Top 10 ESports VC Funds in Australia
A list of 10 VC funds that invest in Esports startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Esports companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 ESports VC Funds in Australia
Investor | eSports Australia investments |
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Aura Ventures | 2 |
Alium Capital | 2 |
Powerhouse Capital | 1 |
Cerro Capital | 1 |
Euphemia | 1 |
Adi Dassler International Family Office | 1 |
Flying Fox Ventures | 1 |
Artesian VC | 1 |
Eleanor Venture | 1 |
Elysian Park Ventures | 1 |
Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- GAMURS Group — GAMURS Group is a leading gaming, esports, and entertainment media network - we own and operate a network of digital publications and social media communities.
- VycoLend — The first decentralized Crypto money market built on BTC with advanced security features for pro traders
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
Alium Capital focuses on listed and unlisted technology investments to generate out-sized returns. The company invests in technology, innovation, and early-stage businesses, all the way through to publicly listed assets.
It specializes in the fields of finance, investing, innovation, and capital.Alium Capital was founded in 2016 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Australia, United States, Singapore
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- Beforepay — Beforepay understands that traditional pay cycles are a form of financial stress. So we set out to find a better way, giving Australians the control and confidence that comes with managing your own money, on your terms.That’s why we created Pay On Demand™ - a service that allows you to access the money you have earned at work, when you choose todo so. After all, it is yours!The app also automatically predicts when your bills are due, shows you how much is OK for you to spend, and automatically creates budgets for you, effortlessly.
- Academy Xi — At Academy Xi, we help APAC's largest and most sophisticated organisations optimise performance with concise, actionable training solutions.
- DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,219,508 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!
Consumer Media & Technology Fund
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- Gaming, Media and Entertainment, Audio
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Israel, Germany
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- Cineshort — Cineshort is a mobile application where you can watch great films in your short moments during the day. We call it "Netflix for short film" Our main mission is to stream great films to millions of people with the "experience is king" perspective. So, If you have a 10-minute commuting time, we can show you great 8-minute snacks!While Cineshort provides viewers/audience a wonderful watching experience in their short time, it also offers film directors the opportunity to bring their films together with a wide audience and supports their professional sustainability by revenue sharing model.
- Betty — Betty is a mobile gaming entertainment company that develops the intersection of casual mobile gaming and real money online casinos.
- Closing Theory — Closing Theory Studios is a new mobile games studio. Our first title, House Rush, is entering playtest soon! Sign up to check it out.
Cerro Capital is a sports investment firm that invests globally in premium and emerging IP and content that connects consumers to the culture of sports. Cerro invests in and builds lasting terminal value through unique intellectual property: (a) sports leagues and teams, (b) original content, and (c) related media rights and technology.Cerro's portfolio includes Religion of Sports, GAMURS Group, and the X Games.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Content, eSports
- Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States
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- GAMURS Group — GAMURS Group is a leading gaming, esports, and entertainment media network - we own and operate a network of digital publications and social media communities.
- Religion of Sports — Founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, Religion of Sports creates best-in-class content, and is building a brand focused on human/emotional storytelling in and around the world of sports
Euphemia
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- Gaming, Sports, eSports
- Funding Round
- Australia
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- GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.
As a MFO, we provide our clients and families with Best-In-Class solutions, family office advice.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Sports, eSports
- Funding Round
- Australia
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- GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.
Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
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- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- CLT Toolbox — CLT Tool Box: CLT Design Software and Structural design software for CLT to simplify mass timber calculations for Europe, Australia, & New Zealand
- Mayday — Streamline your finance team's multi-entity accounting adjustments with Mayday
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Hong Kong
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- Bygen — Bygen delivers high-quality activated carbon products while also facilitating large-scale, long-term carbon dioxide sequestration.
- Sitemate — Sitemate builds user friendly software which thousands of industrial companies use every day to streamline their paperwork and processes.
- Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
INVEST IN TECH TOGETHER
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- Education, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand
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- Tiliter — Tiliter's tech increases supermarket efficiency reduces loss and gives your shoppers a more convenient checkout experience.
- GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.
- iluminr — The award-winning solution for engaging teams and building response capability, empowering them to effectively tackle any disruption head-on.
We invest where sports intersect with life.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Software, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
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- FORTË — FORTË enables fitness brands globally to create a high-quality, premium digital fitness platform cost-effectively. FORTË installs its proprietary streaming hardware and software at one or more of its clients’ locations, deploys a customized website and accompanying mobile apps, and assists the client to launch and promote its new virtual offering.End-users can stream live and on-demand fitness classes from their favorite gym while interacting with their community on two-way video, tracking their performance in real-time on leaderboards and through wearable integrations, participate in challenges, and get social with their friends. FORTË powers UFC, Goodlife Fitness, YMCA's, NFL Player's Association, The Edge, Heartcore, GYMVMT, and many other well-known gym chains and boutique studios.
- Splash Sports — Splash Sports is the leading skill-based sports gaming platform built for friends to use their knowledge to compete for real money. Learn more and get started.
- SweetSpot — SweetSpot products make sports and outdoors more accessible, more affordable and more fun to play anytime, anywhere.
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