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Top 40 Automotive Startup Investors in Australia in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 40 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Automotive startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Automotive companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 40 Automotive Startup Investors in Australia in April 2025

Investor	Automotive Australia investments
Carthona Capital	7
Investible	3
Antler Australia	2
Artesian VC	2
Matthew Browne	1
Blackbird Ventures	1
Entrée Capital	1
Taronga Ventures	1
Seven West Media	1
Tiger Global Management	1
Sydney Angels	1
St Baker’s Energy Innovation Fund	1
Laurence Escalante	1
Terrace Tower Group	1
Lisa Kate Miller	1
Autostrada	1
Caltex Australia	1
Cameron Adams	1
SG Fleet Group	1
ABN AMRO Fund	1
HSG	1
Defence Trailblazer	1
Right Click Capital	1
GE Equity	1
Quentin Wallace	1
General Catalyst	1
Ellerston Capital	1
Nikki Warburton	1
Avenir	1
MA Growth Ventures	1
Stephen Baxter	1
Celesta Capital	1
Hyundai Motor Company	1
Joshua Payne	1
Main Sequence Ventures	1
RBO Group	1
Oskar Hartmann	1
Egis Technology	1
Five V Capital	1
Agri Vie	1

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Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
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.
Ajust — Ajust makes it easy to resolve customer complaints with banks, telcos and energy companies. It's fast, fair and free for consumers.

Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Grw AI — Grw AI offers scalable 1:1 coaching solutions that leverage AI to assist B2B sales teams complete deals.
Earthodic — Earthodic is an Australian materials science company creating functional biobased coatings. Paperbarc by Earthodic is a biobased water-resistant coating for pulped or paper products. It has better water-resistance than wax coatings, more sustainable and circular than plastic coatings. Repulpable. Re
Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.

Australia's only truly global early stage VC, we believe in and back the most ambitious founders from the earliest stage.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Health Care
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Australia, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Skipped — Never miss a sale again. Enabling retailers to sell even when a product is out-of-stock.
Geniepay — Geniepay offers embedded B2B payment terms to help enterprise sales teams improve performance.
Auric Essentials — Auric - The Power of Scent. Revolutionise your well-being with Auric. Discover our state-of-the-art AI-powered AromaSphere diffuser and app, designed to personalise your aromatherapy experience.

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
Ohmie Go — EV charging solutions, shared electric vehicles, shared e-bikes & e-scooters delivered to residents as a premium managed service and amenity - An intelligent way to get EV ready with one seamless experience.
Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.

Matthew Browne is a Co-Founder and CIO at Upflowy.

Investment focus

Finance, Internet, Automotive
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Vyro — Browse, compare and finance an electric car, with instant trade in and personalised loans.
Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!

Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Heidi Health — Heidi Health is modernizing primary care with AI-powered technologies to improve care's quality and accessibility. its creators and engineers is to completely eradicate missed and sluggish diagnoses worldwide. They are committed to bridging the gap between the level of care that patients desire and the level of care that doctors can delivergiven their budget constraints. To create a platform where patients can quickly and easily get the treatment they require and to give every clinician the resources they need to deliver care that is secure, efficient,
Sonder — One app. One go-to. One support system.Sonder is the trusted wellbeing partner for some of the world’s most innovative organisations as they reimagine how to care and support their people.With a clear purpose of breaking down barriers to help, providing the right support to people at the right time. Acknowledging that there are often multiplefactors at play, and wellbeing comprises of cultural, social, environmental and vocational factors, all which play a part in getting to the root cause of issues, and on a path to wellness.The heart of Sonder's solution is a technology-driven platform supported in real time by medical and mental health experts - experts that are available every minute of every day. Their mission is to get the right outcome across any wellbeing or safety issue.Trusted by major corporations, education providers and Government to enhance wellbeing across the world, Sonder is on a mission to create a better world, accepting differences and supportive of others. A world where it's OK to ask for help, for anything, at any time of the day or night.It takes humans to help other humans. That’s why Sonder combines a human first, tech supported approach.
Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!

We're a team of former serial founders managing over $1.25B across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Zocks — The Meeting Assistant made for Financial Advisors
Alta — Alta leverages data and AI to drive business growth 24/7.
Bria — Bria is a Computer Software company.

Taronga Ventures is an investment firm that invests in emerging innovation, technology, and business. Taronga Ventures is headquartered in Australia.

Investment focus

Software, Construction, Clean Energy
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

WINT — WINT Water Intelligence mitigates water-related risks via AI & IoT-based leak detection including auto valve shut-off to protect your property
Ampd Energy — Ampd Energy is driven by its vision for an emission-free future for construction. Ampd Energy pioneered the use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in urban construction with its flagship product, the "Enertainer". The Enertainer electrifies construction sites and provides clean, quiet and fully automated energy delivery, allowingconstruction to transition away from fossil fuels.Compared to fossil fuel generators, the Enertainer: reduces carbon footprint by up to 85%; is 32x quieter; emits zero diesel fumes; eliminates diesel handling and usage risks; has zero maintenance and refuelling downtime; and is economically justified for operational cost savings. As an IoT enabled device, the Enertainer can be remotely monitored anytime and anywhere, providing a deep level of data-transparency for data-driven decision making.Website: www.ampd.energy LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ampd_energy
Enteligent — Enteligent is a solar product company focused on higher efficiency and harnessing more solar electricity. Enteligent's products reduce conversion losses and other inefficiencies that result in up to a 25% loss of solar rooftop electrical generation. Enteligent is on a mission to increase the effectiveness of solar electricity and providehomeowners with energy independence.

Seven West Media is the leading, listed national multi-platform media business based in Australia. We comprise Seven Television, the leading free to air capital city television network; Pacific Magazines, the country's second largest magazine group by readership; Yahoo!7 one of the nation’s most successful internet platforms, as well asWestern Australia's leading newspaper, The West Australian and associated WA regional newspapers and radio stations. Seven West Media was created through the acquisition of Seven Media Group by West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited (WAN) as approved by WAN shareholders on 11 April 2011.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Internet
Funding Round, Seed, Series C
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Carbar — Carbar is Australia's first and leading vehicle subscription service. Carbar started off as a virtual car dealership that streamlines the process of selling and buying cars. It also offers a car subscription service, an alternative to car ownership where a customer can get to use a car for a recurring fee. Their car subscription serviceincludes no fixed term-contracts, fully inclusive of insurance, registration, maintenance, roadside assistance and the ability to switch cars depending on your needs.Carbar was founded in 2016.
InStitchu — InStitchu is an online custom clothier specializing in tailor made menswear. Customers are able to design custom made garments online which are then made to their exact measurements.InStitchu provides tailor made, high quality menswear through a simple online ordering process. Once a customer has added measurements to their profile, a suit orshirt can be ordered in a few minutes and on its way in two weeks. There are multiple ways for a customer to get their measurements perfected and enjoy that “perfect fit” InStitchu customers keep coming back for - our measurement guide will take you on a journey from your living room to the hustle and bustle of our tailor’s studio. Customers can choose from a wide range of globally sourced high quality wool and cotton fabrics, and when you’ve chosen, we’ll deliver your design right to your door. This new approach to shopping is stress free and cuts out the middleman, allowing us to deliver customers luxury tailor made suits and shirts without the high price tag.
CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.

Founded in 2001, Tiger Global Management, LLC (“Tiger Global”) is a New York-based investment firm pursuing a long-term approach to investing in leading, global public and private companies that leverage technological innovation. Tiger Global’s public equity business includes fundamentally oriented long/short, long-focused and crossoverstrategies, targeting investments in high-quality, public growth companies. The private equity business invests in early through late stage companies that pursue innovative approaches to new and existing industries, building on over 20 years of experience investing in hundreds of businesses in more than 30 countries with more than 90 portfolio company IPOs. With a strong track record investing across sectors and stages, Tiger Global aims to be a thought partner to companies and their management teams across their lifecycle in public and private markets. The Firm’s mission is to generate world-class returns for its investors and to do so in a way that makes its employees, partners and portfolio companies proud.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, India, China

Portfolio highlights

Taktile — Taktile's no-code platform enables you to easily build automated decision flows and iterate on them in a data-driven way leveraging backtests and A/B testing.
Celestial AI — We develop audacious AI computing platforms that elevate performance, energy and economic efficiencies, enabling our customers to rapidly deploy innovations in their AI applications.
Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

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

Portfolio highlights

Okkular — Okkular is an AI based fashion tech startup.
Apollo Secure — Cyber for Humans - an automated cybersecurity platform for startups and small businesses to improve security maturity and simplify security compliance.
Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.

Reshaping the Future of Energy and Mobility

Investment focus

Automotive, Transportation, Electric Vehicle
Series B, Series A
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

AMSL Aero — AMSL Aero is an electric Vertical Take Off & Landing aircraft.
Revel — Electrifying cities through charging hubs, all electric rideshare, mopeds and eBikes.
Fast Cities Australia — St Baker Energy Innovation Fund is an active investor in a portfolio of early stage companies that are developing disruptive products in the clean energy sector.The Fund invests in transformative companies across the energy sector from generation to consumption, including innovations that enable entirely new products, performance improvements ofexisting products, increased efficiency and more sustainable processes.

Laurence Escalante is the Founder and CEO at Virtual Gaming Worlds.

Investment focus

Dairy, Retail, Automotive
Seed, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Bae Juice — 100% Korean pear juice
CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.

Terrace Tower Group specializes in acquiring, managing, operating and leasing high-quality commercial real estate services.

Investment focus

Finance, Automotive, E-Commerce
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Carma — Carma | The easy way to buy used cars in Australia

head of product

Investment focus

Software, Automotive, Electric Vehicle
Seed, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Good Car Company — We provide high-quality and affordable electric cars and vans across Australia to assist in an equitable transition to low emissions transport.
Marlee (Fingerprint For Success) — AI technology to bring out the best in your team. Start now for free. Trust in more than 1 million coaching minutes, rated 4.4 out of 5 with a 90% success rate.

Autostrada specializes in the design and manufacture of a range of automotive accessories, including model-specific Cruise Controls.

Investment focus

Energy, Automotive, Electric Vehicle
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

EVOS Energy — Check out EVOS. Australian Made EV Chargers, Management Solutions and EV Software. Energy Solutions for EV Fleets, Home, SMB and Strata.

Caltex Australia Limited is an Australia-based transport fuel supplier and convenience retailer company. The Company is engaged in the business of purchasing, refining, distributing and marketing petroleum products, and operating convenience stores across Australia. The Company operates through two segments: Supply and Marketing, and Lytton. TheSupply and Marketing segment is an integrated transport fuel supply chain that sources refined products on the international market, and sells Caltex fuels, lubricants, specialty products and convenience store goods through a national network of Caltex, Caltex Woolworths and Ampol branded service stations, as well as through Company owned and non-equity resellers and direct sales to corporate customers.

Investment focus

Automotive, Car Sharing, Marketplace
Corporate Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.

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.

Investment focus

Farming, Software, Recycling
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Agronomeye — Agronomeye uses the power of 3D farm modelling to transform your decision-making process.
Sumday — Non - financial accounting software. Start carbon accounting, properly, with the support of your existing advisors
Marlee (Fingerprint For Success) — AI technology to bring out the best in your team. Start now for free. Trust in more than 1 million coaching minutes, rated 4.4 out of 5 with a 90% success rate.

SG Fleet is a pioneering leader in delivering tailored mobility solutions across Australia, New Zealand and UK.

Investment focus

Delivery, Logistics, Automotive
Seed, Series B
Australia

Portfolio highlights

DingGo — DingGo | Free quotes from local car body shops using just a few photos of your damage. Car ding? DingGo!
Zoomo — Check our reliable electric bikes and enjoy flexible lease plans in Australia, US, UK, France and more soon!

Regel bij ABN AMRO uw bankzaken zoals u dat wilt. Persoonlijk, met de app of online.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Debt Financing
United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

NorSun — A leading supplier of solar ingots and wafers
Zenobe Energy — Discover Zenobe. Our vision: enable the transition to zero-carbon, non-polluting power and transport systems through the innovative use of battery storage.
IGNIS Energía — IGNIS Energía is a company specialized in the management and representation of cogeneration plants.

We help founders build enduring companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Manus AI — Manus is a general AI agent that bridges thoughts and actions by excelling in various tasks such as research, data analysis, education, and productivity, offering personalized solutions across different domains to help users achieve their goals efficiently.
RedotPay — RedotPay is a leading crypto fintech bridging Web3 and traditional finance through innovative, cost-efficient blockchain solutions. Our intuitive crypto payment products enable millions of users globally to easily spend and send digital assets. We foster financial inclusion for the unbanked and serve crypto enthusiasts, advancing global adoption offast, accessible crypto payments.
Danking Pharmaceuticals — Danking Medicine is an innovation-driven drug developer.

Transforming defence innovation through strategic partnership between the University of Adelaide (UoA), the University of NSW (UNSW) and industry partners, with support from the Australian Government Department of Education.

Investment focus

Mining, Manufacturing, Precious Metals
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Hullbot — Hullbot is a developer of a robotic in-water cleaning system designed to inspect, map, and clean the hull of a boat without a human operator present. They offer design, development, and deployment of autonomous drones, delivering solutions to stop the growth of marine organisms, improve performance, and extend the time between haul-outs. Theirembedded intelligence enables their robots to interact with the environment on-the-fly.
ADR (Australian Droid + Robot) — Industrial robotics and automation. We provide robot and drone solutions to solve problems. At Australian Droid and Robot our motto is 'Safety by Separation' - our robots are built for hazardous environments - humans are not.
Advanced Alloy Holdings — Tailored alloy solutions for advanced applications

Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

black.ai — Build smarter spaces with Black.ai
Tability — Automate the boring parts of OKRs to cut the waste and spend more time doing what really matters.
Nomad Atomics — At Nomad Atomics, we develop innovative quantum sensors to solve outstanding problems in mining, underground resources and navigation

Customer service is our #1 priority. Get a premium domain for your website today. Financing available.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Series C, Funding Round, Series B
United States, France, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Univa — Univa is the innovator of workload management solutions that optimize throughput and performance of applications, containers and services. Univa manages workloads automatically by maximizing shared resources and enabling enterprises to scale compute resources across on-premise, hybrid and cloud infrastructures. Univa's solutions help hundredsof companies to manage thousands of applications and run billions of tasks every day to obtain actionable insights and achieve faster time-to-results. Univa is headquartered in Chicago, USA, with offices in Canada and Germany.
Mzinga — Find out how Online Moderation's human approach can help you implement the best social customer service plan for your brand. Protect your business's reputation and leverage valuable insights from your followers with the help of our social media customer services.
Redfern Integrated Optics — Leading global supplier of single frequency narrow linewidth lasers, modules, and subsystems to clean energy, security, oil & gas, test/measurement markets.

Quentin Wallace is the Partner and Co-Founder of Archangel Ventures.

Investment focus

Finance, Internet, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Vyro — Browse, compare and finance an electric car, with instant trade in and personalised loans.
Minke — Send, save and invest crypto with zero fees and an experience as intutive as your bank.
Modo — Declutter your mind with our app to boost your mental wellbeing and productivity. modo helps you be present in the moment and focus on what matters most.

Investing in powerful, positive change that endures

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Podqi — Podqi is an AI-powered platform specifically designed for entertainment companies to automate monitoring, takedown, and retroactive compensation for infringement on their portfolio of IP.
Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Ramp — Join thousands of forward-thinking businesses using Ramp to control spend, save time, and automate busywork.

Ellerston Capital is a specialist investment manager with a distinctive approach to portfolio construction and investment selection.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Australia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Data Zoo — Data Zoo is an online identity service verifying customers instantly and providing global data coverage. Keeping information protected and systems secure.
Aerologix — Get skilled drone pilots and seamless drone hire services at Aerologix. Precision, reliability, and aerial excellence are at your fingertips. Contact us today!
BiomeBank — BiomeBank is a clinical stage biotechnology company with a mission to treat our microbiome and prevent disease by restoring gut microbial ecology.

Nikki Warburton, Non Executive Board Director.

Investment focus

Retail, Automotive, Publishing
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.

A future-focused growth equity firm backing category-defining companies.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Series A, Series C, Series B
United States, India, France

Portfolio highlights

Inspiren — Inspiren uses machine learning and industrial design to help nurses keep track. Inspiren provides data about what actually goes on in hospital rooms. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.
VideaHealth — Transforming Dentistry Through AI. By applying AI to X-ray analysis, we unlock insights, experiences, and efficiencies that drive breakthroughs in clinical outcomes and economics for dentists and insurers.
Ramp — Join thousands of forward-thinking businesses using Ramp to control spend, save time, and automate busywork.

MA Financial Group's Asset Management division manages investments for institutional & wholesale investors across real estate, credit, private equity & venture capital.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Series B, Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

DR2 — DR2 provide technology to their healthcare partners including 13SICK, and DoctorDoctor.
Apera Hotels — Apera Hotels is a platform designed to provide accommodations in hotels that cater to the mid-range market.
Avena Communities — Avena Communities provides a platform for communities, offering diverse property options for both permanent and holiday living.

Stephen Baxter - Founder @ River City Labs

Investment focus

Transportation, SaaS, Photography
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Go1 — Go1 offers training content from 250+ industry-leading providers, delivered seamlessly through any HR tech stack.
Travelshoot — Your holidays are really important to us to create good memories and we are offering Worldwide Photographer Services. Get the best vacation photographer NYC & across the globe. Visit us now!
Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.

Celesta Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and disruptive technology companies. Their management team and investment professionals leverage over 400 years of accumulated investment and operational experience and bring to their portfolio companies a deep and unmatched network of value-added strategic relationships.Celesta Capital invests globally and has offices in California, Israel, India, and China

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, India, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Aurascape — Aurascape is a cybersecurity business that provides generative AI protection solutions against emerging cyber threats.
Crescendo — Crescendo AI transforms customer service with a multi-channel Augmented AI platform, blending AI and human expertise to deliver exceptional CX.
OneCell Diagnostics — OneCell Diagnostics is a Precision Oncology Liquid Biopsy Diagnostics Company.

The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer. It has various vehicle lineups, brand vision, and global campaigns like clean mobility, sustainability, art, and sports partnership.The company was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group,which is the world's fifth-largest automaker based on annual vehicle sales in 2012. In 2008, Hyundai Motor (without Kia) was ranked as the eighth largest automaker. As of 2012, the company sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide in that year, and together with Kia total sales were 7.12 million.

Investment focus

Automotive, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Korea, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

42dot — The answer to mobility and everything
WeaveGrid — WeaveGrid operates with utilities and owners of electric vehicles (EV) to allow and speed up transportation electrification. Using machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics, the company's software solution solves several EV-grid integration challenges for utilities in a systems-oriented manner; helps integrate renewable energyresources on the grid; and saves utility customers' money on their bills.
Obsidian Sensors — Obsidian Sensors develops a glass microelectromechanical system designed to manufacture automotive sensors. The MEMS uses infrared imaging for applications like security cameras and autonomous vehicles, enabling clients to get incumbent silicon MEMS-based sensors easily. it was founded in La Jolla, California in 2017.

Joshua Payne is a Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Battery Future Acquisition Corp.

Investment focus

Finance, Internet, Automotive
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Vyro — Browse, compare and finance an electric car, with instant trade in and personalised loans.

We work with inventors who are building something hard from their unique expertise in science. These inventors are building the industries that will thrive for the decades to come. We have a unique working model to accelerate a company's pathway to scale.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Myriota — Myriota delivers cutting-edge IoT technology through low-cost, low-power satellite connectivity for global remote monitoring.
ElectraLith — ElectraLith develops direct lithium extraction and refining technology designed for efficient and sustainable lithium production.
Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.

RBO Group is a permanent holding company that invests in private enterprises designed for long-term development.

Investment focus

Internet, Automotive, Information Technology
Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

1Wheel — Sell your car privately in Australia with 1Wheel. Get the best price, expert guidance, and a seamless digital process. No sale, no fee!

Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Russian Federation, India

Portfolio highlights

Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.

EgisTec specializes in the IC design, research and development, and the testing and sales of capacitive fingerprint sensor. Egis Technology Inc. provides fingerprint biometrics and data encryption solutions. The Company specializes in integrated turnkey solutions with an emphasis on sensor performance and software usability.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Sensor, Automotive
Series A, Series B
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

AIStorm — AIStorm is an AI startup that develops chipsets that can process data directly from devices. AIS technology is analog and mixed-signal technology. The sensor itself can deal with events, make decisions, and can perform complex analysis. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Calumino — The world's first thermal sensor designed for mass-market applications. Discover how our innovations cater to any application, ensuring safety and efficiency.

Five V Capital is a leading, growth-focused private equity & venture capital firm in Australia and New Zealand

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Cyclotek — Cyclotek helps patients achieve better health through better diagnosis. They are reliable, cost-efficient suppliers of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) empowering radiopharmaceuticals. PET scanning provides unique insights into many serious diseases, translating directly to more personalized healthcare and better patient outcomes.
Fat Zebra —
DyFlex Solutions — Incorporating adaptive technologies to unlock new levels of success for your organisation using next-generation SAP solutions backed by industry expertise.

Agri-Vie is a private equity investment fund focused on food and agribusiness in Sub-Sahara Africa with a mission to generate an above average investment return, as well as demonstrable socio-economic development impacts through its equity investments in food and agribusinesses. As such, Agri-Vie is styled as an ‘impact investment fund’, harnessinginvestment disciplines to address development challenges.The fund was initiated by SP-aktif and Sanlam Private Equity with the cooperation of South African and international investors as well as the Makotulo Consortium. The fund’s vision is to be a catalyst for sustainable growth in Africa through investing in one of the foundational sectors of the continent.Agri-Vie seeks to realise this vision through deploying development capital and management know-how according to sound investment and business principles.

Investment focus

AgTech, Robotics, Software
Series B, Funding Round
Belgium, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Biotalys — Biotalys is an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company that employs its proprietary Agrobody technology platform to develop crop and food protection products. The company develops a new generation of protein-based biocontrol solutions, shaping the future of sustainable and safe food supply. Biotalys' unique protein-based biocontrols combinethe high-performance characteristics of chemicals with the clean safety profile of biologicals, making them ideal crop protection agents for both pre- and post-harvest applications.It was incorporated in 2013 and is based in the Biotech hub in Ghent, Belgium.
BEELINE Technologies — BEELINE Technologies is the global software partner for clients requiring integrated autonomous control and navigation technologies for land-based vehicles. Quality assured and agile, we develop integrated solutions across all industries.For more than 10 years, the company’s diverse and experienced teams have worked with original equipmentmanufacturers and technology organisations, to deliver flexible, leading-edge technology solutions for self-propelled, ground-based vehicles. BEELINE is proud of its pioneering spirit, and its innovative, autonomous solutions are used extensively around the world.BEELINE’s commitment to product innovation continues through its investment in sophisticated technology research and development programs that deliver outstanding solutions to our clients.BEELINE is in an exciting growth phase that continues to build value for its existing clients, whilst applying that experience, knowledge, and capability to new industries and technologies.

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