# Top 35 Fashion Startup Investors in Australia in June 2026 ## Airtree Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Sydney Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Investible - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Macdoch Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS Our mission is to support Australia & New Zealand’s late seed stage founders. Since 2011, we have partnered with extraordinary founders building companies using technology to build a better future.We are looking for late seed stage founders who have a product and paying customers, in businesses across Australia & New Zealand. Our currentthesis surrounds networked businesses (like platforms and marketplaces) and select SaaS, but we do engage more broadly.We have been active seed investors since 2011. We invested in Cliff, Mel and Cameron when Canva was just starting to offer paid subscription plans. We partnered with Dylan and Mark at Qwilr based on their first public beta. Peter and Tony at Mable had 350 carers on their Sydney-based marketplace when we first partnered with them. ## Paul Greenberg - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Consumer Goods Paul Greenberg ## Paspalis - Type: VC Fund - Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Space Travel Paspalis is a leading venture capital investor in Northern Australia. We invest in innovative companies, both locally and globally, looking to do business in the Northern Territory. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - 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! ## Dayang Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dalian, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Corporate Round - Focus: Men's, Fashion, E-Commerce Dayang Group is a large clothing manufacturer based in Dalian, China. ## Giant Leap Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software Giant Leap is Australia's first venture capital fund to be 100% dedicated to investing in exceptional, rapidly scalable impact businesses. ## Minderoo Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Medical, Health Diagnostics, Information Technology We are a modern philanthropic organisation. We take on the tough issues with the potential to drive massive change. ## Sina Afra - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster. ## Gabby Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Internet Gabby Leibovich is the co-founder and managing director at Catch.com.au. ## Jonathan Lui - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Lifestyle Jonathan is a director and a founding member of the Tank Stream Ventures Investment Committee.Jonathan is a technology entrepreneur with a extensive experience as a founder, investor and advisor with expert knowledge in online and telecommunications industries. He is a co-founder and COO of Airtasker where he heads up all IT and product developmentoperations.Jonathan is a founding director of Tank Stream Labs and is the co-author of a “Wireless LAN based Indoor Positioning” study published in 2007 which has been presented internationally.As a founding team member and project manager for amaysim, Jonathan worked directly with the COO to build a web based MVNO which achieved one of the fastest telecommunications service provider rollouts in Australia. Prior to this, Jonathan was an executive at IBM where he managed Westpac’s IT infrastructure projects. He is also an entrepreneur within the music industry as a founder of event management group Infinity Productionz. ## Smarter Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Saint Leonards, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Men's, Fashion, E-Commerce Smarter Capital is an investment firm that invests in technology companies. ## Shorooq Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Shorooq Partners is the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world. ## Brisbane Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Machine Learning Formed in late 2006, the Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd is a large group of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in South East Queensland, Australia. The members are typically active or semi-retired former senior business executives, who apart from financial input can provide much needed value adding toinvestee companies through hands-on management experience and high level business networks. ## Melt Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing We provide venture capital, expertise and advice to advanced manufacturing-focused Australian startups with global ambitions. ## Ieva Zubavičiūtė - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, B2B Ieva Zubavičiūtė ## Andrew Hagger - Type: Angel - Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Shopping, E-Commerce Andrew Hagger is the CEO Tattarang. ## Paloma Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Men's, Billing, Fashion We partner with exceptional founders to transform novel ideas into high-growth companies. ## Justus Hammer - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Fashion, FinTech Justus is a seasoned entrepreneur who has been working in the technology space for over a decade. First as a founder of Spreets and later as an investor and advisor to other startups such as Airtasker. His latest venture is Sellable with which he plans to revolutionise the real estate landscape in Australia. ## Thomas Jones - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: CRM, SaaS, Retail Thomas Jones is a entrepreneur and founder of Charlotte Street Capital. Previously he worked with SMARTS Group International as a Founder & Executive Director. He attended the University of Sydney and Birkbeck, University of London. ## Blackbird Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Aura Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: iOS, Blockchain, Information Technology Aura Group is a financial services company operating out of Australia and Singapore that provides tailored wealth and funds management solutions across the Asia Pacific region. Our vision is to build trust that lasts generations. ## Eric Liaw - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Series E - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Eric Liaw is based out of London, England and currently works as a General Partner for IVP. Eric previously worked at Technology Crossover Ventures as a Vice President. Eric attended the Stanford University. ## Rob Chapman - Type: Angel - Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Fashion, Consumer Goods Rob joined BGF in July 2013 to head up Direct Origination across the firm. He is based in Birmingham, but with a national remit to increase the volume of off-market investments made through establishing direct channels of contact with attractive organisations. Prior to joining BGF, Rob was Managing Director of Cadenza Partners, an independentDeal Origination boutique which sourced investment opportunities for High Net Worth Individuals and Private Equity firms across the UK. He began his career in Deal Origination after designing and building the highly successful MBI Programme at Leeds-based recruiter Ellis Fairbank, before transferring to global headhunting firm Odgers Berndtson. He brings with him a track record of sourcing more than two dozen investments since his first deal completed in October 2006. ## Goodwater Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Burlingame, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good. ## Washington H. Soul Pattinson - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology With origins in owning and operating Australian pharmacies, Soul Patts has evolved into a diversified investment house investing across a range of industries and asset classes, including listed equities, private equity, credit, and property. ## Rolf Krecklenberg - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Lifestyle Rolf Krecklenberg - Chairman @ Robar Investments ## eBay Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Jose, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet eBay Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of eBay Inc. We invest in disruptive early-stage companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape. ## Sidecar Fund2 - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Recruiting, Health Care Sidecar Fund2 ## BetterLabs Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Australia, Isabela, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Grant - Focus: Education, FinTech, Software BetterLabs is an early-stage venture capital fund and venture studio based in Perth, Australia. Backed by RAC the fund invests in technology and opportunities that impact next-generation insurance, clean technology, mobility, work and money. The studio creates ventures to solve challenges in these domains and we also invest in them. ## Brian Sugar - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion Brian Sugar is the Managing Partner of Sugar Capital. He is a Founder at POPSUGAR. ## Seven West Media - Type: VC Fund - Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services Change the tagline ## Mirvac Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Energy, Fashion, E-Commerce Ventures arm of Mirvac Pty Ltd