# Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Oceania in June 2026 ## Mark Livings - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Communities Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands. ## Alexey Mitko - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics Alexey Mitko is a Co-Founder of Eucalyptus. ## Greta Bradman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, AgTech, Software Greta Bradman ## Stephen Baxter - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care Stephen Baxter - Founder @ River City Labs ## Emlyn Scott - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning 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) ## Chintaka Ranatunga - Type: Angel - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Apps, Software, EdTech Chintaka Ranatunga ## Chris Sang - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer ## Paul Gampe - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Tutoring, Education Operating as a senior software executive director with a substantial technical foundation, Paul has led multidisciplinary teams globally for over 20 years. Paul has significant experience in all aspects of the software industry; executive directorship; acquisitions, investments, development, quality engineering, program management and operations.Expert in distilling complex products, solutions and services into clearly understandable language and presenting at all levels from IT Management to C-suite and Board levels. With experience in cloud, networks, data centers, and open source globally, Paul has developed specific expertise in the open source technology landscape. As a highly effective manager, he has a proven track record of managing global teams and products whilst delivering outstanding financial results.Specialties: Executive Director | Software Development | Agile | Cloud and Data Center Infrastructure | Globalization | Internationalization | Localisation | Operations | Team management ## Rayn Ong - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Marketing Rayn Ong - Partner @ Archangel Ventures ## Josh Rowe - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, Marketing, Gaming CEO at realAs ## Hezi Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Apps, FinTech Serial entrepreneur and investor Founded some of Australia’s most successful B2C companies. Over $500m in exits in the last 5 years. ## Didier Elzinga - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Music Didier previously co-founded technical academy award winning Rising Sun Research and is non-executive director at Tourism Australia, the Atlassian Foundation and Slingsby Theatre. If you want a short meeting, don't ask about philosophy (you were warned!). ## Gabby Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Internet Gabby Leibovich is the co-founder and managing director at Catch.com.au. ## Matt Berriman - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Advertising, Financial Services Matt Berriman is the Chairman of Mental Health Australia. ## Fiona Mary Bones - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Education Fiona Mary Bones ## Sasha Baranikov - Type: Angel - Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Education Sasha Baranikov is the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Fleet Space Technologies. Sasha Baranikov attended the University of Adelaide. ## Benny Kleist - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Life Science Benny Kleist is a Founder & COO of Eucalyptus.He attended The University of Queensland. ## Girish Mathrubootham - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Girish Mathrubootham is based out of Burlingame and is the Co -Founder of Hotline. Girish previously worked at Zoho Corporation as a Vice President - Product Management. Girish Mathrubootham attended University of Madras. ## Kirsti Grant - Type: Angel - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, EdTech, Consumer Software Kirsti Grant - CEO & Co-founder @ Populate ## Sam Altman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator. Sam attended Stanford University. ## Bernard Sabrier - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Education, E-Commerce, E-Learning Bernard Sabrier is currently the Chairman of Unigestion. ## Jeff Dean - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software Jeff Dean is the Chief Scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research. He joined Google in 1999 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technical foundations. He currently focuses on advancing AI and deep learning research across Google’s research teams.He co-founded and led the Google Brain team, helping drive innovations indeep learning for speech recognition, computer vision, natural language understanding, and a wide range of predictive applications. Over the years, he has co-designed and implemented several generations of Google's core systems, including its web search infrastructure, crawling and indexing pipelines, and advertising technologies such as AdSense for Content.He is also a key contributor to Google's distributed computing infrastructure, having co-designed and implemented systems like MapReduce, BigTable, Spanner, Protocol Buffers, LevelDB, and TensorFlow—one of the most widely used open-source machine learning platforms.Jeff Dean earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in 1996. He is a Fellow of the ACM, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences and the Mark Weiser Award. ## Bevan Clark - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, B2B Board Member at YourGrocer. ## Mathew Kuppe - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Learning, Industrial, Information Technology Mathew Kuppe is a founding partner and managing director for 360T Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, a position he has held since December 2006 when he opened up the company´s regional headquarters in Singapore.Prior to this role Mathew held the position of chief technology officer at the company´s headquarters in Frankfurt, where he was responsible for thelong-term architecture, technical organization and overall technical strategy of the company.Mathew brings more than 15 years experience in Information Technology to his role at 360T including more than 7 years in the finance industry working for Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in London and Singapore, and for CIT Group in Sydney developing and implementing financial software and systems.Prior to founding 360T, Mathew served as a senior manager in systems development for Newcourt Financial in Sydney. ## Scott Nolan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Medical, Health Care Partner at Founders Fund. ## Duncan Alexander - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Learning, Industrial, Information Technology Duncan Alexander ## Kate Mason - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, EdTech, Software Kate Mason ## Guy King - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, B2B Guy King is the Co-Founder of Stateless Systems Pty Ltd. Guy King wrote BugMeNot as a "slapped-together" weekend project in 2003 that went on to become a worldwide hit. After time working a Realestate.com.au, Guy King founded Stateless Systems in 2007 and launched RetailMeNot, a consumer coupon sites. ## Terry Hartan - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Learning, Industrial, Information Technology Terry Hartan is a Managing Director at Assetsecure. He Attended University of Sydney. ## Sam Friend - Type: Angel - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Travel, Big Data Sam Friend - Advisor @ AVUXI ## Brendan Hill - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps I’m an entrepreneur, angel investor and growth marketer.I started angel investing after my ecommerce startup was acquired in 2016. I love investing because it’s one of the most intellectually stimulating things you can do. You’re constantly learning about new ideas, technologies and gaining a surface level education in many areas. I’ve investedin awesome startups from Fintech, Blockchain, Data, Sharing Economy, Renewable Energy, Health, Podcasting and Computer Vision.As an angel investor, I provide a combination of capital, time, network, and expertise to the startups I invest in. ## Vijay Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, News, Software Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering. ## Shanti Mohan - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Transportation Shanti Mohan is an angel investor and the Co-founder & CEO of LetsVenture, an online platform enabling angel investment in early-stage startups that has facilitated more than 900 investments with a portfolio value of over $8 billion. She is also the CEO of trica, an equity-management and transaction platform, and part of LetsVenture.Headquartered in Bangalore, Shanti felt the need to connect startup founders and promising angel investors early when most people saw little possibility of sealing deals online. Almost a decade later today, LetsVenture has facilitated more than 900 investments and manages a portfolio of over $8 billion so far, backed by Accel and Chiratae Ventures as well as industry luminaries like Ratan Tata, Rishad Premji, Nandan Nilekani, Mohandas Pai, Sharad Sharma, and Anupam Mittal.As the platform grew over the years, Shanti’s vision to simplify and make private market investments more transparent and accessible continues to be the driving force. This larger goal has led LetsVenture to deliver timely products and features, including the technology platform for equity management and growth stage investments trica and cap table & ESOP management tool trica Equity.Other notable initiatives include the launch of Scalix, a Founder OS product to make starting up easy.As an angel investor with core expertise in consumer internet, embedded technology, and enterprise, Shanti recently launched Propell micro fund. She has invested in more than 40 startups, including Trell, Jar, Siply, Spottabl, Junio, Pariksha, GoBillion, Goat brands, Giva, and Bimaplan, among others. Shanti is the Nominated Committee Member, the Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (AIPAC) of SEBI. She is also a Member of the Karnataka Vision Board for Startups.She is the founding venture partner for RBF Fund N+1 Capital, and LP Advisory Board at Pioneer Fund.Passionate about trekking, Shanti has recently launched Pragati, an initiative to help and support villages in the Himalayan region. ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Scobie Ward - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, E-Learning, Language Learning Scobie Ward is the Chairman & CEO of Ward Ferry Management. ## 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. ## Bill Conn - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: EdTech, Education, Online Portals Bill Conn ## Boon Hwee Koh - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976. ## Robert "Bob" McLean - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: EdTech, Education, Online Portals Robert "Bob" McLean ## Danny Chan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: EdTech, Education, E-Learning Danny Chan ## John Key - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: EdTech, Tutoring, Education John Key, Board Partner at Amplo. ## Greg Ruddock - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Learning, Industrial, Information Technology Greg Ruddock is a Chairman at Calyx Private Equity. ## Simon Crook - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Professional Services Simon Crook - Founder @ CrookED Science ## Chadd Ciccarelli - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology Chadd Ciccarelli ## David Kenney - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Education, Language Learning David Kenney ## Ruslan Kogan - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, SaaS, FinTech Ruslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, having created and run many successful businesses. He is one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, and his Internet ventures have expanded to include a global footprint. His companies have operations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, with much more international expansion planned. Histremendous success made him Australia's wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. The technology manufacturer and online retailer he created, Kogan.com, has gone on to become the biggest online retailer in Australia, valued at over $400 million.Ruslan Kogan is a regular guest contributor to TechCrunch, Forbes, Gizmodo, and other outlets. ## Chase Coleman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Series F - Focus: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence Chase Coleman is the Founder of Tiger Global ## Bradley Chan - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Professional Services Brad is the CEO of Banna Property Group that owns and manages shopping centres, commercial offices, hotels and standalone retail shops. He is also the director of HaymarketHQ A unique co-working space situated in the heart of Chinatown ## Peter Bencivenga - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software Peter Bencivenga ## Trevor Folsom - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce Elevation Capital was formed by a group of successful entrepreneurs who have co-invested in order to pool together their capital and experience. We consider ourselves to be “venture accelerators” rather than venture capitalists. After starting my first fledgling business at the age of 17, I truly understand the unique challenges faced byentrepreneurs and I am aware that it takes more than just capital for a company to succeed.Recently, Blueprint Management and the various business's we developed (up to 10 companies over 13 years) has given me exposure to the difficult challenges that every entrepreneur will face. My experience has involved the creation of a company with only $10K start-up capital, which grew to over 950 staff. This business was then sold to a private equity group. The success of this venture has given me invaluable knowledge that I can now share with others to guide them in the future.Specialties:If there is one simple thing I have learnt in recent times about investing into growth companies, it is: "to not waste anyones time".Elevation Capital is a professional and committed organisation and is able to invest quickly when a good business opportunity presents itself. We appreciate the challenge that entrepreneurs face when trying to raise capital while also dealing with the daily time constraints of running their businesses.