Startup · $102.5m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Eftsure raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Level Equity | Unnamed stage | - |
| Our Innovation Fund | Unnamed stage | - |
| Stephen Allen | Unnamed stage | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Eftsure, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| OIF Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
Every published round Eftsure 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.
Companies Eftsure has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for Eftsure, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Eftsure has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Eftsure did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Eftsure is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
The transaction that ended Eftsure's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level Equity | Acquisition | 2021 | ~$100m | Our Innovation Fund (Tue 19 Dec 2023), Our Innovation Fund (Tue 7 Dec 2021) |
Companies Eftsure acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Company | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relish | Acquisition | 3 Sep 2026 | - | Business News Australia |
Stories naming Eftsure. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Australian payment-fraud prevention company Eftsure has bought US vendor-data firm Relish, its third international expansion in about a year following backer Level Equity's earlier purchase of France's Sis ID; terms undisclosed.
A weekly roundup detailing new funding rounds for six Australian startups: Lyka, PlasmaLeap, Firmable, Veyor, Lumonus and Future Minds Network, with investors and round details.
Firmable, which sells AI sales-intelligence tools, has banked a $14 million Series A with Airtree leading, plus angel money from Sue Morphet, Sam Kroonenburg, Martin Hosking and Rob Phillpot, to fund a US push.
Sydney fintech Eftsure has rolled out a service that verifies overseas payments across 39 countries, helping Australian firms dodge cross-border invoice fraud, with global reach planned for 2026.
OIF Ventures' year in review: full Eftsure exit, Opportunity Fund close, Visory, DataMasque and Nullify backed, follow-ons at Inspace and Dataweavers, new team members and portfolio milestones.
OIF Ventures has closed its third fund at $140m, beating its original $100m target, with founder backers including Peter Lilley and Andrew Barnes; earlier trade sales underpin its strong returns.
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OIF Ventures republishes an AFR report on NetApp buying Canberra data-technology firm Instaclustr for a reported $500 million-plus, covering founder paydays and the fund's returns, including a 20-times outcome on its early backing.
Techboard's year-end roundup catalogues November funding activity: big raises for Rokt, Harrison.ai and Pet Circle, five acquisitions, Investible's second fund closing at $51.6m, plus a watchlist of companies still seeking capital.
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Weekly roundup reporting many startup funding rounds, Investible's fund close, Skalata's committed capital, hipages buying Builderscrack, Stack Sports acquiring Team App, and Level Equity's stake purchase in Eftsure.
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A weekly roundup reporting ten Australian startups that together raised about $372 million, spanning pet e-commerce, marketplace software, fintech, used cars, cybersecurity, freight, data tools, genetic testing and payments anti-fraud.
OIF Ventures reports New York's Level Equity has bought a large stake in Eftsure, letting the Australian backer sell most of its holding, with the same investor recently in simPRO's huge round.
OIF Ventures' first portfolio newsletter: OIF Fund II closed above $100 million, plus recent raises at Go1, Circle In, Assignar, Arcade, Visionary Machines, Neara, Futurerent and Adventus.io.
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Anti-fraud fintech Eftsure, whose only venture backer is the publisher's fund, is fielding unsolicited takeover interest and testing the market via Monash Advisory; that fund was recently lifted to $100 million.
Weekly roundup reporting seven startup raises, led by Fluent Commerce's Series B backed by Arrowroot Capital, plus funding for SpeeDx, eftsure, handdii, Pharmamark Nutrition, DC Power Co and Lumary.
Australian payments-fraud verification firm eftsure has raised a further $2.5 million, with the round again led by venture firm Our Innovation Fund, which had backed its earlier rounds.
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