Corporate / CVC · 30 deals
Sydney, NSW
Every published round Reinventure 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 Reinventure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - Series A | 2023 Series A+ | Retail analytics and foot traffic tracking software | Feb 2022, Series B | 1 | 0 |
| Basiq | 11 Apr 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Curious Thing | 5 Feb 2019, Seed | 2 | 1 | |
| Data Republic | May 2016, Series A | 2 | 0 | |
| Flare HR | Aug 2018, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| FrankieOne | 18 Oct 2021, Series A | 2 | 0 | |
| Hyper Anna | 2017, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Immutable | 15 Sep 2021, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| InDebted | 3 Mar 2020, Series A | 3 | 0 | |
| Instant | 7 Feb 2022, Pre-seed | 2 | 0 | |
| Kasada | Mar 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| Kepler Analytics | 23 Feb 2022, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| Safewill | 25 Oct 2021, Seed | 3 | 2 | |
| Slyp | Oct 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| Valiant Finance | 22 Oct 2019, Series B | 1 | 0 |
Investors that coverage says has money in a fund Reinventure Group runs. This is a stake in the fund, not in any company the fund has backed.
| Investor | Fund | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Westpac | - | Australian FinTech, Startup Daily |
Companies Reinventure Group has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Reinventure Group did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Prins | Startup Daily (Tue 13 Oct 2020), Startup Daily (Tue 30 Jun 2020) | |
| Danny Gilligan | Managing Partner · Founder | Australian FinTech (Thu 6 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (Fri 29 Nov 2024), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Thu 4 May 2023), Australian FinTech (Mon 25 Oct 2021), Australian FinTech (Thu 30 Apr 2020), Startup Daily (Thu 5 Sep 2019), Startup Daily (Tue 7 May 2019), Reinventure Group team page |
| Kara Frederick | Partner (former) | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
| Lauren Capelin | Partner of Platform and Operations | Startup Daily |
| Lauren Capelin | Partner (former) | LaunchVic, SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
| Rohen Sood | Partner | SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Thu 5 Sep 2019), Startup Daily (Tue 5 Feb 2019) |
| Simon Cant | Managing Partner · Founder | brokerdaily.au, Startup Daily, Reinventure, internationalfintech.com, Reinventure Group team page |
Stories naming Reinventure Group. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Collections platform InDebted adds Gillian Findlay, ex-COO of SafetyCulture and Immutable, as a non-executive director, joining founder Josh Foreman, Reinventure's Danny Gilligan and Carthona Capital's Dean Dorrell on the board.
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
Bot defence firm Kasada has secured $30 million from EQT plus earlier backers Turnbull & Partners, Reinventure, Main Sequence, OIF, StepStone and Ten Eleven, with founder Sam Crowther back in Sydney.
ANZ is winding up its venture arm 1835i and has shut Cashrewards after selling its Airwallex stake; the piece also recalls Airwallex's later raises and CBA's Klarna investment, stake sale and New York listing.
ANZ is winding up 1835i, its externally managed venture arm, weeks after selling its Airwallex stake; the piece recalls Cashrewards' takeover and closure, Airwallex raises, and CBA's Klarna windfall.
Podcast episode in which InDebted's founder discusses scaling the debt-collection business, its earliest backers, and Airtree joining the company's most recent Series C round.
Weekly roundup detailing six Australian startup raises announced this week, covering Heidi Health, Instant, Esper, Trusst AI, Flowing Bee and GonGlobal, with investors, founders, valuations and earlier rounds.
Also Startup Daily
Sydney cart-recovery marketing platform Instant has landed an $18m Series A headed by Belgium's Hummingbird Ventures, lifting its valuation to $100m, with existing backers Blackbird, Ten13 and Reinventure also taking part.
Weekly funding roundup covering eight local companies that together banked $80m, topped by twin $17m Series Bs at Safewill and Fresho, plus Celosia's $16.75m Series A and five smaller rounds.
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Roundup of three trans-Tasman raises: crime-intelligence software maker Auror's $72.6m Series C, underground mining-robot firm ADR's $2m round, and mentorship platform Matched's angel backing below $500,000.
Roundup of six Australian funding rounds this week: InDebted, Evolt, Restoke.ai, Mary Technology, Matilda and Demtech.ai, with investors, amounts, InDebted's valuation and a secondary component for early backers and staff.
Also Australian FinTech·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Fintech News Australia·Business News Australia
Weekly roundup reporting four Australian startups together raising $69.5 million: Eucalyptus $50 million, MadeComfy $10 million, Safewill $5.5 million Series A, and rebranded InvestorHub $4 million.
Estate planning startup Safewill has landed a second Series A of $5.5 million, led by Carthona Capital with Reinventure and Flying Fox Ventures, to grow the platform and expand overseas.
Payments company Cuscal is acquiring open banking data firm Basiq for an undisclosed price, letting backers NAB Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Reinventure and Visa cash out.
Also Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech
Sydney courier firm Drive Yello and cafe ordering app Hey You have combined as 4You Innovation, aiming to raise funds next year; the piece also recalls past raises and recent collapses among delivery startups.
Also Startup Daily
Fraud and identity verification company FrankieOne has added $23 million to its Series A, led by AirTree and Greycroft, with crypto exchange venture arms Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures joining as new strategic backers.
Melbourne identity verification startup FrankieOne raised a $23 million AUD Series A+ extension led by AirTree Ventures and Greycroft, with new strategic backing from Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures, to fund international expansion.
MYOB has taken full ownership of Sydney HR and payroll fintech Flare, converting its existing stake into a takeover, giving exits to venture backers who had invested over $50 million across several prior rounds.
Voice AI company Curious Thing has secured $7 million in a pre-Series A round led by Hawkstone, with Blacksheep Capital, January Capital and returning backers Reinventure and Qualgro, to fund hiring and expansion.
Also TechCrunch Venture
Podcast interview with Slyp co-founder Paul Weingarth on digitising receipts and loyalty, with all four major Australian banks having invested in the company.
Bot-security firm Kasada, founded by Sam Crowther, raised $23m in a Series C led by StepStone, with OIF and Turnbull & Partners among existing backers; StepStone had recently acquired Greenspring Associates.
Kepler Analytics, a Melbourne retail analytics platform, has closed a $22 million Series B with OneVentures leading and Whiteoak, Taronga Ventures, Shearwater Capital, Reinventure and InterValley Ventures joining.
Receipts startup Slyp has raised a $25 million Series A, with new investors Sayers Group and the Leibovich brothers joining existing bank backers including NAB Ventures, Reinventure and ANZ.
Payments company Visa has taken a stake in open data platform Basiq to speed its API growth, with Visa and Touch Ventures each adding a representative to the company's board.
Weekly roundup of ten Australian startup raises totalling $88.18 million, spanning energy traceability, agtech, digital health and packaging, from Enosi's $1.48 million to Packform's $25 million.
Also Cut Through Venture·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·rnz.co.nz·insolvencyinsider-au.com
Tidal Ventures' investment note explains why it backed FrankieOne from its 2019 seed and joined the KYC/AML platform's newly announced A$20 million Series A, co-led by Greycroft and Airtree Ventures.
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Analytics automation firm Alteryx has acquired Sydney AI startup Hyper Anna on undisclosed terms. The article recalls Hyper Anna's 2016 seed round and 2017 Series A backed by Sequoia China, Airtree, Reinventure and IAG Firemark.
Blockchain gaming company Immutable has raised an $82 million Series B led by BITKRAFT Ventures to grow its NFT trading platform and games, with King River, AirTree and several other investors taking part.
Also Startup Daily
Sydney debt-collection fintech InDebted raised a $25 million Series B led by Perennial Value Management, with follow-on backing from Carthona Capital, Reinventure, MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia and Jason Lenga, funding global expansion.
Weekly roundup covering CBA's strategic stakes in Little Birdie and Amber, several Australian funding rounds, Zip's BNPL acquisitions, Tritium's planned NASDAQ listing, Amazon's MGM purchase and other global tech news.
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Weekly technology roundup covering Australia's digital economy budget, multiple startup raises including SafetyCulture's unicorn round, Data Republic's administration, TikTok's new permanent CEO, and Bill.com's purchase of Divvy.
Also Startup Daily
Data exchange startup Data Republic has entered voluntary administration after seven years, with McGrathNicol appointed and a sale or recapitalisation to be explored despite earlier large raises.
Also Startup Daily
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup covers Canva's US$71 million raise, several Australian payments acquisitions and mergers, local raises by Cyble, Enboarder, Rendr and Basiq, plus overseas deals including Plaid, Box, Ramp and Coinbase's listing.
Westpac will share its banking licence with lender SocietyOne, its second fintech partnership in five months after Afterpay, and a senior executive expects more such deals this year.
Lending fintech SocietyOne joins Westpac's 10X digital banking platform, following Afterpay, giving its customers transaction accounts from late 2021. Westpac has backed SocietyOne since 2014 via Reinventure, alongside other Australian backers.
OneVentures' note on InDebted covers a newly closed debt facility with internal equity funding its US acquisition and expansion, plus American executive hires ahead of a planned Series B.
Weekly newsletter rounds up venture news: multiple Australian and regional VC fund closes, startup raises including Brighte and Judo, acquisitions of eNett and Sine, neobank collapses, and new revenue-based lenders.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech·TechCrunch Venture
Accounting software company MYOB led a Series C investment in HR platform Flare, joined by existing backers and a former prime minister, who also takes an advisory role alongside a new commercial partnership.
Emissions-tracking software firm Pathzero has secured a seven-figure seed round from Antler, Black Nova Group and several business figures, having emerged from Antler's Australian program during the pandemic.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany
Startmate reveals the startups joining its latest Melbourne cohort and its first New Zealand group, while discussing remote operations and new leadership appointments.