# Top 50 Construction Startup Investors in Australia in June 2026

## Artesian VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

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.

## Investible
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

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

## Saniel Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction

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

## Sydney Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

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.

## Leigh Jasper
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction

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.

## Airtree Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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

## Jolimont Global Mining Systems
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Construction, SaaS

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

## Blackbird Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

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.

## Robert Phillpot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction

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.

## EVP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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

## Marbruck
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Skip Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

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

## Shearwater Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edgecliff, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Marketplace

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.

## Foundamental
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Construction, Software, Real Estate

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

## Kurt Alexander
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical

Kurt Alexander

## Viburnum Funds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Mobile Apps

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

## Significant Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Health Care

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

## Andrew Sypkes
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Construction, Management Consulting, Information Technology

Andrew Sypkes

## Skalata
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Education

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

## William Welty
- Type: Angel
- Location: Manassas, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical

William Welty

## Donald Kirk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stafford, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical

Donald Kirk

## Massive Tech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming

Massive Tech Ventures is an investment firm.

## Preston-Werner Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools

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

## Lempriere Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Construction

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

## Emlyn Scott
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Software

Emlyn has spent more than 30 years navigating the complex landscapes of finance, financial markets and technology as a founder, public company CEO, angel investor, VC investor and fund manager. He's had the opportunity to make over 70 venture capital investments in innovative companies like Nutromics, DataRobot, Calm App, Cerebras Systems,Skylark Labs, Zainar, and Kami, and a similar number personally as an angel. He is a founder of OpenMarkets Group, one of Australia's largest online brokers. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s second largest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees:
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Masters Business Administration (MBA)
- Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI)
- Bachelor of Economics (BEc)

## Tim Doyle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Software

Tim Doyle is a Founder at Eucalyptus.

## Josh Slattery
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Construction, Management Consulting, Information Technology

Josh Slattery, Slattery Building chair.

## Luke & Janelle Roberts
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical

Luke & Janelle Roberts

## Horizon
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, B2B

Seed stage investor in disruptive, product-driven software startups

## NAB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

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

## Rory San Miguel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Software

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.

## Grand Prix Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Marketplace, Software, E-Commerce

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

## Carthona Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

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

## Midlands Engine Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Manufacturing

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.

## Suffolk Technologies
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Construction, Software, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## James McKinnon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software

James McKinnon - Managing Partner @ MIRIN CAPITAL

## Black Nova Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.

## Jutech Pty Ltd
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical

Jutech Pty Ltd

## Skyfield Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Big Data, Software, Real Estate

Skyfield Capital 

## Development Bank of Wales
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

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

## Bob Hennessy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Software, Construction

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.

## Chris Sang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

## OIF Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

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

## MIRIN CAPITAL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Water

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

## Murray Bleach
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Construction, Management Consulting, Information Technology

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.

## Arrowroot Capital Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series D
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

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

## Simon Murdoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Finance

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.

## Andrew Larsen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Fitness

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.

## CP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

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.

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