Magna Data Australia | 1 | |
| McKinsey | 1 | |
| Mobileum | Telecommunications analytics vendor | 1 |
| Morgan Shaw Advisory | 1 | |
| Morse Micro | Hardware/Robotics/IoT company | 1 |
| Motorola Solutions | 1 | |
| MoxiWorks | 1 | |
| Myriota | 1 | |
| NBN Co | 1 | |
| NetApp | Nasdaq-listed acquirer of Instaclustr | 1 |
| NextDC | 1 | |
| NodeOne | 1 | |
| Noggin | 1 | |
| Nokia | 1 | |
| Northern Territory Government | 1 | |
| Nutanix | 1 | |
| Oracle | Enterprise software company that acquired Aconex | 1 |
| Origin Energy | 1 | |
| Palatine | 1 | |
| Paratira | 1 | |
| Pax8 | 1 | |
| Plutora | 1 | |
| Privy | 1 | |
| Quantium | 1 | |
| Queensland Government | 1 | |
| ReadyTech | 1 | |
| Replit | Online coding and development platform | 1 |
| ResetData | Neocloud company backed by Centuria | 1 |
| Round 13 Capital | 1 | |
| sa.global | 1 | |
| Samsung | 1 | |
| SCX | Inference infrastructure for enterprise open-weight AI models | 1 |
| Searce | 1 | |
| Sekuro | 1 | |
| ServiceNow | Enterprise workflow automation platform | 1 |
| Shearwater | 1 | |
| Stratus Consulting Group | 1 | |
| Subble | 1 | |
| Support Fusion | A platform that lets managed IT service providers and their enterprise clients collaborat… | 1 |
| Swann Communications | 1 | |
| TasTAFE | 1 | |
| TCS | 1 | |
| The Missing Link | 1 | |
| TPG Telecom | 1 | |
| Turnium Technology Group | 1 | |
| Unity | 1 | |
| University of Liverpool | 1 | |
| University of Tasmania | 1 | |
| v2 | Alternative protein company. | 1 |
| V2 Digital | 1 | |
| Veritas Technologies | 1 | |
| Viasat | 1 | |
| WhiteHawk | 1 | |
| Wiz | 1 | |
| Workday | Cloud-native HRIS/ERP software company | 1 |
Investors named in ARN (ARNnet)'s articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia Capital | 2 | |
| Macquarie Bank | Bank providing specialised and asset finance | 2 |
| Advent | 1 | |
| Alceon | 1 | |
| Antler Australia | Global early-stage VC investing in founders from first check to IPO | 1 |
| Baobab Ventures | 1 | |
| Canaccord Genuity Australia | 1 | |
| Concept Ventures | 1 | |
| Exhort Ventures | 1 | |
| Female Founders Co-Investment Fund | Queensland Government fund backing women-led businesses to scale | 1 |
| Func Ventures | 1 | |
| Google Cloud | 1 | |
| Haystack Capital | 1 | |
| Henslow Pty Ltd | Underwriter and Joint Lead Manager | 1 |
| Investible | 1 | |
| Lobby Capital | Silicon Valley VC | 1 |
| OIF Ventures | 1 | |
| Thincats | 1 | |
| Utiliti Group | 1 |