# Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in Oceania in June 2026 ## Nicholas Assef - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Battery Investment banker, founder, angel capitalist. FOcussed on industrial technology applications including renewable energy and recycling technology. ## John Clifford - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Solar, Energy, Software John Clifford ## Cyan Ta'eed - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Consumer, CleanTech Cyan Ta'eed was born in Sydney, Australia. She worked as a graphic designer before co-founding Envato in 2006 with her husband, Collis Ta'eed, and his best friend, Jun Rung. She now serves on Envato's Board of Directors. Cyan Ta'eed is also the co-creator of New Day Box, a charity focusing on women in crisis. ## Didier Elzinga - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Music Didier previously co-founded technical academy award winning Rising Sun Research and is non-executive director at Tourism Australia, the Atlassian Foundation and Slingsby Theatre. If you want a short meeting, don't ask about philosophy (you were warned!). ## Kurt Alexander - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical Kurt Alexander ## Mike Wallas - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video, Water, Biotechnology Mike Wallas - Advisory Board @ Optifire Pty Ltd ## Mike Zimmerman - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Michael brings over 20 years experience in strategy, business development and general management of technology startups and other high growth companies. Michael founded BuildingIQ in 2009 and served as its CEO until 2013. Prior to founding the company, Michael was a General Partner at Technology Venture Partners (TVP), a leading Australian venturecapital firm. Prior to TVP, he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Altos Ventures, and a senior executive at iOwn Holdings, a leading Internet mortgage company (sold to Citigroup in 2001). Previously, Michael worked with Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA with Honors from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford Business School. ## Douglas English - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, Recycling Doug developed and led key architecture projects for major financial and consulting organizations such as NAB, ANZ and EDS. His sneezes are so tectonic, we've come to consider them performance art. ## Eric Ries - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Eric Ries is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Long-Term Stock Exchange. He previously worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a Venture Advisor. Eric Ries attended Yale University. ## Alan Jones - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Alan Jones is a mentor and entrepreneur-in-residence with many of Australia's tech startup accelerators, specialising in strategy for product development and marketing.Alan draws on hands-on experience founding and co-founding web and mobile startups, as well as senior management experience in larger companies including Yahoo!, News DigitalMedia and Microsoft. At Yahoo! he was Product Director, South Asia for Yahoo! Inc.Alan advises and invests in early-stage startups directly and through Startmate and Pollenizer Ventures. His investments include ChromaSun, BugHerd, Grabble (acquired by WalMart in 2011), ScriptRock, Flightfox, Spreets (acquired by Yahoo7 in 2011), OtherLevels and NinjaBlocks. Alan is a co-founder of digital agency The New Agency, Editor-in-Chief of FromLittleThings.co, is a mentor for Startmate, and is the Social Media and Web Director for TEDxSydney. ## Mark Livings - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Communities Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands. ## Emlyn Scott - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Software Emlyn has spent more than 30 years navigating the complex landscapes of finance, financial markets and technology as a founder, public company CEO, angel investor, VC investor and fund manager. He's had the opportunity to make over 70 venture capital investments in innovative companies like Nutromics, DataRobot, Calm App, Cerebras Systems,Skylark Labs, Zainar, and Kami, and a similar number personally as an angel. He is a founder of OpenMarkets Group, one of Australia's largest online brokers. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s second largest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: - Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) - Masters Business Administration (MBA) - Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI) - Bachelor of Economics (BEc) ## Duncan Alexander - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Learning, Industrial, Information Technology Duncan Alexander ## Michael Stoppelman - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Michael Stoppelman is an active angel/seed investor in Los Angeles. He's the former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Yelp. He started at Yelp as a software engineer working on the search engine. He took over as head engineering in 2012 after serving as a manager and Director of Engineering in the proceeding years. He scaled theengineering team from 30 to over 500 engineers. Prior to Yelp he was a software engineer at Google for 3.5 years and served as the tech lead for the AdSense Traffic Quality team. He received his BS in Computer Science from Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003. ## Sandy Kory - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Analytics, FinTech Prior to MVP, he was Vice President at Arbor Advisors, leading their highly successful entry into the digital media and interactive marketing industries. He advised clients in a number of industry-leading transactions, such as the sale of WorldClass Strategy to EducationDynamics, the sale of ReliableRemodeler.com to Quinstreet, the sale ofInvestopedia.com to Forbes Media, and the sale of Interest.com to Bankrate.Sandy is a regular speaker at industry conferences, including Ad-Tech and LeadsCon. He received his B.A. in Psychology and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University. ## Trevor Folsom - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce Elevation Capital was formed by a group of successful entrepreneurs who have co-invested in order to pool together their capital and experience. We consider ourselves to be “venture accelerators” rather than venture capitalists. After starting my first fledgling business at the age of 17, I truly understand the unique challenges faced byentrepreneurs and I am aware that it takes more than just capital for a company to succeed.Recently, Blueprint Management and the various business's we developed (up to 10 companies over 13 years) has given me exposure to the difficult challenges that every entrepreneur will face. My experience has involved the creation of a company with only $10K start-up capital, which grew to over 950 staff. This business was then sold to a private equity group. The success of this venture has given me invaluable knowledge that I can now share with others to guide them in the future.Specialties:If there is one simple thing I have learnt in recent times about investing into growth companies, it is: "to not waste anyones time".Elevation Capital is a professional and committed organisation and is able to invest quickly when a good business opportunity presents itself. We appreciate the challenge that entrepreneurs face when trying to raise capital while also dealing with the daily time constraints of running their businesses. ## Bosco Tan - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Bosco Tan ## Robin Chiang - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, News, Energy Robin Chiang ## Craig Barratt - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Music, Computer, Database 20 years in communications and networking: SVP Google, CEO Alphabet Access, President Qualcomm Atheros, CEO Atheros Communications. ## Julian Sarokin - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Futurist • Crypto • Founder @ The Automation Fund ## Brian Hartzer - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Brian was appointed Managing Director & CEO in February 2015. Brian joined Westpac as Chief Executive, Australian Financial Services in June 2012 encompassing Westpac Retail & Business Banking, St.George Banking Group and BT Financial Group.Brian was appointed Chairman of the Australian Bankers' Association in February 2015. Priorto joining Westpac, Brian spent three years in the UK as CEO for Retail, Wealth and Ulster Bank at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Prior to that, he spent ten years with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) in Australia in a variety of roles, including his final role as CEO, Australia and Global Segment Lead for Retail and Wealth. Before joining ANZ, Brian spent ten years as a financial services consultant in New York, San Francisco, and Melbourne. Brian graduated from Princeton University with a degree in European History and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. ## Todd Forest - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Real Estate, FinTech Todd Forest - Managing Director @ NAB Ventures ## Sean Parker - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Music, Internet Sean Parker is the Founder and Chairman of Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. He previously worked at Spotify as a Board Member and Investor. Sean Parker attended Oakton High School. ## Karl Iagnemma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: 3D Printing Karl is an authority on robotics and autonomous vehicles. His commentary has been published and broadcast worldwide on Bloomberg, The Economist, CNBC, and BBC, among others. As former director of the Robotic Mobility Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), his research resulted in more than 150 technical publications, 50 issued orfiled patents, and numerous edited volumes, including books on the DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge autonomous vehicle competitions.In 2017, Karl was named one of the “Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” by Goldman Sachs and designated a member of the “Recode 100” list of technology influencers. Karl holds MS and PhD degrees from MIT, where he was a National Science Foundation fellow, and a BS from the University of Michigan, where he graduated first in his class.Iagnemma co-founded nuTonomy, Inc. in 2013 and saw the company through acquisition by Aptiv in late 2017. nuTonomy was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018 and Iagnemma was selected as a 2017 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. He is now president of Aptiv Autonomous Mobility, which is building the world’s safest and smartest driverless vehicle software. ## Darren Patterson - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Sports, Travel, Banking Mr Patterson has more than 20 years’ experience working with both start-up and blue-chip technology companies spanning Australia, Europe, US and Asia. As a leading senior executive, his experience includes telecoms, IT, digital media and venture capital. Mr Patterson is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Alchemy Ventures, an ESVCLP venturecapital fund established to invest in teams and ideas which changes lives and industries, whilst having a positive impact on human and environmental wellness.Mr Patterson's international experience has seen him hold senior business development roles with Yahoo, ECI Telecom, Energis Communications / Cable and Wireless PLC and Cisco Systems. He has been an investor in technology ventures Abyss Solutions, Persollo, Republic Capital Management, Firstwave Cloud Technology, Lumific and Datasift where he secured investment from US venture funds.Most recently he was the CEO and Co-Founder of Australia’s only regulated property investment platform, BrickX, and was CEO and executive director of Property Connect Holdings (ASX:PCH).Mr Patterson holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Directors. ## Carl Bass - Type: Angel - Location: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Computer Carl Bass is based out of Somerville, Massachusetts and was the Board of Director of Formlabs. Carl previously worked at Autodesk as a CEO and President. Carl attended Cornell University. ## Paul Rayson - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Paul Rayson is a CEO at Hearts and Minds Investments. ## Phillip Vernon - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Phil has 25 years experience in financial services covering funds management, superannuation and capital markets. He was a member of the Executive Committee of Perpetual Limited heading up its Corporate Trust division and has extensive experience in corporate governance and industry regulation including a long involvement with the AustralianSecuritisation Forum, Australia’s peak body representing the securitisation industry in Australia acting as chairman of its National Committee, Education and Regulatory committees. Phil has a long involvement in sustainability and corporate social responsibility and is a director of Planet Ark, a not for profit environmental organisation. ## Michael Gonski - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Legal, Drones, Software Michael Gonski ## Ieva Zubavičiūtė - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, B2B Ieva Zubavičiūtė ## Andrew Coppin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Logistics, 3D Printing Andrew Coppin - Advisor @ DisruptSports.com ## James Height - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Recycling, Consumer Goods James Height Co-Founder at Adore Beauty ## Matthew Browne - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Internet, Automotive Matthew Browne is a Co-Founder and CIO at Upflowy. ## Michael Waters - Type: Angel - Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Property Management Michael Waters ## Karlie Kloss - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Health Care Karlie Elizabeth Kloss is the Founder of Kode With Klossy. ## Simon Sheikh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Simon Sheikh ## Mark Steinert - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, Commercial Mark Steinert ## Terry Hartan - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Learning, Industrial, Information Technology Terry Hartan is a Managing Director at Assetsecure. He Attended University of Sydney. ## Marko Bogoievski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing Marko retired as CEO of Morrison & Co in 2021 after 13 years of leading the business. He continues to provide guidance for investments in telecommunications and digital infrastructure. His 30 year career has been in the infrastructure and technology sectors in a variety of senior finance, operational and sales roles in the United States and NewZealand. Prior to joining Morrison & Co in 2008, Marko was CFO of Telecom NZ, responsible for corporate finance, M&A and group strategy. Marko is Chair of Vodafone New Zealand. ## Kara Frederick - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Energy, Clean Energy Kara Frederick is a General Partner at Reinventure Group, a venture capital firm backed by Westpac. She has spent more than 15 years at the intersection of financial services and technology, including as an investor and a founder. She has executive experience within banking in the US and Australia. Kara is a graduate of Princeton University,co-heads Princeton's Alumni Council in Australia, and resides in Sydney with her family. ## Phil Blythe - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Renewable Energy Phil Blythe - Entrepreneur In Residence @ King River Capital ## Simon Yencken - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Coupons, Big Data, Software Simon Yencken is the CEO & Founder at Fanplayr Inc. ## Nathan McLay - Type: Angel - Location: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recycling Nathan McLay is the Founder and CEO of Future Classic. He previously worked at Australian Independent Record Labels Association as a Director. Nathan McLay attended the University of Technology Sydney. ## John Wood - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Battery, Industrial, Sustainability John Wood - Director @ NOAB Ventures ## Reza Behnam - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Battery, Industrial, Sustainability From Silicon Valley to asia,Reza's vision has focused on the future of advertising- as Managing Director of Yahoo.southest asia of venture partner with venture technology fund idg ventures and now as fouder & ceo of Adzcentral.core values such as trust, openness, creativity,innovation & Quality underscore his approach. ## Wolfgang Leitner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Nutrition, Sustainability, Food Processing Wolfgang Leitner is CEO of Andritz. ## Collis Ta'eed - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Email Collis Ta'eed grew up in Papua New Guinea. He moved to Australia to attend university and later worked as a web designer, selling Flash stock on the side. His experience selling stock inspired him to co-found Envato with his wife, Cyan Ta'eed, and best friend, Jun Rung. Collis has served as Envato's CEO since the company'sfounding in 2006. ## Ed McManus - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Arkansas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Clean Energy Ed McManus is Deliveroo Australia's chief executive officer. ## Peter Los - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Energy, Energy Storage Peter Los is a Founder, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager at Eye Management. ## Danin Kahn - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Renewable Energy Danin Kahn is the Climate Tech Syndicate Lead Angel Investor. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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