Aura Group

Aura Group is a wealth management firm headquartered in Singapore, with a significant presence across the Asia Pacific region, including offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Ho Chi Minh City. Established in 2009, the company specializes in offering tailored solutions in wealth management, funds management, and corporate advisory services. With a team comprised of experienced investors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, Aura Group focuses on innovative investment products across various asset classes, including venture capital, private equity, listed equities, fixed income, real estate, and agriculture. The firm is distinguished by its strong network of capital partners and venture associates, enabling it to provide high-quality investment opportunities. Additionally, Aura Group has received recognition for its client-centric approach, being awarded for excellence in wealth and fund management at the International Finance Awards in 2019.

Carsten Christiansen

CEO

Tristan Terry

Director, Aura Ventures

13 past transactions

BetterX

Seed Round in 2025
BetterX is a technology company based in Australia that operates a digital asset trading platform. It specializes in providing infrastructure to support Web 3.0 and digital assets. The company offers a range of services related to trading and investing in cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, designed to help investors make informed decisions in the evolving market. By focusing on both technological advancement and user experience, BetterX aims to facilitate secure and efficient trading for its clients.

Giftaway

Private Equity Round in 2025
Giftaway is an eGift platform that makes it easy for businesses to reward and incentivize stakeholders such as employees and customers.

Lygon

Series A in 2022
Lygon is a blockchain banking start-up focused on digitizing the traditional paper-based bank guarantee process within commercial banking. Its platform offers a streamlined solution that enables same-day issuance of bank guarantees, significantly improving efficiency and reducing the risks of fraud and handling errors. By leveraging core blockchain technology, Lygon's system not only transforms bank guarantees but also has the potential to be adapted for other financial instruments, enhancing the overall banking experience for users.

Shippit

Series A in 2019
Shippit Pty Ltd. is a parcel delivery service provider based in Pyrmont, Australia, specializing in the logistics of online purchases. Incorporated in 2014, the company offers a comprehensive platform that simplifies multi-carrier connectivity and carrier allocation, allowing businesses to present a variety of delivery options. Shippit's technology tracks the shipping process, notifies customers about their order statuses, and facilitates efficient shipping decisions. The company's services also include packing and shipping, as well as technical support, implementation, and training for clients. By streamlining the delivery process, Shippit enables businesses to save time and costs while enhancing customer satisfaction.

Lannock Strata Finance

Venture Round in 2016
Lannock Strata Finance is a specialist financing company based in Woolloomooloo, Australia, established in 2004 by Paul Morton. The firm focuses on providing funding solutions specifically for strata properties, catering to bodies corporate and owners corporations across the country. Lannock offers a range of financial services, including debt funding for capital works, repairs, renovations, insurance premiums, and the acquisition of plant and equipment. The company aims to assist clients in managing their financial obligations and improving their properties through well-structured financing options.

iBuyNew

Venture Round in 2016
iBuyNew is an online marketplace based in Melbourne, Australia, specializing in the sale of off-the-plan properties, including apartments, townhouses, and house and land packages. The platform caters to first home buyers, owner-occupiers, and investors, offering access to over 200 new developments across major Australian cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and locations like the Gold Coast, Adelaide, and Perth. iBuyNew provides expert guidance through the property buying process, leveraging extensive research and market knowledge. Their team of Property Consultants assists clients in identifying properties with strong growth potential while ensuring tailored options that suit individual budgets. The company emphasizes high-quality service, aiming to help clients maximize their investment potential and minimize tax liabilities, ultimately supporting the expansion of their property portfolios.

Junior Adventures Group

Private Equity Round in 2015
Junior Adventures Group Pty Ltd provides outside school hours care (OSHC) services to schools across Australia. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Oakleigh, Australia.

Accountable Financial Solutions

Acquisition in 2015
Accountable Financial Solutions ("Accountable‟) is a new concept in the financial services and accounting markets. Accountable is a financial services business specifically tailored to meet the needs and aspirations of accountants and tax advisers in practice. Accountable provides an exclusive and trusted home for accountants seeking to be licensed to provide advice to their clients, particularly to their SMSF clients.

InStitchu

Venture Round in 2014
InStitchu Pty Ltd. is an online custom clothier based in Sydney, Australia, specializing in tailor-made menswear. Founded in 2011, the company allows customers to design their own tailored garments, including suits, shirts, vests, and pants, either from scratch or by selecting from existing designs. InStitchu emphasizes high-quality materials, offering a range of fabrics such as Australian merino wool, cashmere, and cotton. The ordering process is streamlined, enabling customers to input their measurements online and receive their tailored products within two weeks. The company aims to provide a luxurious and personalized shopping experience while eliminating the traditional middleman, ensuring that customers can access premium tailored clothing at a more accessible price point. InStitchu ships its products both nationally and internationally.

Global Reviews

Seed Round in 2012
Global Reviews is an internet research firm that specializes in providing insights into consumer behavior and needs during the online purchasing process. Founded in 2000 and based in Melbourne, Australia, the company offers a range of services including research reports, industry insights, and analyses of digital marketing and sales effectiveness. Its analytics platform uniquely measures customer experiences and evaluates the effectiveness of digital channels such as PC, mobile, and tablet. Global Reviews serves a diverse clientele across sectors like banking, insurance, telecommunications, travel, energy, gaming, education, and retail. The firm aims to help clients enhance their marketing and sales performance by delivering actionable insights and improving the overall customer experience on their websites.

Confidex

Venture Round in 2010
Confidex specializes in high-performing contactless ticketing and RFID tag solutions, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and security of supply chains, transactions, and the authentication of goods and people. The company designs and manufactures short-range wireless identification solutions, leveraging RFID, NFC, and high-frequency technologies, along with Bluetooth low energy beacons. Confidex collaborates with customers to address various challenges by providing innovative solutions that integrate strong RFID tag design, RF engineering, and manufacturing expertise. This approach allows clients to effectively connect their assets and personnel in essential business processes, promoting sustainability and operational efficiency.

Confidex

Series A in 2007
Confidex specializes in high-performing contactless ticketing and RFID tag solutions, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and security of supply chains, transactions, and the authentication of goods and people. The company designs and manufactures short-range wireless identification solutions, leveraging RFID, NFC, and high-frequency technologies, along with Bluetooth low energy beacons. Confidex collaborates with customers to address various challenges by providing innovative solutions that integrate strong RFID tag design, RF engineering, and manufacturing expertise. This approach allows clients to effectively connect their assets and personnel in essential business processes, promoting sustainability and operational efficiency.

AW-Energy

Series A in 2004
The company develops and delivers technology for converting ocean waves to electricity. AW-Energy has developed WaveRoller - a fully submerged wave energy converter which utilizes wave surge phenomenon. This commonplace effect is observed in near-shore waters where the circular motion of water particles present in open sea waves changes into elliptical circulation due to more shallow bottom. Before the waves break, typically at the depth of 8-20 metres this elliptical motion is so flat that it is essentially a horizontal back-and-forth movement of water. WaveRoller device is a Panel anchored at its base on the sea bed. The back and forth movement of the wave surge moves the Panel, transferring the kinetic energy to piston pumps. The pumps create a great deal of pressure which is fed into a combination of hydraulic motor/generator, which in turn produces electricity. The nominal capacity of a single commercial-scale Panel ranges between 500 – 1000 kW, depending on the wave resources available on the site. WaveRoller has the ability to generate energy on a wide spectrum of wave states and is also well suited for locations where wave periods are long and the swell is strong. A series of WaveRoller devices can be combined into an array, thus resulting in a wave farm. Since the plant construction is modular with a high degree of independence between individual units, there is no natural upper limit to the number of WaveRoller units that can be used, therefore offering a high level of scalability and reliability. The electricity output from an individual Panel is connected to a hub/substation, thus making it easy to plug-in new units in separate project development stages, as the new capacity is added to the farm. Also, any potential underperformance or service & maintenance breaks of individual units have no impact on the remaining units, thus ensuring uninterrupted power output from the overall farm. The first prototypes were designed and patent applications were filed as early as in 1999, when Rauno Koivusaari, the original inventor co-operated with Fortum Research Centre during the conceptual phase. Since then the technology has evolved following numerous laboratory and wave-tank test trials and ongoing mathematical simulations. Open sea trails started in 2004 and included the Gulf of Finland, marine tests conducted in the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland, and an own testing site in Peniche, Portugal. The subsequent successes and encouraging test results led to continuous increase in the scale of the demonstration plant. The latest demonstration plant/farm consisting of three 100kW WaveRoller units (total nominal capacity of the farm 300kW) is to be deployed in Peniche, Portugal, during the second quarter of 2012. The final assembly is nearing completion in the first quarter of 2012 and will be awaiting suitable weather conditions for the deployment in the following months. The farm will be connected to national grid in Portugal. The company has already secured all the necessary permits and, additionally, holds a licence for 1MW grid connection.
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