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London fintech fund Apis presses the flesh Down Under

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Mar 3, 2025 – 11.00am

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Apis Partners dealmakers have escaped London’s grey skies and are soaking up the final days of a Sydney summer as they run the rule over a handful of growth companies in Australia and press the flesh with investors.

Apis is a global fintech private equity investor, overseeing $US2.3 billion ($3.7 billion) in assets under management. Its portfolio is home to stakes in UK-based Moneybox, Asia-based Kpay and Egyptian non-bank financial services company MNT. It also holds Leap Finance, a financing platform for students accessing universities, which operates in Australia.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.