Top 40 B2B Startup Investors in Australia
A list of 40 angel investors and VC funds that invest in B2b startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in B2b companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 B2B Startup Investors in Australia
Damian George
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Investment focus
- B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- HiveXchange — Designed and built in Australia for the fresh produce industry. Find opportunities, create private offers, make product requests, get notified of deals in real time. Trade easy.
Pollenizer is a co-founder of start-up web businesses in Australia. They partner with strong founders and take equity stakes at a concept stage on consumer and SaaS businesses. The skill sets cover technology, marketing and capital raising. They also occasionally make seed investments. Their businesses include;* * ** * * * * * * * * * Their team includes;* Phil Morle, ex-CTO of Kazaa, Omnidrive.* Mick Liubinskas, ex-CMO of Kazaa, Tangler, ZaprThey are also investors and partners with
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, B2B, Marketplace
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
- CohortIQ — cohortiQ Home Page
- HiveXchange — Designed and built in Australia for the fresh produce industry. Find opportunities, create private offers, make product requests, get notified of deals in real time. Trade easy.
Integrated logistics company and global leader in container shipping.
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Investment focus
- Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Boxbot — Dynamic storage and retrieval platform that adapts to varying cubic dimensions and eliminates manual pick stations.
- WasteFuel — WasteFuel produces renewable fuels using proven technologies to address the climate emergency and revolutionize mobility.
- Arrive Recommerce — Arrive offers a premium service powering circular commerce for major brands and retailers. The technology and reverse logistics capabilities of The Arrive Platform enables brands and retailers in any industry to integrate circular commerce - including rental and resale - directly into an existing ecommerce experience. With this unique offering,Arrive makes it possible for any company to seamlessly launch a circular channel - ultimately reaching more consumers, driving more revenue, and promoting a sustainable solution. Arrive, first launched as Arrive Outdoors, is an award-winning company and has been named the 4th Most Innovative Travel Company by Fast Company in 2020 and awarded the 2019 Outdoor Retailer of the Year by the Outdoor Retailer Association.
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- CarbonHQ — CarbonHQ is your all-in-one platform making it easy to manage carbon projects across teams. Internal and external.
- Tability — Automate the boring parts of OKRs to cut the waste and spend more time doing what really matters.
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
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.
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Investment focus
- B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- HiveXchange — Designed and built in Australia for the fresh produce industry. Find opportunities, create private offers, make product requests, get notified of deals in real time. Trade easy.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Australia, United States, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
- RIOS — We are helping enterprises automate their entire factories, warehouses or supply chain operations by deploying AI-powered end-to-end robotic workcells.
- Cauldron Ferm — Cauldron is sustainably delivering the precision fermented prototypes of today to the supermarket shelves of tomorrow.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Zocks — The Meeting Assistant made for Financial Advisors
- Simplify — Simplify is a common application for jobs & internships. Autofill job applications anywhere on the web, get notified when new jobs open, & seamlessly track your applications.
- Smartpay — Smartpay is the first free of charge BNPL payment option for Japanese consumers who have credit cards. There are no sign-up fees, interest fees, settlement fees, or late charges. The payment experience is also Japan’s first cross-merchant, cross-platform, and single-click checkout BNPL service, allowing consumers to checkout in as little as 10seconds. The BNPL payment solution is simple to understand, structured on 3 equal installments over 8 weeks. This means that unlike the existing BNPL services in Japan, customers do not need to go to the convenience store to make payments or pay any bank transfer fees.
The global investor in construction, mining and renovation technology.
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Investment focus
- Construction, Software, Real Estate
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- VARM — Varm provides efficient insulation for energy saving and comfort.
- Marrfa — Marrfa means choosing a partner who values your dreams and goals as their own. It's about stepping into a world of possibilities with a team that stands by you towards making those possibilities a reality.
- Monumental — Pioneering the automation of on-site construction with cutting-edge robotics and software. Committed to transforming the industry, our mission is to enable software-defined construction, creating bespoke, beautiful buildings rapidly with minimal labor.
At Vulpes, we think differently. We create long-term sustainable capital appreciation by welcoming co-investment and aligning incentives. We choose to be patient and invest in ways that are profitable, yet with benefits that are not solely financial.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Vietnam, Australia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- FoodMap — FoodMap is a startup with the goal of connecting customers with ethical farmers and food suppliers directly.
- Peddlr — Peddlr is a free POS mobile app for small businesses. Effortlessly track and manage your sales, expenses, inventory, and transactions. Use it anytime, anywhere, and even offline!
- MyRobin.id — MyRobin menjembatani Anda dengan tenaga kerja fleksibel, berpengalaman dan terpercaya. Manajemen tenaga kerja dalam 1 genggaman, mudah & aman!
Elevation Capital is an early stage private investment company established in 2010. Funds are co-invested to facilitate participation in a diverse range of business ventures whilst spreading costs, risks and rewards for our shareholders.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Gamification, Search Engine
- Seed, Angel
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Posse — Posse is the world’s first social search engine. Members build their own themed streets and fill them with favorite real world stores. They can then use Posse's search engine to find the favorite places of their friends and friends of friends. We rank results based on how closely a user is connected to the person who made the recommendationand how good a match the places is with what you've asked for. Each retailer on Posse gets their own dashboard showing which customers added them as a favorite place, comments about their store and find the customers who want to visit them. Retailers can use the dashboard to send thank-you messages and gifts, chime in on conversations and send incentives to people who indicated they'd like to visit. Posse officially launched their iPhone app at SXSW Interactive 2013
- Wooboard.com — Wooboard aims to build morale in employees by increasing peer-to-peer recognition.Each company has their own Wooboard. Staff members give a 'Woo' when someone does something work being recognised for and the giver and receiver get a point. When you get enough points, you go up levels. The 'Woo's' get shared to theteam via an activity stream and email. Woo's can be given on the website or via smart phone apps.
Leni Mayo is Co-founder and CEO at Influx. He is Seed investor in 99designs, Hired, SitePoint and others.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Customer Service
- Angel, Seed
- Australia
Uninhibited Venture Investing Southeast Asia & Australia-New Zealand
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Investment focus
- Internet, Real Estate, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Singapore, Vietnam, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Cyabra — We break down social media so you can understand narratives, detect authenticity and reach true audiences.
- Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
- Vuihoc.vn — Vuihoc.vn is an online platform which provides courses for elementary, middle and high school students.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Marqo — A tensor-based search and analytics engine that seamlessly integrates with your applications, websites, and workflows.
- Tracksuit — Tracksuit has created beautiful, always-on, and radically affordable brand tracking for modern consumer brands. Brand marketers and leaders at consumer brands have access to enterprise-tier brand tracking, specifically built for them, at a price point that works. Teams can easily track awareness, consideration, preference and brand associationsfrom real humans within the wider market, and compare results against competitors.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
SpringCapital is an Australian Venture Capital firm investing in high-tech companies. It operates an Investment Club and ESVCLP Fund.
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Avertro — Avertro is a venture-backed cybersecurity software company. We are your Cybersecurity Headquarters. Elevate your game with a Cyber Management Decision System (MDS). The platform that helps you manage the business of cyber using defensible insights to determine what is essential.
- Morse Micro — Morse Micro Breaks RecordWorld's Longest Wi-Fi HaLow Connection at 3 KilometersWatch Now Smarter, farther, better. Meet the latest Wi-Fi, HaLow, 802.11ah.
- RoseRx — Doctors without the waiting rooms. Medications delivered to your door. Repeat scripts without the trips. Get hassle-free access to doctors & treatments online.
300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- dili — Dili is a deal platform built for venture funds and private equity. We use AI to contextualize new deals and help you make better decision faster.
- Flower Labs — A unified approach to federated learning, analytics, and evaluation. Federate any workload, any ML framework, and any programming language.
- Assort Health — Our call center generative AI reduces hold time, decreases dropped calls, and contains costs while driving appointment revenue.
Venture capital for high growth software companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Payments
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Illuvium — Illuvium, the world's first IBG (Interoperable Blockchain Game) is an upcoming open-world exploration, NFT creature collector and autobattler game built on the Ethereum blockchain. Join a graphically-rich sci-fi adventure and conquer the wilderness to help your crash-landed crew flourish!
- MetalCore — METALCORE is a free-to-play, first-person/third-person multiplayer mechanized combat game powered by towering War Machines fighting for dominance in large-scale battles.
- Relevance AI — Developer-first vector platform for rapid experimentation. Build great vector-based applications with flexible developer tools for storing, querying and experimenting with vectors.
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
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Avarni — Smart carbon emissions management tool designed for complex supply chains. Turn your raw data into meaningful emissions insights and bolster your carbon strategy.
- tikpay — tikpay is building a modern ticketing and payment solution for transport operators & authorities. We grow revenues, lower costs, enable operator collaboration and delight travellers by reducing friction in transport payments. Our mission is to enable travellers to pay for transport however, whenever, wherever ... easily.
- SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.
David Gordon - Chairman @ Ordermentum Pty Ltd
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Investment focus
- B2B, Mobile, FinTech
- Series A, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Ordermentum Pty Ltd — Ordermentum is a wholesale online order management system for the food and beverage industry. Book a free demo to learn how mobile ordering and payments can help you.
Cut costs, automate workflows, reliably move goods, go carbon-neutral, and improve your supply chain from end to end. It all starts here.
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Investment focus
- Logistics, Software, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Pakistan, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Rybit — A leading technology platform that connects the last mile delivery industry, optimizing and simplifying day-to-day delivery operations.
- Natilus — Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ftdrone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019. Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+.
- FrontEdge — Front Edge is a financial technology provider. They provide technology tools to manage every trade transaction in emerging markets.
PURE is a boutique asset manager for Wholesale and Sophisticated Investors. We target double digit returns after fees and pay quarterly cash distributions. We are unique in Australia providing micro and small-capitalisation companies with access to flexible, hybrid growth capital in the form of convertible debt/equity instruments.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Mobile, FinTech
- Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Ordermentum Pty Ltd — Ordermentum is a wholesale online order management system for the food and beverage industry. Book a free demo to learn how mobile ordering and payments can help you.
Early stage Venture Capital firm based in Brisbane that's investing in next generational Australian companies that are building a better future.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Payments, Robotics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- VAPAR — VAPAR offers CCTV pipe inspection software. The software is AI integrated for better results and accuracy.
- Avarni — Smart carbon emissions management tool designed for complex supply chains. Turn your raw data into meaningful emissions insights and bolster your carbon strategy.
- Paypa Plane — Future-focused payment systems that deliver benefits to banks, enterprises and payers. Working with existing systems to elevate legacy payment structures - Paypa Plane is ready to move the payment ecosystem forward.
Common Sense Ventures is an Australian family office backing early-stage, fast-growing businesses. We partner with ambitious managers looking to solve problems that will help the world.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, CleanTech, Sustainability
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Sherlok — Automated client retention for mortgage brokers, helping them grow their loan book by proactively keeping their existing clients happy and with them forever.
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
- Clayful — Clayful partners with K-12 schools and districts to support student mental wellness through on-demand coaching, responsive curriculum, & actionable data trends.
Capital Markets Technologies provides venture investments to financial and health technology startups.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, B2B, Green Building
- Series A, Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- CIM — CIM's award-winning analytics platform helps run your buildings at peak operational efficiency and achieve critical sustainability goals.
- Trovio — Welcome to Trovio Technology, where innovation meets environmental stewardship. Explore our purpose-built CorTenX registry solution and meet our team of industry pioneers. Join us in the journey to scale environmental solutions and drive real climate action with transparency.
- Ordermentum Pty Ltd — Ordermentum is a wholesale online order management system for the food and beverage industry. Book a free demo to learn how mobile ordering and payments can help you.
Founder and CEO of Urban Purveyor Group, John Szangolies is one of the leading forces in Australian hospitality. With 18 restaurants and bars across NSW, Victoria and QLD, as well as a bespoke beverage import business and commissary kitchen, Urban Purveyor Group comprises some of the country’s most notable venues. Originating in 1976 with thelegendary Löwenbräu Keller, the group also includes The Argyle and Bavarian Bier Cafés across Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Further, Urban Purveyor Group’s dining venues have proven to be formidable additions to the Australian restaurant scene. In 2013, Ananas Bar & Brasserie was named Best New Restaurant at Savour Australia Restaurant & Catering Awards, and received its first Chef’s Hat from the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide. Saké Restaurant & Bar has also held a coveted Chef’s Hat each year since opening, while The Cut Bar & Grill brings a taste of New York’s famous steakhouses to The Rocks.Employing over 1500 people, Urban Purveyor Group continues to expand, helping to shape the future of hospitality in Australia.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Wholesale, Trading Platform
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Kaddy — Deal directly with your favourite alcohol and beverage suppliers online through our free-to-use platform. All your supplier, order and invoice information in the one place so pubs, bars and restaurants can get back to business providing amazing customer experiences. Find out more.
3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Stelo Labs — Read the lastest on web3 security from Stelo
- Cashmere — Secure multisig solana wallet, built for teams. Send, receive, and grow your digital assets directly from your Cashmere Vault.
- Meez Culinary Solutions — Organize, Train, Cost, Iterate, Collaborate, and Share your recipes and process.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, Mexico, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Valoreo — Valoreo acquires, operates, and scales outstanding e-commerce brands with superstar products. We focus on brands with excellent customer reviews and merchants that have proven success by being top-seller in niche categories with high-growth potential.
- UpScalio — We will partner with you to invest, grow and scale your e-commerce business to new heights. For and by Indian entrepreneurs and innovators.
- Zapp — Thousands of hand-picked products - delivered across London in minutes, 24/7.
We partner with great teams and invest to help them grow.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- point.me — Stop wasting your points! Find the best flight deals with the fewest points and make your dream trip a reality. Start your first search for free today!
- Berry — Berry is a chrome extension that allows teams to co-browse and collaborate in real-time on any website. Users can use a real-time cursor to highlight details, and you can show others multi-step workflows across tabs seamlessly.
- Range Biotechnologies — We're dedicated to making health monitoring a reality. We develop tools that capture the molecular state of individuals to prevent disease and improve health.
Formed in late 2006, the Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd is a large group of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in South East Queensland, Australia. The members are typically active or semi-retired former senior business executives, who apart from financial input can provide much needed value adding toinvestee companies through hands-on management experience and high level business networks.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- PropCode — PropCode is a online platform, that helps in researching for town planning queries. the rules can be complex, and make it easy to get the right answers.
- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
- Apollo Secure — Cyber for Humans - an automated cybersecurity platform for startups and small businesses to improve security maturity and simplify security compliance.
Early-stage fund focused on rapid, scalable climate action and targeting outsized impact and outsized returns.
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Investment focus
- Software, Real Estate, Transportation
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Switzerland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- SOS — SOS is transforming wellness on-the-go through a network of smart vending machines that deliver just-in-time necessities where and when you need them most. And yes, that includes tampons!
- Loamist — Loamist operates as a climate-tech startup.
- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
Board Member at YourGrocer.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Influx — Hire 24/7 teams to clear the inbox as you need it. We match your brand voice exactly with all management, training included.
- Chuffed.org — Chuffed is a crowdfunding platform for socially-conscious projects. We support individuals, not-for-profits, social enterprises and community groups to run awesome crowdfunding campaigns, all 100% free.
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.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Influx — Hire 24/7 teams to clear the inbox as you need it. We match your brand voice exactly with all management, training included.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
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.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, B2B, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Influx — Hire 24/7 teams to clear the inbox as you need it. We match your brand voice exactly with all management, training included.
- Assembly Payments — Collect, refund, disburse & reconcile online payments with API automation to simplify complex payment flows. Pay & get paid instantly for operational efficiency.
Southern Cross Venture Partners was launched in 2006 by veteran venture capitalists who have managed and operated companies themselves. Southern Cross Venture Partners assist early stage technology companies that demonstrate the potential for exceptional growth and market leadership build significant businesses. The founding principle of SouthernCross is partnership -- they are passionately committed to doing everything they can to help their portfolio companies succeed. Their team has a strong record of utilizing their start-up and management experience, industry knowledge, network of business/customer relationships, and recruiting skills to assist in building significant shareholder value.Southern Cross is currently investing in companies that fit their investment criteria. They prefer to act as lead or co-lead in the early stages where they have experience that can help build value rapidly. They do not have a minimum investment amount, however, a typical initial investment will be $2 million to $5 million with an ability to invest more money in later rounds.
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Investment focus
- Software, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- United States, Australia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Sunman — Sunman Energy is a technology company founded by a group of industry veterans delivering the future of Solar. Through the research and development of composite materials, Sunman has successfully commercialized the world’s first glass-free, lightweight and flexible Panel – eArc. Replacing glass completely, eArc brings solar power to markets andapplication scenarios that were previously impossible.
- Wave Computing — The future of high-tech in online casino is a bright one. For example, RFID technology will help casinos track and identify stolen chips. In addition, these systems can also predict player behavior and betting patterns. The latter are especially useful if a player is caught while he is trying to switch out his cards. These ... Read more
- Brisbane Materials Technology — Brisbane Materials aims to be the leading supplier of anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings for solar and other applications. Born out of the University of Queensland in 2005, Brisbane Materials builds on six years and significant investment in technology and application experience. Longer term, Brisbane Materials will extend its unique roomtemperature and atmospheric pressure synthesis of glass and ceramic coatings to a wide variety of materials systems and applications.
Regal Funds Management was founded in 2004 by Andrew and Philip King. Regal utilises a long/short investment strategy and performs investment management and investment advisory services to a number of Australian Unit Trusts and Cayman Island Companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Funding Round, Series B, Convertible Note
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Nykaa — Nykaa is an e-Commerce platform for different beauty and wellness products for men and women. They also offer comprehensive content including product reviews, beauty how-to videos, articles by experts, and an e-beauty magazine. Their helpline helps to choose products and services best suited for customer's needs. Nykaa's products areauthentic sourced directly from brands and provide a delivery experience.Nykaa was founded in 2012 by Falguni Nayar and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Send Payments — SendFX provides cross-border payment and remittance services to individuals and SMEs.
- Send Payments — Send is a fast-growing fintech delivering embedded finance solutions to well-known brands.
Founded by Steve Baxter, Transition Level Investments provides equity capital and operational expertise across Seed and Series A rounds to Australian companies.
Our team focuses on a company-growth approach, adding value by assisting founders to build their expertise, expand their team, build product, scale locally and globally to position for asuccessful exit. We have a track record of identifying investment opportunities in the Australian market and helping enable global growth.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kapiche — Top-rated customer feedback analytics platform. Instant insights. No setup or coding. Kapiche ingests & analyzes feedback in minutes for real customer insights.
- FloodMapp — Enhance operational efficiency, lead time, situational awareness and decision making using FloodMapp rapid flood mapping software.
- Chipper Cash — Join over 5 million people securely sending and receiving money with Chipper Cash. Great app to send and receive money across a number of countries, highly recommended as a money transfer alternative.
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Investment focus
- Software, Supply Chain Management, B2B
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Ofload — Ofload connects road freight to thousands of reliable carriers and manages it through technology. This means less waste and more data. Start hauling and shipping with us today!
- Unioncrate — Unioncrate helps consumer goods companies build and manage supply chains that can keep up with the consumer of today. Based in New York City, we are a team of CPG veterans, rebels, and nerds who believe that the future of supply chain will be driven by AI. It powers everything we do.We are obsessed with helping our clients take back theinvaluable time, money, and resources that are far too commonly lost by relying on archaic supply chain management systems. That’s why we’ve built an intelligent platform designed specifically for the complexities of a consumer goods industry that’s needlessly stuck in the past.
Matt Mickiewicz is an internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of SitePoint. Mickiewicz also co-founded the web companies Flippa, 99designs, and Hired.Born in Kraków, Poland, living in Hameln -Germany, and currently residing in Vancouver, Canada, Mickiewicz created his first website at the age of 14 called Webmaster-Resources.com, whichlater became SitePoint. At 16, Mickiewicz traveled to Melbourne with his mother and met his soon-to-be business partner and co-founder, Mark Harbottle. At 16, Mickiewicz found himself closing $10,000 advertising deals between classes at high school. Mickiewicz barely finished high school and did not attend college.In 2008, Mickiewicz spun off 99designs from SitePoint, which went on to raise $35 million in capital from Accel Ventures, Michael Dearing / Harrison Metal, Dave Goldberg (SurveyMonkey), Anthony Casalena, and Stewart Butterfield (Flickr). In June 2009 Mickiewicz and Harbottle launched Flippa.com, the largest marketplace for buying and selling websites in the world. In the fall of 2012, Mickiewicz co-founded DeveloperAuction.com which raised $2.7 million was later renamed Hired. The company later raised a $15 million Series-A round in March 2014. By December 2014, Hired was reportedly valued at $200m and had raised an additional $15m in the capital in its Series B round.Mickiewicz was named a 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur by Forbes and INC in 2011, a Smart Company 30 under 30 in 2012, and frequently speaks at conferences and seminars worldwide.
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- Human Resources, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Australia, Canada
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- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Wyvern — Wyvern was created to unlock the secrets of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum by providing groundbreak-ing access to high-resolution and quality imagery.This will enable a sustainable future for humanity.
- Continuum Technology — Connecting world-class executive talent to the best venture-backed companies for consulting, advising and full-time roles.
Matt is an investor in venture businesses and will soon be basing himself in the United States working with Square Peg Capital. He invests across a wide sector of industries and geographies. Matt and his wife have a foundation where they focus on community projects, which have the ability to enhance the social sector.Prior to working as aninvestor in his own right, Matt was one of the three original founders of SEEK LTD. Along With Paul and Andrew Bassat, Matt took SEEK from business plan to become one of Australia’s most successful online businesses. SEEK is now an ASX Top 100 Listed company with a market capitalisation of $4 Billion, and with businesses in the UK, China, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.Matt also is an accomplished speaker and helps many organisations realise their full potential through his business insights. Matt holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) from Monash University.
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- Mobile, Apps, B2B
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
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- Vend — Easily manage and scale your business with retail point of sale systems from Vend. A retail POS system including debit/credit card readers and inventory management.
- Unlockd — Unlockd is changing the way people use and pay with their digital devices.The revolutionary white label mobile platform is the first to create an “attention” based virtual currency platform. In exchange for viewing relevant ads, content or offers upon unlocking their smartphone, users amass points to redeem on items like mobile credit, premiumentertainment content or loyalty points.They can also complete other in app tasks like taking surveys, downloading apps and viewing videos to generate even more rewards.Unlockd’s unique win-win-win model means partners, whether they be telcos, streaming services or loyalty programs, address customer retention and acquisition while driving new revenue streams and increasing ARPU. Major content and advertising partners including Twitter, Yahoo, MoPub and high profile brands such as McDonalds, British Airways, Doritos and Uber, receive coveted first access to consumers at their most engaged digital moment. Unlockd provides the opportunity to deliver the right content at the right time, resulting in market leading engagement and click through rates. Unlockd’s enterprise grade proprietary technology is tailored to meet industry needs via three product streams:Unlockd Connect targeted specifically at forward thinking mobile operators, with five major markets in operation including in the USA with Sprint Telecom subsidiary Boost Mobile, UK with Tesco Mobile, India with Aircel and Indonesia with AXIS.Unlockd Stream is the ultimate ad funded platform for OTT subscription content providers and launched in 2017 with MTV’s music player MTV Trax. The first and only ad funded model that offers an uninterrupted listening and viewing experience for consumers, Unlockd Stream enables providers to monetise non-paying subscribers Unlockd Loyalty provides a platform for loyalty programs to solve challenges like member engagement & increased frequency of point redemption, contributing to the health of the loyalty program ecosystem. It launched in 2017 with one of Australia’s largest programs, flybuys.The company was founded in Melbourne in 2014 and has strategically located offices in New York, London, Singapore and New Delhi.
- Ordermentum Pty Ltd — Ordermentum is a wholesale online order management system for the food and beverage industry. Book a free demo to learn how mobile ordering and payments can help you.
Running as a ESVCLP under the Australian Venture Capital Act, KTM Ventures Innovation Fund LP is a Tax-effective fund for high Investment returns behind pre-IPO and private expansion capital.
Our differentiated position from traditional Venture Capital is the fund looks to help drive companies to
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- B2B, Wholesale, Trading Platform
- Seed
- Australia
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- Kaddy — Deal directly with your favourite alcohol and beverage suppliers online through our free-to-use platform. All your supplier, order and invoice information in the one place so pubs, bars and restaurants can get back to business providing amazing customer experiences. Find out more.
Bosco Tan
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia
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- Stables — Save, spend and earn on the same balance
- Hello Clever — The first Australian buy-to-earn platform that makes shopping, payments, and money management easier for all. Trusted by 30,000+ Australians and 1,000+ merchants. Join us now!
- Atelier — Atelier is a cloud manufacturing platform for the development and scaling of beauty, health and wellness supply chains. We are the rails for manufacturing!
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