# Carsales

> Carsales is a VC fund in Richmond backing E-Commerce and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Richmond, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/carsales.com.au
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/carsales
- Website: https://www.carsales.com.au/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carsales.com.au

Carsales is a publicly owned company that provides a smooth car buying and selling journey for all. From product development to marketing and communications aims to encourage customers and give greater confidence when it comes to trading cars, regardless of how much the customer know about cars. Carsales was founded on 1997.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Carsales. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Carsales. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/carsales?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agustinus Nalwan | AI and Machine Learning - Technical Development Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agustinus-nalwan |
| Ajay Bhatia | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-bhatia |
| Ash Nallawalla | Enterprise SEO Specialist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ash-nallawalla |
| Cameron McIntyre | CEO & COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cameron-mcintyre |
| Jeremy Moger | Head of Insights | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-moger |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trader Interactive | Trader Interactive is the leading provider of digital offerings including online advertising and marketing services products serving the powersports, recreational vehicle, commercial truck and equipment segments. Some of their brands include CycleTrader.com, RVTrader.com, RV Web Services, Commercial Web Services, CommercialTruckTrader.com andEquipmentTrader.com. Collectively, they reach over 13 million monthly unique visitors through their online marketplaces, power thousands of dealer websites, and offer unique tools to assist dealers in more effectively running their businesses and serving their customers. | $624M | Secondary Market | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Assembly Payments | The world’s most flexible payments platform. Assembly is the only end to end solution with unlimited ways to accept, manage and disburse payments. Built for businesses frustrated by the complexity and limitations of existing systems, Assembly delivers extraordinary experiences and unlocks new business value, removing the headaches of fraud,security, compliance, and customer service. | $10M | Series A | Jun 15, 2016 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cultivation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rampersand](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rampersand) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Reinventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reinventure) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Carsales invest in?

Carsales invests primarily in E-Commerce, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Series A and Secondary Market stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Carsales?

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### Who are the partners at Carsales?

The team at Carsales includes Agustinus Nalwan (AI and Machine Learning - Technical Development Manager), Ajay Bhatia (Managing Director) and Ash Nallawalla (Enterprise SEO Specialist), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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