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Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Oceania in September 2025

Last updated: Sep 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Community startups based in Oceania. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Community companies from Oceania. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Oceania in September 2025

Investor	Community Oceania investments
Cliff Obrecht	3
Melanie Perkins	3
Cameron Adams	3
Elomida Visviki	3
Lisa Kate Miller	3
Lars Rasmussen	3
Andrew Barnes	2
Liam Don	2
Tim Fung	2
Roger Allen	2
Mark Livings	2
Andrew Bogut	2
David Vitek	2
Leigh Jasper	2
Robert Phillpot	2
Richard Abbott	1
Andrew Hamilton	1
Amir Suissa	1
Gabby Leibovich	1
Paul Robson	1
Chadd Ciccarelli	1
Rayn Ong	1
Matt Comyn	1
Dave O' Mahony	1
Brand Hoff	1
Michael Sharkey	1
Dave Shepherd	1
Michael Doubinski	1
Alex Zaccaria	1
Christian Wanner	1
Hein Vogel	1
Justin Kan	1
Paul Migliorini	1
Paul Greenberg	1
Sam Rahmanian	1
David Paradice	1
James McGee	1
Stephen Garden	1
Kim Jackson	1
Jonathan Lui	1
Malcolm Turnbull	1
Sam Morgan	1
Ilan Israelstam	1
Su-Ming Wong	1
Ron Gross	1
David Shein	1
Justus Hammer	1
Jason Calacanis	1
Thomas Rice	1
Craig Roah	1

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Cliff Obrecht is the Co-Founder and COO at Canva. He attended University of Western Australia.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Unsloth AI — Open source fine-tuning & reinforcment learning (RL) for gpt-oss, Llama 4, DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3 LLMs! Beginner friendly.
Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
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.

Melanie Joy Perkins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Canva. She attended University of Western Australia.

Investment focus

Software, Social Entrepreneurship
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

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.

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.

Elomida Visviki is CEO and Co-founder at Weav and Cute Little Apps Ltd. She used to work at TEDxAthens ad Ambassador and Vice President at NGO Aniksi.

Investment focus

Apps, Software, Messaging
Seed
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

OneRoof — OneRoof is an app that helps meet people with similar interests living in your building and build new friendships. Communication should go further than a nod in the elevator.
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.

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.

Google Maps Co-Founder / Defiance Capital Co-Founder / Angel Investor / Panathēnea Co-Founder / Kite Surfing Coffee Enthusiast

Investment focus

Software, Photo Editing, Web Design
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Protio — Protio is proptech startup reinventing the process of buying & selling real estate.
Neptyne — Neptyne is making spreadsheets programmable
Robyn — Robyn provides an AI-powered marketing mix modeling platform that helps brands optimize media spend and measure performance.

Andrew Barnes is co-founder and CEO at GO1 and a board of directors at Libromat. Andrew has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Business Management and completed an MSc in Education at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning, Information Technology
Seed
United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz operates a generative AI-powered learning community. The platform enables users to create a course about any topic, in any language, and get hooked on learning.
Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android.
Joyn — The end-to-end platform to manage your in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Create a beautiful and customisable experience for your next conference with Delegate Connect.

Liam Don is the Co-founder and President at ClassDojo.

Investment focus

Children, Software
Angel, Pre-Seed
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Polymath — Personalised learning and fun means you can be confident that your child is getting the learning experience they want and deserve.

Tim is a director and a founding member of the Tank Stream Ventures Investment Committee.Tim is a technology investor and entrepreneur with extensive experience in web start-ups, business development, marketing and finance. He is a co-founder and CEO of Airtasker, an online and mobile services marketplace that has raised over $1.5m in venturecapital.Tim is a co-founder at Tank Stream Labs and before this, was a founding team member and investor in amaysim – a mobile virtual network startup, where he played a key role in raising significant venture capital from a range of HNW individuals and institutional investors.Prior to this, Tim spent five years as a corporate advisor and investment banking executive at Macquarie Bank. He is also an investor and advisor at several web startups, including online custom clothing business Joe Button, and motorsport event management group, Circuit Club.

Investment focus

Internet, Pet, Insurance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Pushas — Buy & Sell Authentic, Brand-New Sneakers From Australia's Favourite Sneaker Store. Widest selection of hype, exclusive sneakers: Air Jordans, Yeezys, Nike, Adidas, Off-Whites & more. AfterPay, Klarna, ZipPay & Laybuy available. 'Authenticity' guarantee on every sneaker purchase or your money back.
Mad Paws — Mad Paws is a Sydney-based start up that was created to fill in the ever growing need in the pet boarding market for affordable, and local pet accommodation while still maintaining the care, love, and attention pets received at high-end, expensive, pet boarding services.
Honey Insurance — Smart home insurance designed for modern life. Honey offers Homeowners, Renters and Landlord Insurance powered by technology. Get insured in 3 minutes.

Roger Allen, director and co-founder of A&B, has practical credentials directly relevant to the Fund based upon over thirty years as a chief executive of a major Australian IT services company with worldwide operations, then 13 years as an active investor in private companies in the ICT industries.Roger grew shareholder value in ComputerPower from $250k in 1978 to $170m in 1995 (at the time of his retirement) and also grew the annual revenue to over $300m and staff to more than 3,000. Roger obtained private equity from News Corporation, through the direct involvement of Rupert Murdoch, prior to taking Computer Power public on the ASX in 1987. He has direct personal experience in selling Australian information technology products and services in the USA, Europe, Asia, as well as Australia.He served for six years until 1997 as deputy chairman of Austrade and is very well known throughout the information technology industry in Australia and internationally. He was the first chief executive from an Australian company to be elected chairman of the Australian Information Industries Association, has represented Australia at the World Computer Services Forum and was vice-president of the Asia-Pacific industry organisation. He has also served on two advisory councils to the Prime Minister and has chaired state advisory boards in both NSW and Victoria. He has been an adjunct professor in the School of Entrepreneur-ship of Swinburne University and regularly lectures at INSEAD in the School of Entrepreneurship. Roger was recently awarded the 2007 Pearcey Medal for Lifetime Achievement in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the ICT industry.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

My Mirror — Find the right online psychologist in Australia, tailored to your needs and schedule. Start online therapy today with no wait times. Book now, pay later
Unleash live — Enterprise real-time computer vision and live video streaming capabilities from virtually any camera for improved operations and safety across Energy, Transport, and Resources
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.

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.

Investment focus

Content Marketing, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Edoome — The most friendly and easy to use social learning management system that connects teachers with their students for effective communication and collaboration and provides tools to help teachers save time in planning, assessing and keeping track of their students’ progress, unifying everything in just one platform.
Compono — Smart, easy-to-use HR management products for sourcing talent and helping them grow.
Creatively Squared — Digital content that brings consumers closer to brands. Create engaging photos, videos and digital ads at scale

Andrew Bogut

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Series D
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

SportsIcon — Login alternatif VIP VICTORY77 dengan mudah dan cepat! Nikmati pengalaman bermain slot gacor online yang menguntungkan dan aman di sini.
Bare — Bare provides a quality cremation service and a dedicated care team that helps you each step of the way. Arrange online or via phone. Call us on 1800 071 176
Live Graphic Systems — Live Sports Graphics - "Next-gen" live graphics for a new era of sports broadcast. No hardware, no designers, no graphics operators, up and running in minutes.

David Vitek is the Co-Founder and Director of hipages Group, Australia’s leading home improvement service provider. He is also the CEO and Founder of Kidsbook, a children's activity booking platform.

Investment focus

Software, Consumer Software, Social Entrepreneurship
Pre-Seed, Seed
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zeit Calendar — Thisapp Calendar gives you the tools to understand and improve your health, your fitness, and your time
Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.
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.

Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Veyor — The leading live scheduling app for the built environment, helping dispersed teams and their suppliers plan, manage and track daily activity on an easy to use mobile and desktop platform.
Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.
Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.

Co-founder Rob Phillpot is senior vice president of product and engineering, responsible for product vision, strategy and management. He has been instrumental in developing the company’s business on a global scale and ensuring that Aconex solutions deliver a superior customer experience to buyers and users. Before founding Aconex in 2000 with CEOand director Leigh Jasper, he managed document control, quality and trades on a site team at Brookfield Multiplex. Prior to Brookfield Multiplex, Mr. Phillpot was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Australia. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Planning and Design degrees with Honors and a Master of Building degree from the University of Melbourne.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Construction
Seed, Series A, Angel
Australia, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Veyor — The leading live scheduling app for the built environment, helping dispersed teams and their suppliers plan, manage and track daily activity on an easy to use mobile and desktop platform.
Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.

Richard Abbott

Investment focus

Internet, Lifestyle, Home Services
Funding Round
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.

Andrew Hamilton is a managing Director of Hamilton & Associates.

Investment focus

Advice, Retirement, Financial Services
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Super Fierce — Super Fierce is a financial service company that provides financial advisory, superannuation, and financial wellness services.

Amir Suissa - President of the Board @ wefox

Investment focus

Credit, Dating, Banking
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

LEND — LEND provides peer to peer lending in Switzerland. It connects investors with borrowers. Moreover, investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. The company is based in Switzerland and it was founded in 2015.
Lua — Lua is a swipe-free dating app focused on depth and intimacy. With our smart & unique matching model, users receive hand-picked matches that consider their interests, personal sharings, and engagement holistically.Once matched, users are guided through a series of intimacy-building questions during a mystery meeting, before being given theoption to reveal their personal profile, and continue the journey with that special someone in the light.
Black Label — Jasper, formerly CreditStacks, is a financial service company that offers a credit card designed for professionals. Jasper uses technology to assess applicants holistically, so applicants may qualify for a premium Jasper Mastercard, issued by WebBank, even if they are just starting their credit journey.The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in New York City, New York.

Gabby Leibovich is the co-founder and managing director at Catch.com.au.

Investment focus

Apps, FinTech, Internet
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.

Paul Robson believes the Asia Pacific region is the most exciting and dynamic place in the world to do business.As the leader of Adobe Asia Pacific, Paul advises brands on digital transformation, and how they can put customer experience at the centre of everything they do to drive business growth. Paul is passionate about the role technology canplay in delivering amazing experiences, especially in emerging markets where mobile is almost ubiquitous.Prior to joining Adobe, Paul was Vice President and General Manager for HP’s Networking Division across Asia Pacific and Japan. Paul was also the founding director of a successful online start up, Wedding Gifts Direct.Paul is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is on the boards of the Association for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA), Tresillian, the Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies, and the Investment Advisory Board of Alchemy Ventures. He is also an active member of the Australian Surf Life Saving Association.Paul holds a Diploma in Market Research, a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing, a Graduate Diploma in International Business and has attended a variety of general management and executive courses at institutions including the Haas School of Business at UC Berkley, INSEAD and the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Investment focus

Software, Recruiting, 3D Printing
Seed, Series A
Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
Gravity Sketch — Gravity Sketch is an intuitive 3D design platform for cross-disciplinary teams to create, collaborate, and review in an entirely new way.

Chadd Ciccarelli

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Triggr — Triggr is a SaaS platform helping sales teams predict buyer intent and close more deals.
Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.

Rayn Ong - Partner @ Archangel Ventures

Investment focus

Software, Marketplace, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Minke — Send, save and invest crypto with zero fees and an experience as intutive as your bank.
Pushas — Buy & Sell Authentic, Brand-New Sneakers From Australia's Favourite Sneaker Store. Widest selection of hype, exclusive sneakers: Air Jordans, Yeezys, Nike, Adidas, Off-Whites & more. AfterPay, Klarna, ZipPay & Laybuy available. 'Authenticity' guarantee on every sneaker purchase or your money back.
Vouch — Vouch allows you to collect, edit & share authentic videos with a single link. Capture customer video testimonials, employee feedback, win-loss reports & more.

Matt Comyn is the current Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Commonwealth Bank. Matt Comyn attended the University of Sydney.

Investment focus

Pet, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Series E, Funding Round
Sweden, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

H2O.ai — H2O.ai is an AI cloud company, on a mission to democratize AI for everyone. Customers use the H2O AI Hybrid Cloud platform to rapidly solve complex business problems and accelerate the discovery of new ideas. H2O.ai is the trusted AI partner to more than 20,000 global organizations, including AT&T, Allergan, Bon Secours Mercy Health, CapitalOne, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, GlaxoSmithKline, Hitachi, Kaiser Permanente, Procter & Gamble, PayPal, PwC, Reckitt, Unilever, and Walgreens, over half of the Fortune 500 and one million data scientists. Goldman Sachs, NVIDIA, and Wells Fargo are not only customers and partners, but strategic investors in the company. H2O.ai’s customers have honored the company with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 78— the highest in the industry based on breadth of technology and deep employee expertise. The world’s top 20 Kaggle Grandmasters (the community of best-in-the-world machine learning practitioners and data scientists) are employees of H2O.ai. A strong AI for Good ethos to make the world a better place and Responsible AI drive the company’s purpose. Please join our movement at www.H2O.ai.
Klarna — Einkaufen, was du willst. Bezahlen, wie du willst. Klarna bietet dir verschiedene Zahlungsarten an. Du entscheidest, welche am besten zu dir passt.
Mad Paws — Mad Paws is a Sydney-based start up that was created to fill in the ever growing need in the pet boarding market for affordable, and local pet accommodation while still maintaining the care, love, and attention pets received at high-end, expensive, pet boarding services.

Dave O' Mahony

Investment focus

Recruiting, Communities
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.

Brand has had a long and successful career in ICT both in Government and Private Industry. Brand is a successful entrepreneur, company director and investor. He founded TOWER Software which was acquired by HP in May of 2008. Brand has a degree in Computer Studies from the University of Canberra, has served as a Councillor of the University ofCanberra and is now an Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra. Brand has served as a Director of NICTA, the Australian ICT Centre of Excellence, Taggle Systems, SNAPeWallet and MyTaggles Pty Ltds. Brand also served as Chairman of Canberra Business Council and a Councilor of the NSW Business Chamber. He has served as Chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Canberra Division and as a Director on the National Board of AICD. He was awarded the 2011 National Pearcey Medal, for a lifetime contribution to Australian ICT and in 2012 he was inducted as a Member into the Order of Australia.

Investment focus

Social Media, Private Social Networking
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Tapestry — Discover Tapestry's Online Learning Journal from The Foundation Stage Forum and how it supports Early Years settings. Sign up to a free two-week trial today

Michael D. Sharkey, President, MB Business Capital, is responsible for the bank's asset based lending group. With nearly 40 years of experience in financial services, he oversees a nationwide market with regional offices in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City,San Francisco, and Scottsdale.From July 2008 until the merger with MB in 2014, Sharkey was president of Cole Taylor Business Capital and executive vice president, asset based lending.Prior to that, he was president and CEO of LaSalle Business Credit, where he helped build the group into the fifth largest asset based lending company in the United States. During his tenure at LaSalle, he also served as executive vice president for LaSalle Bank and ABN Amro. Sharkey began his career in financial services with GE Capital as a field examiner and loan officer, and moved on to Manufacturers Hanover Commercial Corporation where he served as senior loan officer. From there, he joined and within four years became president of StanChart Business Credit, which was ultimately acquired by LaSalle Bank.Sharkey is a permanent member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial Finance Association, as well as past president and chairman of that organization. He is also past president of the American Brain Tumor Association.Sharkey is a graduate of Rutgers University and J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Investment focus

Music, Events, Hospitality
Seed, Debt Financing
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Logic PD — Beacon EmbeddedWorks is a System-On-Module Manufacturer that delivers unwavering performance. Our custom System-On-Modules (SoMs) are compact, secure, and built to last.
Muso — Muso is a live-entertainment start-up born in Melbourne and now operating Australia-wide. We help venues create better live entertainment experiences and help artists find more gigs to create more revenue opportunities. We leverage technology to make things more efficient, fair and transparent to ultimately make live music more accessible to morepeople. Eventually we hope that every venue will be a live music venue but until then we’ll work on changing one at a time.
Surreal — Increase collaboration and ROI by booking, promoting and paying for all your live entertainment in one place. Trusted by over 900 venues across AUS, UK & NZ.

Dave Shepherd founded Shepherd Insurance in 1977 to provide personal insurance and top-notch service to friends and neighbors. Almost four decades later, his agency has grown to include employee benefits and financial products.Dave still oversees company operations, but gives credit for the agency’s continued success to the amazing team that hasbeen built at Shepherd. Because of them, the company was recognized in 2013-2015 as Top 100 U.S. Agency by Insurance Journal, 2014 Agency of the Year by IIAI (Big "I"), 2014-2015 Top 5000 Fastest Growing Companies by Inc. Magazine, and 2014 Top Ten Independent Agencies in Indiana by Indianapolis Business Journal.Dave is a native Hoosier and a proud Carmel High School alumni. He graduated as an Academic All-American basketball player from the University of Mississippi. Together with his wife, Sally, he lives in Carmel. When they are not working or playing golf at Crooked Stick, they enjoy hanging out with their seven kids and ten grandkids.

Investment focus

Recruiting, Communities
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.

Michael Doubinski - Founder @ HotelsCombined

Investment focus

Pet, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Mad Paws — Mad Paws is a Sydney-based start up that was created to fill in the ever growing need in the pet boarding market for affordable, and local pet accommodation while still maintaining the care, love, and attention pets received at high-end, expensive, pet boarding services.
Sherpa — Sherpa is a last mile courier market place. Through SherpaFleet; a delivery and driver management software as a service platform (SaaS) we help businesses manage their fleets and access the inventory from other fleets and including sharing their own.This creates a more efficient and effective last mile solution for businesses overalldisrupting the principle of owning the driver.
YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne

Alex Zaccaria is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Linktree. He previously worked at Bolster Music as a Director. Alex Zaccaria attended RMIT University.

Investment focus

Events, Event Management, Professional Services
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Arinex — Arinex is deeply committed to sustainability, embedding responsible practices into every aspect of our work. We believe in growing with purpose, alongside our
WhyHive — WhyHive offers AI-driven text analysis tools for researchers to efficiently analyze survey data and open-ended text responses.

Christian Wanner

Investment focus

Diving, Sports, Travel
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Diviac — Diviac is the world’s leading online travel agency for scuba divers.A platform like no other, that inspires divers to dive more, travel more and take care of our oceans.Researching and booking a scuba holiday has never been easier, nor more enjoyable.Founded in December 2012 in Switzerland, Diviac is on a mission to energize and grow theoverall scuba diving market for the benefit of all players. It already offers more dive destinations and more scuba holidays than any other travel company in the world.Catering to groups and individual travelers alike, Diviac uniquely combines best in class online booking experience with truly personalized expert advice, delivered by its global team of scuba travel experts.Diviac also cares deeply about sustainability and with the launch of Diviac Eco Travel, it now offers divers the opportunity to experience life-changing dive vacations that have an impact on the conservation of our oceans.
Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.
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.

Hein Vogel CEO at AP Ventures Limited.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Payments, Leisure
Series C, Funding Round, Seed
Australia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Preezie — Bridge the gap between in-store and online shopping through individualised journeys. Create guided selling experiences and omnichannel strategies for customer engagement.
MadeComfy — Award-winning Airbnb management service in Australia and New Zealand. MadeComfy is a selected official partner of Airbnb. Find out how we earn you higher returns with short-term rentals.
Till Payments — Discover Till Payments, Australia's leading payment gateway. Offering secure, efficient payment systems and solutions for businesses of all sizes.

Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Nigeria, India

Portfolio highlights

FLORA — FLORA is an applied AI HCI company building creative tools.
ShredSpots APP — Social Map App Of Hidden Street Sports Art
ClearGrid — Revolutionize your debt recovery with AI and advanced analytics. Our platform delivers faster, more personalized collections that benefit both your business and your customers.

Paul Migliorini

Investment focus

Pet, Internet
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Mad Paws — Mad Paws is a Sydney-based start up that was created to fill in the ever growing need in the pet boarding market for affordable, and local pet accommodation while still maintaining the care, love, and attention pets received at high-end, expensive, pet boarding services.

Paul Greenberg

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Consumer Goods
Seed, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Waave — We are giving you back control. Security, visibility and freedom of choice over your money. | Pay by Bank | Wendi | Open Banking
Refundid — Receive your refund in real-time as you decide to make a return. Refundid lets you shop online with confidence, guaranteeing an instant and effortless returns process.
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.

Sam Rahmanian is a managing director at Monsido.

Investment focus

Recruiting, Communities
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.

David Paradice - Managing Director @ Paradice Investment Management

Investment focus

AgTech, Software, Lifestyle
Series A, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

The Yield — The Yield's end-to-end AgTech system, Sensing+,combines farm sensors, data, predictions and apps for growers. Subscribe for agriculture industry news.
Marketplacer — Marketplacer is a marketplace platform and dropshipping solution that allows enterprise companies to scale and grow in today's evolving e-commerce environment.

James McGee

Investment focus

Internet, Lifestyle, Home Services
Funding Round
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.

Stephen Garden (born 30 August 1984 - London, United Kingdom) is a British entrepreneur, Tech Investor and Executive Chairman of Caylent Inc which is a full spectrum AWS Cloud Native and DevOps consulting partner. Stephen Garden was the founder and CEO of Onica, one of Amazon Web Services largest consulting partners. Onica was acquired by Rackspacein November 2019. Prior to being acquired, Onica grew to 350 employees across 12 offices in just 6 years, generating almost $200 million in revenue.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Kibsi — Kibsi is an end-to-end, fully integrated environment designed for building computer vision applications. Our cloud native, low-code platform democratizes computer vision, allowing customers to focus on their business needs, not the complexity.
Caylent — Caylent is an AWS cloud consulting and engineering company that helps organizations drive cloud evolution.
Archera — Archera saves customers millions through no-cost cloud commitment and savings optimization and unique commitment insurance, financing, and financial services. Unlock commitment flexibility and take control of cloud purchasing.

Kim Jackson is the Founder of Skip Capital, a private investment company investing across sectors and geographies. Prior to thta, she was the Investment Director at Hastings Funds Management.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Neara — Beyond visualization. A geometrically precise, 3D model that reveals how assets behave and react in the real world
Arinex — Arinex is deeply committed to sustainability, embedding responsible practices into every aspect of our work. We believe in growing with purpose, alongside our
Visibuild — Visibuild is a construction software web & mobile platform providing real-time insights, workflows, defect tracking, ITPs inspections.

Jonathan is a director and a founding member of the Tank Stream Ventures Investment Committee.Jonathan is a technology entrepreneur with a extensive experience as a founder, investor and advisor with expert knowledge in online and telecommunications industries. He is a co-founder and COO of Airtasker where he heads up all IT and product developmentoperations.Jonathan is a founding director of Tank Stream Labs and is the co-author of a “Wireless LAN based Indoor Positioning” study published in 2007 which has been presented internationally.As a founding team member and project manager for amaysim, Jonathan worked directly with the COO to build a web based MVNO which achieved one of the fastest telecommunications service provider rollouts in Australia. Prior to this, Jonathan was an executive at IBM where he managed Westpac’s IT infrastructure projects. He is also an entrepreneur within the music industry as a founder of event management group Infinity Productionz.

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, Lifestyle
Seed, Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Mon Purse — Superior quality leather accessories for both women & men. Add your monogram to our cosmetic cases, bags, pouches, phone cases, travel and tech accessories.
Cake — Here at Cake Equity we make equity easier to use. Grow your company, reward your team, eliminate the hassle. Sign up for FREE today!

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian former politician who was the 29th Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He served twice as Leader of the Liberal Party, firstly from 2008 to 2009 when he was also Leader of the Opposition and a second time from 2015 to 2018. He was the MP for Wentworth in the House of Representatives from 2004 to2018.Turnbull graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws, before attending Brasenose College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a Bachelor of Civil Law. For over two decades prior to entering politics, he worked as a journalist, lawyer, merchant banker, and venture capitalist. He served as Chair of the Australian Republican Movement from 1993 to 2000 and was one of the leaders of the unsuccessful "Yes" campaign in the 1999 republic referendum. He was first elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Wentworth in New South Wales at the 2004 federal election and was Minister for the Environment and Water from January 2007 until December 2007.After coming second in the 2007 leadership election, Turnbull won the leadership of the Liberal Party in September 2008 and became Leader of the Opposition. However, his support of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme proposed by the Rudd Government in December 2009 led to a leadership challenge by Tony Abbott, who defeated Turnbull by a single vote. Though initially planning to leave politics after this, Turnbull chose to stay and was later appointed Minister for Communications in the Abbott Government following the 2013 federal election.Citing consistently poor opinion polling for the government, Turnbull resigned from the Cabinet on 14 September 2015 and challenged Abbott, reclaiming the leadership of the Liberal Party by ten votes. He was sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia the following day. At the 2016 federal election, Turnbull led the Coalition to victory by a single seat, the smallest majority since the 1961 federal election. In August 2018, a challenge by Peter Dutton led to two Liberal leadership spills. When the second spill motion passed on 24 August 2018, Turnbull did not contest the ballot and subsequently resigned as Prime Minister. Treasurer Scott Morrison defeated Dutton in the contest. Turnbull resigned from parliament on 31 August 2018, triggering a by-election in his former seat of Wentworth. The Liberal Party lost the by-election to independent candidate Kerryn Phelps, which resulted in the Coalition losing its majority in the House of Representatives.

Investment focus

Software, Energy, SaaS
Series C, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

NexWafe — NexWafe will supply high quality wafers to solar cell producers .Their wafers will be fully compatible with common cell and module fabrication .They will be available at a fraction of the cost of standard wafers.
Emerald AI — Emerald AI creates a platform that enables AI data centers to adjust power consumption from electricity grids dynamically. This system orchestrates computing loads across data centers to bolster grid reliability. The technology aims to advance AI innovation while ensuring power affordability and electric system stability.
GlassPoint Solar — GlassPoint provides solar steam generators to the oil and gas industry for applications such as Enhanced Oil Recovery. It replaces gas-fired steam generation with solar, GlassPoint can reduce EOR gas consumption by up to 80 percent. The company was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Fremont, California.

Sam started his career at Deloitte Consulting and is best known for founding online auction website Trade Me which, in 2006, sold for $NZ750 million. Sam also built a successful online dating and friend reuniting businesses in New Zealand, Australia and Canada.Sam is an active investor and philanthropist. Sam's holdings include a number ofother successful web businesses including Visfleet and Sonar6.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Web Hosting
Seed, Series D, Funding Round
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Vend — Vend is web-based point-of-sale and retail management software. Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores.Vend runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Even though Vend is web-based it works offline, so users can keep making salesif the internet drops out.Vend integrates seamlessly with other web applications used to run retail stores, like accounting, eCommerce, appointment scheduling, and others.The Vend platform is subscription-based, never requires backups or upgrades and lets retailers get on with running their retail enterprise instead of worrying about their IT infrastructure.
Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.
CloudCannon — CloudCannon gives your team an exceptional website editing interface with a robust a flexible developer experience.

Ilan Israelstam has spent the past 15 years focused on the financial services and start-up space. He worked at the Boston Consulting Group, in Sydney and New York, as a member of their Financial Services practice. His background in venture capital came through his earlier involvement in setting up one of the first venture capital firms inAustralia. He has been with Apex since 2007, during which time he has worked on the set up and growth of BetaShares, and spent extensive time with various early stage investee companies of Apex. He has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from UNSW.He is also developing a reasonable size collection of limited edition sneakers - He is starting to get his kicks out of kicks!

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Communities
Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Pushas — Buy & Sell Authentic, Brand-New Sneakers From Australia's Favourite Sneaker Store. Widest selection of hype, exclusive sneakers: Air Jordans, Yeezys, Nike, Adidas, Off-Whites & more. AfterPay, Klarna, ZipPay & Laybuy available. 'Authenticity' guarantee on every sneaker purchase or your money back.
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

Su-Ming Wong is an investment professional with over 30 years’ direct investment, international corporate advisory and merchant banking experience.He is a director of several portfolio companies including Lorna Jane and Scentia. Prior portfolio directorships include SG Fleet, H-E Parts, TSmarine, Retail Apparel Group, Dexion, Amdel, Mulford andIntercast & Forge.Su-Ming Wong was a member of the Council of University of Technology, Sydney (2010 – 2014). He was a founding director of National ICT Australia (a centre of excellence in ICT research & development), a member of the Industry Research and Development Board and a director of Unisearch. He was a council member of the Australian Venture Capital Association and was a member of the South Australian Government’s Venture Capital Board.He holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Investment focus

Sales, EBooks, Marketing
Seed, Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Booktopia — Booktopia - buy online books, DVDs and Magazine Subscriptions from Australia's leading online bookstore with over 4 million titles. Booktopia offers thousands of eBooks, daily discounted books and flat rate shipping of $9.99 per online book order.
Tapestry — Tapestry is the original and leading childhood education platform that has education expertise at its heart. All the tools you need at an affordable price.

Ron Gross

Investment focus

Sales, Dating, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Israel, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Kirobo — Making Blockchain As Simple As Online Banking Solution Kirobo adds a logic layer into the blockchain that protects users from human error
Lua — Lua is a swipe-free dating app focused on depth and intimacy. With our smart & unique matching model, users receive hand-picked matches that consider their interests, personal sharings, and engagement holistically.Once matched, users are guided through a series of intimacy-building questions during a mystery meeting, before being given theoption to reveal their personal profile, and continue the journey with that special someone in the light.
Substrata — Substrata | #1 AI Real-Time Sales Coach | Designed by data scientists, psychologists and linguists to help you book more meetings and close more deals

David has been involved in investing in and managing a number of start-up and early stage technology companies, many of which have been successfully exited. David was the founder and Managing Director of Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd. and established Dimension Data Australia (formerly Com Tech Communications) in July 1987 as a SpecialistSupplier of networking and communications products. At the time of sale, Dimension data employed over 1400 people, had revenues of $700mil with no external debt. The company was sold for an enterprise value of over $1bil on 2000. David actively mentors management teams. David recently served as the Chairman of Centric Wealth Advisers Ltd. and was Chairman of Holly Connects, Inc. David was also Executive Chairman and Founding Investor of Macromatix . David is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Montech Holdings Limited. David holds a B.Comm and B. Acc from the University of Witwatersrand.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
Human — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
All G Foods — All G is on a mission to harmonize the perfection of nature with science to deliver ethical and sustainable cultured dairy and plant-based meat alternatives to the world.

Justus is a seasoned entrepreneur who has been working in the technology space for over a decade. First as a founder of Spreets and later as an investor and advisor to other startups such as Airtasker. His latest venture is Sellable with which he plans to revolutionise the real estate landscape in Australia.

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, FinTech
Seed, Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Upstreet — 'NextGen Loyalty Solution', 'FinTech', 'Share Trading', 'Marketing Solution', 'B2B', 'B2C', 'DtC', "Share Rewards"
Brainfish — Brainfish is the world's first AI-powered help center + content platform that instantly answers any customer question.
Foodini — Discover personalised dining options for over 50 diets and allergens, ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience every time you eat out.

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.

Portfolio of the Global Innovation Share Fund at Perpetual (post-IPO). Angel investor in Australia. Mentor at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Internet of Things
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Alta — Alta is a virtual reality company developing A Township Tale, a social VR multiplayer experience!
WORK180 — The WORK180 endorsement is the globally recognized sign of a great workplace for women. Find out what, how, and why leading employers want to wear it.
Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.

Founder at OCR Aviation

Investment focus

Dating, Social Media, Social Network
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Spring.me — Spring.me is the best way to meet people, express yourself and expand your life. Millions of people visit Spring.me every month.Meet PeopleThe world is full of people you don’t know yet. Meet people by starting a conversation with anyone, find people who are online now and follow people you find interesting.Express YourselfBeYourself, Be Anonymous, Be Anyone. Ask the questions that matter to you. Get honest answers and find out what people actually think. Make memes, post photos or animated GIFs and share them with everyone.Expand Your LifeMake a connection; watch what everyone else around the world is posting, real-time. See something amazing? Post a link or share a video from anywhere. Spring.me lets everyone share openly.

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