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Ignition Lane

@IgnitionLane

Business advisory with a Startup Mindset.

Australia Beigetreten Temmuz 2018
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Gavin Appel
Gavin Appel@gavinappel·
The first vlog for 2026 is live! 🎥 🍿 👇
Tobi Skovron@TobiSkovron

This month on In Venture, @gavinappel and I step into 2026 like it’s Game 7. From December through mid-February, the scoreboard is flashing. 💰Funding Is Back 🤑VCs Sitting On Dry Powder EVP 🚀 Tesla invests 🏃People Moves The game has changed. The serious players stayed on court. Tune in 🎯

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This month on In Venture, @gavinappel and I step into 2026 like it’s Game 7. From December through mid-February, the scoreboard is flashing. 💰Funding Is Back 🤑VCs Sitting On Dry Powder EVP 🚀 Tesla invests 🏃People Moves The game has changed. The serious players stayed on court. Tune in 🎯
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Gavin Appel
Gavin Appel@gavinappel·
What began as a simple vlog on startup and VC news has now hit 50 episodes full of tech stories, insights, and plenty of fun. Thanks to everyone who tunes in each month and shares their thoughts. Here’s to the next 50!
Tobi Skovron@TobiSkovron

@gavinappel and I deliver you EP 50 and its HUGE. The last 30 days in tech have been wild. @Apple hit $4T. @Nvidia hit $5T. @Google and Apple both posted $100B+ quarters. #AI is rewriting the scoreboard in real time. #Aussie founders are in the mix too: @airwallex hits US$1B ARR, @ROKT hits US$7.9B, Sumble raises $38.5M, Great Question closes $20M. OH and Gav became a @SEMelbPhoenix fan‼ Buckle up, we have all the action here 👇

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Gavin Appel
Gavin Appel@gavinappel·
The month's fly by and we are back again! This is a huge episode packed full of startup and VC news for you 👇👇👇
Tobi Skovron@TobiSkovron

Wild 24 hours in tech. @gavinappel and I are covering it all @AmazonWebServices went down last night and the kids went bananas. No @Snapchat . Total internet blackout. While the world rebooted, the business world delivered its own shake-ups: Closures @GreatWrap - sustainable packaging startup collapses owing $39m after raising $20m+. @carted - once a $13m seed rocket in e-commerce, shutting down after 4 years. @ANZ_AU 1835i - the bank’s venture arm is over. Airwallex stake sold, CashRewards shut, doors closing. Big Valuations @MorseMicro - raises $88m, valued at $500m. Backed by MegaChips, Blackbird, Main Sequence. @HeidiHealth - Melbourne healthtech raises US$65m ($98m AUD) hitting a US$465m valuation, fastest growth ever in @blackbird portfolio. Big Deals @Atlassian - US$1B acquisition of DX, weeks after buying The Browser Company (another near-$1B). @Sekuro - acquired by Nasdaq-listed Insight Enterprises, following CyberCX’s $1B+ Accenture deal. @OpenAI - secondary share sale worth US$6.6B at a US$500B valuation, now the world’s largest startup. @nvidia - $100B into OpenAI for data centres, $5B into Intel, $2B into xAI. The $4.4T monster just keeps feeding. Big Milestones @instagram hits 3B monthly users. Winklevoss twins’ @GeminiCrypto exchange lands in Australia. @Tesla rolls out FSD + new Model 3 & Y Standard. @netflix passes $500B market cap. If you’re scrolling tonight, The Playlist (Spotify’s origin story) is worth a watch.

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Tobi Skovron@TobiSkovron·
Wild 24 hours in tech. @gavinappel and I are covering it all @AmazonWebServices went down last night and the kids went bananas. No @Snapchat . Total internet blackout. While the world rebooted, the business world delivered its own shake-ups: Closures @GreatWrap - sustainable packaging startup collapses owing $39m after raising $20m+. @carted - once a $13m seed rocket in e-commerce, shutting down after 4 years. @ANZ_AU 1835i - the bank’s venture arm is over. Airwallex stake sold, CashRewards shut, doors closing. Big Valuations @MorseMicro - raises $88m, valued at $500m. Backed by MegaChips, Blackbird, Main Sequence. @HeidiHealth - Melbourne healthtech raises US$65m ($98m AUD) hitting a US$465m valuation, fastest growth ever in @blackbird portfolio. Big Deals @Atlassian - US$1B acquisition of DX, weeks after buying The Browser Company (another near-$1B). @Sekuro - acquired by Nasdaq-listed Insight Enterprises, following CyberCX’s $1B+ Accenture deal. @OpenAI - secondary share sale worth US$6.6B at a US$500B valuation, now the world’s largest startup. @nvidia - $100B into OpenAI for data centres, $5B into Intel, $2B into xAI. The $4.4T monster just keeps feeding. Big Milestones @instagram hits 3B monthly users. Winklevoss twins’ @GeminiCrypto exchange lands in Australia. @Tesla rolls out FSD + new Model 3 & Y Standard. @netflix passes $500B market cap. If you’re scrolling tonight, The Playlist (Spotify’s origin story) is worth a watch.
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Gavin Appel
Gavin Appel@gavinappel·
Latest vlog is live 👇
Tobi Skovron@TobiSkovron

🔥 This Month in Venture: Mid-July to Mid-August 2025 @gavinappel I have been running this segment for 5 years… and this one’s packed. From Big Tech domination to Aussie startup raises, courtroom drama, rockets that explode (and still count as wins), and even a pop star buying a beer company - here are the headlines you need to know 👇 🏆 @Figma IPO at $19.3B → already $37B. @canva ? Bigger. Much bigger. 🧑‍💻 @OpenAI printing $12B ARR… with 700M weekly users. $300B valuation. 📱 @Apple : $3.4T cap. 3 billion iPhones sold. 🐥 @Lorikeet, a 2-yr-old Sydney AI agent startup, doubles valuation to $200M+. 🛡️ @EmploymentHero sues its own investor… and wins round one. 🏢 @REA, @WiseTechGlobal , @Life360 → all new CEOs. 💳 @airwallex signs Arsenal F.C. + McLaren. 🚀 @GilmourSpace rocket launches… then explodes. Still a “success.” 🕺 @robbiewilliams buys into Heaps Normal (after 20 years alcohol-free). 👀 That’s just the surface - the full breakdown is in the episode.

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Tobi Skovron@TobiSkovron·
🚨 From AI overload to cattle-tech unicorns 🐮💰 @gavinappel and I are here with your July startup + tech wrap: @canva gives staff a week to upskill in AI @Tesla robotaxis are live @halterHQ hits $1B with cow collars @figma IPO incoming @Xero drops $4B on Melio VC is tough, but funds are forming Wild times. Stay building. . . #startups #AI #technews #ausbiz #AI #Startups #TechNews #VentureCapital #AUSbiz #Innovation #Canva #Tesla #Figma #Xero #UnicornStartups #CowTech #Musk #Fintech #IPO #Entrepreneurship #AustralianStartups #DeepTech #Robotaxi #SmartGlasses @CreativeCubesCo @IgnitionLane @Jason
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@gavinappel and I are covering the biggest biz + tech moves 🚀 Hold onto your socks — this month has been WILD 👇 🛰️ Space @GilmourSpace had to postpone their historic launch — safety first! They'll be back, no doubt. 📈 Scaleups on FIRE Heidi Health just flew past @canva + @leonardoai to become the fastest-growing startup in Blackbird’s history – $23M rev in year one! @airwallex just casually hit $800M ARR. Power moves. 💸 Money, Money, Money @airwallex also bagged US$300M Series F at a spicy $6.2B valuation @Eatclub_ gobbled up $18M to help restaurants fill last-minute tables @Ambercharged up with $45M to take renewable energy global ⚡ Tracksuit (yep, that’s a startup) raised $38M at a $400M val to give your marketing superpowers 🎓 VC Vibes @unisuperfund topped up Uniseed by $25M to fuel Aussie research Unicorn founders from Go1, A Cloud Guru, Aconex launched @GlitchCapital — a $50M VC to shake things up 🦄 💥 Mega Deals @AWSstartups pumping $20B into Aussie data centres 🇦🇺 @WiseTechGlobal buying e2open for $3.25B — Aussie muscle overseas 💪 @OpenAI buying Jony Ive + Sam Altman’s startup in a $6.5B all-stock deal — wild @neuralink raised $650M at $9B val after Elon’s gov gig ended... then beefed with Trump... then made up. Classic Elon. 🚗 Self-Driving Buzz @Waymo hits 10M paid rides Tesla Robotaxi launches next week — strap in 📱 App of the Month @WhatsApp FINALLY launched an i#Pad app. Took long enough!
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@gavinappel and I bring you the Q1 2025: Hype, Headlines & a Billion-Dollar Plot Twist The VC world just dropped the mic 🎤 ✔️ $1B+ deployed across 100 deals — strongest Q1 since the 2022 tech peak ✔️ 5 of Australia’s 11 richest? Tech founders. Combined wealth: $88B ✔️ @canva launched Visual Suite 2.0 — taking on Excel with design swagger ✔️ @OpenAI raised $40B. Yes, billion. Biggest PE round in history ✔️ @Google dropped US$32B on Wiz — Israel’s largest tech exit ever ✔️ @stripe 's still king of fintech. Patrick Collison now on Meta’s board ✔️ @StrongRoomAI raised $17M then hit admin — all in under 2 weeks ✔️ @AthleticVentures, @Qantas , @Airbus & @sydneyunisfc launch new Aussie funds The startup world never sleeps — and sometimes it flips the script fast. . . #Startups #VentureCapital #TechNews #Canva #OpenAI #Stripe #Founders #AustralianStartups #Q1Report #VCFunding #AthleticVentures #ClimateTech #Fintech #Scaleups #Innovation #FounderLife #LukeAnear #CanvaCreate #Meta #StrongRoomAI #Wiz #Musk #xAI #SydneyStartups #GlobalTech
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Gavin Appel
Gavin Appel@gavinappel·
We are back with a superb vlog opener ( ⏰ ) and closer ( 🏀 ) by @TobiSkovron. Catch up on the startup and tech news you need to know in <8 minutes now 👇 🍿 🎥
Tobi Skovron@TobiSkovron

The biggest moves in tech, startups, and money—packed into one epic vlog with @gavinappel and I! 💰 Capital Raises: AI-powered real estate, fintech unicorns, pharmacy software startups—millions are flowing, and we break it all down! 💥 Exits & Shake-ups: @Zendesk $100M deal, @Telstra VC exit, @Atlassian leadership shifts, and the *official* end of Skype! 💳 FinTech Frenzy: @stripe $14T payments surge, @Klarna IPO play—who’s winning the money game? ⚡ @Tesla Drama: Musk, DOGE, and Trump’s new ride—yes, really. 🏎️ F1 x Startups: Tech startups everywhere on the F1 grid. Atlassian, @airwallex , @CultureAmp making moves in motorsport? Get in, buckle up, and hit play—this month’s vlog is unmissable! 🎬 👇

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The biggest moves in tech, startups, and money—packed into one epic vlog with @gavinappel and I! 💰 Capital Raises: AI-powered real estate, fintech unicorns, pharmacy software startups—millions are flowing, and we break it all down! 💥 Exits & Shake-ups: @Zendesk $100M deal, @Telstra VC exit, @Atlassian leadership shifts, and the *official* end of Skype! 💳 FinTech Frenzy: @stripe $14T payments surge, @Klarna IPO play—who’s winning the money game? ⚡ @Tesla Drama: Musk, DOGE, and Trump’s new ride—yes, really. 🏎️ F1 x Startups: Tech startups everywhere on the F1 grid. Atlassian, @airwallex , @CultureAmp making moves in motorsport? Get in, buckle up, and hit play—this month’s vlog is unmissable! 🎬 👇
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@gavinappel and I back at it bringing you the biggest stories in #tech, #startups & #VC The past two months have been massive! From #AI dominance to data centres heating up, here’s what you need to know 👇
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🚀 October-November 2024: Big Moves, Big News 🌏 Here’s your quick hit of the month’s biggest stories from @gavinappel and I: 💸 Kiwi Cap Raise Blitz @Alimetry_Ltd : $27M for gut health wearables. @CrimsonEducation: NZ$67M Series D. @Auror: $72M, now valued at $500M+. Just Fund: $86M to fund divorces, crossing $100M in credit lines. 🛑 Not All Raises Are Rosy @Equitise & @HIVERYai hit administration. 👥 People on the Move Anthony Eisen (@afterpay_au ) steps down; Nick Molnar leads sales at @Block . Dany Milham returns as Koala CEO. @canva hires Zoom’s CFO for IPO prep. @elonmusk now co-leads a government department (because, of course). 🤖 Robots & Rivalries @Tesla, @zoox , and @Waymo battle it out in the robotaxi race. @OpenAI ChatGPT pivots to search engines—@Google, watch out. 🚀 To the Moon @GilmourSpace cleared to launch Aussie rockets, taking on @SpaceX . Who’s winning this month? Let’s hear your take! 👇 . . #StartupNews #TechInnovation #FundingRound #LeadershipChanges #Robotics #SpaceTech #CapRaises #FutureOfWork #Disruption #Entrepreneurship #AutonomousVehicles #RocketLaunch #AI #TechLeadership #GrowthMindset #BusinessTrends
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Tobi Skovron@TobiSkovron·
Big news in the startup world with @gavinappel and I from mid-Sept to mid-Oct! 🚀 - QoQ funding is down, but Seed deals are up. Optimism is strong as we roll into Q4! - Some exciting raises: @NBCIndebted ($60m), @AthenaHomeLoans ($62m), @qctrlHQ ($88m), and many more! 💸 - Even VCs are raising: @AntlerGlobal ($77m), @VirescentVentures ($100m) 🌱 Meanwhile, Canva pulled a "oops" on their price hike...did someone say 300%?! 😳 . . #StartupLife #VentureCapital #SeedDeals #GrowthMode #CreativeCubesCo @CreativeCubesCo @SEMelbPhoenix
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The biggest deals and moves in tech, finance, and VC from August to September 2024—featuring billion-dollar acquisitions, massive fundraising rounds, and key people changes. From @blackstone $24B @airtrunk buyout to @salesforce Ventures’ $1B AI fund, there’s a lot to catch up on. Plus, @CreativeCubesCo is hitting the courts this season, teaming up with @NBL's @SEMelbPhoenix ! Check out the full breakdown with @gavinappel and I this vlog! 🎥 . . #TechAcquisitions #VCFunding #StartupNews #MergersAndAcquisitions #AIInnovation #TechLeadership #VCTrends #BusinessGrowth #CreativeCubesCo #SouthEastMelbournePhoenix #NBL2024 #CorporateDeals #Fundraising #InvestmentNews #TechUpdates
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