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Abu Dhabi Capital

Disclosed deals

Every published round Abu Dhabi Capital took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
EMQ	Series B	28 Jul 2020	$20m	Participant	WI Harper Group AppWorks DG Ventures Hard Yaka Intudo Ventures January Capital Quest Venture Partners SparkLabs Taipei Vectr Fintech Partners VS Partners	emq.com, January Capital portfolio
Judo	Series C	7 May 2020	$230m	Participant	Myer Family Investments Bain Capital Credit Ironbridge Capital	SmartCompany (Fri 30 Jul 2021), SmartCompany (Thu 18 Feb 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 17 Feb 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 23 Dec 2020), Startup Daily (Sun 20 Dec 2020), SmartCompany (Fri 23 Oct 2020), Australian FinTech (Mon 14 Sep 2020), Australian FinTech (Fri 11 Sep 2020), SmartCompany (Wed 29 Jul 2020), SmartCompany (Tue 7 Jul 2020), Techboard, SmartCompany (Wed 13 May 2020), SmartCompany (Tue 12 May 2020), Crunchbase News, Startup Daily (Thu 7 May 2020), SmartCompany (Thu 7 May 2020)
Judo	Venture debt	30 Jul 2019	$400m	Participant	Bain Capital Credit Tikehau Capital OPTrust Ironbridge SPF Investment Management	Crunchbase News, Startup Daily (Thu 7 May 2020), SmartCompany (Thu 7 May 2020), Startup Daily (Tue 25 Feb 2020), SmartCompany (Tue 21 Jan 2020), SmartCompany (Tue 17 Dec 2019), Australian FinTech, SmartCompany (Wed 14 Aug 2019), Startup Daily (Thu 1 Aug 2019), Startup Daily (Tue 30 Jul 2019), SmartCompany (Mon 29 Jul 2019)
Judo Capital	Series A	Aug 2018	$140m	Participant	Credit Suisse Asset Management Myer Family Investments Ironbridge	Techboard, SmartCompany (Fri 10 May 2019), Crunchbase News, SmartCompany (Mon 17 Dec 2018)

Portfolio

Companies Abu Dhabi Capital has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	First invested	Rounds
EMQ	28 Jul 2020, Series B	1
Judo	30 Jul 2019, Venture debt	2
Judo Capital	Aug 2018, Series A	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Abu Dhabi Capital, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Abu Dhabi Capital yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Abu Dhabi Capital has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Abu Dhabi Capital did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Abu Dhabi Capital is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming Abu Dhabi Capital. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Series B $20m

EMQ Announces Close of $20M Series B Funding Round

Hong Kong payments network EMQ closed a $20 million Series B led by WI Harper Group alongside ten other backers, funding expansion, product work and licensing across Asia, Europe and the Americas.

emq.com Wed 6 Oct 2021 EMQ Abu Dhabi Capital AppWorks DG Ventures Hard Yaka Intudo Ventures January Capital Quest Venture Partners SparkLabs Taipei Vectr Fintech Partners VS Partners WI Harper Group Edward Liu Max Liu

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Judo Bank secures $230 million and unicorn status, as COVID-19 changes the tide of SME banking

Australian SME lender Judo Bank has closed a $230 million raise from existing backers, reaching a billion-dollar valuation; the piece also recalls its record 2019 raise and recent credit facilities.

SmartCompany Thu 7 May 2020 Judo Abu Dhabi Capital Bain Capital Credit Citibank Myer Family Investments David Hornery

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Challenger bank Judo says it will lend $1 billion to SMEs by the end of 2019

Melbourne challenger bank Judo raised a record A$400 million Series A, drawing new offshore backers Bain Capital Credit and Tikehau Capital, and aims to lend $1 billion to small businesses by Christmas.

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Neobank Judo Bank raises $400 million in biggest-ever Aussie funding round

Small-business focused challenger bank Judo Bank has banked a $400 million round from new and returning institutional backers, reportedly the largest single raise by an Australian startup, double its original target.

SmartCompany Mon 29 Jul 2019 Judo 86 400 Bendigo Bank Campaign Monitor Cuscal Up Bank Volt Xinja Abu Dhabi Capital Bain Capital Credit Credit Suisse Ironbridge OPTrust SPF Investment Management Tikehau Capital David Hornery Eric Wilson

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Good tidings we bring: The 10 biggest capital raises of 2018

A year-end roundup of Australia's largest 2018 startup capital raises, covering Judo Capital, Deputy, Airwallex, Inflazome, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, Canva, Havven, Athena, Ansarada and Data Republic, with investors and earlier rounds recalled.

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