Company
Bank where Battersby ran a graduate program
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Citibank raised.
Companies Citibank acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Battersby | Blackbird Ventures, Missing Perspectives | |
| Mario Hasanakos | Derivatives Trader (former) | Startup Daily |
| Chris Jewell | Head of Institutional Sales (former) | Forbes Australia |
| Alex Badran | Derivatives Trader (former) | Startup Daily |
| Ahu Chhapgar | Managing Director and Global Head of Payments and Receivable Technology (former) | Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Citibank. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
MUFG's pensions arm has struck a binding agreement to acquire Grow Inc, a Sydney-founded superannuation administration startup whose shareholders — among them HESTA, Five V Capital and AirTree Ventures — must still approve the deal.
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The children's fintech Spriggy will retire its investment app in August 2025 and refund users, keeping its main pocket money service while it builds a replacement due in 2026.
Gilmour Space has final approval to launch its Eris rocket Thursday from Queensland, carrying Vegemite and a camera on the maiden flight of Australia's first home-grown orbital rocket.
Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Citibank and Bumble to Kic and Sunroom; Blackbird partner Nick Crocker recalls backing the company.
Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Bumble's first Australian employee and Kic CMO to founding the creator platform, plus investor Nick Crocker on backing the team.
Interview with Constantinople co-founder Di Challenor on her banking career and the record $32 million seed round she and Mac Duncan raised from Square Peg, Airtree and Great Southern Bank.
Australian job-simulation edtech Forage has been bought by US education company EAB on undisclosed terms; the story also recalls its accelerator days and earlier venture raises.
Volopay appoints Nirvikar Jain as Global Business Officer to drive its Australian expansion, and the piece recalls the company's US$29 million Series A backed by JAM Fund, Winklevoss Capital, Rapyd Ventures and others.
Square Peg looks back on putting US$6 million into Airwallex's Series A+ alongside Tencent, Sequoia China, Gobi Partners and MasterCard, explaining why cross-border payment infrastructure needs fixing.
Buy now, pay later firm Zip has hired Ahu Chhapgar as global chief technology officer, starting in December at its New York office, reporting to CEO Larry Diamond to lead worldwide technology and engineering.