ANZi has been renamed 1835i Group and will operate as an independent company with sole funding from banking parent ANZ.

Australia-based financial services provider ANZ Bank has spun off corporate venturing unit ANZi and rebranded it as 1835i Group.

The renamed 1835i Group will operate as an independent company with two branches: 1835i Creation Lab and 1835i Ventures. The moves comes three years after ANZi was founded.

ANZ will remain the sole investor in funds managed by 1835i (the name is a nod to the foundation of ANZ in 1835 in London when the Bank of Australasia was established under…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.