Top 10 eSports VC Funds & Investors in Australia (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Adi Dassler International Family Office
VC Fund
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2 | Australia | Seed | Gaming, Sports, eSports | |
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Aura Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Software, Financial Services | $468k–$12M |
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $120k–$11M |
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Alium Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $500k–$465M |
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Euphemia
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, Malaysia | Pre-Seed, Seed | Sports, Apps, Gaming | $148k–$1.5M |
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Artesian VC
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $70k–$15M |
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Elysian Park Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, Canada | Series A, Seed | Sports, Software, Health Care | $100k–$42M |
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Powerhouse Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Gaming, Media and Entertainment, Audio | $1.2M–$88M |
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Eleanor Venture
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $612k–$5M |
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Cerro Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States | Series A, Series B | Sports, Content, eSports | |
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- Industry: Gaming, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.
Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $468k–$2M; Series A $2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- TradeGecko — Powerful Automated Inventory Management Software for Wholesale and Multichannel eCommerce with a B2B Ordering Platform, and Mobile plus Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon Integrations.
- Catapult — Discover Catapult. The cutting-edge sports technology, data analytics, and insights that will unleash your team's and athletes' potential.
- Integrated Portfolio Solutions — Integrated Portfolio Solutions is an independently owned and operated administration platform, built by advisors for advisors.Through incorporating the technology and market reach of our key business partners, IPS provides an end-to-end solution that removes the complexities of dealing with numerous organisations to make the integration betweeninvestment execution and portfolio administration a seamless experience.What you will notice with IPS compared to institutionally owned platforms is a personalised service, a desire to embrace change and take advantage of new technology and a team focused on the efficient administration of advisor portfolios.We understand different advice businesses have different needs and we retain the flexibility to tailor our platform to suit the specific needs of different organisations. The result is an extremely cost effective platform that is unique to the Australian market at this time.IPS was designed with two key drivers in mind. To develop a leading edge platform to help financial advisors run their business more efficiently by removing all client portfolio administration from their workload. Secondly, being mindful of the margin pressures faced by financial advisors, and therefore keeping fees to a minimum and market leading level.IPS offers a truly integrated portfolio administration solution through the incorporation of administration, reporting, SMSF, research, CRM functionality, and instruction management to give advisors, staff and clients a cohesive, branded, genuine fee-for-service solution.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $662k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $649k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
- SPEC Toolbox — Structural timber design software for Australian engineers. Design CLT, GLT, and connections to AS1720 standards. Start your free trial and automate today.
- Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
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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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $4.5M–$10M; Series A $500k–$13M; Series B $2M–$465M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $72M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Boost Lab — Boost Lab provides solutions for skincare products that are cost-effective, effective, and safe.
- Koala — We're simplifying the mattress and furniture game. With free & fast delivery and a 120 night risk-free trial Australia-wide, try it out online today.
- York Street Brands — York Street Brands, formed by the merger of Boost Lab and tbh Skincare specializes in serums that target a range of skin concerns.
Euphemia
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- Industry: Sports, Apps, Gaming
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Australia, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $148k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Heatseeker — Determine how successful your business, product or campaign will be before launching by testing your products and messaging with AI-powered digital campaigns.
- Zena Sport — The most advanced Female Chest Protectors for Contact Sports. Using a patented design developed after 3 years of research and testing, Zena Sport Chest Protectors are ultimate essential to elevate your performance on game day. Reduces your risk of injury, wear Zena Sport and play fearlessly!
- GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 407
- Round size: Seed $101k–$5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$1M; Series A $2.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- LivedCX® — LIVEDCX: Advanced AI technology for contact centre leaders who must simplify complexity to create growth.
- Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
- Infiction labs — SPARC 1.2 is a solar panel robotic cleaning system designed and developed by Infiction Labs Pvt Ltd for commercial solar plants.
We invest where sports intersect with life.
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- Industry: Sports, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Israel, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $100k–$8M; Series A $5M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Diamond Kinetics — Helping players get better - and have more fun while doing it. Experience baseball and softball like never before with the Diamond Kinetics Bat Sensor and App.
- The Realest — The first dedicated marketplace and authentication standard for physical memorabilia.
- International Dance League — The Global Professional Dance League Teams: Royal Family, Quick Style, 1MILLION, Jam Republic, Brotherhood, GRV
Consumer Media & Technology Fund
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- Industry: Gaming, Media and Entertainment, Audio
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $4M–$32M; Series B $10M–$88M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The European Technology Network — The European Technology Network is a non profit organization
- Spuree — Cheehoo is an AI-powered animation platform designed to accelerate animation production for various users, including artists, brands, and studios.
- Five Iron Golf — Five Iron offers a unique indoor golf experience for golfers and non-golfers alike. Enjoy golf simulators, lessons, a sports bar, and more.
INVEST IN TECH TOGETHER
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $612k–$3.5M; Series A $649k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amaka — Accounting integrations and automation solutions for SMBs. Sync data from POS and e-commerce business apps to Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB and more.
- Josef — Automate lawyer-client conversations, document drafting and providing legal services. Josef is a software platform with a chatbot interface.
- Eugene — Eugene offers at-home genetic tests and counselling to help people make smarter health choices at every stage of their life, starting with helping people plan a healthy pregnancy. Our pre or early pregnancy genetic carrier screen helps people know their risk of passing on serious genetic diseases to their children.
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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- Industry: Sports, Content, eSports
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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.
- Religion of Sports — Religion Of Sports is a full service studio based in Los Angeles. We believe in something greater.
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