Top 10 Art Startup Investors in Oceania in May 2026

Black Sheep Capital is making its mark as a preferred investment capital provider due to their 'Everyone Wins' approach. Their philosophy is to work with their investment partners to create and grow opportunities where they can all enjoy success. Through this approach, they have been able to create a diverse portfolio of investments thatcontinues to grow.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series C
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
TokenOne — TokenOne is a Cyber Security software company that makes it easy to replace passwords, tokens and other forms of authentication with a more secure solution.
ProfitPeak — Unify marketing performance, margin clarity, and inventory risk for profitable growth.

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Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Okkular — Okkular is an AI based fashion tech startup.
iiShield — iiShield aims to improve patient outcomes and surgeon training in transplant surgery by providing effective organ heat protection.
Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.

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EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Blend AI — Making online advertising easy for everyone. Blend connects to your store helping you measure the impact your ads are having on revenue.
Mutiny — Mutiny is an analytics platform for marketing investments with a sizable customer base.
Fergus — Fergus is a smart field service management software for service businesses. Make job management easy and carry out work better with our all-in-one solution.

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We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
PropHero — Invest wisely in real estate There is an easier way to invest in real estate. Whether you are just getting started or already on your investment journey, at Pro
Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.

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We exist to serve great entrepreneurs with honest advice and education, investment capital that is fair, and an open door to our international network and connections.

Investment focus

Software, Animation, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Mobli — At Mobli we provide everything you need to build a great customer experience and optimise your mobility services with no long term commitments.
Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
Space Rock Games — Space Rock Games is the developer behind Criminals Within - a cooperative-only action game set in a medieval fantasy kingdom. Sign up to receive exclusive development updates!

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Jeremy Same co-founded AussieCommerce in 2010. Jeremy Same began his career as a credit trader at ANZ Investment Bank in 2002, then departed in late 2003. He co-founded Living Corporate Apartments and serves as its Director. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of BigThanks.com.au and Sames.com.au. He was Founder and Managing Director ofMyTable, an online takeaway ordering platform, before exiting the business in 2012 in a sale to EatNow, to create Australia’s fastest growing food ordering website. He is also a dedicated amateur guitarist - much to the delight of his neighbours. He serves as Executive Director of AussieCommerce.

Investment focus

Art, Beauty, Internet
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Bookwell — Book your haircut, waxing, nail and other appointments online. Browse venues, make a selection then book and pay online.
Bluethumb — Buy original art direct from Australia's leading artists. Find Abstract, Nature, Aboriginal, Pop, Nude art & more. Free shipping & free returns. Thousands of artworks & paintings for sale.

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Helping passionate founders build the future Saniel Ventures is a private investment group supporting high growth technology companies. Get in touch We invest in people first Smart, passionate, resilient founders building the future We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect that you are humble enough to know

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Construction
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Australia, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

BuildPass — Unlock the full potential of your site with easy-to-use AI software to streamline operations, reduce admin tasks, and ensure every project is on track and compliant.
Arca Climate Technologies, Inc. — Carbin Minerals unlock the enormous carbon dioxide removal potential of mine waste.
Matrak Industries — Matrak is automating global construction - combining AI takeoff with agentic supply-chain, manufacturing, logistics, quality and more.

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Piton Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Piton focuses exclusively on network effects businesses (marketplaces, exchanges and platforms) as this provide one of the few moats or forms of defensibility to achieve dominance. There are several forms of great network effects businesses thataren’t marketplaces that include data network effects (including machine learning and AI), businesses that rely on user generated content, as well as SaaS businesses with the potential to layer network effects around it. The firm is a stage and style-agnostic and seeks to invest from seed to late stage (€200k to €15m).

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Patient 21 — Patient21 believes that the doctor-patient connection is the cornerstone to good healthcare and that it is their responsibility to remove any impediments to it. They think that the greatest healthcare necessitates cross-specialty collaboration and universal data access. Always with one purpose in mind: to help patients and physicians make betterdecisions.In comparison to today's linked world, healthcare appears to be trapped in the past. It continues to use the same analogue and isolated processes. Patient21 is on a quest to usher healthcare into the twenty-first century. They use data to help doctors give the most personalized treatments possible. And, with the help of their professional network, they are attempting to give a comprehensive perspective of their client's health.
Nesnězeno — Nesnezeno is a platform that helps restaurants, shops, and hotels eliminate the waste of quality food. Through their mobile platform, they sell day-of treats that are nearing their expiration date.
Gringo — Gringo is a car app that helps in monitoring vehicle and driver's licenses, licensing vehicles and dividing fines into installments.

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Acorn Capital Specialist Emerging & Microcap Investment Management. We research and invest in the most attractive Australian based emerging or microcap companies.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ImmVirX — ImmVirX is an Australian company founded in 2019 with a mission to improve outcomes for patients with cancer types in which immunotherapy treatments have limited effect.
Conflux Technology — Conflux Technology is a new generation of heat exchangers made by metal additive manufacturing (3D printing).
Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms

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