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Aura Ventures portfolio company Haast has closed a US$12 million Series A, with Peak XV Partners leading and DST Global Partners, Airtree and Black Sheep Capital joining, funding product development and international expansion.
Aura Ventures sets out its investment case for Isaacus, a startup positioning itself as the platform layer for legal AI through its BlackStone dataset, likening the opportunity to what AWS did for cloud computing.
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Aura Group's letter says the firm is preparing an ASX listing within two years, credits its 66-strong multinational team and 1,600 clients, and points to compound growth and 2024 net inflows.
Aura Group has hired brokers, lawyers and an auditor as it weighs floating on the ASX within two years, alongside a planned pre-listing capital raise to fuel expansion.
Aura Group has appointed investment industry veteran Jason Coggins, formerly of Koda Capital, to its advisory board, adding research and governance experience as the manager grows its Asia-Pacific alternative assets business.
Aura Private Equity has backed Australia Vaccine Services in finishing its purchase of Medimobile, a corporate workplace flu-vaccination provider, uniting two immunisation operators nationwide. No deal price was disclosed.
Aura Group has hired Cynthia Koh, a compliance veteran of more than 20 years in asset management, to strengthen governance and regulatory compliance across its Asia-Pacific operations.
Aura Group's compliance chief since 2020, Nathan Harris, steps up to the newly created chief operating officer role, taking effect at once while temporarily keeping his regulatory oversight duties.
Aura Ventures argues agentic AI will reshape rather than replace SaaS, highlighting Haast's freshly completed six-million-dollar seed raise and early corporate customers as evidence AI-native enterprise software is gaining traction.
Profile of executive Mark Esterhuizen tracing his career from KPMG and Deloitte to leading finance and operations at a seafood e-commerce group, recalling its Seed and Series B funding.
Aura Group's promotional piece showcases portfolio company Shippit's capital-efficient logistics growth and announces that Aura Venture Fund III is opening to investors; no amounts, closings or new company raises are stated.
Aura Group's blog post explains how DeepSeek's R1 reaches near-frontier AI results with far less computing power and why its cheaper, self-correcting methods threaten today's AI incumbents.
Aura Group announces Mina Rafla joining as Associate Director in its private credit arm, recounting his earlier roles at Macquarie, Commonwealth Bank and Greensill Capital and his lending focus.
Aura Group's 2024 retrospective: team growth, a senior distribution appointment, award-winning fund performance, nine startups added to its portfolio, a SPAC funding round with OSK-SBI leading, exits, divestments, plus a new XT Ventures alliance.
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Aura Ventures has signed a deal to sell its Integrated Portfolio Solutions stake to DASH Technology Group, its third divestment within a year, after DASH raised $20m from Bailador in July.
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Aura Group has hired Dan Annan, a two-decade funds management veteran from BlackRock, BetaShares and Cosmos Asset Management, to lead distribution across its institutional and high-net-worth channels.
Aura's venture arm details its stake in JigSpace's US$4.5m Series A, joined by Breakthrough Victoria, Rampersand and Investible, arguing spatial computing and AR will become the next major computing platform for business.
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Aura Group announces Jack Remond has joined as an analyst on its private credit team, handling investor reporting, portfolio analysis and deal due diligence; he previously worked on securitisation trusts at Perpetual.
Aura Group introduces Elijah Su'a as a quantitative researcher, citing his modelling and forecasting projects and honours study in maths and statistics at Macquarie University.
Aura Group announces Sabrina Zeng has joined Aura Ventures in a corporate development role, bringing banking, startup ecosystem and academic experience.
Aura Group announces a new seed backing of Hatch, an Australian jobs marketplace for young professionals started by The Iconic and ZipCo co-founders, with four other investors participating.
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Aura Group has appointed Dino Pesce, a financial services sales veteran, as Head of Origination in its Property Credit team, where he will help expand lending for commercial asset purchases.
Aura's column traces family offices' rise into major capital players, their philanthropy and succession challenges, and notes the closure of its Shippit co-investment vehicle plus Dan Annan's appointment as Distribution Director.
Aura Ventures has invested $1.2 million in Haast's pre-seed round; the startup builds AI tools that help enterprises keep marketing content compliant and flag greenwashing.
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Aura Ventures announces Annie Liao has joined as Investment Associate, covering deal origination and platform strategy, with an interview tracing her prior roles at Westpac, BCG and Archangel Ventures.
Aura Group has hired Elizabeth Dinh, previously CEO of Acceler8 Capital, to lead its Australian real estate credit strategy serving corporate borrowers.
Aura's private credit letter explains funding options for Australian fintech lenders and reports BNK Banking's completed sale of Finsure to MA Financial Group for $151.6 million cash.
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Aura Ventures announces a seed investment in Australian online tutoring startup Tutero alongside Jagen and Commonsense Ventures, profiling the founders and the company's personalised learning technology.
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Aura Group's managing director reflects on 2022, citing funds under management growth, new portfolio additions, and exits including Finsure Group's sale to MA Financial and Avanseus's announced NASDAQ SPAC merger.
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Aura Group announces Darryl Tom joining to lead private wealth and family office services, then walks through five choices families face when establishing a family office, covering charters, assets, services, structures and governance.
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Aura Group's venture arm Aura Ventures is advertising a Sydney-based Investment Associate role to support its investing in Australian technology startups. The post is a recruitment notice with standard legal disclaimers, naming no funding.
Aura Group's Calvin Ng reflects on his own 2008 layoff, discusses current tech layoff trends and economic conditions, and encourages redundant workers to see job loss as an opportunity, noting his firm's recent team growth.
Aura Group marks the second anniversary of its Tactical Opportunities Fund, citing performance against falling benchmarks, monthly investor distributions, donated fees, and an ongoing charitable partnership with Opportunity International Australia.
Aura Ventures announces it joined Layer's seed financing round with four other investors, describing the startup's marketplace for licensing content in games and its founders' backgrounds.
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Aura Group announces Calvin Ng's appointment as a director of portfolio company BNK Banking, then analyses Ray Dalio's work on shifting world orders and whether Bitcoin could become a global reserve currency.
Aura's venture arm has closed a $10 million special-purpose vehicle set up to co-invest in Shippit's planned Series B2 round, with support from existing and new institutional limited partners.
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.
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Aura Group's year-end reflection argues strong culture drives startup success, citing Culture Amp's recently announced $100 million Series F at a $1.5 billion valuation and academic studies linking founder-set culture to outcomes.
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Aura's investment note on blockchain introduces Lygon, an Australian platform digitising bank guarantees born from a bank consortium, recording Aura leading Lygon's Pre-Series A round as first external investor.
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Investment firm Aura Group announces the board appointment of veteran banker Helen Yap, previously country head for DBS Bank and OCBC Bank in Australia, as an independent non-executive director.
Aura Group reports its Aura Venture Fund I is performing in the top quartile for its vintage, driven by portfolio companies including Shippit, Gamurs and Integrated, with further liquidity expected this year.
Aura Ventures led a A$5 million pre-Series A round in blockchain fintech Lygon, joined by ANZ and CBA, marking the second deal from Aura Venture Fund II, which first closed in December 2020.
Aura Group announces managing director Calvin Ng has joined BNK Banking Corporation's board as a non-executive director, alongside independent director Michelle Guthrie; the article also recalls Finsure's merger with Goldfields Money.
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Aura Ventures' investment note argues for plant-based proteins and announces its co-led A$4.5 million seed round in ingredients startup Harvest B alongside Woolworths' venture arm W23.
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Aura Group's analysis of venture capital exits, reviewing recent Australian deals such as MessageMedia's sale and several funding rounds, then explaining the three liquidity paths: IPOs, trade sales and secondary sales.
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Aura Ventures announces its portfolio company Superestate has agreed to be bought by Raiz Invest through 5.3 million shares, valuing Superestate at A$9.5 million, with completion expected late May or early June 2021.
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Aura's portfolio company Ynomia announces its largest project yet, selected as technology partner for British constructor Kier on a UK prison build starting 2022.
Aura Group announces Bermuda-listed investment holding company Somers Limited has bought a 15% minority stake in it, with Somers' manager ICM expected to collaborate on investments across the Asia Pacific region.
Aura's private equity arm announced a follow-on investment in Kim Health Care's US$24 million Series B, led by Singapore's ABC World Asia, backing the Vietnamese dental clinic chain Kim Dental and its laboratory Labo.
Aura Group's 2020 review recounts several exits, the Anytime Fitness Asia buyout, a new special situations fund launch, and growth in funds under management despite the pandemic.
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Esports media network GAMURS, backed by publisher Aura Group, has acquired gaming guides site Pro Game Guides, with Aura financing the deal; executives from both companies and Aura's fund are quoted.
Aura Group reports its portfolio company Integrated Portfolio Solutions reached A$6 billion in funds under administration by mid-2020, recalls Aura Ventures' 2017 investment, and announces Damien Hatfield joining IPS as a non-executive director.
The investment firm reports its funds under management passed $500 million in September 2020, notes strong inflows, a top fund ranking, a newly launched multi-strategy fund, and realised exits from several portfolio companies.
Aura's portfolio update reports Superestate's strong fourth-quarter FY20 growth across operating metrics, plus a fully subscribed funding round from existing shareholders in which Aura Venture Fund invested pro-rata.
Aura Group and Conduit House closed their hospitality fund and channelled USD$60 million of structured credit into Tantakitt for renovating Bangkok's Montien Hotel; the article also recalls Aura's Vibe Hotel Darling Harbour exit.
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Aura Group announces a private equity investment alongside lead investor Exacta Capital Partners and senior lender RISA Partners in Inspire Brands Asia, master franchisee of Anytime Fitness gyms across nine Asian markets.
Aura's Special Opportunities Fund IX has cashed out of 1300 Australia after Uniti Group bought the company, returning distributions to unit holders; the fund had led the 2017 management buyout from Telstra.
Deals recorded from Aura Group portfolio's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaacus | Pre-seed | 16 Sep 2025 | $700k | |
| Haast | Seed | 9 May 2025 | $6m | |
| Tixel | Unnamed stage | 13 Dec 2024 | $8m | |
| JigSpace | Series A | 12 Jul 2024 | $13m | |
| DASH Technology Group | Unnamed stage | 1 Jul 2024 | $22m | |
| Hatch | Seed | 19 Feb 2024 | $7m | |
| Haast | Pre-seed | 6 Nov 2023 | $1.2m | |
| Tutero | Seed | 21 Feb 2023 | - | |
| Zenphi | Pre-seed | 31 Oct 2022 | - | |
| Layer | Seed | 10 May 2022 | $3.9m | |
| UpGuard | Series B | 23 Dec 2021 | $25m | |
| Lygon | Seed | 28 Sep 2021 | $5m | |
| Layer | Accelerator | Aug 2021 | - | |
| Harvest B | Pre-seed | 30 Jul 2021 | $4.5m | |
| CultureAmp | Series D+ | 29 Jul 2021 | $135m | |
| Go1 | Series D+ | 19 Jul 2021 | $200m | |
| Rich Data Corporation | Unnamed stage | 30 Jun 2021 | $15m | |
| Sonder | Unnamed stage | 30 Jun 2021 | $16m | |
| Sendle | Series C | 24 Jun 2021 | $45m |
Companies named in Aura Group portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
Investors named in Aura Group portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Aura Group | Investment and wealth management for institutions and individuals | 49 |
| Aura Ventures | 23 | |
| ANZ | 2 | |
| Aura Venture Fund II | 2 | |
| Black Sheep Capital | 2 | |
| Investible | 2 | |
| Rampersand | 2 | |
| ABC World Asia | 1 | |
| Afterwork Ventures | 1 | |
| AirTree Ventures | 1 | |
| Alberts | 1 | |
| Bailador Technologies | 1 | |
| Breakthrough Victoria | 1 | |
| Carthona Capital | 1 | |
| Century 21 | 1 | |
| Commonsense Ventures | Early-stage investment for fast-growing Australian businesses | 1 |
| Conduit House | 1 | |
| Double Peak Group | 1 | |
| DST Global Partners | 1 | |
| Flying Fox Ventures | 1 | |
| GSR Ventures | 1 | |
| Jagen | 1 | |
| Jelix Ventures | 1 | |
| Jump Capital | 1 | |
| LD Capital | 1 | |
| Mintable | 1 | |
| Nexgen | 1 | |
| Octava Fund | 1 | |
| Peak XV Partners | 1 | |
| Sequoia Capital China | 1 | |
| Signum Capital | 1 | |
| TDM Growth Partners | 1 | |
| Ten13 | 1 | |
| W23 | 1 |