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Brisbane, QLD
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Swyftx raised.
Every published round Swyftx 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 Swyftx 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 Swyftx, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Swyftx has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Swyftx did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Swyftx is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
The transaction that ended Swyftx'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superhero | Merger | 9 Jun 2022 | - | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Australian FinTech |
Companies Swyftx 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Crypto | Acquisition | Mar 2025 | $33m | Startup Daily (Thu 9 Apr 2026), Fintech News Australia, Startup Daily (Thu 8 May 2025) |
| Caleb & Brown | Acquisition | 2025 | $100m+ | Startup Daily (Thu 9 Apr 2026), Fintech News Australia, Startup Daily (Mon 7 Jul 2025) |
| Superhero | Merger | 8 Jun 2022 | - | Startup Daily (Wed 21 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (Wed 8 Jun 2022) |
Stories naming Swyftx. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Swyftx has made Andrea Yuen permanent CEO and Cathryn Lyall Chair. Yuen moved up from CFO and interim Co-CEO; Lyall, a Seed Space Venture Capital partner, steps up from interim Chair.
Fortnightly digest of local startup news: funding totalling $89.9m, acquisitions by SafetyCulture, Canva and CleanPeak Energy, CEO changes at Droneshield and Swyftx, and Zeller's move into the UK.
Profiles four Australian fintechs worth watching in 2026: Fat Zebra, WeMoney, Swyftx and Block Earner, covering their growth, past acquisitions and previously secured funding rounds.
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Australian crypto brokerage Swyftx has made Cathryn Lyall its permanent Chair and Andrea Yuen its CEO, with co-founder Alex Harper stepping back from interim co-leadership to his board role.
Australian crypto exchange Swyftx is buying brokerage Caleb & Brown, reportedly valued above $100 million, extending its reach to wealthy US investors; it also plans to buy New Zealand's Easy Crypto.
Share trading and super platform Superhero has raised $11 million from existing backers, lifting its post-money value to $150 million, with plans to build tools that give investment advice.
Also SmartCompany
Finder is shutting its crypto wallet business Wallet Ventures four years after launch, moving users to Swyftx, which recently acquired Easy Crypto; Finder earlier won in court against ASIC over its Earn product.
Swyftx adds three directors to its board following Jason Titman's June appointment as CEO, with founders Alex Harper and Angus Goldman also on the newly constituted board.
Ten13's year-end post recaps nine new portfolio additions, follow-on support for existing holdings, the Mr Yum and Me&U merger, Go1's Blinkist acquisition, Smileyscope's FDA clearance, and community events.
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Novatti will lead a government-backed anti-money laundering collaboration with RMIT, Hashkloud, thankQ Solutions and Swyftx, funded by a $2.3 million CRC-P grant.
Share trading platform Superhero is demerging from crypto exchange Swyftx, its founders resuming control via a management buyout backed by earlier investors, as Swyftx contends with crypto downturn and repeated staff cuts.
Ignition Lane's year-end review of 2022 tech news: shifting VC sentiment, record Australian fund raises, grocery delivery failures and shutdowns, local M&A, crypto fallout, awards, and global stories from Twitter to ChatGPT.
Also AgFunderNews
An Australian cryptocurrency exchange has been placed into voluntary administration, freezing tens of thousands of customer accounts, while rival exchanges respond to the FTX collapse with staff cuts.
Also Startup Daily
Crypto exchange CoinJar, backed by Blackbird, cut roughly a fifth of its Melbourne staff after FTX's failure; the piece recalls its 2013 half-million-dollar seed round led by Blackbird.
Gold Coast reputation-tech startup Cloutly raised $500,000 pre-seed led by Unify Ventures with several angels joining, to grow its team and product; it reports six-figure ARR and over 150 paying business customers.
Crypto broker Swyftx and trading platform Superhero have announced a merger forming a $1.5 billion Australian financial group spanning digital assets, equities and superannuation, to be led by co-CEOs.
Trading and superannuation platform Superhero is merging with crypto exchange Swyftx, forming a combined fintech valued at $1.5 billion serving investors across Australia and New Zealand.
Also Startup Daily