Investor · 2 deals
Every published round CommBank 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paytron | Accelerator | 12 Dec 2022 | $250k | Participant | SmartCompany, Australian FinTech, Startup Daily | |
| OwnHome | Series A | 4 Feb 2022 | $31m | Lead | businesstories.com, Australian FinTech (Mon 6 Nov 2023), Australian FinTech (Thu 28 Sep 2023), Square Peg Capital (Thu 1 Sep 2022), Techboard, Startup Daily (Mon 7 Feb 2022), Startup Daily (Fri 4 Feb 2022), Australian FinTech (Fri 4 Feb 2022), Afterwork Ventures portfolio, Square Peg Capital (Wed 2 Feb 2022), Afterwork Ventures portfolio, Square Peg Capital portfolio |
Companies CommBank has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
Fund closes reported for CommBank, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies CommBank has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal CommBank did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Simmons | Strategist (former) | SmartCompany |
| Matt Comyn | Boss | Startup Daily (Fri 12 Dec 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Tue 9 Dec 2025) |
| Mike Vacy-Lyle | Group Executive Business Banking | australianmanufacturing.com.au, commbank.com.au |
Stories naming CommBank. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup: Blackbird confirms a record fund close and Galileo reaches a first close, Genesis merges with Proudi, IREN secures massive debt, and several startups report raises, grants and program wins.
Funding roundup led by Airwallex's US$330 million Series G at a $12 billion valuation, with raises from Kasada, Hnry, All G, Bless Payments and Emanda, plus earlier rounds recalled.
Also Startup Daily
Sydney biotech All G raised $10 million via convertible note from Agronomics, Doehler's venture arm and ID Capital, alongside a joint venture with France's Armor Protéines to push its fermented lactoferrin products globally.
Weekly roundup detailing five Australian raises: Vaxxas' Series D plus debt facility amid executive changes, Skutopia's growth round, Send Payments' backing and CEO change, Apate.ai's seed, and Coursebox's seed.
Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Australian FinTech·Dealroom·Startup Daily
Apate.ai, which floods scammers with AI bots that soak up their time, has raised a $2.5 million seed round — OIF Ventures leading, Investible taking part — to build product and expand overseas.
Anna.Money, a UK business banking and tax app, has bought Sydney spend-management startup Cape, its first acquisition, with Cape's founder Ryan Edwards-Pritchard to head its Australian operations.
Roundup of the week's Australian raises: Sitemate, Kashcade, Psychae Therapeutics, MediCann Health, Refilled and Upworth together banked $21.3 million across software, lending, psychedelic medicine, cannabis and drink dispensing.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
Profiles three founders: Kismet's Mark Woodland ($4m pre-seed for disability-services software), Forage's Tom Brumskill and Pasha Rayan (job-simulation platform, Series A and B), and Diolog's Amy Benson (self-funded investor-communications startup planning a seed round).
Property management startup :Different has entered voluntary administration with KPMG appointed, after failing to secure further funding; the article recalls its earlier capital raises.
Also Startup Daily
Weekly roundup covering six startup raises: ImmVirX, Nutromics, Nuheara, Autism 360, Cogo and Gather, plus Nutromics' 30X30 selection, a board appointment and Viralytics' earlier sale to Merck.
Profile of MyGigsters, a platform helping gig workers manage finances, which took pre-seed backing from Antler alongside LaunchVic, Startmate and angels, holds government contracts, and is currently raising more.
Also Startup Daily
Australian fintech OwnHome, backed by CommBank, has officially launched its deposit-gap homebuying service in Brisbane after a beta trial, with co-founder James Bowe announcing the expansion.
Payments sales leader Alexi Paxinos has been hired by Sydney fintech Shaype as Head of Business Development, with CEO Andrew Laycock welcoming him as the embedded finance platform accelerates growth.
Techboard's monthly roundup reports February 2022 raises including Scalapay's A$692m Series B, Employment Hero's $181m and Karbon's $93m, My Rewards' ASX listing, and investor deal notes on OwnHome, Kepler Analytics and Blakthumb.
AfterWork Ventures explains why it joined OwnHome's July pre-seed round, profiling the rent-to-buy startup's founders, its debt facility, customer traction, and the housing affordability problem it tackles.
Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay has agreed to a US$29 billion acquisition by Square, with founders Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen expected to join the payments company once the deal completes in early 2022.
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Profile of Bramp, a platform co-founded by Benni Weller and Joe Mathew letting small businesses build brands without agency costs; the founders met through Antler's program, with a limited launch planned for late August.
Weekly roundup reporting fresh raises by Marketplacer, Arli, DiviPay, Payable, Flotespace and Varicon, plus references to completed campaigns by Coinstash and Superhero.
Australian fintech Look Who's Charging, bootstrapped by its three founders, has been bought by Experian's Australia and New Zealand arm after landing contracts with the big four banks.
Also Australian FinTech
Twin brothers run Unyoked, renting tech-free cabins on rural land near cities, and are mid-way through a two million dollar raise backed by angels and other investors including Luxury Escapes co-founder Adam Schwab.