Startup · $82m raised

Superhero

Sydney, NSW

Investors

Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Superhero raised.

Investor	Rounds	Invested
Fred Schebesta	Unnamed stage	-
Garen Azoyan	Seed	-
Larry Diamond	Unnamed stage · Seed	-
Leon Zweir	Seed	-
Leon Zwier	Seed	-
Nick Molnar	Unnamed stage · Seed	-
Ophir Asset Management	Unnamed stage	-
Perennial Value Management	Unnamed stage	-
Philip Crutchfield	Seed	-
Regal Funds Management	Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage	-
Salter Brothers	Unnamed stage	-
Thorney Group	Unnamed stage	-
Thorney Investment Group	Unnamed stage	-

Disclosed deals

Every published round Superhero 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
Valohai	Seed	26 Mar 2018	$1.8m	Lead	Reaktor Ventures Business Finland	europeanstack.com, StrictlyVC

Portfolio

Companies Superhero has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Valohai		26 Mar 2018, Seed	1	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Superhero, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Superhero yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Superhero has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Superhero did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Superhero is recorded as having been acquired.

Who bought Superhero

The transaction that ended Superhero'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
Swyftx	Merger	8 Jun 2022	-	Startup Daily (Wed 21 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (Wed 8 Jun 2022)

What Superhero bought

Companies Superhero 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
Swyftx	Merger	9 Jun 2022	-	Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Australian FinTech

People

Name	Role	Sources
Chris Whitnall	Head of Marketing	Australian FinTech
John Winters	CEO and Co-founder	AFR Technology, SmartCompany (Fri 6 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (Mon 2 Jun 2025), Australian FinTech (Tue 24 Oct 2023), Startup Daily (Fri 17 Feb 2023), Startup Daily (Wed 21 Dec 2022), Australian FinTech (Thu 9 Jun 2022), SmartCompany (Wed 8 Jun 2022), Startup Daily (Wed 8 Jun 2022), Australian FinTech (Tue 15 Mar 2022), SmartCompany (Tue 21 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (Tue 26 Oct 2021), SmartCompany (Tue 26 Oct 2021), Australian FinTech (Tue 26 Oct 2021), Australian FinTech (Wed 14 Apr 2021), SmartCompany (Tue 13 Apr 2021), SmartCompany (Mon 14 Dec 2020), Australian FinTech (Tue 8 Sep 2020), SmartCompany (Mon 7 Sep 2020)
Kimberly McAvoy	Head of Strategic Projects	Australian FinTech
Nathan Dearinger	Head of Risk	SmartCompany
Philip Crutchfield	Non-executive Chair	SmartCompany
Raf Choudhury	Chief Investment Officer	SmartCompany
Simon Keast	Chief Financial Officer	SmartCompany
Tim Johnson	Chief Customer Officer	SmartCompany
Wayne Baskin	CTO · Founder	Startup Daily (Mon 2 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 12 Sep 2023), Startup Daily (Fri 17 Feb 2023), Startup Daily (Wed 21 Dec 2022), Australian FinTech (Thu 9 Jun 2022), Startup Daily (Wed 8 Jun 2022), SmartCompany (Tue 21 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (Tue 26 Oct 2021), Australian FinTech (Tue 26 Oct 2021), SmartCompany (Tue 13 Apr 2021), SmartCompany (Mon 14 Dec 2020), Australian FinTech (Tue 8 Sep 2020), SmartCompany (Mon 7 Sep 2020)

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