Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Australia (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Artesian VC
VC Fund
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8 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $40k–$15M |
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $120k–$5.7M |
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Airtree Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $750k–$48M |
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Grok Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Renewable Energy, Software, Biotechnology | $808k–$150M |
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Melbourne Angels
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Angel, Seed | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Energy | $34k–$1.3M |
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Investible
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $250k–$20M |
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Tidal Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $508k–$15M |
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$35M |
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VRD GmbH
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Australia, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Fitness, E-Commerce | $5.9M–$11M |
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $367k–$21M |
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EVP
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $942k–$5.4M |
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DLF Venture
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Belgium, Australia | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, Pet, EdTech | $5.3M–$40M |
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Brisbane Angels
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Machine Learning | $120k–$1.3M |
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TEN13
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Financial Services | $808k–$46M |
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Döhler Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing | $1.3M–$11M |
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Maropost Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Canada, Sweden | Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $1M–$160M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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4 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $104k–$29M |
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Uniseed Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $381k–$16M |
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Cyan Ta'eed
Angel
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3 | Australia | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Consumer, CleanTech | |
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Main Sequence Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $1M–$73M |
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Collis Ta'eed
Angel
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3 | Australia, United Kingdom | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Email | $500k–$600k |
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Skip Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.3M–$100M |
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Morgan Creek Capital Management
VC Fund
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3 | United States, France, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series C | FinTech, Blockchain, Software | $2M–$110M |
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Skalata
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Education, Information Technology | $135k–$2.3M |
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Gandel Invest
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, Singapore | Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Travel | $1M–$29M |
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Uniseed
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $471k–$22M |
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Black Nova Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $330k–$3M |
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Honan Capital family office
VC Fund
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2 | Australia | Seed | Dairy, Food Processing, Food and Beverage | |
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Mike Wallas
Angel
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2 | Australia | Seed | Video, Water, Biotechnology | |
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Possible Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $549k–$44M |
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Breakthrough Victoria
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $708k–$36M |
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Loyal VC
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $20k–$3.1M |
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Even Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | B2C, Recipes, Mobile Apps | $337k–$1.5M |
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Platform Advisory Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Australia | Series A, Seed | Travel, Software, Food and Beverage | $3M–$12M |
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Aura Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Financial Services, Software | $1.5M–$12M |
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Bitburger Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, Austria, Australia | Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods, Wellness | $5.5M–$23M |
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Digitalis Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, China | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $1.5M–$132M |
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ACAC Innovation
VC Fund
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2 | Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, Renewable Energy | $67k–$2.4M |
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Melt Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing | $3.8M–$12M |
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Clinton Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $337k–$5M |
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Square Peg Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Israel | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $653k–$72M |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $637k–$33M |
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Agronomics
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Finland, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing | $894k–$55M |
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Justus Hammer
Angel
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2 | Australia | Seed, Series A | Retail, Fashion, FinTech | $471k–$3M |
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AgFunder
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology | $100k–$40M |
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Venture Builders
VC Fund
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2 | Australia | Pre-Seed | Gift, Events, Catering | $290k–$337k |
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Scott Heyes
Angel
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2 | Australia | Seed | Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Tiger Global Management
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $8M–$260M |
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Sydney Angels
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Health Care | $120k–$1.5M |
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Black Sheep Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $34k–$13M |
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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: 227
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.5M; Series A $2.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- CUZIN — Providing a surprisingly human shopping experience. Trusted and secure. Millions of domains to choose from.
- 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.
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, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $992k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $649k–$5.7M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Predelo — Streamline workflows and optimize operations with Predelo's AI-driven automation. Discover the benefits of our solutions and stay ahead!
- Mayday — Streamline your finance team's multi-entity accounting adjustments with Mayday
- Mass Dynamics — Mass Dynamics exists to enable more life scientists to accelerate their studies using Mass Spectrometry (MS). It's our contribution towards enriching lives and freeing humanity and society from the burden of disease. Mass Dynamics includes Enrichment Analysis based on GSEA algorithms and utilises Gene Ontology (GO) and Reactome knowledge bases.
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 184
- Round size: Seed $750k–$10M; Series A $2.8M–$35M; Series B $4M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $288M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- TrueState — Accelerate your AI adoption with TrueState's library of high-impact AI solutions, infinitely customisable for your unique business context.
- Sauce — AI customer insights for product teams
- SafetyCulture — Digitize & improve elements of your operations. Give your teams the knowledge, tools & confidence to work safely & meet higher standards.
Backing a better tomorrow
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $808k–$10M; Series A $3.3M–$63M; Series B $12M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Spriggy — Spriggy is a mobile app with a linked prepaid card that helps kids learn the concept of digital money.
- Airwallex — Established in Melbourne in 2015, Airwallex is a global payments fintech that enables businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.In today’s fast-changing digital era, Airwallex's purpose is to empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders, and by doing so, contribute to the global economy. With technology at its core, Airwallex builta proprietary global financial infrastructure platform to help businesses transact, collect and pay in any foreign currency across 130+ countries and 50+ currencies, without the constraints of the traditional global financial system.
- August Robotics — August Robotics creates robots to automate "dirty, dangerous and dull" workflows across the B2B economy. The company's first robot, Lionel, automates the dull and labour intensive task of floor-marking for the global exhibition industry. Lionel has been used as a critical part of the trade show setup process by the world'slargest exhibition companies in Europe and USA. August Robotics' second robot, Diego, automates the dirty and dangerous task of disinfecting high-traffic public areas, such as hotels, offices and aged care centers, optimizing hygiene and reducing the risks of infection. The company is also working on a number of other robots, each leveraging August Robotics' industry leading proprietary mobile robotics platform, which enables August Robotics to generate new robots for new cases far more quickly and cheaply than other robotics companies. The physical world is ripe for disruption by robots, and August Robotics is leading the charge to do this in the B2B segment
Melbourne Angels was formed in Melbourne, Australia in early 2007. Melbourne Angels is the leading group of private investors in Victoria who actively invest in early stage and growth technology companies.The group has a strong and experienced core of members that generate deal flow, are experienced in evaluation of business propositions and actas mentors for the other members and the entrepreneurs. The members vary in age, gender, ethnicity, profession and type of experience. All members have experience of success at being entrepreneurial.This award winning group is consistently one of the most active startup investors in the country.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Energy
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $34k–$1.3M; Angel $219k–$918k
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Emanda — Emanda App helps business advisory firms and companies determine business value, auto-generate data rooms, set goals, and track progress daily via AI-driven tools.
- Auric Essentials — Auric - The Power of Scent. Revolutionise your well-being with Auric. Discover our state-of-the-art AI-powered AromaSphere diffuser and app, designed to personalise your aromatherapy experience.
- Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 169
- Round size: Seed $250k–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $404k–$2M; Series A $1.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
- Directo — Directo operates as an independent B2B e-commerce pharmacy marketplace.
- EdenFarm Indonesia — EdenFarm Indonesia merupakan Start Up B2B, Pemasok bahan makanan mulai dari produk segar hingga sembako untuk restoran, warung nasi, hingga toko grosir.Menjual berbagai bahan pangan untuk usahamu mulai dari restoran hingga warung nasi
We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Pre-Seed $508k–$1.3M; Series A $1.7M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
- Socialsuite — Share your impact with the world using Socialsuite’s social impact and ESG technology.Whether you're looking to monitor your nonprofit's impact on people, or would like to demonstrate your organization's ESG commitments, Socialsuite's powerful impact technology can help you to show the change you're making.With officesin Australia, America and Canada, Socialsuite simplifies the complexity of social impact and sustainability reporting for corporates, nonprofits, charities, NGO's, governments, foundations, management consultants and impact investors.
- Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 311
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.1M; Pre-Seed $50k–$3M; Series A $3.3M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Sumday — Non - financial accounting software. Start carbon accounting, properly, with the support of your existing advisors
- Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
They are the family office of a traditional family business.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Fitness, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $5.9M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mighty Pea — Mighty Pea is a pea milk producer, which uses yellow split peas in the creation of its beverages.
- SUSHI Bikes — SUSHI Bikes has developed the perfect e-bike for modern urban people.
- Lyre's Spirit Co — Many years in the making, Lyre’s exquisite range of lovingly crafted alcohol-free, classic spirits was borne from a quest to make the impossible possible. To provide an alternative to those who don’t wish to imbibe alcohol, but still wish to enjoy the mirth, merriment and social intercourse of an evening soiree or shindig. But this is not justany alternative. Every Lyre’s spirit looks, tastes and sashays around the palate just like the original. And yet, the absence of giggle juice enables revellers to remain clear-headed, of good cheer and in fine fettle to pursue whatever tickles their fancy the following day. Lyre’s – the finest range of non-alcoholic classic spirits the world has ever seen.
We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Round size: Seed $367k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $4.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $942k–$3M; Series A $1.2M–$5.4M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
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- AutoGrab — Australia's Automotive Intelligence Platform
- Practifi — The leading wealth management CRM purpose-built for advisors, Practifi transforms how financial professionals connect with and grow their client base.
- Smartabase — Centralize your health, medical, and performance data in Teamworks' AMS to gain a holistic view of your athletes and optimize performance.
We provide funding and support to help your consumer startup thrive.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Pet, EdTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Belgium, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $6.4M–$11M; Series A $5.3M–$26M; Series B $23M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Foodji — Foodji is a company that makes vending machines that sell fresh food. For businesses, government agencies, and other institutions, the company offers a food vending machine and a smartphone application to purchase food, giving staff members, students, clients, and other visitors access to excellent, fresh food whenever they want it.
- Hormona — Hormona is on a mission to revolutionize hormonal health through the use of home testing & AI to provide women with the first end-to-end solution.
- Edgard & Cooper — Edgard & Cooper offers foods for dogs and cats made with natural and nutritious ingredients. Their products are made with fresh meat and simple ingredients making it more balanced than over-processed pet food. Edgard & Cooper was founded in 2014 by Louis Chalabi and Jürgen Degrande and is headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $120k–$1.3M; Angel $337k–$629k; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Giftbee — Giftbee is a B2B gifting marketplace with smart, eco-friendly solutions that enhance value and experience.
- Auric Essentials — Auric - The Power of Scent. Revolutionise your well-being with Auric. Discover our state-of-the-art AI-powered AromaSphere diffuser and app, designed to personalise your aromatherapy experience.
- The Laundry Lady — The Laundry Lady is a mobile laundry service company that offers washing, ironing, pickup, and delivery services.
TEN13 is Australia's leading Venture Capital Syndicate.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $808k–$2.2M; Series A $3.7M–$46M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Drawboard — Remarkable markup tools for WIndows 10, iOS and your web browser. Download for free today.
- Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!
- Clipchamp — Create videos with royalty-free music and stock footage, use video templates, and export in up to 4K video resolution. Get started in-browser or download the Windows app.
Döhler Ventures is a long-term oriented & entrepreneurial investor empowering early-stage startups in the nutrition & technology ecosystem.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$11M; Series A $10M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nukoko — Nukoko's cocoa-free alt-choc ingredients give food manufacturers a lower-carbon, European-grown alternative.
- Chromologics — Chromologics produce natural sustainable colors. Our flagship product is ChromoRed which performs better than existing natural, red colorants. ChromoRed is also applicable with vegan, kosher and halal diets.
- SuperBrewed Food — White Dog Labs is developing new probiotics for animals and humans. WDL is a biotechnology company founded upon synthetic biology and bioprocess development.
Maropost Ventures is a leading private equity firm that invests in people and their companies from the earliest days through all stages of Growth. SpaceX, Compono, Pressa and Lyres make up some of their first investments.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $8.5M–$160M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Apteo — Use your customer data to drive more sales by hyper-targeting and personalizing your marketing campaigns.
- Arro — Start building credit with Arro. Get instant virtual card access, earn 1% cash back, and grow your limit by learning and paying on time, no hard credit check.
- Clickvoyant — Clickvoyant is an AI marketing analyst that finds actionable insight in minutes. No Implementation. No Development. Google Analytics.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1193
- Round size: Seed $196k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $104k–$1.1M; Series A $4.6M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Carble — We provide carbon insetting technology to tropical commodity buyers and cash incentives to farmers that protect the forest. Our satellite-powered platform monitors carbon emissions, allowing for deforestation-free farming to be rewarded at scale.
- Sapyen — We take the fear out of infertility for men. Test for it at home, without stepping out to the hospital and get personalised health recommendations to improve sperm health and increase your chances of conceiving.
- One Key Access — One Key Access is an interface to the world of couriers to enable 24/7 frictionless deliveries.
Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $381k–$4.2M; Series A $1.3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- BioScout — Welcome to BioScout, your partner in revolutionizing the agriculture industry with cutting-edge automated disease detection technology for crop growers and viticulture.
- Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
- Morse Micro — Morse Micro is a fast-growing wireless integrated circuit solutions company that is reinventing Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company was founded by Wi-Fi pioneers and innovators, Michael De Nil and Andrew Terry, joined by the original Wi-Fi inventor Prof. Neil Weste and wireless industry veterans, whose teams designed Wi-Fi chipsinto billions of smartphones. Headquartered in Australia with offices in China and the U.S., Morse Micro’s strong and diverse system team, portfolio of IP and patents, enables Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity across the complete IoT ecosystem, from surveillance systems and access control to industrial automation and mobile devices, allowing connected devices to reach farther. www.morsemicro.com
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.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Consumer, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Refilled — Refilled is an eco-friendly company that offers smart drink dispenser vending machines to eliminate single-use plastic bottles.
- Trace — trace helps individuals and businesses go carbon neutral - measure (for free), reduce & offset your carbon footprint. Track your impact across our handpicked project portfolio including biodiversity in Australia.
- Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
We work with inventors who are building something hard from their unique expertise in science. These inventors are building the industries that will thrive for the decades to come. We have a unique working model to accelerate a company's pathway to scale.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.1M; Series A $4.5M–$29M; Series B $13M–$73M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $303M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Endua — Endua is building the next generation of clean energy deep storage to power communities, remote industries and off-grid infrastructure at the flick of a switch - all day and night
- Arlula — Arlula provides a single integration point for a global network of satellite imagery. Sign up today and get BETA access to our API.
- QuintessenceLabs — Quantum cyberattacks can break current encryption in minutes! Get protected with QuintessenceLabs quantum key distribution, generation, and management.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Email
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Angel $500k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Refilled — Refilled is an eco-friendly company that offers smart drink dispenser vending machines to eliminate single-use plastic bottles.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer operates an online fresh food market for busy people. It offers fresh produce, bakery, meat, seafood, deli and grocery, organic, and coffee products. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Brunswick East, Australia.
- Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
Skip Capital is a private investment fund investing in technology and infrastructure
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $4M–$50M; Series B $10M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reejig — At Reejig, we believe in zero wasted potential in people and in business – and that starts with harnessing the skills you have within your organisation. Our workforce intelligence platform provides 100% visibility of your people’s skills, potential, passions and experiences, creating a powerful central nervous system for all talent decisions.Powered by the world’s first independently audited Ethical Talent AI engine, Reejig generates the intelligence to instantly fill roles, track retention risks, mobilise talent to opportunities, pivot talent for reskilling and much more. Plus, we give you the power to ‘nudge’ people to new career opportunities, taking your engagement with internal and external talent to the next level. Put simply, we make workforce agility a reality.Reejig is trusted and used by some of the largest and most complex organisations including Woolworths, KPMG, NSW Government, John Holland, MYOB and UTS, and together we are creating a world where everyone can reach their full potential at work. It’s what we call zero-wasted potential in people and in business.
- Brighte — Brighte makes solar, battery and home improvements affordable for Aussies with easy finance and a network of trusted tradies.
- WORK180 — WORK180 is a global jobs network that operates at the forefront of a new workplace revolution. Our function is twofold.As an advocate for working women, we provide job applicants with a transparent directory of endorsed employers who support diversity, inclusion and equality.We share information around pay equity, flexible working, paidparental leave, equal opportunities and a range of other important criteria. Before an employer comes on board, we put them through a pre-screening process and on average, about 80% of companies who apply to work with us, pass our criteria.
Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser providing investment management services to institutions and wealthy families. They provide a customized investment solution to clients in need of a targeted investment program, as well as discretionary strategies to assist clients in building investment programs based onthe University Endowment Model. They provide asset allocation, manager selection, and portfolio construction.Morgan Creek was founded in July 2004 by Mark W. Yusko, former Chief Investment Officer of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("UNC") Endowment. The core of the Morgan Creek investment team has worked together in a fiduciary capacity for many years managing one of the most complex endowment management programs in the country. Mr. Yusko and Managing Director Mike Hennessy were responsible for building the Investment Office and subsequent Management Company operations for the UNC Endowment, and they worked closely with the Investment Fund Board to develop investment policy, set goals and objectives, establish a strategic framework, select investment managers and manage portfolio risk.
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- Industry: FinTech, Blockchain, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, France, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $2M–$9M; Series A $6M–$110M; Series C $3M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $71M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Percent — Unlock private credit investments with Percent. Access alternative investments on the platform powering the future of private markets.
- BlockApps — Welcome to BlockApps
- Improbable — Improbable is dedicated to building powerful technology designed to help solve previously impossible problems and enable the creation of new realities. In gaming and entertainment, Improbable unlocks truly next-generation gameplay through virtual worlds of unprecedented scale, persistence, and richness. In other industries, they hope to help answercritical questions through simulations that could lead to a better functioning world.Their platform, SpatialOS, lets developers transcend the limits of regular computation, allowing swarms of servers running in the cloud to cooperate in order to simulate worlds far larger and more complex than any single server could.They are a British technology company proudly building a diverse workforce, driven by a shared desire to improve and achieve extraordinary things. They are crafting technology for the future and fostering a problem-solving culture that embraces innovation through iteration and experimentation.stitutions across the world.
Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.
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- Industry: Software, Education, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $135k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $135k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $18M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Paperly — Paperly is an mobile app that provides modules for school management system and learning management system.
- Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.
- BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
Providing strategic capital and expertise to established and growth businesses around the globe.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Travel
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.5M; Series A $1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EatClub — EatClub shows you nearby restaurants, with spare tables, offering last minute deals. Receive up to 50% off your bill (including drinks!)
- upcover — upcover is Australia's award winning Online business insurance provider for All type of business owners, startups, consultants, freelancers and gig economy workers in Australia. Get a quote online today.
- Swan AI —
Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.5M; Series A $1.6M–$16M; Series B $471k–$22M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Lucia Bio — Lucia Bio is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing Syk inhibitors that help in the treatment of immunological diseases.
- Tiny Bright Things — Melbourne-based company Tiny Bright Things was cofounded in 2020 by long-time research collaborators Ray Dagastine and Chris Bolton. We invented Halo microscopy to transform the way researchers and manufacturers look at small or transparent things. This helps manufacturers in areas like agrichemicals and pharmaceuticals (where the size and shape ofpowders are critical) and researchers at every stage of discovery— particularly in nanotechnology (where samples are especially tiny) and life sciences (where samples are often also transparent).
- Kinoxis Therapeutics — Developing novel therapeutics for social dysfunction and substance use disorders.
Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $457k–$3M; Pre-Seed $330k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
- SPEC Toolbox — CLT Toolbox offers sustainable design of structural materials, using software to clear through the clutter and make design simple. CLT Toolbox is building structural design software to make mass timber as easy as concrete or steel.
- Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!
Honan Capital family office is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Dairy, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Mike Wallas - Advisory Board @ Optifire Pty Ltd
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- Industry: Video, Water, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PERKii — PERKii Targeted Release Probiotics are naturally micro-shielded to resist stomach acid up to 10,000x stronger than non micro-shield probiotics. For a targeted release in your gut and a difference you can feel. PERKii Probiotic Drinks are bottled with one billion or more probiotics per serve.
- Clipchamp — Create videos with royalty-free music and stock footage, use video templates, and export in up to 4K video resolution. Get started in-browser or download the Windows app.
Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact society. We invest globally in the early stages, actively supporting founders via our collective of global entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 163
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Pre-Seed $549k–$3.8M; Series A $9.5M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eden Brew — Eden Brew is a ground-breaking new way to enjoy dairy products sustainably and nutritiously.
- Auriga Space — Next-generation space launch company providing frequent, sustainable and affordable transport to low Earth orbit
- InSpacePropulsion Technologies — Cost-effective, robust, and quickly available propulsion solutions, based on 10+ years of R&D and 40 years of combined experience in space propulsion.
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Browse database — It's Free!The Breakthrough Victoria Fund is a $2 billion investment by the Victorian Government to drive investment in research and innovation.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $708k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
Portfolio highlights
- World View Enterprises — World View sets the standard for stratospheric exploration via remote sensing, C4ISR and asset monitoring via stratospheric balloons, along with future space tourism and research and education offerings.
- RayGen — We're powering the future with low cost, high efficiency solar power technology and renewable energy storage. Contact us for more details today.
- Conflux Technology — Conflux Technology is a new generation of heat exchangers made by metal additive manufacturing (3D printing).
Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $78k–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Peerby Classic — Borrow and rent goods from others nearby - affordable, convenient and green. Tools, bikes, party equipment, electronics and more. Try it now.
- Zobi — Zobi’s not just Artificial Intelligence, it’s Home Intelligence. Our smart, brand-agnostic solutions take a holistic view of homes - people, devices, networks, habits. They build an anonymous profile for each home, then use that intel to spot unusual behaviour and stop cybercriminals.
- Finverity — Finverity provides technology, working capital and expertise to give banks, NBFIs, financiers and companies a strategic advantage in supply chain finance
Even Capital is an investment advisory firm that provides growth of venture capital funds for women-owned businesses.
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- Industry: B2C, Recipes, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Pre-Seed $337k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ReciMe — ReciMe is the #1 app to save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest & more. Its free to use and easy to try.
- Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
- Woolchemy —
Platform Advisory Partners provides corporate advisory services to high growth and technology companies including capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, business sale and founder exit and strategic advisory.
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- Industry: Travel, Software, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $3M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EatClub — EatClub shows you nearby restaurants, with spare tables, offering last minute deals. Receive up to 50% off your bill (including drinks!)
- Foodbomb — The one-stop-shop for restaurants to order wholesale food products. Search products, compare suppliers, and order in seconds anytime, anywhere.
- CartonCloud — CartonCloud is an easy-to-use (TMS) transport management system and (WMS) warehouse management system with a mission of making logistics, simple.
Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies
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- Industry: SaaS, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.7M; Series A $2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- SynergyXR — SynergyXR is a no-code, cloud platform that lets companies design, onboard, sell, and support across all XR devices without writing a single line of code
- 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.
In the mid of 2018, Bitburger Holding founded the investment company Bitburger Ventures for its investments in start-ups. The aim is to combine the growth potential of young, innovative companies with the financial strength and access to different expertise along the value chain of the Bitburger Group. Our heritage as a medium-sized family businesswith a long-term orientation distinguishes Bitburger Ventures from pure financial investors and offers young entrepreneurs a unique added value. Our activities focus primarily on the German-speaking area, where we have been operating for 200 years. Through our industrial holdings in leading medium-sized companies that are successful in various industries and in international markets, we have direct access to different networks and various competencies. We are pragmatic, accessible and credible and expect the same from our venture partners.Bitburger Ventures invests venture capital in the form of minority holdings in already established start-ups, preferably in the Seed to Series B phase. Our investment focus is on consumer-facing business models, but we are also interested in leading alternative technology and service solutions. Following the tradition of a family business, we sustainably support our portfolio companies on their growth path. Bitburger Ventures also invests in international venture capital funds.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Austria, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $5.9M–$9.9M; Series A $5.5M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HOLY — HOLY is a company that specializes in the production of powder-based beverages. Their product line includes HOLY Energy® and HOLY Iced Tea®, both of which are marketed as having zero sugar and being sustainably packaged. The company's focus is on providing a unique taste experience while also promoting a sense of social responsibility. Theyoffer a variety of flavors and options for customers to try, and they also provide opportunities for interested individuals to join their team.
- HOLY Energy — Energy drink for gamers
- O.C. Hairsystems — O.c. Hairsystems offer hair replacement solutions for men.
Engineering solutions to complex problems in health through venture investment and company creation.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Series A $6.4M–$66M; Series B $13M–$132M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PetMedix — PetMedix develops next-generation antibody therapies for pets, using advanced biotechnology to create safer, more effective treatments for animal health.
- Scout Bio — Scout Bio is a biotechnology company that specializes in veterinary, animal health, and gene therapy. The company is driven by its mission is to harness the genetic revolution transforming human medicine to deliver the future of veterinary medicine. Scout Bio was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.
- Scratch — Scratch Financial is the nation's largest provider of simple, pet-friendly payment plans for veterinary care. Scratch Financial partners with veterinary clinics and provides pet owners with simple, friendly payment plans. Pet owners can apply, review, and accept a scratchpay.com payment plan in 90 seconds.
ACAC Innovation provides angel investment, mentoring and support to game-changing startups. We work with founders to turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $67k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $225k–$454k
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gathar — Book a dining experience in your own home. Browse menus and book online, and our Culinarians will bring the ingredients, cook, and clean up.
- Vaulta — Discover Vaulta's high-performance batteries for sustainable energy solutions. Revolutionising power with easy installation, maintenance, and recycling. Join the Australian-made energy revolution today!
- Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
We provide venture capital, expertise and advice to advanced manufacturing-focused Australian startups with global ambitions.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $3.8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Refilled — Refilled is an eco-friendly company that offers smart drink dispenser vending machines to eliminate single-use plastic bottles.
- Mynu Energy — Mynu Energy provides modular battery storage systems using repurposed EV batteries for commercial and industrial applications.
- Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.
Clinton Capital Partners is a VC advisory business that specialises in raising capital and growing shareholder returns, for early stage technology companies and their investors. In addition, we invest our own funds to align company, investor and advisor. We have completed >70 successful transactions, and crystallised 14 liquidity events.Clinton Capital Partners has a long and established track record of growing companies, raising capital, conducting mergers, and creating liquidity events. When raising capital, we feel early-stage companies underestimate the time involved, the distraction to the underlying business, and the importance of identifying the “right culturally aligned” investors for their journey.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $337k–$2.4M; Series A $740k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FLK It Over — Sign documents online easily with FLK it over. Get started with our electronic signature software in just 2 minutes with our 14-day free trial. Try it now!
- Neuweb — Neuweb is an AI video analytics company that provides AI-powered solutions to control CCTV networks.
- My Emergency Dr — A leading provider of emergency telemedicine services in Australia, My Emergency Doctor is taking the pressure off emergency care delivery.
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Browse database — It's Free!Square Peg is a global investment firm on a mission to empower exceptional founders. With investing teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 175
- Round size: Seed $653k–$12M; Series A $2.7M–$34M; Series B $10M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
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- Neara — Beyond visualization. A geometrically precise, 3D model that reveals how assets behave and react in the real world
- Pluang — Investasi di Saham AS, Kripto, Emas & Reksa Dana mulai Rp5.000. Aman, teregulasi, dan mudah digunakan.
- Excelero Storage — Founded in 2014 by a team of storage veterans and inspired by the Tech Giants’ shared-nothing architectures for web-scale applications, the company has created a Software-Defined Block Storage solution that meets performance and scalability requirements of the largest web-scale and enterprise applications.With Excelero’s NVMesh, customers canbuild distributed, high-performance Server SAN for mixed application workloads. Customers benefit from the performance of local flash, with the convenience of centralized storage while avoiding proprietary hardware lock-in and reducing the overall storage TCO. The solution has been deployed for hyper-scale Industrial IoT services, machine learning applications and massive-scale simulation visualization.
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 824
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $637k–$5M; Series A $4M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
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- Tino — Tino is building the future B2B payment network. The company allows merchants to use their credit card receivables as credit collateral, accessing working capital seamlessly and cheaply.Due to this increase in merchant purchase power, suppliers can boost their commercial opportunities, while keeping their default risk under control. The companyultimately aims to streamline the commercial relationship between merchants and their suppliers, leveraging data to boost transactions for B2B buying and selling.Pedro Sonego de Oliveira and Luis Eduardo Cascão founded Tino on November 2021. It has its headquarter in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
- Clever Care Health Plan Inc. — Clever Care delivers culturally sensitive Medicare options in Southern California that honor and represent the cultural values of the communities we serve. Health and wellness, centered around you.
Venture capital investment can raise funds for your small business. Venture Capital Firms in the UK like Agronomics is a biotech venture capital firm which invest into the clean meat sector.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Finland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $894k–$11M; Series A $6M–$47M; Series B $2.4M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meatable — Meatable is a food production company that produces real and guilt-free meat. With one cell, they are revolutionizing the meat industry's impact on climate change and animal welfare. At the same time they increase food security, without compromising the culinary experience of eating tasty, real meat. They aim to satisfy the world'sappetite for meat without harming people, animals, and the planet.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands.
- Onego Bio — Onego Bio is a cell ag company, specialized in animal-free egg white protein. We produce bioalbumen with an innovative precision fermentation process.
- Liberation Bioindustries — Liberation Labs believe that by innovating technology, It can free the world from the costs of industrialized agriculture and unlock a new era of accessible, healthy foods. The mission is to make precision fermentation by commercializing purpose-built manufacturing facilities for industrial biotech.
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.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $471k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Upstreet — 'NextGen Loyalty Solution', 'FinTech', 'Share Trading', 'Marketing Solution', 'B2B', 'B2C', 'DtC', "Share Rewards"
- Brainfish — Brainfish is the world's first AI-powered help center + content platform that instantly answers any customer question.
- Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.
AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials.
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- Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $100k–$10M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $4.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Root AI — At Root, we are on a mission to create the intelligent robots that will help growers build the farms of the future.
- FaunaTech — FaunaTech is an Agtech company that concentrates on the research and development of devices capable of detecting diseases in cattle farms.
- Bear Flag Robotics — Safe, productive and efficient farming operations for the next generation of growers. Customize, Orchestrate, Automate,and Scale your fleet to your needs.
As a collective of good agent investors with proven startup success, we're creating better outcomes for startups and early stage investors.
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- Industry: Gift, Events, Catering
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $290k–$337k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hampr — Stay in control of your office catering, meal programs, events, functions and kitchen supplies using Hampr's technology enabled food platform. Book a demo today.
- SignOnSite — Connecting construction workers removes the roadblocks to getting work done on sites, and stacks value all the way up the chain, and the bottom line.
Scott Heyes is a CFO at Mendoza Ventures. He Attended Columbia Business School.
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- Industry: Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.
Founded in 2001, Tiger Global Management, LLC (“Tiger Global”) is a New York-based investment firm pursuing a long-term approach to investing in leading, global public and private companies that leverage technological innovation. Tiger Global’s public equity business includes fundamentally oriented long/short, long-focused and crossoverstrategies, targeting investments in high-quality, public growth companies. The private equity business invests in early through late stage companies that pursue innovative approaches to new and existing industries, building on over 20 years of experience investing in hundreds of businesses in more than 30 countries with more than 90 portfolio company IPOs. With a strong track record investing across sectors and stages, Tiger Global aims to be a thought partner to companies and their management teams across their lifecycle in public and private markets. The Firm’s mission is to generate world-class returns for its investors and to do so in a way that makes its employees, partners and portfolio companies proud.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 881
- Round size: Series A $8M–$50M; Series B $17M–$130M; Series C $26M–$260M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.2B in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Progcap — Progcap is revolutionising the way financial access is delivered to underserved segments of the Indian retail economy, through specialized financing and technology products that empower small and medium businesses (SMBs) to progress without obstacles.
- Regrello — Regrello is an AI-powered platform designed to revolutionize supply chain and manufacturing operations. Traditional supply chains often rely on outdated methods like email and legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, leading to inefficiencies and communication challenges. Regrello addresses these issues by offering intelligent verticalsolutions that streamline processes, centralize data, and enhance collaboration among internal and external teams. The platform's advanced AI capabilities enable rapid customization, allowing businesses to tailor solutions in hours rather than months. By automating workflows, Regrello reduces manual tasks by up to 45% and accelerates cycle times by 35%, resulting in increased productivity and cost savings. Trusted by over 150 leading manufacturing companies, including industry giants like Dell, Regrello provides enterprise-grade security and compliance, ensuring data integrity and protection. The platform's user-friendly interface facilitates seamless integration with existing systems, promoting efficient communication and data sharing across the supply chain. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, Regrello empowers businesses to optimize their operations, improve quality, and gain a competitive edge in the manufacturing sector.Regrello Corp. was founded in December - 2020 and Headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Avicena Tech — It has been known for decades that optical interconnects have the potential to provide significant benefits even at lengths down to 1 millimeter and below. Silicon photonics, plasmonics, and other high-volume commercial technologies have reached a tipping point where they can be used to address critical chip-to-chip interconnect needs.Avicena’sultra-dense, low-latency, low-cost, low-power optical interconnects revolutionize inter-chip communications and vastly improve the performance of systems that are hampered by legacy chip-to-chip interconnects.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $120k–$1.3M; Angel $130k–$890k; Pre-Seed $337k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Quizling — Quizling is an educational app that allows its users to make quick quizzes on their iPhone or iPad. Its users have the ability to plug their iPhone or iPad into their smart board or digital projector and challenge their class.Quizling is designed for teachers, students, and classrooms. Its aim is to make a teacher’s life easier, a student’slearning more interesting and challenging, and to help make the classroom a fun and engaging place. It can be used to preview a topic and check prior learning or before a test. Students also have the opportunity to make their own quizlings and challenge each other.Quizling was launched in 2012.
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Black Sheep Capital is making its mark as a preferred investment capital provider due to their 'Everyone Wins' approach. Their philosophy is to work with their investment partners to create and grow opportunities where they can all enjoy success. Through this approach, they have been able to create a diverse portfolio of investments thatcontinues to grow.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $34k–$3.9M; Pre-Seed $539k–$1.5M; Series A $1.2M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Haast — Haast is an artificial intelligence SAAS company that offers marketing compliance automation services.
- TokenOne — TokenOne is a Cyber Security software company that makes it easy to replace passwords, tokens and other forms of authentication with a more secure solution.
- ProfitPeak — Unify marketing performance, margin clarity, and inventory risk for profitable growth.
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