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Melbourne start-up lands one of Australia’s biggest tech deals

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A Cloud Guru - an online training start-up founded by two brothers in Melbourne - has been acquired by US company Pluralsight for $2 billion, making it one of the largest deals ever for an Australian tech company.

The company, founded by Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg in 2015, has been one of the most closely watched Australian start-ups in recent years, after growing at a tremendous rate, with a mainly US and overseas customer base for its online cloud computing training programs.

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Paul Smith edits the technology coverage and has been a leading writer on the sector for 20 years. He covers big tech, business use of tech, the fast-growing Australian tech industry and start-ups, telecommunications and national innovation policy. Connect with Paul on Twitter. Email Paul at psmith@afr.com

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