Top 5 Cannabis VC Funds &amp; Investors in Australia (October 2026)

Everywhere Ventures is a global pre-seed venture capital fund for founders, by founders. Click to read Everywhere VC, by Everywhere Ventures, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Investor stats

Total investments: 1305
Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $250k–$2.5M; Series A $6M–$20M
Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $4.4M in 2026

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Donna — Meet Donna, the AI assistant built for field sales teams. Save time, cut admin, and close more deals with less effort.
Noise — Noise makes finding UGC creators easy. Work smarter with personalized AI guidance to make your next UGC creator campaign go viral.
Netsec — Professional cybersecurity and managed IT services to protect your business 24/7.

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We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

Total investments: 68
Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $596k–$2.3M; Series A $1.2M–$15M
Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

RedOwl AI — RedOwl leverages the power of generative AI to empower of the office of the CFO to make error-free and compliant pre-transactional decisioning.
SecurePII — SecurePII provides a cloud-based platform that enables organisations to reduce exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) across voice, chat, and AI training channels. The service includes call-by-call redaction of credit-card and other sensitive data via its SecureCall component, enabling businesses to offload PCI-DSS complianceobligations while still retaining customer-facing interactions. SecurePII also empowers companies to process conversation data more safely, by filtering or anonymising PII in real time, to enable AI, analytics, and automation initiatives without compromising customer privacy. The platform integrates with existing payment gateway and communications infrastructure to support both contact centres and unified communications environments.
Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.

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Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

Total investments: 48
Round size: Seed $640k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $330k–$2.9M
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $17M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Zabidou — Zabidou develops laser-based sensing systems that give machines real-time perception to separate materials and improve sorting efficiency.
Prefactor — The agent observability and evaluation platform for production AI agents. Prefactor continuously scores every agent (quality, hallucinations, cost) then...
ReFresh — ReFresh is the psychosocial operating system that gives safety and people leaders their time back. Risk intelligence, safety orchestration, and governance evidence in one OS.

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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

Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

Total investments: 83
Round size: Seed $367k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $4.2M–$21M
Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
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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