MA Financial Group
VC Fund
Sydney, Australia
MA Financial Group is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Financial Services and FinTech. MA Financial Group Limited, formerly Moelis Australia, is an ASX-listed financial services firm specialising in asset management, lending, corporate advisory and equities.Launched in 2009, we have advised on transactions worth over $100 billion and assisted clients to raise $11.5 billion in equity capital markets. Today, we have $6.1 billion inassets under management.Established as a joint venture with NYSE-listed Moelis & Company – a leading global independent investment bank – the firm has grown to become a team of 300+ across Sydney, Melbourne, London, Beijing and Shanghai.Asset Management With $6.1 billion in assets under management, our Asset Management division creates and manages investment opportunities for institutional, wholesale and retail investors in real estate, credit, hospitality private equity and venture capital.Working with state and federal governments, MA Financial Group was a pioneer in the Significant Investor Visa space. Today, we’re one of Australia's largest fund managers for overseas high-net-wealth investors in the program.Lending The Lending division funds high-quality loan portfolios and operates differentiated lending platforms.We invest in loan portfolios, including providing asset-backed funding for non-bank and bank loans in Australia and the United States. Through our lending platforms, we provide a range of legal funding solutions including disbursement funding, refinancing of existing disbursement borrowings, settlement advance funding and family law funding.Our portfolio company, MKM*, offers residential mortgage lending to borrowers in Australia.* In October 2020 MA Financial completed the 47.5% first stage of its acquisition of MKM Capital Pty Ltd (MKM).Corporate Advisory and Equities MA Moelis Australia is the advisory division of MA Financial Group. Our Corporate Advisory and Equities teams provide strategic and financial advice for mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, IPOs, real estate and restructuring and recapitalisations.We're part of a global strategic network of advisory experts, working closely with the global investment bank Moelis & Company, our long-term strategic partner based in New York.Since 2009, our Corporate Advisory division has managed in excess of $100 billion worth of transactions, including:Varde, KKR and Deutsche Bank’s $8.2bn acquisition of GE Capital Australia & New Zealand Consumer Finance Reliance Rail’s $2bn recapitalisation and refinancing Hitachi’s $976m acquisition of Bradken Avoka Group’s US$245m sale to Temenos AG Ten Network’s sale to CBS; and the restructure of Channel 9. Our Equities team provides specialist research, and sales and trading execution services to individual and institutional clients. The Equities Research team manages research on 64 stocks – 38 industrial and 26 real estate.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries MA Financial Group invests in
Stages MA Financial Group invests in
Countries MA Financial Group invests in
Contacts
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Andrew Martin
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Ben Wong
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Chris Wyke
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 5 (50%)
- FinTech 3 (30%)
- Software 3 (30%)
- Finance 2 (20%)
- Logistics 2 (20%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 4 (40%)
- Series B 1 (10%)
- Series C 1 (10%)
- Series D 1 (10%)
- Funding Round 1 (10%)
Country
- Australia 5 (50%)
- United States 3 (30%)
- Singapore 2 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Will Botha
Executive Director, Asset Management (Private Equity & Venture Capital)
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Executive Director, Asset Management (Private Equity & Venture Capital) | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Andrew Martin
Managing Director, Head of Asset Management
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Managing Director, Head of Asset Management | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ben Wong
Managing Director, Corporate Advisory
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Managing Director, Corporate Advisory | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Chris Wyke
Joint Chief Executive Officer
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Joint Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jaron Yuen
Managing Director, Asset Management (Private Equity & Venture Capital)
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Managing Director, Asset Management (Private Equity & Venture Capital) | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Fundbox
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Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses that offers fast and intuitive access to business credit. Our mission is to power the small business economy by unlocking customer growth. | Debt Financing / Jan 21, 2026 | |
Healthcare Finance Direct
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Healthcare Finance Direct is a finance platform that offers solutions for patient financing and financial clarity. | $175M / Debt Financing / Sep 08, 2025 | |
SKUTOPIA
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SKUTOPIA is a revolutionary order fulfillment platform that enables eCommerce businesses to connect their sales channels, receive orders, store inventory, pick, pack and book couriers and deliver to end consumers at a speed, quality and price they could never achieve by themselves. | $24.6M / Private Equity / Aug 25, 2025 | |
JustFund
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JustFund is a finance firm that connects clients and lawyers in family law matters and offers flexible ways to manage legal fees. | $130.9M / Debt Financing / Jul 14, 2025 | |
Spectainer
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As global trade increases so too does the global fleet of containers. The problem of empty containers is simply unsustainable. Spectainer is pioneering a holistic solution that combines our innovative horizontally collapsing containers with the world’s first fully automated collapsing station, plus advanced tracking and support services. Ourholistic solution accelerate the evolution that’s needed. | $5.1M / Series B / Jul 15, 2022 | |
Complexica
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Complexica is an Australian company specializing in artificial intelligence software. | $3M / Mar 01, 2022 | |
Octet
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Octet is an innovative Financial Technology Business specialising in implementing SCF and Banking Platforms to some of the worlds largest FIs and Banks. Octet Also is a major Financier of SMEs within the Asia Pacific region, providing Trade, receivable and Supply Chain finance to over 4000 SMEs within the region, paying over 30,000 registeredSellers in Octet Network. | $220.2M / Debt Financing / Sep 15, 2021 | |
Demyst
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At DemystData, we believe that data and analytical technology are essential to innovation within financial services, and key for the advancement of the goal of financial inclusion. | $24.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 12, 2021 | |
Chope
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Chope is a website that enables users to find and reserve restaurants in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok, Phuket, Jakarta, and Bali through the company’s www.chope.co, mobile apps, and plug-ins.The company offers two solutions for restaurants: a sophisticated table management system that integrates customer relationshipmanagement functions and a lighter browser-based platform. Both provide restaurants real-time control over their online availability.In addition to online reservations, it also provides diners with in-house editorials, a summary of press coverage, menus, pricing, and operational information for the listed restaurants. It also serves as an additional marketing channel for client restaurants via an active social media team and targeted offline marketing initiatives.Chope was launched by Arrif Ziaudeen and Clowie Tan in June 2011 and is based in Singapore. | $13.8M / Series D / Oct 16, 2017 | |
Smart Sparrow
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Smart Sparrow owns and operates an e-learning platform, which enables students and professionals to create an e-learning courseware. It allows customers to create courseware on various subjects, including digital literacy, computer sciences, engineering, finance, marketing, medicine, orientation, sciences, and soft skills, as well as trainingcourses. Smart Sparrow serves various institutions locally and internationally. Ariel Shoham, Dror Ben-Haim, Shaowei Ho, and Zack Belinson founded it on December 29, 2010, with its headquarters in Surry Hills in Australia with an additional office in San Francisco in California. | $4M / Series C / Apr 11, 2017 |
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FAQ
What does MA Financial Group invest in?
MA Financial Group invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series B stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at MA Financial Group includes Will Botha (Executive Director, Asset Management (Private Equity & Venture Capital)), Andrew Martin (Managing Director, Head of Asset Management) and Ben Wong (Managing Director, Corporate Advisory), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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