Investor · 7 deals
Sydney, NSW
Every published round MA Financial Group 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 MA Financial Group has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CartonCloud | 2021 | 1 | 1 | |
| DGtek | 2 Aug 2021, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Funding.com.au | Mar 2022, Venture debt | 1 | 0 | |
| Pendula | 2 Aug 2021 | 1 | 1 | |
| Quantum Brilliance | 15 Feb 2023, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Skutopia | Aug 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Upstream | Aug 2023 | 1 | 0 |
Companies MA Financial Group's own portfolio page lists that no published round yet places it in. The page is the source; the round is being looked for.
| Company | Site |
|---|---|
| 13 sick | - |
| 13sick | - |
| Ansarada | - |
| Apera Hotels | - |
| Avena communities | - |
| Avoka | - |
| CitrusAd | - |
| Clinical Genomics | - |
| Cloudwave | - |
| comestri | - |
| Demyst | - |
| DG tek | - |
| DR2 | - |
| Existing investor login | investorserve.com.au ↗ |
| How too | - |
| https://mafinancial.com/about/shareholders | yourir.info ↗ |
| Infin8care | - |
| Liquid instruments | - |
| Paisley park | - |
| ROKT | - |
| SafetyCulture | - |
| Shippit | - |
| Smart sparrow | - |
| Sonder | - |
| Sparesbox | - |
| Splend | - |
| Tel Aviv Stock Exchange | - |
| Valiant | - |
| Vault | - |
Fund closes reported for MA Financial Group, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies MA Financial Group has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal MA Financial Group did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of MA Financial Group is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies MA Financial Group 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finsure | Acquisition | 28 Feb 2023 | $151.6m | Aura Group portfolio (Tue 28 Feb 2023), Aura Group portfolio (Fri 23 Dec 2022), Aura Group portfolio (Tue 1 Feb 2022) |
| MKM Capital | Acquisition | undated | - | Startup Daily |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Martin | Head of Asset Management | MA Financial Group |
| Professor David Lloyd | Independent Non-Executive Director | MA Financial Group, MA Financial Group team page |
| Will Botha | Investment Director (former) | Startup Daily, techbusinessnews.com.au, Business News Australia |
| Chris Wyke | Joint Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director | MA Financial Group, MA Financial Group team page |
| Julian Biggins | Joint Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director | MA Financial Group, MA Financial Group team page |
| Jaron Yuen | Managing Director | ARN (ARNnet), dgtek.net |
Stories naming MA Financial Group. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
MA Financial Group announces the appointment of Professor David Lloyd as an independent director to its board, effective 21 August 2026, citing his governance and leadership experience.
LendUs, a Sydney-based mortgage technology startup, has secured $5 million in seed capital with Carthona Capital leading, after nearly twice that was pledged before capping. Its platform lets brands offer home loans.
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MA Financial and CMBI have signed an agreement to jointly manage a new Asia Pacific private credit fund targeting US$600 million, with seed investments and first LP commitments secured.
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.
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Skutopia, an ecommerce fulfilment startup, has secured $38 million in a round Pemba Capital led, with MA Financial and Blackpeak Growth Partners also backing, to expand warehouses and target the US.
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Warburg Pincus is putting A$490 million into MA Financial's A$1 billion Real Estate Credit Vehicle, a venture lending to Australian residential developers facing a funding gap.
Lender Funding.com.au has teamed up with broker group Resolve Finance so its brokers can offer Funding's short-term property-secured loan range, with equity backing from EVP and debt finance from MA Financial.
Weekly roundup of six Australian startups raising a combined $45.1 million across energy, e-commerce, design software, cloud security, climate tech and insurtech, plus Awayco's acquisition of Barcode Solutions and nVest winning SmartCompany's Pitch.
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Venture investor Acorn Capital's $6.5 million investment in AI software vendor Complexica lifts outside backing past $31 million since 2021, adding the fund manager to an institutional shareholder register.
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MA Financial Group has bought New York-based credit asset manager Blue Elephant Capital Management to expand its credit platform into the US, and plans a private credit fund for Australian investors.
Gold Coast bridging lender Funding.com.au relaunched its website after a national TV campaign, and recaps a year including a Series B raise, a new debt facility with MA Financial, and an awards nomination.
Techboard's monthly roundup tallies August 2022 private funding at $207m across 22 deals, listing the month's raises, BlackRock's acquisition of Akaysha Energy, One Click Life's reverse takeover listing, and several fund closes.
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Profile of HowToo co-founder and CEO Lisa Vincent, covering the platform's 2020 launch, its growth, federal grant funding, and backing from three investors.
Profile of HowToo co-founder and CEO Lisa Vincent, covering her move from agency Savv-e, federal grant funding, three venture backers, and plans to expand the learning platform into the United States.
Gold Coast lender Funding.com.au has launched a broker portal for lodging and tracking loans, following its Series B raise and a new debt facility with MA Financial, plus team expansion.
Funding.com.au has completed a $37.5 million debt and equity raise, with a fund managed by MA Financial Group becoming its first institutional debt investor and anchor backer EVP increasing its equity stake.
Aura Group reports BNK Banking Corporation has agreed to sell mortgage aggregator Finsure to MA Financial Group for $151.6 million, with APRA approval received and completion expected in early February 2022.
Gold Coast logistics software firm CartonCloud has banked $12 million from MA Financial to fuel its US and Canadian push, alongside recollections of a 2017 $1 million raise and a government grant.
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Sydney customer-messaging startup Pendula raised $6.75 million, exceeding its April target, in a round led by MA Financial Group with existing backer Equity Venture Partners, funding overseas expansion and platform analytics.
Independent fibre network operator DGtek has raised above $7m in a Series A led by MA Financial's growth arm, with Treia Capital clients also taking part; proceeds partly funded its purchase of FG Telecom.