# Top 45 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Australia in June 2026

## Cyan Ta'eed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Consumer, CleanTech

Cyan Ta'eed was born in Sydney, Australia. She worked as a graphic designer before co-founding Envato in 2006 with her husband, Collis Ta'eed, and his best friend, Jun Rung. She now serves on Envato's Board of Directors. Cyan Ta'eed is also the co-creator of New Day Box, a charity focusing on women in crisis.

## Collis Ta'eed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Email

Collis Ta'eed grew up in Papua New Guinea. He moved to Australia to attend university and later worked as a web designer, selling Flash stock on the side. His experience selling stock inspired him to co-found Envato with his wife, Cyan Ta'eed, and best friend, Jun Rung. Collis has served as Envato's CEO since the company'sfounding in 2006.

## Scott Heyes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Restaurants, Food and Beverage

Scott Heyes is a CFO at Mendoza Ventures. He Attended Columbia Business School.

## Justus Hammer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Mike Wallas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Water, Biotechnology

Mike Wallas - Advisory Board @ Optifire Pty Ltd

## Matt Berriman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Advertising, Financial Services

Matt Berriman is the Chairman of Mental Health Australia.

## Andrew R Banks
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Medical, Health Care

Andrew R Banks

## Laurence Escalante
- Type: Angel
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Dairy, Retail, Automotive

Laurence Escalante is the Founder and CEO at Virtual Gaming Worlds.

## Simon Griffiths
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Funerals, Marketing

Simon Griffiths is the co-founder and CEO of Who Gives a Crap.

## 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

## Matthew Kelly
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Hospitality

Matthew Kelly

## Jodie Imam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2C, Recipes, Mobile Apps

Jodie Imam is Co-Founder and COO at Tractor Ventures and has helped many businesses in their growth.

## Nick McNaughton
- Type: Angel
- Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wireless, Internet of Things

Nick has a long track record of helping to build and grow software and web companies, and has been a successful angel investor, business mentor, and through Blue Cove Ventures which he established and ran between 2007 and 2012, the CEO of a successful investment fund.Building on 16 years of experience in bringing US software companies into thePacific, Nick turned to personal and professional investment in domestic software companies in 1998, specialising in web / mobile / cloud / SaaS and Enterprise opportunities.

## Warren Hogarth
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series C
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

Warren Hogarth is a venture capitalist at Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2008, Warren completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering, where he developed fuel cell technology. During this time, he was a visiting Fulbright Scholar toPrinceton University and a Guest Scientist at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. Warren has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Queensland.

## Adam Milgrom
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: EdTech, Medical, Hospital

Adam is an active impact investor and has built a portfolio of investments across a wide range of industries and asset classes that align profit with purpose.Adam has a proven track record in consumer marketing, ecommerce and innovation. He has deep ties to philanthropy, social enterprise and impact investing.Adam is VP of Giant Leap Fundwhich has been established by IIG as the first Australian VC Fund 100% committed to making early-stage investments with positive impact.

## Geoff Levy AO
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Payments, Crowdfunding

Geoff is a founding partner of OIF and an Investment Committee member. He has significant experience in venture capital, investment banking and commercial law. He is currently Chairman of Monash Private Capital and ASX-listed Cromwell Property. Previously he was CEO of Investec Bank Australia, principal of Wentworth Associates, a partner ofFreehills and he has extensive senior board experience.

## Peter McKie
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wireless, Internet of Things

Peter McKie

## Craig Davis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wireless, Internet of Things

Craig is CEO and co-founder of the GRIFFIN Accelerator. Craig is an entrepreneur and scientist. He has a PhD in physics and is currently a visiting fellow at the Research School of Physics and Engineering at the Australian National University. He held executive positions in the Australian Department of Defence for 7 years. In 2003 Craig co-foundedTakeABreak, an online accommodation business that was sold to Fairfax in 2011. He led the integration with Fairfax’s competing business Stayz and the group was later on-sold for $210M. He has been involved in startups as co-founder, CEO, director, investor or mentor for over 20 years. Craig has an ongoing interest in the commercialisation of Australian research and innovations. He is passionate about enabling entrepreneurs to succeed and make a difference.

## Les Szekely
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Customer Service, Travel

Les Szekely B.A. LL.M. FAICD, is an active business angel, mentor, and M&A consultant. He started GPC in 2010 after a career of almost 30 years as a tax consulting partner and director with Horwaths Chartered Accountants and then Deloitte. He is the author of over a dozen books on taxation law, has been an active angel investor since 1999 andis currently a director of several early stage and maturing companies.

## Marat Kichikov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Apps

Marat is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry and early stage investor. 
He is the founder of several successful companies, including a consumer finance bank, few e-commerce companies and investment fund. 
He serves on the board of his several portfolio companies (Bioloka, Wow Cube, F3 and RelesticaHolding), utilizing his knowledge and expertise in Blockchain industry which he joined to in 2013 as a partner in Bitfury Group. 
In both as a fund and as an angel investor, Marat have invested in 30+ fin tech, e-commerce, blockchain technology, educational, healthcare and gaming companies, providing business expertise and financial & advisory support to founders. 
Marat has a master's degree in finance & business management and a bachelor's degree in law. 
In his free time, Marat likes surfing and skiing!

## Henry Engelhardt
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Debt Financing
- Focus: Health Care, SaaS, Brewing

Henry Engelhardt

## Deborah Liu
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Education

Deborah Liu is the CEO at Ancestry. She is also a board memebr of Intuit.

## Michael Doubinski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Pet, SaaS, Internet

Michael Doubinski - Founder @ HotelsCombined

## Nick Humphreys
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Wellness, Marketing, Craft Beer

Nick Humphreys is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Linktree.

## Chris Morris
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Apps

Chris is a founding member of Computershare Limited (established in 1978) and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1990. Chris’ extensive knowledge of the securities industry and its user requirements from both a national and international perspective, coupled with his passion and long term strategic vision, have been instrumental in developingComputershare into a global company that is unique in its provision of a full range of solutions to meet the needs of listed companies and their stakeholders.Chris became the Computershare Group's Executive Chairman in November 2006 and relinquished his executive responsibilities in September 2010. Chris was last re-elected in 2012, but retains the role of Non-Executive Chairman. Chris now brings his extensive experience guiding Computershare to the board of Smart Parking.

## Patty Mills
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Hospitality, Food and Beverage

Patty Mills

## 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.

## Michael Bruttig
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Video, Internet, Health Care

Michael Bruttig is Head of Regulatory Intelligence Program Automation for Amazon Web Services

## Bec Milgrom
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Farming, FinTech, Lending

Bec Milgrom is a Director of Tripple.

## Nick Shelton
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Hospitality, Food and Beverage

Nick Shelton is a Director & Publisher at Broadsheet Media. He attended Melbourne Business School.

## Paul Greenberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Retail Technology

Paul Greenberg is an individual investor.

## Adrian Di Marco
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS

Mr Di Marco founded TechnologyOne in 1987, after extensive software industry experience in the area of large scale fixed time and fixed price software development projects to meet client-specific requirements. Mr Di Marco has more than 30 years' experience in the software industry. He is responsible for all operational aspects of TechnologyOneand its strategic direction.

## David Shein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

David has been involved in investing in and managing a number of start-up and early stage technology companies, many of which have been successfully exited. David was the founder and Managing Director of Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd. and established Dimension Data Australia (formerly Com Tech Communications) in July 1987 as a SpecialistSupplier of networking and communications products. At the time of sale, Dimension data employed over 1400 people, had revenues of $700mil with no external debt. The company was sold for an enterprise value of over $1bil on 2000. David actively mentors management teams. David recently served as the Chairman of Centric Wealth Advisers Ltd. and was Chairman of Holly Connects, Inc. David was also Executive Chairman and Founding Investor of Macromatix . David is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Montech Holdings Limited. David holds a B.Comm and B. Acc from the University of Witwatersrand.

## Howard Fyffe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Hospitality

Howard Fyffe is a Managing Director at VAST Data. He Attended NYU Stern School of Business.

## Marissa Mayer
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS

Marissa Mayer is the Co-Founder at Sunshine. He attended Stanford University. She is also a member of the Board of Directors at AT&T.

## Scott Farquhar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS

Scott Farquhar is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company that helps teams organise, discuss and complete shared work. More than 150,000 large and small organisations, NFPs, and government agencies across the world, including companies like ANZ bank, Spotify, Twilio, Mercy Ships and Visa use Atlassian’scollaboration products to help their teams work better together.In 2015, Scott helped spearhead Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business. Atlassian, and almost 4,000 companies around the world have joined the movement.Scott was the youngest person ever to be awarded the ‘Australian Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2006 by Ernst & Young alongside Co-Founder and Co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes. In 2016 both Scott and Mike Cannon-Brookes were awarded Australian Financial Review's 'Australian Business Person of the Year' and in 2017 Forbes named them on their ‘Global Game Changers’ list.Outside of Atlassian, Scott co-founded a private investment fund, Skip Capital, which focuses on fast-growing technology companies, with a particular interest in the intersection of big data and health. Scott holds a BSc (Business Information Technology) from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

## 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.

## Dominic Pym
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet

Dominic Pym is the Co-Founder and Advisory Board member at Ferocia, Co-Founder at Pin Payments, Co-Founder and Director at Euphemia, Director of FinTech Australia, and Co-Founder of Up. Dominic attended RMIT University, QUT (Queensland University of Technology), and Leeds Beckett University.

## Anthony Zaccaria
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Shopping, Wellness, Marketing

Anthony Zaccaria is the Co-Founder of Linktree.

## 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.

## Rob Lederer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketing, Marketplace

Rob Lederer - Owner & CEO @ RTL Group Investments

## Michael Rosenbaum
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, Internet

Michael Rosenbaum - CEO & Founder @ Spacer

## Matt De Boer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Sports, Travel

Matt De Boer is the Partner and founder of Athletic Ventures. He previously worked at Walsh & Company as a Funds Management Internship. Matt De Boer attended The University of Western Australia.

## Karl von Randow
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices

Karl von Randow - Co-Founder @ Letterboxd

## Kate Morris
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Marketing, Recycling, Craft Beer

Kate Morris Founder at Adore Beauty

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