We appointed the Managing Director, Australia + Asia (MD APAC), an executive leadership hire, to lead the business into its next phase.
Etsy — Etsy is a US-headquartered global online marketplace for handmade, vintage and craft goods, connecting independent sellers with buyers worldwide.
The market for this leadership
Live MitchelLake intelligence across E-commerce / Marketplace and Oceania.
Adjacent signals across E-commerce / Marketplace
Leadership Change · Oceania
Microba Life Sciences →Director Ian Frazer departed the board of ASX-listed Microba Life Sciences on 21 October 2026; a final Director's Interest Notice was filed.
“a merger would create a leader in microbiome and infectious disease diagnostics, with broader revenue and customer bases and a materially stronger balance sheet to meet the significant global opportunity facing the merged group.”
Capital Raising · Oceania
Forward Deployed →Chemical threat detection startup Forward Deployed raised $1M to turn its DINGO detection system into field-ready equipment for hostile zones.
Partnership · Oceania
Orbis Investment Management →Orbis Investment Management appointed Heathcote Investment Partners to distribute its global equities strategy in New Zealand, widening access for local financial advisers and wholesale investors.
M&A Activity · Oceania
La Trobe Financial →Canadian public pension fund OMERS has acquired a minority stake of nearly 20% in Australian lender La Trobe Financial from its owner Brookfield.
Partnership · Oceania
Brennan →Australian systems integrator Brennan has been designated an OpenAI Select Partner under the OpenAI Partner Network, to build, sell and deliver OpenAI-based AI solutions to enterprise customers.
Partnership · Oceania
SCX.ai →Sydney-based SCX.ai (ASX:SCX) has joined Elon Musk's SpaceX Super Intelligence Partner Network as a launch partner alongside NVIDIA, Snowflake, Databricks and MongoDB. It will integrate its AI models and tools with Grok and build plugins linking Grok to its Australian-hosted infrastructure.