Corporate / CVC · 8 deals
Every published round Macquarie 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.
Companies Macquarie Capital has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FoodByUs | 15 Nov 2021, Series A | 2 | 1 | |
| Atelier | 21 Oct 2024, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Console Group | 17 May 2021, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| EstateXchange | Jan 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| PsiQuantum | Sep 2025, Series D+ | 1 | 0 | |
| Sapia.ai | 24 Nov 2022, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Starcloud | Mar 2026, Series A | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Macquarie Capital, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Macquarie Capital has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Macquarie Capital did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wegman | Banker (former) | RenewEconomy |
| Dan Phillips | VC Team Co-head | Startup Daily (Thu 24 Nov 2022), Startup Daily (Mon 15 Nov 2021) |
| John Prendiville | Exec (former) | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech |
| Michael Carapiet | Exec (former) | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech |
| Stephan Feilhauer | Senior Vice President | TechCrunch Venture |
| Tim Bishop | Boss (former) | Startup Daily (Mon 17 Jul 2023), Startup Daily (Tue 14 Feb 2023) |
Stories naming Macquarie Capital. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Macquarie Capital has invested an undisclosed sum in Singapore-based data centre developer Zerra DC, which plans hyperscale expansion across the Asia-Pacific region and is developing a Queensland campus with Macquarie's involvement.
Future Secure AI's pre-listing round, led by Robin Khuda, Square Peg, Yarra Capital, Firetrail and Macquarie Asset Management, is nearing completion, with notes converting at a US$1.3 billion ceiling before an ASX float.
An AFR managed-funds topic page: a star small-caps deputy goes solo with a new Sydney firm, Gigacomm buys rival DGtek, Google plans a multibillion-dollar domestic bond, plus fund manager and market stories.
Roundup of three Australian raises: Omniscient Neurotechnology's in-progress Series D drawing a $20m national fund investment, deceased-estates platform EstateXchange's first raise, and fitness software firm Hapana's Microequities-led round.
Ten13's blog post sets out why it backed Atelier, a beauty-manufacturing platform, in a post-seed deal roughly a year ahead of Atelier's Macquarie-led $10m Series A.
Also SmartCompany
Weekly roundup detailing six Australian raises: Q-CTRL's Series B extension, plus fresh capital for Mutinex, Atelier, Rosterfy, Build Club and Axify.ai, naming lead investors and founders throughout.
Wollemi Capital, the Sydney climate investor, has closed a $220m raise, past its initial $100m goal, backed by CBA, Trawalla and others; the article recalls its bets on Loam Bio, Pluton Bio and Pachama.
Cloud provider Nexion Group secured $21 million from Parc Capital to pursue acquisitions, starting in New Zealand. The piece recalls its ASX listing, an earlier merger, and the founders' recent departure.
Sydney small-business lender Shift, once known as GetCapital, has secured a Series C worth $27 million, with Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia heading the round and earlier backers also taking part.
Also Australian FinTech·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Australian FinTech
Agtech startup Loam has raised a $105 million Series B co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Wollemi Capital, following a $40 million Series A, to commercialise its soil-carbon technology.
Roundup of six Australian startup raises totalling $94 million: Q-CTRL, Hnry, FoodByUs, F4S, STRAAND and Lenexa Medical, backed by investors including Salesforce Ventures, AirTree, Base Capital, Investible, Unilever Ventures and Stoic VC.
Also stoicam.com.au
A wholesale hospitality procurement marketplace has closed a Series B led by a South African venture firm, with a New York investor, a Melbourne group and its founding backer also participating, after a 2021 raise.
Weekly roundup covering six Australian startup raises totalling over $54 million, including Sapia.ai's Series A, rounds for Abyss Solutions, HMC Group and eQ8, plus smaller raises for Oceanfarmr and Subpod.
Recruitment AI startup Sapia.ai has raised a $17 million Series A led by Macquarie Capital and Woolworths' venture arm W23, to fund overseas expansion; Woolworths has used the platform for a year.
Corporate-card fintech Archa closed a $24 million pre-Series A round of debt and equity led by Wisr's Anthony Nantes, and secured a new institutional debt facility from Roadnight Capital.
Also Techboard
Gathar, an Australian private chef platform, expands into the US with Curtis Stone, following a post-seed raise; the piece also recalls FoodByUs' series A and notes other food-tech players.
Also Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
OIF says its early stake in Israeli cybersecurity firm XM Cyber, bought by Schwarz Group for US$700 million, returned the firm's entire first fund; Macquarie and others joined its 2020 Series B.
Also OIF Ventures portfolio·OIF Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily
Australian hospitality procurement marketplace FoodByUs has raised a $10 million Series A led by Macquarie Capital, with Base Capital and F J Labs participating, to fund sales, marketing and product development.
Also AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
A Carlyle-managed fund has proposed acquiring Link Group, offering cash plus a PEXA share distribution valuing each share at $5.38. The board is reviewing the non-binding proposal with advisers; no deal is agreed.
Form Energy unveiled its iron-air long-duration battery and announced a $US200 million Series D led by ArcelorMittal's XCarb fund, which invested $US25 million; earlier backers include Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Macquarie Capital.
Ellerston Capital has promoted Fredy Hoh to lead its Asia Growth Fund portfolio following Mary Manning's resignation. Hoh, with the firm since 2017, previously covered risk, sector and country analysis as deputy.
Web.com Group has agreed to acquire Arq Group, rebranded Webcentral Group, for around $12.2 million at $0.10 per share, following a strategic review; the article also recalls earlier acquisitions of Dreamscape Networks and Webcentral.
A US utility will pilot Gates-backed Form Energy's long-duration aqueous air flow battery, promising 150 hours of grid storage, with Australian-linked backers and solar players mentioned.
Mortgage platform Lendi has engaged two investment banks to assess possible funding pathways, including future equity raises and a potential listing, with existing shareholders already on its register.
Online small-business lender Prospa has lodged a prospectus for a second attempt at listing on the Australian exchange, a year after abandoning its first, having earlier raised a pre-listing round from existing backers.
Prospa's leadership is sounding out fund managers for a second try at floating on the ASX, about a year after its first float was scrapped and the money raised returned.
Macquarie's infrastructure accelerator, run with R/GA, has brought three more startups — AirMap, Envoy Technologies and Teralytic — into its portfolio, joining six earlier infrastructure and IoT investments.