# Talu Ventures

> Talu Ventures is a VC fund in Brisbane backing Mobile and FinTech. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Mar 2014
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.taluventures.com/

Talu Ventures is a VC fund in Brisbane focused on Mobile and FinTech. Talu Ventures Pty Ltd is a venture capital firm specializing in seed/startup, early, mid, and late venture, and growth capital investments. It prefers to make investments in life sciences and technology sectors. It prefers to invest in companies based in Australia and the United States.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 4 | 27% |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |
| Security | 2 | 13% |
| Therapeutics | 2 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 20% |
| Series C | 3 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 20% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 40% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Jane | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-jane |
| Jonathan Whitehouse | Chief Finance Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-whitehouse |
| Mark Gill | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-gill |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ThreatMetrix | ThreatMetrix®, a LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Company, empowers the global economy to grow profitably and securely without compromise. With deep insight into 1.4 billion anonymized user identities, ThreatMetrix ID™ delivers the intelligence behind 100 million daily authentication and trust decisions, to differentiate legitimate customers fromfraudsters in real time.ThreatMetrix is recognized as the sole Leader in the 2017 Forrester Wave™ for risk-based authentication. Learn more at www.threatmetrix.com. | $20M | Series E | Mar 27, 2014 |  |
| Mantara | Mantara is transforming the world of securities trading by delivering advanced technology solutions that fulfill the market demand for integrated multi-asset, high-speed trading and analytics.Mantara is committed to transforming the way that equities, options and futures are traded worldwide. Fueled by demand for trading efficiency,transparency and functionality, Mantara is driving the development and delivery of an entirely new class of solutions that raise the bar and exceed market expectations for this space. | $7M |  | May 10, 2011 |  |
| ThreatMetrix | ThreatMetrix®, a LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Company, empowers the global economy to grow profitably and securely without compromise. With deep insight into 1.4 billion anonymized user identities, ThreatMetrix ID™ delivers the intelligence behind 100 million daily authentication and trust decisions, to differentiate legitimate customers fromfraudsters in real time.ThreatMetrix is recognized as the sole Leader in the 2017 Forrester Wave™ for risk-based authentication. Learn more at www.threatmetrix.com. | $12.1M | Series C | Oct 04, 2010 |  |
| Pathway Therapeutics | Pathway Therapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of best in class isoform selective inhibitors of PI3-kinase (PI3K) for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases in targeted patient populations most likely to benefit. |  | Series A | Aug 10, 2010 |  |
| Dilithium Networks | Dilithium® offers high-quality multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks to any device. Dilithium provides the most comprehensive and innovative mobile video solutions, with unmatched breadth of deployments in 60 countries reaching over 1 billion subscribers.Dilithium pioneered mobile video communications and our solutions aredeployed by leading network operators, content owners, and aggregators across 2G, 3G, and WiFi networks. | $10.9M |  | Oct 27, 2009 |  |
| ThreatMetrix | ThreatMetrix®, a LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Company, empowers the global economy to grow profitably and securely without compromise. With deep insight into 1.4 billion anonymized user identities, ThreatMetrix ID™ delivers the intelligence behind 100 million daily authentication and trust decisions, to differentiate legitimate customers fromfraudsters in real time.ThreatMetrix is recognized as the sole Leader in the 2017 Forrester Wave™ for risk-based authentication. Learn more at www.threatmetrix.com. | $6.1M | Series B | Oct 03, 2009 |  |
| Mantara | Mantara is transforming the world of securities trading by delivering advanced technology solutions that fulfill the market demand for integrated multi-asset, high-speed trading and analytics.Mantara is committed to transforming the way that equities, options and futures are traded worldwide. Fueled by demand for trading efficiency,transparency and functionality, Mantara is driving the development and delivery of an entirely new class of solutions that raise the bar and exceed market expectations for this space. | $7.6M | Series C | May 04, 2009 |  |
| Xumii | Xumii is 'mobile social addressbook ' and social network for mobile phones. Xumii lets users keep in touch with friends on other social networks, including Facebook, MySpace and imeem, and includes instant messaging services like AIM, Yahoo!, MSN Live or GoogleTalk. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in SanMateo, California. As of September 15, 2009, Xumii, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Myriad Group AG. | $5.5M |  | Sep 08, 2008 |  |
| Mantara | Mantara is transforming the world of securities trading by delivering advanced technology solutions that fulfill the market demand for integrated multi-asset, high-speed trading and analytics.Mantara is committed to transforming the way that equities, options and futures are traded worldwide. Fueled by demand for trading efficiency,transparency and functionality, Mantara is driving the development and delivery of an entirely new class of solutions that raise the bar and exceed market expectations for this space. | $5.8M |  | Jul 07, 2008 |  |
| uiActive | UiActive is a mobile phone solution that can be updated dynamically from the network | $3.3M | Series A | Dec 13, 2007 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Southern Cross Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/southern-cross-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [U.S. Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/us-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Deutsche Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-bank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Motorola Solutions Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motorola-solutions-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Infocomm Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infocomm-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tenaya Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tenaya-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Talu Ventures invest in?

Talu Ventures invests primarily in Mobile, FinTech and Security startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Talu Ventures?

The team at Talu Ventures includes Andy Jane (Partner), Jonathan Whitehouse (Chief Finance Officer) and Mark Gill (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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