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Macquarie Capital Venture Capital

Profile and portfolio

Parent Macquarie GroupHQ Sydney, AustraliaFounded 1996

Macquarie Capital Venture Capital is the corporate venture arm of Macquarie Group, a financial services company. It was founded in 1996 and is based in Sydney, Australia. It invests from seed to Series C+. Sectors it names: enterprise software, artificial intelligence.

Companies backedS1
54

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series C+
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Stage rangeSeed to Series C+
SectorsEnterprise software, Artificial intelligence
GeographyEurope, Middle East and Africa, Oceania
OfficesSydney, Australia

Sources: S12 octonomy: seed round led by Macquarie Capital Venture Capital; S1 Macquarie Capital Venture Capital.

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Investment stage: Seed to Series C+

Sources: S12 octonomy: seed round led by Macquarie Capital Venture Capital; S1 Macquarie Capital Venture Capital.

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Scale and capital allocated
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Companies backed54companiesStated by the firmS1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page18companiesCounted from the firm's own listS1

Sources: S1 Macquarie Capital Venture Capital.

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Scale and capital allocated

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Sources: S1 Macquarie Capital Venture Capital.

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Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters
Sydney, Australia

Investment regionsS12S1

LeadersS12S11

  • Elmar BroscheitGlobal Co-Head, Macquarie Capital Venture CapitalLinkedIn
  • Gary MunitzGlobal Co-Head, Macquarie Capital Venture CapitalLinkedIn

Macquarie Capital Venture Capital on LinkedIn

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyMacquarie Group (ASX: MQG)Single sourceS1
Parent industryBanking and financial servicesSingle sourceS1
Founded1996Single sourceS3
HeadquartersSydney, AustraliaSingle sourceS1
StatusActiveSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS1
Companies backed54Single sourceS1
StagesSeed, Series A, Series B, Series C+ (inferred from announced rounds)EstimateS12

Recent rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountLed by the firmSource
2026-08-25CoralogixSeries C+Not statedNoS14
2026-03-18ForesightSeries AUSD 25MYesS11
2025-11-03octonomySeedUSD 20MYesS12
2025-10-14KOR FinancialSeries BNot statedYesS13
2025-04-08HawkSeries C+USD 56MNoS15
2024-07-31HawkSeries BNot statedNoS2

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 18 companies.S1

The firm also states 54 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

5 companies on the Macquarie Capital Venture Capital portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Macquarie Capital Venture Capital list

18 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S1 Read the firm's list.

  • Atelier
  • BioCatch
  • Coralogix
  • D-ID
  • EstateXchange
  • Fincom
  • FoodByUs
  • Foresight
  • Forwood Safety
  • Hawk
  • Hyro
  • KOR Financial
  • Next Payments
  • Nuix
  • Octonomy
  • RecordPoint
  • Sapia.ai
  • Shield FC

History

  1. Dan Phillips founded Macquarie's technology venture capital businessS3
  2. Macquarie Capital led an investment in Hawk (Series B extension)S2
  3. Led KOR Series B (2025-10-14) and octonomy seed (2025-11-03)S13
  4. Led Foresight Series A (2026-03-18); joined Coralogix Series F extension (2026-08-25)S11

About Macquarie Group

ItemDetailSource
Listed asASX: MQGS1
HeadquartersAustraliaS1

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

  • Website www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/company/macquarie-capital/venture-capital.html

Sources

  1. S1Macquarie Capital Venture CapitalFirm
  2. S2Macquarie joins Hawk as investorPress
  3. S3Macquarie: Life and longevity in venture capital (Dan Phillips, founded the VC business in 1996)Firm
  4. S4Macquarie: Investing in AI-powered inclusive recruitment software (Sapia.ai)Firm
  5. S5Macquarie: Investing in workplace fatality prevention software (Forwood)Firm
  6. S6YouTube (Macquarie Group): Macquarie Capital Venture Capital, driving transformative solutions through AIPress
  7. S7YouTube (Macquarie Group): Sapia.ai, AI-driven inclusive recruitment softwarePress
  8. S8YouTube (Macquarie Group): Hawk, AI-powered financial crime detection softwarePress
  9. S9YouTube (Macquarie Group): Forwood, building a global safety solution softwarePress
  10. S10Innovation Bay: E84 Dan Phillips, Macquarie CapitalPress
  11. S11GlobeNewswire (Foresight): Series A led by Macquarie Capital Venture CapitalPortfolio company
  12. S12octonomy: seed round led by Macquarie Capital Venture CapitalPortfolio company
  13. S13KOR: Series B led by Macquarie Capital Venture CapitalPortfolio company
  14. S14Coralogix: adds Macquarie Capital Venture Capital as investor (Series F extension)Portfolio company
  15. S15Hawk: raises 56M Series CPortfolio company

Disclaimer and corrections

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