# Top 50 Angel Investors in Oceania in June 2026 ## Chris Sang - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer ## Emlyn Scott - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Emlyn has spent more than 30 years navigating the complex landscapes of finance, financial markets and technology as a founder, public company CEO, angel investor, VC investor and fund manager. He's had the opportunity to make over 70 venture capital investments in innovative companies like Nutromics, DataRobot, Calm App, Cerebras Systems,Skylark Labs, Zainar, and Kami, and a similar number personally as an angel. He is a founder of OpenMarkets Group, one of Australia's largest online brokers. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s second largest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: - Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) - Masters Business Administration (MBA) - Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI) - Bachelor of Economics (BEc) ## Leigh Jasper - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne. ## Didier Elzinga - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Music Didier previously co-founded technical academy award winning Rising Sun Research and is non-executive director at Tourism Australia, the Atlassian Foundation and Slingsby Theatre. If you want a short meeting, don't ask about philosophy (you were warned!). ## Les Szekely - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Customer Service, Travel Les Szekely B.A. LL.M. FAICD, is an active business angel, mentor, and M&A consultant. He started GPC in 2010 after a career of almost 30 years as a tax consulting partner and director with Horwaths Chartered Accountants and then Deloitte. He is the author of over a dozen books on taxation law, has been an active angel investor since 1999 andis currently a director of several early stage and maturing companies. ## Robert Phillpot - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction Co-founder Rob Phillpot is senior vice president of product and engineering, responsible for product vision, strategy and management. He has been instrumental in developing the company’s business on a global scale and ensuring that Aconex solutions deliver a superior customer experience to buyers and users. Before founding Aconex in 2000 with CEOand director Leigh Jasper, he managed document control, quality and trades on a site team at Brookfield Multiplex. Prior to Brookfield Multiplex, Mr. Phillpot was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Australia. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Planning and Design degrees with Honors and a Master of Building degree from the University of Melbourne. ## Gabby Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Internet Gabby Leibovich is the co-founder and managing director at Catch.com.au. ## Thomas Rice - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Apps, Developer Platform Portfolio of the Global Innovation Share Fund at Perpetual (post-IPO). Angel investor in Australia. Mentor at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator. ## Mark Livings - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Communities Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands. ## Hezi Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Apps, FinTech Serial entrepreneur and investor Founded some of Australia’s most successful B2C companies. Over $500m in exits in the last 5 years. ## Cameron Adams - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Farming, Software, Recycling Prior to Fluent, Cameron spent almost 4 years at Google, first working as lead designer on Wave and then creating future concepts for browsing social content. Prior to that he ran his own successful design consultancy, has authored four books on web design and regularly speaks at conferences around the world. ## Bevan Clark - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, B2B Board Member at YourGrocer. ## Chadd Ciccarelli - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology Chadd Ciccarelli ## Scott Farquhar - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS Scott Farquhar is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company that helps teams organise, discuss and complete shared work. More than 150,000 large and small organisations, NFPs, and government agencies across the world, including companies like ANZ bank, Spotify, Twilio, Mercy Ships and Visa use Atlassian’scollaboration products to help their teams work better together.In 2015, Scott helped spearhead Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business. Atlassian, and almost 4,000 companies around the world have joined the movement.Scott was the youngest person ever to be awarded the ‘Australian Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2006 by Ernst & Young alongside Co-Founder and Co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes. In 2016 both Scott and Mike Cannon-Brookes were awarded Australian Financial Review's 'Australian Business Person of the Year' and in 2017 Forbes named them on their ‘Global Game Changers’ list.Outside of Atlassian, Scott co-founded a private investment fund, Skip Capital, which focuses on fast-growing technology companies, with a particular interest in the intersection of big data and health. Scott holds a BSc (Business Information Technology) from the University of New South Wales, Australia. ## Andrew Larsen - Type: Angel - Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Fitness I'm passionate about technology entrepreneurship and value creation.My primary role is the Investment Director at Larsen Ventures; an active investor in early-stage technology companies.I'm also a Partner & IC member @ Folklore Ventures, Board member at a number of growth stage startups, and feel incredibly privileged to bebacking some incredibly smart and driven Founders.I love supporting the local innovation ecosystem, and showcasing Australian technology on the world stage. I'm sometime lucky enough to be a judge, mentor, and adviser within the Australian ecosystem. ## Guy King - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, B2B Guy King is the Co-Founder of Stateless Systems Pty Ltd. Guy King wrote BugMeNot as a "slapped-together" weekend project in 2003 that went on to become a worldwide hit. After time working a Realestate.com.au, Guy King founded Stateless Systems in 2007 and launched RetailMeNot, a consumer coupon sites. ## Craig Winkler - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Apps Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his timeworking in the philanthropic sector. ## Lars Rasmussen - Type: Angel - Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Apps, Video Google Maps Co-Founder / Defiance Capital Co-Founder / Angel Investor / Panathēnea Co-Founder / Kite Surfing Coffee Enthusiast ## Stephen Baxter - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B - Focus: Software, Transportation, IaaS Stephen Baxter - Founder @ River City Labs ## Rayn Ong - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Marketing Rayn Ong - Partner @ Archangel Ventures ## Larry Diamond - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Larry Diamond is the founder of ZipMoney, a company that provides shoppers with online credit facilities. He was previously a director at Diamond Capital Partners. Diamond holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Technology, Sydney and a master’s degree from UNSW Australia. ## Stani Kulechov - Type: Angel - Location: Como, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with extensive experience developing technology in the crypto, blockchain, and fintech space. Stani is also a mentor to many founders and advisors of ICOs and blockchain projects and has spoken at numerous FinTech, Blockchain and cryptocurrency events,particularly on topics related to Ethereum Smart Contracts. ## Damian George - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce Damian George ## Allan Moss - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology Allan Moss acts an adviser to Anchorage’s Investment Committee. Currently Principal of Allan Moss Investments, a private investment company, Allan retired from the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group in May 2008. He was with Macquarie Group for 31 years and served as CEO from 1993 to his retirement in2008. He was also a non- executive director of CSR Ltd from 1996 to 2001.Allan graduated from Sydney University in Arts with a major in Economics and in Laws with Honours. He is also a graduate of Harvard University with a Masters Degree in Business Administration with High Distinction. Allan has received numerous industry awards and recognitions. He was twice named by Barron’s Magazine as one of the 30 most respected CEOs in the world (2006, 2007). He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005. ## Alexey Mitko - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics Alexey Mitko is a Co-Founder of Eucalyptus. ## Guy Pearson - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Accounting, SaaS Guy has more then a decade's experience in professional practice and is a Chartered Accountant. Before Practice Ignition he founded and grew Interactive Accounting and Your Modern Practice. Guy's extremely passionate about providing small business owners with better information and better advice. ## Bosco Tan - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Bosco Tan ## James McKinnon - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software James McKinnon - Managing Partner @ MIRIN CAPITAL ## Greta Bradman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, AgTech, Software Greta Bradman ## Cyan Ta'eed - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Consumer, CleanTech Cyan Ta'eed was born in Sydney, Australia. She worked as a graphic designer before co-founding Envato in 2006 with her husband, Collis Ta'eed, and his best friend, Jun Rung. She now serves on Envato's Board of Directors. Cyan Ta'eed is also the co-creator of New Day Box, a charity focusing on women in crisis. ## Justus Hammer - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Fashion, FinTech Justus is a seasoned entrepreneur who has been working in the technology space for over a decade. First as a founder of Spreets and later as an investor and advisor to other startups such as Airtasker. His latest venture is Sellable with which he plans to revolutionise the real estate landscape in Australia. ## Ruslan Kogan - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, SaaS, FinTech Ruslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, having created and run many successful businesses. He is one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, and his Internet ventures have expanded to include a global footprint. His companies have operations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, with much more international expansion planned. Histremendous success made him Australia's wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. The technology manufacturer and online retailer he created, Kogan.com, has gone on to become the biggest online retailer in Australia, valued at over $400 million.Ruslan Kogan is a regular guest contributor to TechCrunch, Forbes, Gizmodo, and other outlets. ## Adam Schwab - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series C - Focus: Software, Wellness, Art Adam Schwab, 36, studied Law/Commerce at Monash University before becoming a corporate lawyer specialising in mergers & acquisitions at Freehills (now HerbertSmithFreehills). At 25, Adam co-founded corporate accommodation and services group, Living Corporate Apartments. In 2010, Adam co-founded what would soon become the Lux Group. In2011, Adam co-founded of MyTable, which eventually formed part of Menulog (which was sold to JustEat in 2015). Adam is currently an investor and non-executive director of online art marketplace, BlueThumb.com.au.In 2015, Adam was named the Australian Young Executive of the Year by CEO Magazine, and Adam has been a director of the Myeloma Foundation of Australia since 2010. ## Mark Harbottle - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, FinTech Matt Harbottle co-founded Melbourne-based SitePoint.com 10 years ago with Matt Mickiewicz, and grew it into a profitable, multi-million dollar company without any venture capital or outside funding. The company has been profitable every single month since its inception and is actively involved in publishing & marketplaces for Web Professionals.In 2008, Mark spun off 99designs out of SitePoint as its own separate business. 99designs has become the market leader in crowdsourced graphic design and currently sees a new graphic uploaded to the site every 7 seconds and pays out over $1,000,000 to designers every month. In April 2011 99designs received $35m in a Round A led by Accel Partners.99designs has run crowdsourced design projects for tens of thousands of small business owners, as well as big brands like Adidas, TiVo, Dish Networks, and bestselling authors like Tim Ferriss and Rick Warren (author of “The Purpose Driven Lifeâ€).In June of 2009, Mark and Matt launched Flippa.com, a marketplace for buying and selling small websites via auction. Flippa currently sells over $2 million worth of website assets per month, with its biggest sale ever being ReTweet.com which sold for $250,000.In January of 2011, Learnable.com was launched, again as a spin off from SitePoint. Learnable is a peer to peer education platform where anyone can create an online course and sell access to it online. ## Matt Berriman - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Advertising, Financial Services Matt Berriman is the Chairman of Mental Health Australia. ## Darren Patterson - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Sports, Travel, Banking Mr Patterson has more than 20 years’ experience working with both start-up and blue-chip technology companies spanning Australia, Europe, US and Asia. As a leading senior executive, his experience includes telecoms, IT, digital media and venture capital. Mr Patterson is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Alchemy Ventures, an ESVCLP venturecapital fund established to invest in teams and ideas which changes lives and industries, whilst having a positive impact on human and environmental wellness.Mr Patterson's international experience has seen him hold senior business development roles with Yahoo, ECI Telecom, Energis Communications / Cable and Wireless PLC and Cisco Systems. He has been an investor in technology ventures Abyss Solutions, Persollo, Republic Capital Management, Firstwave Cloud Technology, Lumific and Datasift where he secured investment from US venture funds.Most recently he was the CEO and Co-Founder of Australia’s only regulated property investment platform, BrickX, and was CEO and executive director of Property Connect Holdings (ASX:PCH).Mr Patterson holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Directors. ## Antonio Palanca - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce Antonio has previously co-founded successful e-commerce and supply chain companies both here and in Asia with China Direct Partners. He is also an experienced commercial executive having held senior management roles in IBM, Sun, and Optus communications. He holds a bachelors degree in Economics and a degree in Psychology and is a member of ESA, APS& GKHS. ## Quinn Quinn - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Software, Transportation, Apps Adrian became a serial entrepreneur who had multiple exits across the USA, Australia and NZ. Adrian is co-founder and lead investor at AngelCube, Melbourne’s first venture accelerator, which provides seed investment and mentoring for technology start-ups and recently won StartupSmart magazine’s “Best Start-up Investor” award. Adrian is alsofounding chairman of Investors' Organisation, whose mission is to grow the pool of investors willing to support Australia’s next generation of entrepreneurs, through collaboration and idea exchange. Adrian has invested in more than 40 Australian and US startups. ## Zak Islam - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Marketplace Zak Islam is a CTO at Linktree.Zak Islam attended Ryerson University. ## DCF GOD - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) DCF GOD ## Brendan Hill - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps I’m an entrepreneur, angel investor and growth marketer.I started angel investing after my ecommerce startup was acquired in 2016. I love investing because it’s one of the most intellectually stimulating things you can do. You’re constantly learning about new ideas, technologies and gaining a surface level education in many areas. I’ve investedin awesome startups from Fintech, Blockchain, Data, Sharing Economy, Renewable Energy, Health, Podcasting and Computer Vision.As an angel investor, I provide a combination of capital, time, network, and expertise to the startups I invest in. ## Lisa Kate Miller - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Automotive, Electric Vehicle head of product ## Rowan Simpson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Music, Parking Rowan Simpson - Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group ## Nicholas Assef - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Battery Investment banker, founder, angel capitalist. FOcussed on industrial technology applications including renewable energy and recycling technology. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management. ## Kain Warwick - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services Kain Warwick is the Co-Founder and CEO at blueshyft ## Michael Gonski - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Legal, Drones, Software Michael Gonski ## David Shein - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet David has been involved in investing in and managing a number of start-up and early stage technology companies, many of which have been successfully exited. David was the founder and Managing Director of Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd. and established Dimension Data Australia (formerly Com Tech Communications) in July 1987 as a SpecialistSupplier of networking and communications products. At the time of sale, Dimension data employed over 1400 people, had revenues of $700mil with no external debt. The company was sold for an enterprise value of over $1bil on 2000. David actively mentors management teams. David recently served as the Chairman of Centric Wealth Advisers Ltd. and was Chairman of Holly Connects, Inc. David was also Executive Chairman and Founding Investor of Macromatix . David is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Montech Holdings Limited. David holds a B.Comm and B. Acc from the University of Witwatersrand. ## Philip McCaw - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Energy, Retail, Internet Phil McCaw - Managing Partner @ Movac ## Collis Ta'eed - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Email Collis Ta'eed grew up in Papua New Guinea. He moved to Australia to attend university and later worked as a web designer, selling Flash stock on the side. His experience selling stock inspired him to co-found Envato with his wife, Cyan Ta'eed, and best friend, Jun Rung. Collis has served as Envato's CEO since the company'sfounding in 2006.