Reinventure

Reinventure Group Pty. Ltd., founded in 2014 and based in Sydney, Australia, serves as the investment arm of Westpac Banking Corporation. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, including seed and Series A to C funding, primarily in technology sectors related to financial services. It targets startups that aim to innovate in areas such as payments, lending, data, identity, risk management, and artificial intelligence, as well as those developing application programming interfaces (APIs). Reinventure also explores investment opportunities in adjacent industries like real estate, healthcare, and retail, while showing interest in diverse technologies including fintech, regtech, and cryptocurrency. With $150 million under management, the firm emphasizes a founder-first approach, supporting entrepreneurs with the vision to transform their industries across the Asia-Pacific region. Reinventure's strategic focus is on nurturing scalable early businesses that are positioned to shape the future of financial services and related fields.

Simon Cant

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Lauren Capelin

Head of Venture Community

Lisa Fedorenko

Investment Associate

Kara A. Frederick

General Partner

Danny Gilligan

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Rohen Sood

General Partner

Guy Wallace

Investment Analyst

Past deals in Australia

Curious Thing AI

Seed Round in 2022
Curious Thing is conversational AI company for Digital Interviewer based in Sydney, Australia. It is powered by state-of-the-art Machine Learning and NLP technologies to deliver next-generation hiring solutions with true intelligence and scalability.

Kepler Analytics

Series B in 2022
Kepler Analytics Pty Ltd, founded in 2014 and based in Fitzroy, Australia, specializes in retail analytics through advanced wireless phone detection technology. The company offers a range of services aimed at enhancing physical store performance, including foot traffic counting, sales conversion tracking, and customer behavior analysis. Utilizing invisible sensors, Kepler Analytics captures data on various metrics such as shopfront and inside foot traffic, return visits, dwell time, and fitting room conversion. Their solutions enable real-time monitoring of conversion rates, integrated sales targets, and flexible performance comparisons, facilitating effective management and decision-making for retailers. By providing insights into shopper behavior, Kepler Analytics helps retail managers optimize customer experiences and unlock new opportunities for improvement across workforce management, merchandising, marketing, and competitive benchmarking. The company operates as a subsidiary of Reinventure Group Pty Ltd.

Slyp

Series A in 2022
Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.

Kasada

Series C in 2021
Kasada Pty Ltd is an Australian company specializing in cyber-security software solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chippendale, Australia, with additional offices in the United States and the United Kingdom, Kasada develops a cloud-based product known as Kasada Polyform. This product focuses on automated bot detection and mitigation specifically designed for enterprise web applications. By addressing the economic challenges associated with the misuse of automation in applications and APIs, Kasada aims to enhance the security posture of organizations against malicious automated threats.

Safewill

Series A in 2021
Safewill Pty. Ltd., operating as Safewill, is a digital platform specializing in estate planning services, particularly for will creation. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Safewill collaborates with law firms and employs an in-house legal team to ensure its software produces legally binding wills. The platform has gained significant traction, attracting thousands of users by offering a straightforward and cost-effective solution for individuals looking to draft their wills online.

FrankieOne

Series A in 2021
Frankie Financial offers a single API to connects to all the KYC, AML and Fraud Mitigation providers.

Immutable

Series B in 2021
Immutable Pty Ltd, founded in 2018 and based in Sydney, Australia, specializes in developing video games that leverage blockchain technology. The company focuses on creating scalable infrastructure that enhances in-game economies, promoting transparency and enabling player ownership of in-game assets. Immutable provides tools and services that allow players the freedom to trade and build their gaming experiences. Originally known as Fuel Games Pty Ltd, the company emphasizes empowering players by returning control over digital assets to them.

InDebted

Series B in 2021
InDebted Pty Ltd is a debt collection agency founded in 2016, with its headquarters in North Sydney, Australia, and additional offices in Manila and London. The company specializes in developing a cloud-based debt collection platform that utilizes machine learning to tailor debt management solutions according to consumer preferences. This innovative platform offers application programming interfaces (APIs) that integrate with customer account systems, allowing small and medium businesses to provide flexible payment options to their clients. InDebted aims to enhance debt recovery outcomes while fostering customer engagement and financial well-being, ultimately contributing to a more loyal customer base.

Akin

Funding Round in 2021
Akin A.I., PBC is an artificial intelligence company that integrates neuroscience into their AI software. The company through its software model human pattern recognition, mental models, and implicit conceptual systems for quick decision making. Akin A.I., PBC is based in San Francisco, California.

Kasada

Series B in 2020
Kasada Pty Ltd is an Australian company specializing in cyber-security software solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chippendale, Australia, with additional offices in the United States and the United Kingdom, Kasada develops a cloud-based product known as Kasada Polyform. This product focuses on automated bot detection and mitigation specifically designed for enterprise web applications. By addressing the economic challenges associated with the misuse of automation in applications and APIs, Kasada aims to enhance the security posture of organizations against malicious automated threats.

Slyp

Seed Round in 2020
Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.

InDebted

Series A in 2020
InDebted Pty Ltd is a debt collection agency founded in 2016, with its headquarters in North Sydney, Australia, and additional offices in Manila and London. The company specializes in developing a cloud-based debt collection platform that utilizes machine learning to tailor debt management solutions according to consumer preferences. This innovative platform offers application programming interfaces (APIs) that integrate with customer account systems, allowing small and medium businesses to provide flexible payment options to their clients. InDebted aims to enhance debt recovery outcomes while fostering customer engagement and financial well-being, ultimately contributing to a more loyal customer base.

Valiant

Series B in 2019
Valiant Finance Pty. Ltd. operates an online marketplace for business loans in Australia, headquartered in Surry Hills. Founded in 2015, the company utilizes proprietary technology to connect businesses with lenders based on their specific characteristics and loan needs. The platform allows business owners and their advisers to explore various financing options, including equipment finance, unsecured loans, debtor finance, and working capital. By facilitating comparisons of loan rates, terms, and fees, Valiant aims to empower small business owners to find the most suitable and affordable financing solutions available to them.

Immutable

Series A in 2019
Immutable Pty Ltd, founded in 2018 and based in Sydney, Australia, specializes in developing video games that leverage blockchain technology. The company focuses on creating scalable infrastructure that enhances in-game economies, promoting transparency and enabling player ownership of in-game assets. Immutable provides tools and services that allow players the freedom to trade and build their gaming experiences. Originally known as Fuel Games Pty Ltd, the company emphasizes empowering players by returning control over digital assets to them.

Basiq

Venture Round in 2019
Basiq Pty Ltd provides open banking API platform. The company offers access to financial data, real time banking data, and account and transaction data through the set of APIs. It also provides SDKs, documentation, and sandbox environment to help APIs to integrate with application. Additionally the company offers secure environment, multi-factor authentication, restricted network access, data encryption, secure development practices, and real time monitoring. Basiq Pty Ltd was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Slyp

Seed Round in 2019
Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.

Kepler Analytics

Series A in 2019
Kepler Analytics Pty Ltd, founded in 2014 and based in Fitzroy, Australia, specializes in retail analytics through advanced wireless phone detection technology. The company offers a range of services aimed at enhancing physical store performance, including foot traffic counting, sales conversion tracking, and customer behavior analysis. Utilizing invisible sensors, Kepler Analytics captures data on various metrics such as shopfront and inside foot traffic, return visits, dwell time, and fitting room conversion. Their solutions enable real-time monitoring of conversion rates, integrated sales targets, and flexible performance comparisons, facilitating effective management and decision-making for retailers. By providing insights into shopper behavior, Kepler Analytics helps retail managers optimize customer experiences and unlock new opportunities for improvement across workforce management, merchandising, marketing, and competitive benchmarking. The company operates as a subsidiary of Reinventure Group Pty Ltd.

Kasada

Venture Round in 2019
Kasada Pty Ltd is an Australian company specializing in cyber-security software solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chippendale, Australia, with additional offices in the United States and the United Kingdom, Kasada develops a cloud-based product known as Kasada Polyform. This product focuses on automated bot detection and mitigation specifically designed for enterprise web applications. By addressing the economic challenges associated with the misuse of automation in applications and APIs, Kasada aims to enhance the security posture of organizations against malicious automated threats.

Curious Thing AI

Seed Round in 2019
Curious Thing is conversational AI company for Digital Interviewer based in Sydney, Australia. It is powered by state-of-the-art Machine Learning and NLP technologies to deliver next-generation hiring solutions with true intelligence and scalability.

Data Republic

Series B in 2018
Data Republic Pty Limited develops a data exchange platform that allows data to flow securely between individuals, organizations, and governments. It offers Senate Platform, a data governance platform for data sharing the complex legal, data security, and privacy barriers to data sharing with partners; and Senate Matching a dataset with other organizations that provides a more holistic view of the customer and improve the customer experience. It also offers Customer Cloud Suite enables senate platform users to facilitate data sharing projects without having to move source data from their own secured AWS environments. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Sydney, Australia. It has office location in Calabasas, California; and Singapore.

Valiant

Series A in 2018
Valiant Finance Pty. Ltd. operates an online marketplace for business loans in Australia, headquartered in Surry Hills. Founded in 2015, the company utilizes proprietary technology to connect businesses with lenders based on their specific characteristics and loan needs. The platform allows business owners and their advisers to explore various financing options, including equipment finance, unsecured loans, debtor finance, and working capital. By facilitating comparisons of loan rates, terms, and fees, Valiant aims to empower small business owners to find the most suitable and affordable financing solutions available to them.

Flare

Series B in 2018
Flare HR Pty. Ltd., founded in 2015 and based in Millers Point, Australia, specializes in human resource application software aimed at enhancing employee engagement. The company provides a comprehensive human resource management and benefits platform that serves various industries, including retail, hospitality, health and aged care, commercial cleaning, and transport and logistics. Flare's technology is utilized by over 2,500 companies, benefiting approximately 650,000 workers. The platform streamlines onboarding, employee benefits, and engagement processes, leading to improved employee retention and organizational culture. Additionally, Flare offers financial services through its Slate brand, which assists Australians in managing their finances, planning, saving, and investing. This integration of HR and financial solutions allows employees to access essential resources through leading HR and payroll platforms, creating a more efficient and supportive workplace environment.

Kasada

Venture Round in 2018
Kasada Pty Ltd is an Australian company specializing in cyber-security software solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chippendale, Australia, with additional offices in the United States and the United Kingdom, Kasada develops a cloud-based product known as Kasada Polyform. This product focuses on automated bot detection and mitigation specifically designed for enterprise web applications. By addressing the economic challenges associated with the misuse of automation in applications and APIs, Kasada aims to enhance the security posture of organizations against malicious automated threats.

Everproof

Seed Round in 2018
Everproof is a background screening and verification platform that is creating greater trust and transparency in regulated industries. Unlike other screening services that perform these checks as a once-off, Everproof creates a continuous verified profile that can be utilised on an ongoing basis. This helps organisations monitor the compliance of their workforce beyond the point of entry and enables individuals to own their digital identity to streamline transactions moving forward. Ultimately Everproof’s mission is to become a shared verification resource that can be trusted by anyone, anywhere.

Data Republic

Series A in 2018
Data Republic Pty Limited develops a data exchange platform that allows data to flow securely between individuals, organizations, and governments. It offers Senate Platform, a data governance platform for data sharing the complex legal, data security, and privacy barriers to data sharing with partners; and Senate Matching a dataset with other organizations that provides a more holistic view of the customer and improve the customer experience. It also offers Customer Cloud Suite enables senate platform users to facilitate data sharing projects without having to move source data from their own secured AWS environments. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Sydney, Australia. It has office location in Calabasas, California; and Singapore.

BRICKX

Series A in 2017
BRICKX is the only regulated retail investor platform in Australia that allows investors access to the real estate asset class and provides an in-platform secondary market for liquidity. The company intends to redefine how property investors gain exposure to real estate, through a transparent, low touch and accessible way.

Flare

Venture Round in 2017
Flare HR Pty. Ltd., founded in 2015 and based in Millers Point, Australia, specializes in human resource application software aimed at enhancing employee engagement. The company provides a comprehensive human resource management and benefits platform that serves various industries, including retail, hospitality, health and aged care, commercial cleaning, and transport and logistics. Flare's technology is utilized by over 2,500 companies, benefiting approximately 650,000 workers. The platform streamlines onboarding, employee benefits, and engagement processes, leading to improved employee retention and organizational culture. Additionally, Flare offers financial services through its Slate brand, which assists Australians in managing their finances, planning, saving, and investing. This integration of HR and financial solutions allows employees to access essential resources through leading HR and payroll platforms, creating a more efficient and supportive workplace environment.

Hyper Anna

Series A in 2017
Hyper Anna Pty. Ltd., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, specializes in machine intelligence and behavioral analytics software solutions. The company offers an AI-powered analytics platform that allows users to analyze data and derive insights quickly, regardless of their technical expertise. By replacing the tedious tasks of data processing and presentation design, Hyper Anna empowers organizations to make informed decisions in real time. Its platform integrates with various databases and supports ad hoc analysis through simple configurations. Recognized as a leading innovator by multiple industry authorities, including Gartner and Deloitte, Hyper Anna serves major clients worldwide, including Microsoft, IAG, Westpac, and Singtel, with offices in Australia and Singapore.

Basiq

Seed Round in 2017
Basiq Pty Ltd provides open banking API platform. The company offers access to financial data, real time banking data, and account and transaction data through the set of APIs. It also provides SDKs, documentation, and sandbox environment to help APIs to integrate with application. Additionally the company offers secure environment, multi-factor authentication, restricted network access, data encryption, secure development practices, and real time monitoring. Basiq Pty Ltd was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

InDebted

Seed Round in 2017
InDebted Pty Ltd is a debt collection agency founded in 2016, with its headquarters in North Sydney, Australia, and additional offices in Manila and London. The company specializes in developing a cloud-based debt collection platform that utilizes machine learning to tailor debt management solutions according to consumer preferences. This innovative platform offers application programming interfaces (APIs) that integrate with customer account systems, allowing small and medium businesses to provide flexible payment options to their clients. InDebted aims to enhance debt recovery outcomes while fostering customer engagement and financial well-being, ultimately contributing to a more loyal customer base.

Doshii

Seed Round in 2017
Doshii is Connecting Hospitality. Our mission is to build a marketplace that seamlessly connects hospitality apps to venues via their Point of Sale. We dream of a world where café counters are free from unnecessary hardware, double-keying orders & menus is a thing of the past, and apps integrate with restaurants at the click of a button.
More people convert with Fillr. Fillr has developed 'Autofill as a Service' an autofill platform that seamlessly integrates into your app, enabling your customers to transact faster, boosting your conversions and revenue. We've spent over four years (and lots of hard-earned $) building the world's best autofill... So you don't have to. Our powerful mapping engine, algorithms and machine learning technology utilise advanced proprietary textual heuristics to read forms as close to human representation as possible. Fillr’s Autofill API’s are powering transactions on the world's top fintech, ecommerce, metasearch, cashback and coupon apps. Fillr's next generation autofill technology delivers unprecedented accuracy and speed, and unlike other ‘payment' platforms, Fillr can be used anywhere regardless of a merchant being integrated with us and can be used for any transaction, even those that don’t require payment. "When a user engages our autofill tech on a checkout form, they are 2.2x more likely to convert using Fillr than those who choose to type and they spend 19.66% more p/m" Fillr is led by second time entrepreneurs Chris Koch and Chad Stephens. With their first tech venture 1Form, they transformed the Australian housing market gaining 90% market share before it was acquired by publicly listed REA/Newscorp (Realestate.com.au, $6b market cap). Fillr has offices in Melbourne and San Francisco and is backed by SoftBank China Capital, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Reinventure (Westpac Bank) and Constant Innovation. Fillr’s investors have collective experience in creating, growing and managing hyper-growth companies and are some of world’s most successful tech entrepreneurs. Recent investment by SoftBank China Capital, Alibaba’s single largest investor, provides further endorsement of Fillr’s advanced tech and mission to make transacting on mobile easier.

Hyper Anna

Venture Round in 2016
Hyper Anna Pty. Ltd., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, specializes in machine intelligence and behavioral analytics software solutions. The company offers an AI-powered analytics platform that allows users to analyze data and derive insights quickly, regardless of their technical expertise. By replacing the tedious tasks of data processing and presentation design, Hyper Anna empowers organizations to make informed decisions in real time. Its platform integrates with various databases and supports ad hoc analysis through simple configurations. Recognized as a leading innovator by multiple industry authorities, including Gartner and Deloitte, Hyper Anna serves major clients worldwide, including Microsoft, IAG, Westpac, and Singtel, with offices in Australia and Singapore.

OpenAgent.com.au

Series B in 2016
In Australia we are completely obsessed with property. Yet, even in Australia, real estate is an industry that still often fails to delight the consumer. A couple of years ago we set out to transform the way property is transacted. OpenAgent.com.au is a platform where sellers can compare and hire real estate agents to: - Find an agent who sells at the price they promise - Engage an agent on terms that make sense - Monitor the transaction progress end-to-end

Assembly Payments

Series A in 2016
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.

Valiant

Seed Round in 2016
Valiant Finance Pty. Ltd. operates an online marketplace for business loans in Australia, headquartered in Surry Hills. Founded in 2015, the company utilizes proprietary technology to connect businesses with lenders based on their specific characteristics and loan needs. The platform allows business owners and their advisers to explore various financing options, including equipment finance, unsecured loans, debtor finance, and working capital. By facilitating comparisons of loan rates, terms, and fees, Valiant aims to empower small business owners to find the most suitable and affordable financing solutions available to them.

Data Republic

Series A in 2016
Data Republic Pty Limited develops a data exchange platform that allows data to flow securely between individuals, organizations, and governments. It offers Senate Platform, a data governance platform for data sharing the complex legal, data security, and privacy barriers to data sharing with partners; and Senate Matching a dataset with other organizations that provides a more holistic view of the customer and improve the customer experience. It also offers Customer Cloud Suite enables senate platform users to facilitate data sharing projects without having to move source data from their own secured AWS environments. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Sydney, Australia. It has office location in Calabasas, California; and Singapore.

Hey You

Series B in 2016
Formerly Known as Beat The Q and Posse. Hey You is evolving the way that people order and pay at cafes, restaurants and bars. They connect customers with businesses through their app, so that you can order ahead and pay through your mobile. Hey You understand that humanity is at the core of all hospitality and we bring this to our users through our app. It also focuses on building connections between customers and businesses every day from helping venues grow and run their businesses to transforming the way customers order at their favorite venues. Hey You was founded in 2011and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Zetaris

Series A in 2015
Zetaris Pty Ltd, founded in 2012 and based in Docklands, Australia, specializes in enterprise big data analytics and solutions. The company offers a range of products aimed at transforming data management, including Alchemist for creating data products, an In-Mem Engine for memory-based query processing, and a suite of connectors to various SQL and NoSQL technologies. Zetaris focuses on Analytical Data Virtualization, allowing businesses to analyze data from disparate sources without physical duplication, thereby reducing costs and accelerating time to market. Its technologies, such as the Zetaris Database, a high-performance MPP database engine, and the optimized Zetaris Hadoop, support a wide array of analytical functions including pattern recognition and business intelligence. By addressing the often-overlooked data back office, Zetaris aims to enhance digital transformation initiatives and facilitate the development of innovative data-driven applications.

Beat the Q

Series A in 2015
Beat the Q Pty. Ltd. provides an online and mobile payment solution that allows consumers to pre-order and pay for their cafe order online in Australia. The company’s application also helps cafe owners to attract new customers to their cafe, increase customer loyalty, increase order values, and generate more orders. It also provides eCoffeeCard, a mobile loyalty card platform that brings together ordering, payment, and loyalty under one roof. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Waterloo, Australia.

Hey You

Series A in 2015
Formerly Known as Beat The Q and Posse. Hey You is evolving the way that people order and pay at cafes, restaurants and bars. They connect customers with businesses through their app, so that you can order ahead and pay through your mobile. Hey You understand that humanity is at the core of all hospitality and we bring this to our users through our app. It also focuses on building connections between customers and businesses every day from helping venues grow and run their businesses to transforming the way customers order at their favorite venues. Hey You was founded in 2011and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Assembly Payments

Venture Round in 2015
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.

Data Republic

Seed Round in 2015
Data Republic Pty Limited develops a data exchange platform that allows data to flow securely between individuals, organizations, and governments. It offers Senate Platform, a data governance platform for data sharing the complex legal, data security, and privacy barriers to data sharing with partners; and Senate Matching a dataset with other organizations that provides a more holistic view of the customer and improve the customer experience. It also offers Customer Cloud Suite enables senate platform users to facilitate data sharing projects without having to move source data from their own secured AWS environments. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Sydney, Australia. It has office location in Calabasas, California; and Singapore.

Nabo

Seed Round in 2015
Nabo is the online home for your neighbourhood and a place to keep up to date with everything that’s going on near you. It's a secure and private community network for you to connect with your neighbours. You can trust who you’re talking to because we confirm that everyone lives where they say they live. We believe in mateship and community. Nabo was created to help Australians connect with the people who share their neighbourhoods and together, we can look after everyone in our local community and make it a more vibrant and safer place to live.

Zetaris

Seed Round in 2014
Zetaris Pty Ltd, founded in 2012 and based in Docklands, Australia, specializes in enterprise big data analytics and solutions. The company offers a range of products aimed at transforming data management, including Alchemist for creating data products, an In-Mem Engine for memory-based query processing, and a suite of connectors to various SQL and NoSQL technologies. Zetaris focuses on Analytical Data Virtualization, allowing businesses to analyze data from disparate sources without physical duplication, thereby reducing costs and accelerating time to market. Its technologies, such as the Zetaris Database, a high-performance MPP database engine, and the optimized Zetaris Hadoop, support a wide array of analytical functions including pattern recognition and business intelligence. By addressing the often-overlooked data back office, Zetaris aims to enhance digital transformation initiatives and facilitate the development of innovative data-driven applications.