Top 20 Finance Angel Investors in Australia
A list of 20 angel investors that invest in Finance startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Finance companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Finance Angel Investors in Australia
Investor | Finance Australia investments |
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Rayn Ong | 1 |
Quentin Wallace | 1 |
Bob Hennessy | 1 |
Greg Waldorf | 1 |
Leigh Jasper | 1 |
Lachlan McKnight | 1 |
Joshua Payne | 1 |
Matthew Browne | 1 |
Guy King | 1 |
Chris Hitchen | 1 |
Alex Vynokur | 1 |
Tom Richardson | 1 |
Matt Rockman | 1 |
Guy Pearson | 1 |
Robert Phillpot | 1 |
Damien Waller | 1 |
Mike Zimmerman | 1 |
Bevan Clark | 1 |
Thomas Rice | 1 |
Mateusz (Mati) Szeszkowski | 1 |
Rayn Ong - Partner @ Archangel Ventures
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Marketplace
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Minke — Send, save and invest crypto with zero fees and an experience as intutive as your bank.
- Pushas — Buy & Sell Authentic, Brand-New Sneakers From Australia's Favourite Sneaker Store. Widest selection of hype, exclusive sneakers: Air Jordans, Yeezys, Nike, Adidas, Off-Whites & more. AfterPay, Klarna, ZipPay & Laybuy available. 'Authenticity' guarantee on every sneaker purchase or your money back.
- Vouch — Vouch allows you to collect, edit & share authentic videos with a single link. Capture customer video testimonials, employee feedback, win-loss reports & more.
Quentin Wallace is the Partner and Co-Founder of Archangel Ventures.
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Investment focus
- Finance, Internet, Automotive
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Australia
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.
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Investment focus
- Finance, Software, Construction
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Mastt — Better Capital Works Portfolio Management - Make better, quicker business decisions with real time transparency over your capital works program.
Greg Waldorf is a Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the former CEO of Invoice2go, the mobile app that helps small businesses manage their cash flow through easy-to-use invoicing, expense tracking and simple reporting tools. He has a long history of involvement with leading technology businesses. Prior to joining Invoice2go, Gregwas affiliated with Accel Partners as CEO-in-residence. Greg also served as CEO of eHarmony for five years from 2006-2010 where he drove significant global growth through an expansion to 15 countries worldwide.He holds a BA from University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Real Estate, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Plateaumed — Level up your medical practice with our world-class EHR
- Rubik — Rubik is a data platform for Real Estate investors. We leverage Machine Learning to provide financial data on all single family homes. Real Estate investors use Rubik to instantly find properties that match their investment criteria.
- Backflip — With fast analysis, tailored loans, and a smoother funding process, Backflip gives you the confidence and the cash to close your next great property deal.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Construction
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!
- Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
- Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
Lachlan is the CEO of LegalVision. He co-founded LegalVision in 2012 with the goal of providing high quality, cost effective legal services at scale to both SMEs and large corporates.
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Investment focus
- Banking, FinTech, Finance
- Pre-Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Cape — Scale faster. Eliminate overspend. A corporate card that helps you save money, simplify expense reports, manage virtual cards & access a line of credit. No personal guarantee, no paperwork, no account fees.
Joshua Payne is a Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Battery Future Acquisition Corp.
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Investment focus
- Finance, Internet, Automotive
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Vyro — Browse, compare and finance an electric car, with instant trade in and personalised loans.
Matthew Browne is a Co-Founder and CIO at Upflowy.
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Investment focus
- Finance, Internet, Automotive
- Seed
- Australia
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.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Influx — Hire 24/7 teams to clear the inbox as you need it. We match your brand voice exactly with all management, training included.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Holidu — Holidu is a search engine for vacation rentals. Search and compare more than 15 million vacation homes and save up to 55% on identical accommodations.
- Classcamp — Classcamp is building the next generation of online learning. Our unique group-learning format is 10x more engaging than conventional online courses, by leveraging community and human-to-human interaction. We're building the tooling required to run a next-gen online teaching business, as well a consumer-facing marketplace for discoveringnext-gen programs.
- Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.
Alex Vynokur - Principal & Co-Founder @ Apex Capital Partners
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Investment focus
- Banking, FinTech, Finance
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Archa — Archa, a smart business credit card and spend management solution. Zero interest, higher limits with no personal guarantee.
Tom Richardson is a Head of Startups & SMB, APAC & Japan at Stripe. He attended the University of Cambridge.
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Investment focus
- Banking, FinTech, Finance
- Pre-Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Cape — Scale faster. Eliminate overspend. A corporate card that helps you save money, simplify expense reports, manage virtual cards & access a line of credit. No personal guarantee, no paperwork, no account fees.
Matt is an investor in venture businesses and will soon be basing himself in the United States working with Square Peg Capital. He invests across a wide sector of industries and geographies. Matt and his wife have a foundation where they focus on community projects, which have the ability to enhance the social sector.Prior to working as aninvestor in his own right, Matt was one of the three original founders of SEEK LTD. Along With Paul and Andrew Bassat, Matt took SEEK from business plan to become one of Australia’s most successful online businesses. SEEK is now an ASX Top 100 Listed company with a market capitalisation of $4 Billion, and with businesses in the UK, China, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.Matt also is an accomplished speaker and helps many organisations realise their full potential through his business insights. Matt holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) from Monash University.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Apps, B2B
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Vend — Vend is web-based point-of-sale and retail management software. Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores.Vend runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Even though Vend is web-based it works offline, so users can keep making salesif the internet drops out.Vend integrates seamlessly with other web applications used to run retail stores, like accounting, eCommerce, appointment scheduling, and others.The Vend platform is subscription-based, never requires backups or upgrades and lets retailers get on with running their retail enterprise instead of worrying about their IT infrastructure.
- Magnet Capital — Launched in 2017, Magnet Capital is an Australian investment fund focused solely on crypto and digital assets
- Ordermentum Pty Ltd — Ordermentum is a wholesale online order management system for the food and beverage industry. Book a free demo to learn how mobile ordering and payments can help you.
Guy has more then a decade's experience in professional practice and is a Chartered Accountant.
Before Practice Ignition he founded and grew Interactive Accounting and Your Modern Practice.
Guy's extremely passionate about providing small business owners with better information and better advice.
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Investment focus
- Software, Accounting, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Weel — With smart corporate cards and easy-to-use expense management software, Weel helps move your business forward. Try Weel for free today.
- AuditCover — AuditCover provides accountants a simpler, smarter and faster way to insure their clients. With our digital onboarding, secure data sharing and direct-to-taxpayer programs.
- Cake — Here at Cake Equity we make equity easier to use. Grow your company, reward your team, eliminate the hassle. Sign up for FREE today!
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Construction
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Australia, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Mastt — Better Capital Works Portfolio Management - Make better, quicker business decisions with real time transparency over your capital works program.
- Tint Paint — Tint Paint manufactures decorative paints for a wide range of colors for commercial and residential uses.
- VERSATILE — VERSATILE uses machine learning and AI to optimize construction processes. It captures and analyzes data points to deliver real-time insights on job site performance and streamline decision-making. Mounted under the hook of any crane, this first-of-its-kind technology offers unparalleled production data on any job site including information onmaterials, redundancies, construction progress, and crane utilization.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California.
Damien Waller is a Chairman at Point Hacks. He attended Monash University.
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Investment focus
- Credit, FinTech, Finance
- Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Nimble — Nimble provides a fast solution to short-term financial hurdles. A Nimble loan is paid back over weeks, not months or years. Their world-leading profiling technology allows customers to receive an instant decision upon completing an application.You'll know if you've been approved straight away - not hours or days later. Their freshapproach to lending means there's no waiting around for someone to assess your application. No sitting around anxiously wondering whether you're approved or not.You'll have an answer within a minute and cash can be in your bank account within 60 minutes. Nimble re-branded from Cash Doctors in October 2012.
Michael brings over 20 years experience in strategy, business development and general management of technology startups and other high growth companies. Michael founded BuildingIQ in 2009 and served as its CEO until 2013. Prior to founding the company, Michael was a General Partner at Technology Venture Partners (TVP), a leading Australian venturecapital firm. Prior to TVP, he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Altos Ventures, and a senior executive at iOwn Holdings, a leading Internet mortgage company (sold to Citigroup in 2001). Previously, Michael worked with Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA with Honors from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford Business School.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Birch — A credit card rewards app that helps you get the most out of your reward programs.
- InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
- Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
Board Member at YourGrocer.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Influx — Hire 24/7 teams to clear the inbox as you need it. We match your brand voice exactly with all management, training included.
- Chuffed.org — Chuffed is a crowdfunding platform for socially-conscious projects. We support individuals, not-for-profits, social enterprises and community groups to run awesome crowdfunding campaigns, all 100% free.
Portfolio of the Global Innovation Share Fund at Perpetual (post-IPO).
Angel investor in Australia.
Mentor at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator.
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, Internet of Things
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Alta — Alta is a virtual reality company developing A Township Tale, a social VR multiplayer experience!
- WORK180 — The WORK180 endorsement is the globally recognized sign of a great workplace for women. Find out what, how, and why leading employers want to wear it.
- Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.
Mateusz (Mati) Szeszkowski - Founder & CEO @ Norland Capital
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Investment focus
- Finance, Internet, Software
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
- Marketlend — Marketlend is a securitized lender platform that delivers short-term credit facilities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia and Asia by enabling the matching of investors to the underlying SME facilities.
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