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Top 50 Construction Startup Investors in Australia in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Construction startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Construction companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Construction Startup Investors in Australia in January 2026

Investor	Construction Australia investments
Artesian VC	10
Saniel Ventures	6
Sydney Angels	5
Investible	5
Jolimont Global Mining Systems	4
Blackbird Ventures	4
Leigh Jasper	4
Airtree Ventures	3
Skip Capital	3
EVP	3
Robert Phillpot	3
Significant Ventures	2
Andrew Sypkes	2
Viburnum Funds	2
Foundamental	2
Kurt Alexander	2
Marbruck	2
Rory San Miguel	1
Grand Prix Capital	1
Recursive Ventures	1
Bob Hennessy	1
Carthona Capital	1
Preston-Werner Ventures	1
Horizon	1
Lempriere Capital	1
Midlands Engine Investment Fund	1
Emlyn Scott	1
Suffolk Technologies	1
Chris Sang	1
Black Sheep Capital	1
OIF Ventures	1
MIRIN CAPITAL	1
NAB Ventures	1
James McKinnon	1
Arrowroot Capital Management	1
Simon Murdoch	1
Murray Bleach	1
Antler	1
Development Bank of Wales	1
Shearwater Capital	1
Jutech Pty Ltd	1
Lucky Ariyasena	1
Black Nova Venture Capital	1
Metagrove Ventures	1
Skyfield Capital	1
Skalata	1
Andrew Larsen	1
CP Ventures	1
Tim Doyle	1
Josh Slattery	1

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
SAMA Fertility — SAMA Fertility is a virtual fertility clinic that offers fertility care and treatments, including preservation and evaluation services.
Infiction labs — SPARC 1.2 is a solar panel robotic cleaning system designed and developed by Infiction Labs Pvt Ltd for commercial solar plants.

Helping passionate founders build the future Saniel Ventures is a private investment group supporting high growth technology companies. Get in touch We invest in people first Smart, passionate, resilient founders building the future We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect that you are humble enough to know

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

BuildPass — Unlock the full potential of your site with easy-to-use AI software to streamline operations, reduce admin tasks, and ensure every project is on track and compliant.
Arca Climate Technologies, Inc. — Carbin Minerals unlock the enormous carbon dioxide removal potential of mine waste.
Matrak Industries — Matrak is a leading construction management software, enabling effective material tracking through a robust supply chain tracking system.

Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Okkular — Okkular is an AI based fashion tech startup.
iiShield — iiShield aims to improve patient outcomes and surgeon training in transplant surgery by providing effective organ heat protection.
Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Good Heat — Good Heat delivers zero-carbon heat as a service to industrial heat users.
Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
Kite Magnetics — Electric motors enabling electric aircraft of all sizes to fly further, carry more and emit less. The future of aviation is electric.

Resource Capital Funds is a mining-focused alternative investments firm that partners with companies to build strong, successful, and sustainable businesses.

Investment focus

Construction, Software, SaaS
Funding Round, Seed, Convertible Note
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

SciAps — SciAps specializes in portable analytical instruments with the power to measure any element. Our industry-leading X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and laser-based (LIBS) analyzers are at work across every major industry.
APE Mobile — APE Mobile develops a paperless site application for contractors in Australia. Its site application comprises features, such as operational forms, safety forms, project management, actions and defects, drawings and documents, and redline markup. David Hayward and Matthew Edwards founded APE Mobile in January 2, 2009. Its headquarters is inLeederville in Australia.
QuickSafety — Now you can quickly and easily complete Certificate of Compliance in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & New Zealand using the Quicksafety mobile app.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Marloo — Marloo is an AI-assistant that empowers financial advisers to focus on building client relationships, instead of paperwork.
Syenta — Syenta is transforming the electronics manufacturing sector. Our patented fabrication method enables the 3D printing of multi-material electronics with fewer steps and less waste.
PsiQuantum — PsiQuantum is building the world's first useful quantum computer.

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

Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
Tint Paint — Tint Paint manufactures decorative paints for a wide range of colors for commercial and residential uses.
Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!

AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
DroneDeploy — DroneDeploy is a provider of cloud-control software solutions for drones which include automated flight safety checks, workflows, and real-time mapping and data processing.The company has partnered with leading drone manufacturers like DJI to provide its software to end users in a variety of industries, including agriculture, real estate, mining,construction and many other commercial and consumer arenas. DroneDeploy is compatible with any drone.
SafetyCulture — Digitize & improve elements of your operations. Give your teams the knowledge, tools & confidence to work safely & meet higher standards.

Skip Capital is a private investment fund investing in technology and infrastructure

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Askable — Askable offers a comprehensive research platform that facilitates access to certified researchers and verified participants globally. The platform streamlines the research process from recruitment to analysis, enabling teams to gather insights efficiently.
Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
GROWL — Discover GROWL: the smart boxing bag blending cardio, strength, and gaming. Experience an immersive home boxing coach and step up your performance.

EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mutinex — Discover how Mutinex helps businesses optimize marketing decisions with data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions.
Strong Room AI — Software that enables high-strength care through streamlined workflows, continuous analytics, surfaced insights and safeguarded data.
Particular Audience — Harness the power of AI to automate incremental revenue with context-aware targeting and hyper-personalization.

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

Mastt — Better Capital Works Portfolio Management - Make better, quicker business decisions with real time transparency over your capital works program.
AmazingCo — Experiences you'll love.
VERSATILE — VERSATILE uses machine learning and AI to optimize construction processes. It captures and analyzes data points to deliver real-time insights on job site performance and streamline decision-making. Mounted under the hook of any crane, this first-of-its-kind technology offers unparalleled production data on any job site including information onmaterials, redundancies, construction progress, and crane utilization.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Significant Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund backing transformative technologies and the ambitious founders behind them.Founded by the Hindmarsh family, Significant Ventures invests in deep tech, applied science and research-driven innovation emerging from Australia’s leading universities and research institutions. The fundcombines capital with active, hands-on support—helping early-stage companies shape their strategy, attract talent, and access follow-on funding.With a network of expert operators, advisors and institutional partners, Significant Ventures focuses on turning high-potential ideas into globally scalable businesses. The team works closely with founders across sectors including life sciences, climate tech, AI, education and advanced manufacturing.Driven by a commitment to impact, collaboration and long-term value creation, Significant Ventures exists to build the next generation of high-growth companies that will lead Australia’s innovation economy

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Wavewise Analytics — Cyban is a medical equipment manufacturing company that manufactures brain oxygen monitors.
Earthodic — Earthodic is an Australian materials science company creating functional biobased coatings. Paperbarc by Earthodic is a biobased water-resistant coating for pulped or paper products. It has better water-resistance than wax coatings, more sustainable and circular than plastic coatings. Repulpable. Re
Visionary Machines — Superior perception for next-generation autonomy

Andrew Sypkes

Investment focus

Construction, Management Consulting, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Fresho — The Order Management System for Fresh Food Wholesalers to save time and make customers happy.
Investorist — Investorist is the leading B2B property marketplace for buying & selling off the plan property & pre-construction projects. Become a member to access exclusive property listings or register your projects.
Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!

We are an Active Ownership Investment Manager of public and private equities for high net worth individuals, family offices and institutional investors.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Mobile Apps
Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

APE Mobile — APE Mobile develops a paperless site application for contractors in Australia. Its site application comprises features, such as operational forms, safety forms, project management, actions and defects, drawings and documents, and redline markup. David Hayward and Matthew Edwards founded APE Mobile in January 2, 2009. Its headquarters is inLeederville in Australia.

Foundamental is the first partner to exceptional founders re-creating the real world globally

Investment focus

Construction, Software, Real Estate
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Enter — baupal seeks to democratize sustainable and customized architecture, making design, energy assessments, permitting and cost evaluations more accessible and straightforward for private builders and smaller construction projects. baupal is an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structuresto streamline design, planning and permitting processes for a range of small-scale projects.baupal was established in December, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
Lun — Your all-in-one heat pump platform. Streamline system design, lead qualification, scheduling, quoting and much more.
Adaptive Real Estate — Experience a stress-free back office for less than what you pay for dumpsters.

Kurt Alexander

Investment focus

Mining, Retail, Medical
Seed, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

QuickSafety — Now you can quickly and easily complete Certificate of Compliance in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & New Zealand using the Quicksafety mobile app.

Marbruck is an open-ended venture capital group. Marbruck sources, invests, and provides ongoing guidance to early / growth stage technology companies. With no outside capital, Marbruck actively manages a diverse global portfolio of 30+ companies spanning Seed through to pre-listing. Marbruck leverages its intellectual capital, its network ofpartner investors, and its deep operational experience, to successfully navigate the highest-risk, highest-reward spectrum of investing.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

EatClub — EatClub shows you nearby restaurants, with spare tables, offering last minute deals. Receive up to 50% off your bill (including drinks!)
Mutinex — Discover how Mutinex helps businesses optimize marketing decisions with data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions.
Sitemate — Sitemate builds user friendly software which thousands of industrial companies use every day to streamline their paperwork and processes.

Rory San Miguel cofounded Propeller Aero in 2014. The startup sells software for high-accuracy GPS drone surveying. It is mainly used to aid construction companies track large areas of land and investigate hazards without endangering anyone. The enterprise partnered with global drone leader DJI to sell its software and hardware alongside DJIdrones. It now has offices in Sydney’s Surrey Hills and has a team of 30.

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, Software
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Sitemate — Sitemate builds user friendly software which thousands of industrial companies use every day to streamline their paperwork and processes.

Grand Prix Capital is a private venture capital and investment firm specialized in rapid growth, start-up, private and microcap listed businesses.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Rezdy — Rezdy is the best online booking software for tour & activity operators. Discover more about the largest distribution network for tours & activities.
Betterx — Betterx is a technology company focused on infrastructure to support Web3.0 and Digital Assets.
Programa — Purpose-built by and for interior designers, Programa removes headaches and distractions so you and your studio have the freedom to design.

Recursive Ventures is a San Francisco based Micro VC fund investing in US and Israeli Pre-seed and Seed Tech Startups disrupting industries through use of Data and Artificial Intelligence.Recursive is a Solo Capitalist fund managed by Itamar Novick with support from a seasoned group of Founders, Operators, and go-to-market experts. We arefounders ourselves and partner with you to build momentum and find smart capital to scale your business. As a Solo Capitalist – a VC operating like an Angel – we make decision in days, not weeks, and dedicate our time to support founders.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Dono — Supercharge your title production with Dono. The AI platform that ensures speed and efficient scale without compromising accuracy or consistency.
Perspective AI — Have meaningful customer conversations at scale. Understand what truly matters to your customers, make decisions with conviction, and plan with precision.
Tomato.ai — Improve call clarity & customer experience with AI-powered accent neutralization & reduction solutions. Request a demo to learn more.

Bob Hennessy was appointed Group CIO of Lendlease in June 2015 and is based in Sydney, Australia. Bob has close to 40 years experience in technology across a range of industries, including steel manufacturing, transport, financial services, telecommunications and consulting. Prior to joining Lendlease, Bob was CEO of Pacteras Australian and NZbusiness having sold his privately owned consulting firm to them in 2012. Pactera was a NASDAQ listed entity at the time of the sale but was subsequently acquired by Blackstone International in 2014. Previous roles include leading the technology stream supporting the integration of BT, Rothschild and Westpac Financial Services, which saw him appointed CIO of the integrated company. Bob was also CIO of TNT Asia Pacific driving the integration of the Australian business from 1996 to 1998 following the acquisition of TNT by the Dutch PTT. As a consultant, Bob conducted reviews of transformation programs in telecommunications, health and retail fuel. He has sat on client steering committees for major transformation programs in banking, manufacturing & distribution and transport. Bobs experience as an executive in industrial sectors and volatile business conditions lends him a rare combination of experiences invaluable for companies on the cusp of significant change. His combination of client-side and sell-side roles, coupled with his entrepreneurial experience brings an appreciation of a range of business perspectives.

Investment focus

Finance, Software, Construction
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Mastt — Better Capital Works Portfolio Management - Make better, quicker business decisions with real time transparency over your capital works program.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Qlarifi — Consumer lending decisions transformed with real time, comprehensive data.
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
Ajust — Ajust makes it easy to resolve customer complaints with banks, telcos and energy companies. It's fast, fair and free for consumers.

PWV is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm led by Tom Preston-Werner. We back category-defining companies from zero to breakout.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Voidzero — Voidzero is a software development company that offers open source toolchain for JavaScript.
Mote — Mote is creating new gasification technologies to produce cost-competitive carbon-negative hydrogen. We offer hydrogen at scale with our uniquely integrated gasification plant.
Myriad AI — Myriad AI solves regulatory enterprise compliance using autonomous AI agents.

Seed stage investor in disruptive, product-driven software startups

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, B2B
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, Nigeria, Australia

Portfolio highlights

BuildPass — Unlock the full potential of your site with easy-to-use AI software to streamline operations, reduce admin tasks, and ensure every project is on track and compliant.
Julius AI — Julius is a powerful AI data analyst that helps you analyze and visualize your data. Chat with your data, create graphs, build forecasting models, and more.
Pier — Pier's mission is to create tools for the next generation of innovators to improve credit access. They are developing an API to help us launch credit products. With just a few lines of code, they enable any company to offer credit by handling origination, underwriting, compliance, and servicing.

Lempriere Capital specializes in debt advisory, equity capital raising, special funding, private equity, and trade finance solutions.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Construction
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Thriday — Thriday saves small businesses a huge amount of time and money by automating financial admin. It's like having a bookkeeper, accountant and transaction account all in one.
Clennett Hire — Clennett Hire provides service and support projects of all sizes and offers a range of services to complement our state-of-the-art equipment.

MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity and debt investment towards growth capital. The firm aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands and to realize the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local EnterprisePartnerships (LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands. MEIF provides over £250m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Manufacturing
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Ekkosense — AI driven data center optimization software. Remove thermal risk, cut data center cooling costs and address data center cooling optimization
WELL Training — We deliver state of the art training solutions to national and international clients, transforming futures and delivering business growth through UK Apprenticeship and Commercial Training programmes.
Linear Diagnostics — Sexually transmitted infection management. Our innovative technology using EXPAR and Linear Dichroism provides the results in under 15 minutes

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)

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Tpaga — Tpaga is a mobile wallet for unbanked consumers in Latin America. Currently in Colombia and Mexico.In Latin America, more than 50% do not have credit cards or bank accounts, but what they do have is a cellphone. Tpaga allows consumers to store money via cash kiosk ( 4,000 in our network) and then use it to pay utility bills, cell phone top-up,supermarket and even gas station merchants. We have become the first mobile wallet in Latin America to allow consumers to pay groceries without having a bank account, and allowing unbanked commerces to start receiving payment without have POS systems.
Fiable — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth

Suffolk Technologies is launching the third annual Suffolk Boost Program: an intense 6-week program to help promising startups solve their biggest business problem in the construction technology space.

Investment focus

Construction, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Higharc — Higharc is the all-in-one web platform that simplifies, connects and improves each step of design, construction and sales for home building.
Handle — Purpose-built for material suppliers and contractors to manage the entire process of payments and lien management.
Trunk Tools — Construction and manufacturing workers are more productive if the right goals and incentives are in place. We can help!

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, India

Portfolio highlights

Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth

Black Sheep Capital is making its mark as a preferred investment capital provider due to their 'Everyone Wins' approach. Their philosophy is to work with their investment partners to create and grow opportunities where they can all enjoy success. Through this approach, they have been able to create a diverse portfolio of investments thatcontinues to grow.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series C
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kleecks — Kleecks is an innovative SaaS platform that optimises performance marketing activities, improves website health and speed in real-time, and has a significant impact on businesses by increasing revenues, lowering costs, and accelerating time-to-market
Beamible — Get the most for and from your workforce. Deconstruct work down to its individual components so it can be reconstructed to better meet the needs of the business and the employees. Reduce turnover and burnout, enable flex and drive efficiency with Beamible.
Brainfish — Brainfish is the world's first AI-powered help center + content platform that instantly answers any customer question.

OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

LoveHeart — LoveHeart is an AI educator-aide that streamlines child development documentation. Write learning stories, journals, plans, and reflections in seconds. Trusted by leading educators. Get your team plan today.
Factor House — We make Kpow for Apache Kafka, Flex for Apache Flink, and the Factor Platform for Streaming Data.
Ideally — Remarkably affordable, fast, robust and accessible research to inform and develop your ideas, concepts and products. Join us on our mission to make consumer testing a place ideas go to grow.

Mirin Capital invests in disruptive, technology led companies that focus on solutions to big problems. We are particularly interested in investing in technologies that: Significantly disrupt traditional business models Help enterprises solve big problems Make the world better or more interesting

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Water
Seed, Series C
Australia

Portfolio highlights

TokenOne — TokenOne is a Cyber Security software company that makes it easy to replace passwords, tokens and other forms of authentication with a more secure solution.
The Safety Compass — Safety Compass provides the link between people at work and critical safety info through augmented reality and smart notifications.
Unscrabble Solutions — Unscrabble is a solution that companies use to connect with other companies, their suppliers, and customers. When connections are made, information can be shared between the companies easily, quickly and accurately.Unscrabble simplifies the engagement processes, reduces the time it takes to gather and evaluate company information and makes iteasier to keep information up to date.No more forms, emails spreadsheets and expensive portals. Unscrabble helps companies keep information up to date in a single location and streamline the access to it by your trusted connections.

NAB Ventures is an Australian Venture Capital fund backed by National Australia Bank (one of the largest 20 banks globally).

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.
Archistar.ai — Archistar's world-first artificial intelligence helps property professionals find profitable land development sites, assess for feasibility and generate dozens of architectural design strategies - all within a few minutes
Zodia Custody — Crypto Custody, Without Compromise. Empowering global institutions to navigate the digital asset landscape simply, safely, and without compromise.

James McKinnon - Managing Partner @ MIRIN CAPITAL

Investment focus

Cyber Security, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Spacelli —
Expert360 — Hire elite consultants, project managers, data analysts, designers, and developers for your most important local & remote work
StorReduce — The Pure Storage Platform provides always-on data protection solutions for a scalable, resilient architecture for backup and recovery to ensure rapid disaster and ransomware recovery.

Arrowroot Capital Management is a growth equity firm based in Santa Monica focused on growing, mature, and recurring revenue software businesses. We seek to partner with management to accelerate growth and help guide the company to its ultimate exit. Arrowroot targets equity investments in the range of $5 million to $25 million, and has theflexibility to pursue larger opportunities. Arrowroot's capital is typically deployed to achieve very distinct goals including, but not limited to:– Working capital and growth investment – Liquidity for founders and/or management – Liquidity for previous venture or angel investors – Acquisition capitalArrowroot’s capital is flexible, but investment characteristics generally include:– Minority or majority positions – Board representation – 2 to 4 year hold periods – Highly incentivized management teams; commonly via new option grants – Arrowroot seeks to optimize the investment amount in order to efficiently grow businesses and create healthy capital risk dynamics for founders, current management, and past investorsTarget Company Characteristics:– $5 million+ revenue run-rate – Strong recurring revenue growth rate – Proven, effective and efficient sales and marketing strategy – Mission-critical, B2B software that typically solves a pain-point in compliance, workflow, security, and/or optimization

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Series C, Funding Round, Series D
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

FiscalNote — The #1 most trusted partner for government relations & public affairs software. Track policy, manage stakeholders, act fast.
Clickatell — Be part of the Chat Commerce & customer engagement mobile revolution with Clickatell's range of products & solutions. Build revenue and customer engagement now!
Engage3 — Track and optimize your Price Image. We provide the industry's most complete view of competitive pricing and optimize your Price Image

Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Analytics
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Narchie — Create a home that's uniquely yours with Narchie. Shop sustainably, minimize waste, and find one-of-a-kind homeware items.
MoveWise — Movewise helps vendors sell properties at a high price.
Area4 Labs — Hearby is a live music discovery app providing information on live music shows in Boston, New York City, San Francisco and the Bay Area, and Austin than any other source, reaching across the diverse music scenes: from pedal guitarists to techno DJs; from hip-hop ciphers to Irish jam sessions; from experimental sound artists to cover bands.

Murray Bleach is the Non-Executive Director of Zanbato. He was with the Macquarie Group for over ten years from 1999 to 2009. During this time, he led the North American infrastructure business in pioneering success in the infrastructure sector.He played a leading role in a broad range of successful investments in toll roads, property, airservices, water, energy, utilities, aged care and telecommunications, including landmark transactions such as the privatization of the Chicago Skyway and the acquisitions of Atlantic Aviation and Duquesne Light.Murray was also appointed head Head of North America and Director and Co-CEO of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and President of Macquarie Holdings (USA) Inc. In 2008, Murray returned to Australia as Global Head of Private Placements until his retirement from Macquarie in 2009.Murray has taken up a Non-executive Director role with Industry Funds Management as Chairman of its Board Investment Committee and serves on the Board of Directors for several infrastructure and energy companies.

Investment focus

Construction, Management Consulting, Information Technology
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Balo — Balo is the on-demand platform powered by the Top 1% of Salesforce Experts globally. Get immediate hands-on support for any Salesforce needs.
Voltrac — Voltrac is a robotics company that develops an autonomous, fully electric tractor platform called THOR, designed to operate in demanding environments for both agricultural and logistics use. THOR employs per-wheel electric motors instead of a conventional drivetrain, reducing mechanical complexity and maintenance requirements. It runs on swappable200 kWh battery packs, enabling long-duration operations and continuous work cycles. The platform supports a standard three-point hitch (Category II) and can be configured with a flatbed, making it versatile for fieldwork or transport tasks. Voltrac’s autonomy system combines reinforcement learning with real-time sensor data to adapt driving behavior and implements to changing terrain and crop conditions. Beyond farming, THOR is also intended for frontline logistics missions, with modular designs that can support cargo transport and resilience in challenging settings.
ROLO Robotics — ROLO Robotics is rethinking the kitchens of the future using robotics and automation.

Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Amped PCR — At Amped PCR, we empower life science researchers and scientists with our high-performance diagnostic technologies. We specialise in advanced Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology, providing robust diagnostic tools tailored to the life sciences and for critical sectors such as food safety, en
Coffi Lab — Dog friendly independent coffee shops, inspired by our love of coffee & labs. In Monmouth, Marlborough & Abergavenny. Proud Supporter of Guide Dogs UK.
Stable Resources — We are Stable. We pioneer new ways for teams to collaborate and innovate with technology being the enabler.

Shearwater Capital is a $100m venture fund which has three founders as partners. We're investing our own capital. We invest in founders who we like and trust, and who are passionate about building generationally great companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Marketplace
Series B, Series A, Seed
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

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Lyka Pet Food — Lyka Pet Food: for puppers living their best life. We deliver fresh, homemade dog food straight from our Australian kitchen to your door.
ClearCalcs — ClearCalcs makes structural engineering calculations easy with 100+ ready-to-use calculator library to US, CA, AU, NZ, and Eurocode standards.
EvenBetter — EvenBetter is helping companies build a workforce where everyone thrives regardless of gender.Using AI, we provide powerful insights and recommend the right actions for closing the gender pay gap and building diverse, high-performance teams.

Jutech Pty Ltd

Investment focus

Mining, Retail, Medical
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

QuickSafety — Now you can quickly and easily complete Certificate of Compliance in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & New Zealand using the Quicksafety mobile app.

Lucky Ariyasena

Investment focus

Construction
Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Maiden Ventures — We are a startup in Sydney, Australia. We develop platforms to help Contractors to build better and smarter. Our first solution is Tribus. Construction industry create lot of data. Every project has requirement to comply with Contracts, Projects Specifications, Drawings, Regulatory compliance docs etc. Some contracts are over 5,000 pages long!.We make it easy to search all that content. Visit https://tribus.app/

Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

8seats — 8seats offers a secure, effortless messaging app for teams! Boost productivity with real-time chat, team collaboration for businesses of any size. Get started for free!
Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.

We invest in founders building the future of industry across Australia, the US and South-East Asia.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

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.
TuMeke Ergonomics — Computer vision joint tracking for ergonomic risk assessments. Automate assessments so you can focus on implementing solutions.
Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.

Skyfield Capital

Investment focus

Big Data, Software, Real Estate
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Archistar.ai — Archistar's AI-powered eCheck is a globally trusted e-permitting technology that fast-tracks building permit approvals and boosts building supply.

Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
Pre-Seed, Seed
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TALY — TALY is a platform that is designed to find, manage and retain employees from both perfromance and personality for business development.
Viewa — Viewa is an augmented reality(AR) content publishing platform that brings print media such as magazines to life in 3D.
Termina — Termina operates as an energy tech startup.

I'm passionate about technology entrepreneurship and value creation.My primary role is the Investment Director at Larsen Ventures; an active investor in early-stage technology companies.I'm also a Partner & IC member @ Folklore Ventures, Board member at a number of growth stage startups, and feel incredibly privileged to bebacking some incredibly smart and driven Founders.I love supporting the local innovation ecosystem, and showcasing Australian technology on the world stage. I'm sometime lucky enough to be a judge, mentor, and adviser within the Australian ecosystem.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Fitness
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

nyfty.ai — We make little robot helpers to automate workflows, from Site Attendance & Manpower Logging, COVID-19 Prescreening & Emergency Messaging on Construction sites. Integrated to Procore (with more to come), our software bots do tasks on your behallf. It does the work you hate.
Reactory — Game-changing maturation technology that transforms the spirit-aging process from decades to days without compromising on flavor or quality.
Aussie Angels — A platform for investors to launch & lead syndicated investments into startups. Apply to join syndicates and invest on a deal-by-deal basis.

The CP Ventures Fund invests in early-stage technology companies that are highly scalable, at the forefront of breakthrough technologies, and driven by the fourth industrial revolution.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

LeadStory — Watch breaking news from around the world and stay up to date with current events. Follow topics that matter to you from providers you can trust. See whats happening nearby or in places you care about.
Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.
Skylark Labs — Skylark Labs develops continuously evolving and customizable threat detection systems for enhanced physical security. Our clients (CCTV or Drone companies) can customize our proprietary AI solutions at the time of deployment or continuously evolve them if needed after deployment making them preferable to other comparable market solutions.

Tim Doyle is a Founder at Eucalyptus.

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Sitemate — Sitemate builds user friendly software which thousands of industrial companies use every day to streamline their paperwork and processes.
NextWork — Building the best online learning experience to switch careers and upskill. Join the waitlist today, we are waiting for you!

Josh Slattery, Slattery Building chair.

Investment focus

Construction, Management Consulting, Information Technology
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!

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