Corporate / CVC · 6 deals
Every published round Macquarie Capital 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starcloud | Series A | Mar 2026 | $170m | Participant | SpaceNews, Tech Funding News - Australia | |
| EstateXchange | Unnamed stage | Jan 2026 | $12.5m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, OIF Ventures portfolio | |
| PsiQuantum | Series D+ | 2025 | $1.5b | Participant | Startup Daily (21 May 2026), Startup Daily (9 Dec 2025), Startup Daily (14 Oct 2025) | |
| Atelier | Series A | 21 Oct 2024 | $10m | Lead | Ten13, SmartCompany, Ten13 portfolio | |
| FoodByUs | Series B | 30 Jan 2023 | US$12m (A$16.9m) | Participant | AgFunderNews (3 Apr 2024), SmartCompany, AgFunderNews (2 Feb 2023), Startup Daily | |
| Sapia.ai | Series A | 24 Nov 2022 | $17m | Lead | Startup Daily (18 Mar 2024), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (24 Nov 2022) |
Companies Macquarie Capital has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starcloud | Mar 2026, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| EstateXchange | Online platform digitising deceased estate management services for professional services … | Jan 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| PsiQuantum | Quantum computing company establishing APAC HQ in Brisbane | 2025, Series D+ | 1 | 0 |
| Atelier | Platform helping brands design, manufacture and scale beauty and skincare products | 21 Oct 2024, Series A | 1 | 1 |
| FoodByUs | 30 Jan 2023, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| Sapia.ai | 24 Nov 2022, Series A | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Macquarie Capital, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Macquarie Capital has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Macquarie Capital did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wegman | Banker (former) | RenewEconomy |
| John Prendiville | Exec (former) | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech |
| Michael Carapiet | Exec (former) | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech |
| Tim Bishop | Boss (former) | Startup Daily (17 Jul 2023), Startup Daily (14 Feb 2023) |
Stories naming Macquarie Capital. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Future Secure AI's pre-listing round, led by Robin Khuda, Square Peg, Yarra Capital, Firetrail and Macquarie Asset Management, is nearing completion, with notes converting at a US$1.3 billion ceiling before an ASX float.
An AFR managed-funds topic page: a star small-caps deputy goes solo with a new Sydney firm, Gigacomm buys rival DGtek, Google plans a multibillion-dollar domestic bond, plus fund manager and market stories.
Roundup of three Australian raises: Omniscient Neurotechnology's in-progress Series D drawing a $20m national fund investment, deceased-estates platform EstateXchange's first raise, and fitness software firm Hapana's Microequities-led round.
Ten13's blog post sets out why it backed Atelier, a beauty-manufacturing platform, in a post-seed deal roughly a year ahead of Atelier's Macquarie-led $10m Series A.
Also SmartCompany
Weekly roundup detailing six Australian raises: Q-CTRL's Series B extension, plus fresh capital for Mutinex, Atelier, Rosterfy, Build Club and Axify.ai, naming lead investors and founders throughout.
Wollemi Capital, the Sydney climate investor, has closed a $220m raise, past its initial $100m goal, backed by CBA, Trawalla and others; the article recalls its bets on Loam Bio, Pluton Bio and Pachama.
Cloud provider Nexion Group secured $21 million from Parc Capital to pursue acquisitions, starting in New Zealand. The piece recalls its ASX listing, an earlier merger, and the founders' recent departure.
Sydney small-business lender Shift, once known as GetCapital, has secured a Series C worth $27 million, with Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia heading the round and earlier backers also taking part.
Also Australian FinTech·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Australian FinTech
Agtech startup Loam has raised a $105 million Series B co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Wollemi Capital, following a $40 million Series A, to commercialise its soil-carbon technology.
Roundup of six Australian startup raises totalling $94 million: Q-CTRL, Hnry, FoodByUs, F4S, STRAAND and Lenexa Medical, backed by investors including Salesforce Ventures, AirTree, Base Capital, Investible, Unilever Ventures and Stoic VC.
Also stoicam.com.au
A wholesale hospitality procurement marketplace has closed a Series B led by a South African venture firm, with a New York investor, a Melbourne group and its founding backer also participating, after a 2021 raise.
Weekly roundup covering six Australian startup raises totalling over $54 million, including Sapia.ai's Series A, rounds for Abyss Solutions, HMC Group and eQ8, plus smaller raises for Oceanfarmr and Subpod.
Recruitment AI startup Sapia.ai has raised a $17 million Series A led by Macquarie Capital and Woolworths' venture arm W23, to fund overseas expansion; Woolworths has used the platform for a year.
Corporate-card fintech Archa closed a $24 million pre-Series A round of debt and equity led by Wisr's Anthony Nantes, and secured a new institutional debt facility from Roadnight Capital.
Also Techboard
Gathar, an Australian private chef platform, expands into the US with Curtis Stone, following a post-seed raise; the piece also recalls FoodByUs' series A and notes other food-tech players.
OIF says its early stake in Israeli cybersecurity firm XM Cyber, bought by Schwarz Group for US$700 million, returned the firm's entire first fund; Macquarie and others joined its 2020 Series B.
Also OIF Ventures portfolio·OIF Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily