Seed Round Open • Production System Live

Sovereign AI
Infrastructure.

Deploy production-grade document intelligence PRIVATELY
Built for Banks, Unions, Government — where data cannot leave the building.

Bring the AI to your Data.

Not your Data to the AI.

120K+
Pages Processed
95%+
Query Accuracy
$0
Data Egress
Watch Demo Why Now
Investment Thesis

Why We Are Valued Like Infrastructure, Not SaaS.

The mental model shift that changes everything about our defensibility and exit potential.

The Trap

Most AI startups are "Wrappers" — thin interfaces over OpenAI.

  • Low margins (API pass-through)
  • High churn (easily replaceable)
  • Zero defensibility (no moat)
  • Future Token-cost cliff (costs could 10x)

The Pivot

Certant is Sovereign Infrastructure.

  • We own the reasoning engine
  • We own the graph database
  • We own the deployment pipeline
  • We own the token generation

The Moat

Our Auto-Ontology engine makes deployment "Zero-Touch," but the resulting Knowledge Graph creates "Oracle-grade" stickiness.

We don't just index files; we auto-construct a proprietary Institutional Memory Bank for each client. Easy to deploy, but impossible to rip out.

SaaS vs Infrastructure: The Valuation Gap

Typical AI SaaS
  • 2-4x Revenue Multiple
  • 15-25% Annual Churn
  • Low Switching Costs
  • Commodity Positioning
Infrastructure Play
  • 8-15x Revenue Multiple
  • <5% Annual Churn
  • High Switching Costs
  • Mission-Critical Positioning
PRODUCT DEMO

See It In Action

Not vapourware. A production-ready sovereign AI platform processing 120,000+ pages for live pilots.

8 sec
Average query response on 50-page policy documents
90%
Time reduction vs manual document analysis
Instant Deployment
vs External API integration
Perfect Timing

Why Now? The Perfect Storm.

Three converging forces are creating a once-in-a-decade opportunity for sovereign AI infrastructure.

The Regulatory Tsunami

Governments are erecting "Data Borders" that make public AI clouds legally perilous for regulated entities.

A$50M
New AU Privacy Act penalties for serious data breaches
$100K
UAE DIFC data protection fines per violation

The Token Tax

Cloud AI costs scale linearly with every document. Local inference offers massive cost arbitrage.

24x
Higher throughput with local inference servers vs standard cloud APIs
Fixed CapEx
Predictable costs vs unpredictable API bills

The Dark Data Crisis

Critical enterprise knowledge is locked in PDFs, scans, and legacy systems — inaccessible to AI.

80%
Of enterprise data is unstructured and untapped
2026
VLM & GraphRAG tech has finally matured
THE OPPORTUNITY

The Sovereignty Gap

Banks, Trade Unions, Defense contractors, and Government agencies cannot use public cloud AI. The demand for "White Box," on-premise AI massively outstrips supply.

Certant fills this gap — providing enterprise-grade AI that runs entirely within the customer's infrastructure, with full auditability and zero data egress.

Government
SOCI Act mandates
Banks
Data residency laws
Unions
1.6M+ sensitive records
Defence
Air-gapped required
The "Why Now"

The "Build" Era is Dead.

Enterprises have discovered the hard truth: building AI in-house doesn't work.

95%

Enterprise AI Pilots Fail

Enterprise AI pilots are dead on arrival. Regulated buyers have been burned by failed experiments.

42%

Enterprise AI Build Failure Rate

In 2025, nearly half of all enterprise internal AI projects failed to deliver business value.

S&P Global Research
76%

Switched from "Build" to "Buy"

Three quarters of enterprises have abandoned internal AI development in favour of buying platforms.

Beam AI Agentic Insights

The Opportunity

The market has realised that building a secure, citation-backed RAG engine requires a team of 10 PhDs.

Certant replaces that team for a fraction of the cost.

Build vs Buy: The Reality Check

Internal Build
  • 6-12 months to first prototype
  • 5-10 ML engineers required
  • $2-5M+ annual team cost
  • 42% chance of failure
Certant
  • Partner-provisioned today; Zero-Touch Marketplace H1 2026
  • No ML expertise required
  • Fixed predictable cost
  • Production-proven platform
Competitive Moat

Why Hyperscalers Can't Compete Here

AWS, Azure, and Google build infrastructure. We build sovereign AI applications that run on their infrastructure.

Public Cloud AI (Microsoft, AWS, Google)
  • Subject to FISA/CLOUD Act — no jurisdictional immunity
  • Generic horizontal platforms — no vertical expertise
  • Data processed on shared infrastructure
  • Complex enterprise agreements for compliance
  • Vendor lock-in to proprietary models
Certant Sovereign Infrastructure
  • Jurisdictional immunity — runs in your perimeter
  • Vertical-specific — pre-built for MBOs (Unions, Associations, Peak Bodies) & Gov
  • Your infrastructure — data never crosses legal boundaries
  • Partner-provisioned today — Zero-Touch Marketplace deployment coming H1 2026
  • Model agnostic — swap LLMs without vendor lock-in

The Jurisdictional Immunity Advantage

Microsoft, AWS, and Google are US-headquartered companies subject to the FISA Section 702 and CLOUD Act. These laws allow US agencies to compel data access regardless of where that data is physically stored. Certant runs inside your legal perimeter — we never have access to your data, so we can never be compelled to hand it over.

Revenue Quality

Why Switching Costs Compound Over Time

Once deployed, Certant becomes institutional infrastructure. Partners handle deployment; we collect recurring licensing revenue.

Knowledge Graph Lock-In

Once a client maps their document history into Certant's ontology, switching means losing their institutional "logic engine" — not just migrating software.

Switching Cost
Total knowledge graph rebuild

Usage Expansion

Post-deployment, customers consistently expand: more documents ingested, more queries per user, more workflows automated.

Expansion Pattern
Documents → Queries → Automation

Data Gravity

As the knowledge graph grows, it becomes the canonical source of truth. Other systems integrate with Certant, not the reverse.

Result
Platform, not tool

Infrastructure-Grade Defensibility

Like an Oracle database or Snowflake warehouse, Certant becomes the substrate that other systems depend on. The cost of switching isn't the license fee — it's the institutional knowledge embedded in the graph.

100% Repeatable Revenue Model

Partners (Integr8tiv, SafeguardingYou) handle customer onboarding and deployment. Certant owns the contract and recurring billing via AWS/Azure Marketplace. Non-repeatable work is absorbed by the channel, not by us.

Post-Deployment Expansion Signals
  • Document volume grows month-over-month
  • Queries per user increase as trust builds
  • Workflow automation requests follow
  • Additional departments request access

The Problem: Data is Locked & Dumb

The Silo Problem

Knowledge trapped in PDFs & legacy systems (SharePoint, iMIS). Accessible but not usable.

The Sovereignty Gap

Regulated entities cannot use public cloud AI due to strict procurement & data residency rules.

The "Ctrl+F" Limit

Keyword search misses context. Leaders need answers, not document links.

The "Black Box"

Current AI solutions are opaque and fail on complex layouts like tables and charts.

Technical Defence

Probabilistic Chatbots Guess.
Our Deterministic Logic Engine Proves.

The technical difference that makes us audit-ready for A$2M+ contracts while competitors hallucinate.

Probabilistic Chatbots

Standard Vector RAG — Used by 99% of AI Startups

Probabilistic by design — guesses answers based on keyword proximity. Hallucinates. Makes mistakes. Unusable for compliance-grade contracts.

  • Guesses answers based on keyword proximity
  • Hallucinates — invents plausible-sounding falsehoods
  • Makes mistakes when context is ambiguous
  • Can't prove answers — no audit trail

Certant: Deterministic Logic Engine

Proprietary GraphRAG — Auditability for A$2M+ Contracts

Deterministic, not probabilistic. We map entity relationships into a knowledge graph. Every answer is grounded in source truth — the auditability standard required for A$2M+ enterprise contracts.

  • Maps relationships between entities (e.g., "Director X" → "Company Y")
  • Grounded in truth — every fact traced to source document
  • Reasons across disconnected facts in multiple documents
  • Audit-ready — compliance teams can verify every answer
The Result

Visual Citation

We don't just generate text; we highlight the exact pixel location in the source PDF that proves the answer.

Policy_Doc_v3.pdf
Page 47 of 128
4.2.1 Director Liability Provisions
Director liability extends to subsidiaries under clause 7.3(a) where the parent entity maintains operational control.
ref: Annual Compliance Framework s.12
x:142 y:847 → x:590 y:892
The Transformation

AI transforms from a "probabilistic chatbot" into a "deterministic logic engine".

Trusted by compliance teams, legal departments, and regulators for A$2M+ contracts because every answer can be verified against source documents.

TECHNOLOGY MOAT

The "Glass Box" Architecture

Not another GPT wrapper. A defensible technical moat built on Local RAG, GraphRAG, and Agentic capabilities.

Local RAG Architecture

User Data
External API

Data never leaves your premise. Local inference servers process requests internally.

Single EC2 Deploy

Runs on standard compute. No massive GPU clusters required. Local Inference servers delivers 24x throughput vs Hugging Face.

Air-Gapped Ready

Can operate 100% offline with zero internet connection. Military-grade isolation for defence and banking.

White Box AI

Every answer traceable to source. Auditable citations with exact page references. The auditability standard required for A$2M+ government and enterprise contracts.

Beyond Vector Search

Deterministic Logic Engine: Reasoning, Not Guessing

Probabilistic chatbots find text based on similarity. Certant's GraphRAG extracts entities (People, Clauses, Organisations) and their relationships to build a Knowledge Graph — a deterministic logic engine that reasons across disconnected facts with full auditability.

Example Query:
"Who are the high-risk vendors?"
Vector RAG Returns docs containing "risk" and "vendor" (often irrelevant)
GraphRAG Traverses relationships to find vendors linked to late payments + compliance failures
New
Zero-Touch Setup

The "Zero-Touch" Breakthrough: Auto-Schema Engine

The biggest barrier to Knowledge Graph adoption is the complex setup. Certant has solved the "Cold Start" problem.

Our proprietary Auto-Ontology System scans incoming documents (e.g., Union EBAs) and automatically architects the Knowledge Graph structure.

Why Investors Care:

This turns a 2-week high-touch consulting implementation into a 2-minute self-service wizard. This technology is the enabler for our Phase 2 Mass Market SaaS expansion.

Implementation Comparison
Competitors
Manual Schema Design
2 Weeks
Expensive consultants required
Certant
Auto-Detect Schema
2 Minutes
Self-service wizard
Upload Documents
Knowledge Graph Ready
Deployment Roadmap

Cloud Marketplace Appliance

Today: Partner-provisioned deployments into Certant or partner-owned cloud environments. Fully operational in production.

H1 2026: Zero-Touch Marketplace deployment via AWS, Azure, or GCP. A single GPU-enabled VM runs the entire platform. Configuration wizard guides setup in minutes.

Marketplace Install
Deploy from your existing cloud console. Uses your existing spend.
Guided Configuration
Setup wizard connects your data sources and configures the knowledge graph.
Your Environment
Runs entirely within your cloud account. Zero data egress.
Deployment Flow
1
Select Certant from Cloud Marketplace (H1 2026)
2
Choose VM size (GPU-enabled)
3
Run configuration wizard
✓
Production-ready
The Next Wave of Enterprise AI

Agentic AI: From Chat to Action

Probabilistic chatbots answer questions. Deterministic agents perform work. Certant provides the secure sandbox where autonomous agents can safely operate on your most sensitive data.

The Agentic Workflow

1
Read

Agent ingests new Union EBA document (300+ pages)

2
Reason

Cross-reference wage changes against Payroll DB, identify discrepancies

3
Act

Draft impact report, update IMIS records, email HR for approval

Market Momentum

  • AI Agents market growing 43.3% CAGR through 2030
  • Shift from "nice to have" chatbot to "must-have" automation
  • Enterprises blocked by data sovereignty requirements
  • We unlock agentic AI for regulated industries
certant_agent.py --sovereign --agentic

>_ Agentic System Ready. Click "Run Workflow" to begin...

Real Traction

Not Vapourware. Production-Ready.

Bootstrapped to customers for live pilots with zero external funding. This is a working product.

120K+
Pages Processed Q4 2025
4,500+
Queries Answered (95%+ accuracy)
$180K
Active Pipeline
$0
External Funding to Date

Standardisation Sandbox

Partners refer leads & handle onboarding. Certant owns the customer contract and recurring billing via Cloud Marketplace.

Integr8tiv
Integr8tiv
Standardisation Sandbox • iMIS ecosystem access
REFERRAL
SafeguardingYou
SafeguardingYou
Service Partner • Deploying for their customers
REFERRAL

Live Pilots

HACSU
HACSU (Health Services Union)
Enterprise Agreement Navigation • via Integr8tiv
LIVE
WaterRA
WaterRA (Water Research Australia)
Research Document Intelligence • via Integr8tiv
LIVE
Farmers NSW
Farmers NSW
Policy Document Intelligent Search • Member Services • via Integr8tiv
LIVE
SafeguardingYou
SafeguardingYou — Charlie Concussion Chatbot
Concussion Protocol AI Assistant • via SafeguardingYou
LIVE

Conversion to paid engagements expected Q1 2026.

Strategic Pipeline

AMCA
AMCA (Air Movement & Control Association)
Document Intelligence Chatbot • Technical Standards • via Integr8tiv
ASUS
ASUS Australia
Sovereign On-Prem Deployment Pilot • Self Sourced
IN PROGRESS
VACC
VACC (Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce)
Member Services • Document Intelligence • via Integr8tiv
IN PROGRESS

Contract Overview

All current customers are member-based organisations on shared platform deployment. Cloud Marketplace deployments expected H1 2026.

Association Target: A$12k–A$100k ARR (net-neutral via Functionality Tax Displacement)
Enterprise Target: A$250k–A$2M ARR (Sovereign Infrastructure)
Customer Type Deployment ACV Range Expansion Signal
Integr8tiv Standardisation Sandbox Partner Revenue share iMIS ecosystem — 100+ association prospects
SafeguardingYou Service Partner Partner Per deployment Revenue on customer deployments
HACSU via Integr8tiv Union Shared Platform A$6-12K Additional EBA documents requested
WaterRA via Integr8tiv Research Assoc. Shared Platform A$6-12K Expanding to member portal
Farmers NSW via Integr8tiv Association Shared Platform A$6-12K Member services integration
ASUS Australia Self Sourced Enterprise Pipeline A$68K ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 Deployment
AMCA via Integr8tiv Association Pipeline A$12-24K Technical standards library
VACC via Integr8tiv Association Pipeline A$12-48K Displacement of Plugins with Agent
Partner
Live on shared platform
In pipeline

Strategic Partnerships

Partners refer leads and handle onboarding. All contracts and deployments flow through AWS/Azure Marketplace — Certant owns the customer relationship and recurring billing.

Integr8tiv
Newlin Jolme
Integr8tiv — Standardisation Sandbox

25 years of iMIS integration experience. Direct access to hundreds of association customers with allocated AI budgets. Integr8tiv standardises the deployment playbook; Certant owns the contract.

SafeguardingYou
Adam Wood
SafeguardingYou Partnership

Benchmark deployment for sensitive sectors

Channel-Led Go-To-Market

Focused Beachhead Strategy

Our commercial strategy leverages high-trust partners for scale, supported by a specialised internal team for complex Enterprise & Government acquisition.

Phase 1: Zero-Touch Automation (MBOs) to fund Phase 2: High-Margin Sovereignty (Whales).

Targeting 90%+ Gross Margin on MBO revenue through automated provisioning
NOW

Member-Based Organisations

A$12k – A$100k ARR Standardised via Marketplace

Associations, Unions, Peak Bodies & Non-Profits. Turn member data into a Member Concierge. Partner-led sales via Integr8tiv.

Net-neutral cost: Certant pays for itself by absorbing 34%–93% of legacy middleware waste.
Deployment
Partner-Managed Cloud
Marketplace-deployed into Certant/partner environment.
  • Channel partner owns relationship
  • Pre-built iMIS integration
  • Partner handles onboarding
BUILDING

Automated Infrastructure Platform

Self-service document intelligence for SMBs without strict compliance requirements.

Deployment
Zero-touch
Usage-based pricing. Self-serve onboarding.
  • Zero-touch onboarding
  • Credit card signup
  • Usage-based limits
EXPANSION

Enterprise / Gov

A$250k – A$2M ARR Channel-Led & Marketplace Appliance Deployment

Deploys into your existing certified environment. No additional compliance overhead.

Deployment
Customer Cloud
Marketplace-deployed into customer's own environment.
  • Your infra, your certifications
  • No new security review needed
  • Dedicated instance in your VPC

Strategic Guardrail: The Association Sandbox

Small association deployments are 100% automated via Marketplace Appliances. We use this vertical as a self-service testing ground for our core engine, ensuring zero engineering drag from low-ACV accounts while we hunt Enterprise Whales. Every Association deployment hardens our platform for the A$250k–A$2M contracts that drive the business.

Procurement Compression via Cloud Marketplace

Partners refer leads, but the contract and deployment happen through AWS/Azure Marketplace. Certant owns the customer relationship and recurring billing.

Partner Role

Refer & onboard. Handle non-repeatable implementation work.

Marketplace Role

Contract, billing, and compliance. Use existing cloud spend — no new vendor onboarding.

Certant Owns

Customer relationship, recurring revenue, platform data, and all expansion revenue.

Shortened Sales Cycles via Sovereign Architecture

Enterprise procurement is notoriously slow. Certant's architecture bypasses traditional bottlenecks:

  • Deploy into existing certified infrastructure — Runs inside their already-assessed environment. No new security review required.
  • No data egress — Data never leaves their perimeter. Eliminates data sovereignty concerns entirely.
  • Cloud Marketplace billing — Use existing AWS/Azure spend. No new vendor onboarding.
Execution Roadmap

The 24-Month Operational Plan

A capital-efficient path to A$2.5M–A$5M ARR and Series A readiness.

Months 1–6

Phase 1: Resilience & Compliance

Capital
A$1.3M
Key Hires
Lead Engineer, Head of Commercial & Partnerships, Senior UX Engineer
  • Enable Cloud Marketplace Deployments
  • Harden “On-Premise” deployment pipeline for seamless integration
  • Initiate IRAP and SOC 2 Type II readiness
  • Parallel Sales Motion: Founder Led (Direct & Partners) + Head of Commercial & Partnerships (Enterprise & Government)
Exit H1 at A$25K MRR
Secure 3–5 new Association clients.
Displace 1–2 legacy plugins per implementation to drive early ACV uplift.
Months 7–15

Phase 2: GTM Acceleration

Capital
A$1.5M
Key Hires
Security Engineering Lead (IRAP), 2 Senior AI Engineers
  • Aggressively close Tier 2 Banks & Gov Agencies
  • Secure 2–3 Paid Government/Enterprise Pilots (A$20k–A$250k+ ACV)
  • Execute “Sales-Led” motion with matured enterprise pipeline
  • Deploy “Domain Agents” to expand contract value via Functionality Tax Displacement
Exit Year 1 at A$75K MRR
Channel Activation (15–20 MBOs).
Displace legacy “Search” and “Connector” budgets to drive a 40% premium on base contracts.
Months 16–24

Phase 3: Enterprise Scale & Series A

Capital
A$1.2M
Key Hires
Customer Success Lead, 2 Additional AI Engineers
  • Convert Pilots to 8–10 Full Enterprise Licences (A$200k–A$2M ACV)
  • Demonstrate NRR > 120% (Land & Expand)
  • Prepare Series A Data Room
  • Marketing ramp & Overseas expansion
Exit Year 2 at A$2.5M–A$5M ARR
The “Whale” strategy: high-margin sovereign contracts at scale.
Australia-focused → maximum capital efficiency, zero geographical drag.
Market Opportunity

The Wedge & The Scale

Phase 1 (MBOs): A$20M Beachhead  +  Phase 2 (Gov/Ent): A$30M Expansion  =  A$50M Total Australian SAM.

We use the velocity of the MBO market (where we have channel leverage via partners) to perfect our ‘Sovereign Graph Engine’ before deploying it into the slow-moving, high-value Enterprise/Gov market.

Two-Phase Market Strategy

PHASE 1: THE WEDGE
SAM A$20M
MBO Beachhead (Australian Sandbox)

High-velocity MBO market — Associations, Unions, Peak Bodies & Non-Profits. Data complexity of a bank but the speed of an SMB. We perfect the engine here.

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PHASE 2: THE SCALE
TAM $50B+
Global Sovereign AI Layer

Once the engine is proven in the sandbox, we export the IP to the global sovereign market — US/UK/EU Defence & Banking.

SOM (3-Year) A$5–7M ARR
Phase 1 Australian market capture
~10–14% of A$50M SAM
A$50M
Australian SAM
MBOs A$20M
Gov & Enterprise A$30M
PHASE 1: THE WEDGE

Member-Based Organisations (MBOs)

  • Associations & Peak Bodies (iMIS Beachhead) A$15M
  • Unions & Major Non-Profits A$5M
Includes Unions, Associations, Peak Bodies (e.g., NSW Farmers), and major Non-Profits. A$12k–A$100k ARR per deployment.

High data complexity (member records, EBAs) but low procurement red tape. We use this high-velocity sector to perfect our ‘Sovereign Graph Engine’.

SAM A$20M
PHASE 2: THE SCALE

Government & Regulated Enterprise

  • Federal & State Gov (200+ entities) A$20M
  • Regulated Enterprise (Tier 2 Banks, Insurers) A$10M
A$250k–A$2M ARR per deployment. Battle-tested Sovereign Graph Engine deployed into high-value contracts.
SAM A$30M
POST SERIES-A

UAE (A$50M SAM)

  • Government (100 entities) A$25M
  • Regulated Private (200) A$25M

UAE Vision 2031 alignment. G42 Cloud compatible. Identical jurisdictional challenges to Australia.

Not included in current SAM — Post Series-A expansion
POST SERIES-A

USA (A$315M+ SAM)

Via Integr8tiv Partnership (iMIS Ecosystem)

  • Associations (22k+) A$190M
  • Unions (14M members) A$125M
Not included in current SAM — Post Series-A expansion

Global Portability: The “Sovereign Sniper” Model

A$20M MBO Beachhead + A$30M Gov/Enterprise Expansion = A$50M Total Australian SAM. Once the “Sovereign Sniper” model is proven in Australia, Certant scales into the US, UAE and EU markets to solve identical jurisdictional challenges (UAE Vision 2031 / EU AI Act alignment). Focusing on Australia first achieves Series A readiness with maximum capital efficiency and zero geographical drag.

Our Competitive Moat

Proprietary Tech Stack

Custom chunking parsers for complex layouts. Agentic self-correcting retrieval. Advanced GraphRAG with organisation-specific entity extraction.

Ready made domain integrations

Native integrations with iMIS (MBOs) and SharePoint (Enterprise). Auto-Ontology Generation is vertical agnostic.

Sovereign-First Architecture

On-premise GPU deployment expertise. Multi-tenant isolation. Compatible with G42, e& Sovereign Cloud, Moro Hub.

Growth Roadmap & Team

Execution Roadmap

NOW

Member-Based Organisations — Training the AI

Sovereign GraphRAG & Agentic Workflows deployed into the MBO beachhead. High-velocity iteration with organisations that have bank-level data complexity at SMB speed.

GraphRAG LIVE Agentic Workflows IN DEV 120K+ pages processed
MONTH 18

Regulated Enterprise & Government — Scaling Revenue

Battle-tested engine enters high-value sovereign contracts. Deep Analytics & autonomous reporting for government and Tier 2 banking. A$250k–A$2M ARR per deployment.

Deep Analytics IRAP / SOC2 certified

Business Model

Functionality Tax Displacement

Certant replaces expensive, fragmented tooling with a single sovereign platform — customers pay less than their current stack while getting more.

Certant pays for itself by absorbing 34%–93% of legacy middleware waste.

MBOs
A$12k – A$100k ARR
Standardised via Marketplace
Enterprise
A$250k – A$2M ARR
Channel-Led & Marketplace Appliance Deployments

Automated Infrastructure

Automated Infrastructure - shared system approach for smaller businesses who are not compliance heavy.

Partner Referral Model

Partners (Integr8tiv) refer leads and handle onboarding. Certant owns the contract, billing, and customer relationship via Cloud Marketplace. Referral commissions on closed deals.

Deployment Models

Partner-Managed

Marketplace-deployed into Certant or partner-owned cloud environment. Partner handles customer relationship.

Automated Infrastructure

Self-service platform with usage-based pricing. Ideal for SMBs without strict compliance requirements.

Enterprise

Marketplace-deployed into customer's own cloud environment. Runs within their existing certified infrastructure.

Path to Full Repeatability

Current customers are on shared platform (not highly regulated). Cloud Marketplace deployments in 3-6 months will make all deployments fully automated and repeatable.

Now
Shared Platform
Partner-managed, multi-tenant
H1 2026
Marketplace Launch
Automated single-tenant deploys
Post-Launch
Zero-Touch Scale
All deployment types automated

Our Founding Team

Our core leadership combines technical vision, engineering excellence, and proven sales expertise to drive Certant’s growth and market dominance.

DV

Daniel Voyce

Founder & CEO

  • 22+ years of technology experience
  • Founding CTO of ASX company (ASX:NVQ)
  • Founding CTO of Locally.io — exited via IP sale to Fobi AI (TSXV:FOBI)
  • ex-Principal @ Slalom — led AI GTM & implementation for Minter Ellison, ISPT, RMIT, Cox Automotive, Pentana Sol.
  • Deep expertise in sovereign AI, document intelligence, and enterprise-grade RAG & ML
LinkedIn Profile

Head of Commercial & Partnerships

Ex-IBM / Ex-AWS

Leading our Channel-First strategy. Responsible for activating partner ecosystems (MBOs) and securing direct strategic lighthouse accounts (Government/Finance).

  • 20 years driving B2B sales growth in SaaS and enterprise technology
  • Expert in building and leading high-performing sales teams
  • Track record securing large enterprise contracts
  • Deep networks in the UAE and USA to accelerate future expansion

Secured — Joining upon funding

Lead AI Engineer

Ex-CBA / Ex-Deloitte

  • 10+ years in enterprise software development
  • Specialises in AI/ML infrastructure and scalable cloud architectures
  • Proven track record building robust, high-performance systems from the ground up
  • Founder has worked with him personally on several AI projects

Ready & willing — contingent on seed round

The Ask: A$4M Seed Funding

Accelerating Velocity & Sovereign Dominance

Go-To-Market Acceleration (40%)
  • Head of Commercial & Partnerships (Day 1): Activate partner ecosystems and parallelise government pipeline building immediately.
  • Channel Activation: Leverage partner networks to activate the 23k+ MBO channel via Integr8tiv.
  • Market Leadership: Establish dominant "Sovereign AI" brand presence at Tier-1 government summits.
Engineering & Product Velocity (40%)
  • Frontend Velocity: Pull forward "Self-Service Marketplace" launch to H1 2026 with dedicated UX/Frontend lead.
  • Security Logic: Dedicated Security Engineer to fast-track IRAP/SOC2 without slowing down product delivery.
  • Moat Deepening: Accelerate "Agentic" workflow features to distance Certant from simple RAG wrappers.
Ops & Compliance (20%)
  • Fund IRAP "Protected" level assessment immediately.
  • Legal & G&A to support complex enterprise procurement cycles.

Allocation of A$4M

A$4M
Seed Round
Go-To-Market 40% (A$1.6M)
Engineering 40% (A$1.6M)
Ops & Compliance 20% (A$0.8M)

Let's Talk

Ready to discuss how Certant fits your portfolio?

DV

Daniel Voyce

Founder & CEO

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+61 481 301 640

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/danielvoyce

Based in Brisbane, Australia • Available for video calls globally

Interested in becoming a Deployment Partner? Contact our Commercial Team