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Commonwealth Bank of Australia

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Total investments 34
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$185M
Portfolio companies 23
Rounds per year 0.30
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.29
Exits 5
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • FinTech
  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
Summary

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is the famous VC, which was founded in 1911. The venture was found in Australia. Commonwealth Bank of Australia appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Sydney.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. When the investment is from Commonwealth Bank of Australia the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The common things for fund are deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Property Exchange Australia (PEXA), R3 For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Australia. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Finance, Financial Services.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with more than 10 participants. Despite the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, startups are often financed by Victor Jacobsson, Sequoia Capital, Sebastian Siemiatkowski. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Westpac, Wells Fargo, US Bank. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by CLS.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

GSS

Compliance
FinTech
Security
$50M26 Mar 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Amber Electric

E-Commerce
Energy
Renewable Energy
$21M30 Jan 2024 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Silicon Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing
$50M25 Jul 2023 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lygon

Blockchain
Financial Services
$9M18 Apr 2022 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Karta Gift Cards

FinTech
$14M30 Oct 2021 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lygon

Blockchain
Financial Services
$5M13 Jun 2021 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Amber Electric

E-Commerce
Energy
Renewable Energy
$20M27 May 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Little Birdie

E-Commerce
Retail
Shopping
$21M24 May 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Slyp

Apps
Banking
FinTech
Information Technology
$5M15 Apr 2020 Australia, New South Wales

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Total investments 34
Average round size 185M
Rounds per year 0.30
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.29
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.71

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

GSS

Compliance
FinTech
Security
$50M26 Mar 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Amber Electric

E-Commerce
Energy
Renewable Energy
$21M30 Jan 2024 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Silicon Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing
$50M25 Jul 2023 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lygon

Blockchain
Financial Services
$9M18 Apr 2022 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Karta Gift Cards

FinTech
$14M30 Oct 2021 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lygon

Blockchain
Financial Services
$5M13 Jun 2021 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Amber Electric

E-Commerce
Energy
Renewable Energy
$20M27 May 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Little Birdie

E-Commerce
Retail
Shopping
$21M24 May 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Slyp

Apps
Banking
FinTech
Information Technology
$5M15 Apr 2020 Australia, New South Wales
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