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REA Group
eCommerce & Marketplaces · Melbourne, Australia · Founded 1995 · IPO 2003 Decacorn
REA Group mafia
Startups founded by REA Group alumni
Former REA Group employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Karim NUnited States
Shane HannaUnited States
Patrick KerstenLuxembourg
Serge KotlyarovAustralia
Simon BakerNew Zealand
Andy SheatsAustralia
Pierre LebeauFrance
Matt McDougallAustraliaGlobal footprint
Where REA Group has talent and traffic
(1 of 3,958 staff)
team presence
Capital deployed
REA Group's 21 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where REA Group appeared as a backer or acquirer, 2008–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
21 deals across REA Group's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
REA Group's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about REA Group
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about REA Group on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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Live deal flow, founder pedigree, hiring signals, revenue trajectory, and the full cap table.