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Redactive AI co-founders Lucas Sargent, Andrew Pankevicius and Alexander Valente.

Ex-Atlassians score an exit for their AI data security startup after just two years

Simon Thomsen - October 21, 2025 2 MIN READ

Melbourne data security engineering platform Redactive AI has been acquired by pan-Pacific data management firm RecordPoint. The startup, cofounded by ex-Atlassians Andrew Pankevicius and Alexander Valente, plus AI Engineer Lucas Sargent, exits after just two years in business. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Their goal was to tackle the missing AI engineering… Read more »

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‘It prevents startups from closing a deal’: the compliance ‘blockers’ that slow founders building a unicorn

Adam Bub - November 5, 2024 4 MIN READ

There were plenty of important topics covered at the recent Startup Daily and AWS Unicorn Day in Melbourne from venture capital to impact startups to scaling to a billion-dollar business. One particular session on compliance demonstrated how paying attention to the small details can help founders close the biggest deals. When Oscar Watson-Smith, sales engineer… Read more »

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How OnePassport is simplifying workforce compliance for tens of thousands of Australians

Bron Maxabella - June 7, 2022 3 MIN READ

OnePassport knows that when people trust you with their personal information, data security matters more than anything. COVID resulted in many headaches, but one less talked about is the avalanche of administration brought down on small business. The paperwork and monitoring involved in ensuring the ever-changing compliance of your workforce can bury even the most… Read more »

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Mike Cannon-Brookes and Paul Bassat are backing the CovidSafe app as the tech sector takes on suspicious minds

Simon Thomsen - April 27, 2020 4 MIN READ

Atlassian boss Mike Cannon-Brookes and Square Peg Capital’s Paul Bassat are among the tech sector’s high-profile supporters of the federal government’s contact-tracing smartphone app, CovidSafe, released on Sunday, but many remain wary of letting politicians anywhere near their data amid ongoing suspicion of their motives. Cannon-Brookes came out in favour of the app, which… Read more »

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Home loan data protection fintech raises NZ$1 million

Simon Thomsen - October 10, 2019 < 1 MIN READ

A cloud-based New Zealand fintech for home loan brokers to protect customer data has raised NZ$1 million, led by the Flying Kiwi Angels. FileInvite, a cloud-based platform that streamlines how mortgage brokers and other financial advisers request, receive and store documents in loan applications has now raised NZ$2 million in 18 months as laws around… Read more »

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Canberra’s InnovationACT awards night announces six winning startup teams

Liz Leigh - October 26, 2016 2 MIN READ

Canberra’s InnovationACT this week announced the six winning startup teams that will share a $50,000 seed funding pool to help kickstart their ideas. InnovationsACT is an initiative of the Australian National University and is Canberra’s largest innovation program, running over an intensive 10 weeks.