Jun 16, 2026 – 11.39amSerendipity Capital, the critical technologies investor co-founded by former Commonwealth Bank executive Rob Jesudason, is in full deployment mode.Earlier this month, we reported that Serendipity cut a $US5 million ($7 million) cheque for Adelaide’s QuantX Labs, developer of a high-precision atomic clock that relies on measuring optical rather than microwave frequencies for use in the defence, space and critical infrastructure sectors.Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?