# David Gall

> David Gall is a Series C investor at National Australia Bank backing Software and Aerospace. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [National Australia Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-australia-bank)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgallcro/

David Gall is a Series C investor at National Australia Bank in Sydney focused on Software and Aerospace. David Gall, in a career that has spanned more than 25 years, has experience in corporate and retail banking, working capital services, risk and payments.Since joining NAB in 2008, David has held a number of senior roles including Executive General Manager, Banking & Wealth Solutions with responsibility for UBank, nabTrade, Wholesale, Wealthand NAB’s Bank for Superannuation and Ageing initiative.Previously Executive General Manager, Working Capital Services David had overall responsibility for the NAB Group Payments, Transactional Banking, Trade Finance, Asset Finance and Cashflow financing businesses. During his time at NAB he has also held the roles of Executive General Manager, Core Banking Transformation NextGen and Executive General Manager Corporate Banking & Specialised Businesses.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Aerospace | 2 | 33% |
| Semiconductor | 2 | 33% |
| Quantum Computing | 2 | 33% |
| Drones | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series E | 1 | 17% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emesent | Emesent is a venture-backed technology company that automates the collection and analysis of critical data in challenging underground environments. Our flagship product is the award-winning Hovermap; a LiDAR-mapping and autonomy payload for industrial drones. Hovermap allows drones to fly and map in GPS-denied environments such as undergroundmines.Through Hovermap and other solutions, we deliver revolutionary efficiency, safety and operational insights to underground mines and other GPS-denied environments. Our growing team of experienced roboticists and engineers are dedicated to creating cutting-edge drone autonomy and data analytics for industrial applications. | $6.9M | Debt Financing | Jul 02, 2026 |  |
| Silicon Quantum Computing | To advance the development and commercialisation. | $13.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Advanced Navigation | Advanced Navigation is a privately owned Australian company that specializes in the development of navigation technologies and robotics. The company has a focus on generating products of the highest quality standard, both in terms of hardware and software. The company's founders came from a background in mission critical robotics built tomilitary specifications and this can be seen through Advanced Navigation's products. Advanced Navigation's engineers have specialized expertise across a broad range of fields including sensors, GNSS, inertial navigation, RF technologies, acoustics, robotics, AI, and algorithms. | $111.9M | Series C | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| Diraq | Diraq uses spins in silicon quantum dots as qubits. Diraq's qubits are compatible with existing CMOS processes and can fit billions of qubits on a single chip. To transform our world, quantum computers need billions of qubits and Diraq has the IP, the team and the plan to get there. | $13.9M | Series A | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| Morse Micro | Morse Micro is a fast-growing wireless integrated circuit solutions company that is reinventing Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company was founded by Wi-Fi pioneers and innovators, Michael De Nil and Andrew Terry, joined by the original Wi-Fi inventor Prof. Neil Weste and wireless industry veterans, whose teams designed Wi-Fi chipsinto billions of smartphones. Headquartered in Australia with offices in China and the U.S., Morse Micro’s strong and diverse system team, portfolio of IP and patents, enables Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity across the complete IoT ecosystem, from surveillance systems and access control to industrial automation and mobile devices, allowing connected devices to reach farther. www.morsemicro.com | $58.1M | Series C | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Gilmour Space Technologies | Gilmour Space Technologies is an Australia and Singapore-based rocket company that is developing and launching low-cost hybrid launch vehicles for small satellites. Gilmour Space is tracking to launch our Eris orbital launch vehicles and G-Sat small satellite bus/platforms to Low Earth Orbits (LEO) in 2024. | $145.9M | Series E |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hostplus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hostplus) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Main Sequence Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/main-sequence-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NGS Super](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ngs-super) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Queensland Investment Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/queensland-investment-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UniSuper](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unisuper) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About National Australia Bank

VC Fund · Docklands, Australia

National Australia Bank provides financial services to individuals and businesses in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It operates through Consumer Banking and Wealth, Business and Private Banking, Corporate and Institutional Banking, and New Zealand Banking segments. National Australia Bank acceptstransaction accounts, savings accounts, term deposits, and deposit accounts; and specialized accounts, such as foreign currency, business interest, statutory trust, community free saver, and farm management accounts. It also provides home loans; personal loans; agribusiness loans; business market and option loans; agribusiness loans; equipment and vehicle loans; debtor, invoice, and trade finance; and documentary trade, as well as business overdrafts and bank guarantees. Moreover, National Australia Bank offers insurance products consisting of car, home and content, landlord, travel, life, and injury insurance products; and pension, superannuation, self-managed super funds, and financial planning and advisory services. Further, it provides investment products; credit, debit, and business cards; payments and merchant services; travel services; online banking services; small business services; and international and foreign exchange solutions. National Australian Bank operated through a network of 719 branches and business banking centers, and 2,695 ATMs as of September 30, 2017. It began operation in 1982, with its headquarters in Adelaide in Australia.

5 contacts available at National Australia Bank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Thorburn | Managing Director & Group Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-thorburn |
| Angela Mentis | Managing Director And Ceo Of Bnz | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-mentis |
| Anthony Healy | Chief Customer Officer, Business & Private Banking | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-healy |
| David Gall | Chief Customer Officer, Corporate & Institutional Banking | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-gall |
| Rachel Slade | Chief Customer Experience Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachel-slade |

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## FAQ

### What does David Gall invest in?

David Gall invests primarily in Software, Aerospace and Semiconductor startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Gall last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Gall closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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