NAB Ventures is a global initiative supporting entrepreneurs in Australia and offshore in their quest to build leading technology companies. Our partners have founded, led, and invested in technology companies for two decades in both Australia and the US.
Investment themes
NAB Ventures invest in innovative technologies and business models that address themes core to NAB’s strategic priorities outlined below.
NAB Ventures will leverage NAB’s core capabilities, driving customer insights and solutions via its deep understanding of customer data along with the inherent bank capabilities of trust, security and identity management.
Connected business
Provide a 'connected' experience for small and medium businesses.
Technologies that help small and medium business customers manage all of their financial needs (including banking, tax, invoicing, and payroll) at every stage of their journey. Specialist offerings in health and agribusiness are of particular interest.
Home ownership
Support retail customers through the full home ownership journey
Leap – help customers find and secure a property
Land – make it easy for customers to reach settlement
Live – provide insights and tools to manage all aspects of home ownership
Cashless world
Build easier, faster, richer payments for customers.
Technologies to enhance credit and debit card offerings and support our customers in fully embracing and benefiting from new innovations such as digital wallets, real time payments, and blockchain-enabled solutions.
Empowered investment
Help customers build, monitor and manage wealth.
Disruptive solutions for wealth management (including deposits, property, equities, funds and super), to help customers achieve better investment outcomes.
Industry focus areas (vertical)
- AgTech
- Asset and wealth management
- FinTech
- InsurTech
- Payments and commerce
- PropTech
- RegTech
Industry focus areas (horizontal)
- Alternative lending/credit
- Blockchain technology
- Core banking technology
- Cybersecurity
- Data and AI/ML
- Digital
- Enterprise SaaS
Investment process
NAB Ventures understands that leading technologies are funded quickly. We have developed streamlined internal investment processes to match the speed of high-growth ventures. Investee companies can go from a signed term sheet to investment close in as little as four weeks.