# Australia and New Zealand Banking Group

> Australia and New Zealand Banking Group is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2437/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/anz_au
- Website: https://www.anz.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ANZAustralia

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited provides online banking services to individuals and businesses.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Shizune tracks 11 team members at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/anz?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.5M–$20M |
| Post-IPO Debt | $152M–$351M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 5 | 45% |
| FinTech | 4 | 36% |
| Banking | 2 | 18% |
| Internet | 2 | 18% |
| Payments | 2 | 18% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 2 | 18% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 4 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 9% |
| Singapore | 1 | 9% |
| Philippines | 1 | 9% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alistair Currie | Group Chief Operating Officer and Member of Management Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alistair-currie-5aeb |
| Chaminda Ranasinghe | Head of Digital Sales & Marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chaminda-ranasinghe |
| Damien Smith | Head of Technology | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damien-smith |
| Dinesh Patel | Windows System Administrator | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dinesh-patel-e3e5 |
| Emma Gray | Chief Data Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-gray |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SK on | SK on develops and manufacturers high-energy density electric vehicle batteries. | $280M | Debt Financing | Aug 18, 2023 |  |
| Greatland Gold | Greatland Gold plc engages in the exploration and development of natural resources. It explores for gold, nickel, and cobalt deposits. | $151.6M | Post-IPO Debt | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Lygon | Lygon operates as a blockchain banking start-up. The Lygon platform is an industry solution that streamlines the bank guarantee process for everyone. | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 13, 2021 |  |
| Weel | DiviPay is an all-in-one virtual corporate card and expense management platform that enables finance teams to better manage, control and streamline spending across their organisation. DiviPay solves a common pain point for small and large businesses alike: issuing corporate cards to staff while staying in control of spending and collecting receiptsand accounting data. DiviPay enables businesses to instantly issue virtual corporate Mastercards to employees to make online and in-store purchases via Apple Pay and Google Pay. | $1.5M | Series A | Sep 30, 2019 |  |
| Frasers Property | Frasers Property is a company that owns, develops and manages a diverse portfolio of properties across the globe. | $351M | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 17, 2019 |  |
| Bud | Bud Financial (“Bud”) enriches financial data, identifying the likes of merchant, category, location and regularity of transactions, to provide actionable insights and readable inputs for LLMs in the financial services industry.Scaling rapidly, Bud has been a trailblazer in its use of AI since 2015. The company has enabled banks and fintechsworldwide to get customer context from their transaction data so they can personalize the banking experience, proactively manage risk and optimize their business operations.With tens of billions of transactions processed, Bud’s market-leading transactional enrichment, categorization and analysis helps financial institutions to become intelligent enterprises, fully harnessing their customer data and finding new, data-driven opportunities to grow. | $20M | Series A | Feb 03, 2019 |  |
| Lendi | Lendi is making it fast and simple for Australians to get home loans. We use smart technology to match customers with loans from over 30 major lenders and help them get approved in an easy online process.Our revolutionary platform is supported by our team of Home Loan Specialists who make it easy to compare, choose and complete home loansonline. This means customers can skip trips to the bank and reduce the cost of their loan.Founded in 2013, our team has already grown to over 200 people in 4 different Australian offices, and we’ve helped thousands of customers get a better home loan. | $40M |  | Jan 14, 2019 |  |
| Data Republic | Data Republic enables enterprises to safely connect their most valuable data to the best people, apps, algorithms and data available. Data Republic delivers an all-in-one solution for organizations to govern data access outside of their organization, as well as manage shared analytics projects in the cloud, while retaining full control of datavisibility, permitted use and licensing. The secure technology provides a legal framework, privacy-preserving matching, governed workflows and secure workspaces for analysis.With data access, security and privacy under control, enterprises can rapidly scale the scope of their data strategy and launch projects in days, not months. Connect your most valuable data to the outside world without compromising security or privacy. With Data Republic, every enterprise can unlock the true potential of their data.Learn more about Data Republic at www.datarepublic.com | $14.4M | Series B | Dec 04, 2018 |  |
| Data Republic | Data Republic enables enterprises to safely connect their most valuable data to the best people, apps, algorithms and data available. Data Republic delivers an all-in-one solution for organizations to govern data access outside of their organization, as well as manage shared analytics projects in the cloud, while retaining full control of datavisibility, permitted use and licensing. The secure technology provides a legal framework, privacy-preserving matching, governed workflows and secure workspaces for analysis.With data access, security and privacy under control, enterprises can rapidly scale the scope of their data strategy and launch projects in days, not months. Connect your most valuable data to the outside world without compromising security or privacy. With Data Republic, every enterprise can unlock the true potential of their data.Learn more about Data Republic at www.datarepublic.com |  | Series A | Feb 01, 2018 |  |
| China Bank | At China Bank, we are committed to making your success our business. We offer a complete range of deposit, investment, financing, remittance, and insurance products and services, accessible through our vast network of branches nationwide and secure and reliable electronic banking channels: China Bank TellerCard (ATM), China Bank Online (internet& mobile banking) and China Bank Tellerphone (phone banking) | $158M | Debt Financing | Jun 30, 2015 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANZ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-n-z) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-corporate-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aura Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aura-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Australia and New Zealand Banking Group invest in?

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Banking startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's check size?

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$20M at Series A and $152M–$351M at Post-IPO Debt. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Australia and New Zealand Banking Group participates in.

### How do I contact Australia and New Zealand Banking Group?

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### Who are the partners at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group?

The team at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group includes Alistair Currie (Group Chief Operating Officer and Member of Management Board), Chaminda Ranasinghe (Head of Digital Sales & Marketing) and Damien Smith (Head of Technology), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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