Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in Australia (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Thomas Rice
Angel
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3 | Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Apps, Developer Platform | $200k–$12M |
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Julian Tobias
Angel
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3 | Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Electronics, Information Technology | $808k–$5M |
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Campbell Taylor
Angel
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2 | Australia | Seed, Angel, Convertible Note | Mobile, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Adrian Di Marco
Angel
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2 | Australia, Finland, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Wellness | $269k–$4.8M |
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Mike Zimmerman
Angel
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2 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $740k–$28M |
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Nathan Young
Angel
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2 | Australia | Seed, Angel, Convertible Note | Mobile, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Leigh Jasper
Angel
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2 | Australia, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Construction | $979k–$20M |
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Brendan Hill
Angel
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2 | Australia | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $875k–$3.4M |
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Artesian Investment
Angel
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2 | Australia, United States, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence | $25k–$1M |
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Evan Cheng
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $120k–$18M |
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Ray Stata
Angel
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2 | United States, China, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $710k–$50M |
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Roger Allen
Angel
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2 | Australia, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1.1M–$9.3M |
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Andrew Larsen
Angel
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, Fitness | $110k–$15M |
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Saar Gillai
Angel
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1 | Australia | Convertible Note | Electronics, Manufacturing | |
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Mark Aubrey
Angel
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1 | Australia | Pre-Seed | Computer, Online Games | |
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Tim Haggett
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Software, Virtual Reality, Content Creators | |
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David Harding
Angel
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1 | Australia | Series A | Robotics, Aerospace | |
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Luke Brooks
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Retail, Retail Technology | |
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J. Bryan Scott
Angel
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1 | Estonia, Australia | Angel, Series A, Series B | Email, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps | |
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Maurice Ben-Mayor
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Retail, Retail Technology | |
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Johnny Kahlbetzer
Angel
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1 | Australia, Philippines, United States | Series A, Pre-Seed | Farming, Agriculture, Big Data | |
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Nick Molnar
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Gaming, Retail, PC Games | |
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Wayne Baskin
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Retail, Retail Technology | |
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Scott Farquhar
Angel
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1 | Australia, Canada, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Apps, Internet of Things | |
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Brian O’Farrell
Angel
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1 | Australia | Pre-Seed | Banking, Computer, Software | |
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Matt Williams
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Software, Communication Hardware, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Steve Baxter
Angel
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1 | Australia | Series A | Robotics, Aerospace | |
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Boon Hwee Koh
Angel
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1 | Singapore, United States, China | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $399k–$20M |
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Larry Diamond
Angel
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1 | Australia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $101k–$10M |
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Craig Barratt
Angel
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1 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series A | Music, Computer, Database | |
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Josh Rowe
Angel
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1 | Australia | Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, Marketing, Gaming | $277k–$443k |
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Eric Ries
Angel
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1 | United States, Serbia, Australia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Internet, SaaS | $40k–$14M |
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Michael Stoppelman
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Internet | $770k–$19M |
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Chris Sang
Angel
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1 | United States, Australia, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $337k–$21M |
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Yaniv Bernstein
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Email, Internet | $2.2M–$3M |
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Michael Gonski
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Legal, Drones, Software | $740k–$7.1M |
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Jim Johnson
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Mobile, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Bashar Hamood
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $7k–$5M |
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Larry Lopez
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Software, Virtual Reality, Content Creators | $1M–$2M |
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Josh Hannah
Angel
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1 | United States, Singapore, Norway | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Internet, Blockchain | $1.9M–$50M |
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Michael Cannon-Brookes
Angel
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1 | Australia, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Renewable Energy, FinTech | $1M–$465M |
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Craig Davis
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Wireless, Internet of Things | $1.2M–$1.8M |
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Howard Leibman
Angel
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1 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $1M–$72M |
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Julian Sarokin
Angel
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1 | United States, Singapore, Switzerland | Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $13M–$62M |
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Mark Bouris
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | ||
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Alan Jones
Angel
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1 | Australia, United States | Seed | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $740k–$8M |
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Ash Fontana
Angel
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1 | United States, Australia, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Machine Learning, SaaS | $500k–$15M |
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Paul Cave
Angel
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1 | Australia | Seed | Hardware, Software, Information Technology | |
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David Paradice
Angel
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1 | Australia | Series A | AgTech, Software, Lifestyle | |
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David Shein
Angel
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1 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series C | Software, SaaS, Internet | $981k–$16M |
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Portfolio of the Global Innovation Share Fund at Perpetual (post-IPO). Angel investor in Australia. Mentor at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Developer Platform
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $200k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alta — Alta is a virtual reality company developing A Township Tale, a social VR multiplayer experience!
- 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.
- Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.
Julian Tobias is the Early investor and founder of Whizz Technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Electronics, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $808k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Visionary Machines — Superior perception for next-generation autonomy
Campbell Taylor is an investment advisor at Taylor Collison Ltd. Sharebrokers and has over 17 years experience in financial markets.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Booodl — Customer service is our #1 priority. Get a premium domain for your website today. Financing available.
- Transhuman —
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Finland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $269k–$985k; Series A $2M–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Petboost —
- Restoplus — Checkout our point of sale, website, online ordering, qr code table ordering, and table booking. Contact our experts to learn more.
- Factory.app — Software for fabricators to create orders, collaborate on work, track jobs and communicate with customers from one location.
Michael brings over 20 years experience in strategy, business development and general management of technology startups and other high growth companies. Michael founded BuildingIQ in 2009 and served as its CEO until 2013. Prior to founding the company, Michael was a General Partner at Technology Venture Partners (TVP), a leading Australian venturecapital firm. Prior to TVP, he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Altos Ventures, and a senior executive at iOwn Holdings, a leading Internet mortgage company (sold to Citigroup in 2001). Previously, Michael worked with Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA with Honors from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford Business School.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $740k–$6.4M; Series A $2M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Birch — A credit card rewards app that helps you get the most out of your reward programs.
- InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
- Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
Nathan is an investment consultant & fund manager. Nathan is a director at Bora Bora Resources Ltd & Ability Living
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Booodl — Customer service is our #1 priority. Get a premium domain for your website today. Financing available.
- Transhuman —
Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Construction
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $979k–$7.5M; Series A $1.6M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Veyor — The leading live scheduling app for the built environment, helping dispersed teams and their suppliers plan, manage and track daily activity on an easy to use mobile and desktop platform.
- Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.
- Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
I’m an entrepreneur, angel investor and growth marketer.I started angel investing after my ecommerce startup was acquired in 2016. I love investing because it’s one of the most intellectually stimulating things you can do. You’re constantly learning about new ideas, technologies and gaining a surface level education in many areas. I’ve investedin awesome startups from Fintech, Blockchain, Data, Sharing Economy, Renewable Energy, Health, Podcasting and Computer Vision.As an angel investor, I provide a combination of capital, time, network, and expertise to the startups I invest in.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $875k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Heidi Health — Heidi Health is modernizing primary care with AI-powered technologies to improve care's quality and accessibility. its creators and engineers is to completely eradicate missed and sluggish diagnoses worldwide. They are committed to bridging the gap between the level of care that patients desire and the level of care that doctors can delivergiven their budget constraints. To create a platform where patients can quickly and easily get the treatment they require and to give every clinician the resources they need to deliver care that is secure, efficient,
- Tiliter — Tiliter's tech increases supermarket efficiency reduces loss and gives your shoppers a more convenient checkout experience.
- Beforepay — Beforepay understands that traditional pay cycles are a form of financial stress. So we set out to find a better way, giving Australians the control and confidence that comes with managing your own money, on your terms.That’s why we created Pay On Demand™ - a service that allows you to access the money you have earned at work, when you choose todo so. After all, it is yours!The app also automatically predicts when your bills are due, shows you how much is OK for you to spend, and automatically creates budgets for you, effortlessly.
Artesian Investment
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- Industry: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $600k–$1M; Pre-Seed $25k–$348k
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nutromics — Nutromics is a MedTech company revolutionising healthcare through continuous real time molecular monitoring. Our Smart Patch biosensor platform will solve some of the biggest healthcare challenges we face today in the fields of chronic disease prevention, chronic disease management, acute diseases and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring.
- ZipLocker — ZipLocker offers gear for champions, on and off the basketball court. ZipLocker loves to create high-quality products, that help rep your team. It was founded in 2022.
- FairFlavor Foods — FairFlavor is developing vegan dairy alternatives to help millennials that are flexitarians that care about their health, the environment, and are bored with the available options, with cheeses, gelato, and desserts with unique creaminess and mouthfeel achieved through a patented fermentation process, and made of a nutritious novel nut that growsnaturally in the Indonesian rainforest.
Evan Cheng Co-founder & CEO at Mysten Labs. He attended Syracuse University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $150k–$10M; Series A $3M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jarsy — Jarsy Inc offers a platform for global investment opportunities using stablecoins.
- Kontigo — We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app.
- Kite AI — Kite AI is a purpose-built, EVM-compatible L1 designed to power the AI economy.
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Browse database — It's Free!Ray Stata is based out of Oxford, Pennsylvania and is the Founder of Stata Capital. Ray previously worked at Analog Devices as a CEO, President and Chairman. Ray Stata attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $710k–$10M; Series A $4M–$25M; Series B $9M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alcatraz AI — The Rock is an all-in-one touchless biometric access control device that combines facial biometrics, AI, and machine learning for top-notch security.
- zeroRISC — ZeroRISC operates as a stealth start-up making hardware security foundations transparent and trustworthy.
- 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
Roger Allen, director and co-founder of A&B, has practical credentials directly relevant to the Fund based upon over thirty years as a chief executive of a major Australian IT services company with worldwide operations, then 13 years as an active investor in private companies in the ICT industries.Roger grew shareholder value in ComputerPower from $250k in 1978 to $170m in 1995 (at the time of his retirement) and also grew the annual revenue to over $300m and staff to more than 3,000. Roger obtained private equity from News Corporation, through the direct involvement of Rupert Murdoch, prior to taking Computer Power public on the ASX in 1987. He has direct personal experience in selling Australian information technology products and services in the USA, Europe, Asia, as well as Australia.He served for six years until 1997 as deputy chairman of Austrade and is very well known throughout the information technology industry in Australia and internationally. He was the first chief executive from an Australian company to be elected chairman of the Australian Information Industries Association, has represented Australia at the World Computer Services Forum and was vice-president of the Asia-Pacific industry organisation. He has also served on two advisory councils to the Prime Minister and has chaired state advisory boards in both NSW and Victoria. He has been an adjunct professor in the School of Entrepreneur-ship of Swinburne University and regularly lectures at INSEAD in the School of Entrepreneurship. Roger was recently awarded the 2007 Pearcey Medal for Lifetime Achievement in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the ICT industry.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.4M; Series A $3.5M–$9.3M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- My Mirror — Find the right online psychologist in Australia, tailored to your needs and schedule. Start online therapy today with no wait times. Book now, pay later
- Clean Slate Clinic — Clean Slate Clinic is a telehealth company that provides alcohol detox program who are struggling with alcohol.
- Marlee (Fingerprint For Success) — AI technology to bring out the best in your team. Start now for free. Trust in more than 1 million coaching minutes, rated 4.4 out of 5 with a 90% success rate.
I'm passionate about technology entrepreneurship and value creation.My primary role is the Investment Director at Larsen Ventures; an active investor in early-stage technology companies.I'm also a Partner & IC member @ Folklore Ventures, Board member at a number of growth stage startups, and feel incredibly privileged to bebacking some incredibly smart and driven Founders.I love supporting the local innovation ecosystem, and showcasing Australian technology on the world stage. I'm sometime lucky enough to be a judge, mentor, and adviser within the Australian ecosystem.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $172k–$457k; Pre-Seed $110k–$680k; Series A $1.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- nyfty.ai — We make little robot helpers to automate workflows, from Site Attendance & Manpower Logging, COVID-19 Prescreening & Emergency Messaging on Construction sites. Integrated to Procore (with more to come), our software bots do tasks on your behallf. It does the work you hate.
- Reactory — Game-changing maturation technology that transforms the spirit-aging process from decades to days without compromising on flavor or quality.
- Aussie Angels — A platform for investors to launch & lead syndicated investments into startups. Apply to join syndicates and invest on a deal-by-deal basis.
Saar Gillai is an Independent board director at Xilinx, Semtech, and Liquid Instruments as well as a CEO advisor to multiple companies. Saar is also an executive mentor at Merryck. Previously, Saar was the CEO of Teridion, a SaaS startup focused on cloud networking, where he grew recurring revenue 50% YoY, and expanded the product line to go afterthe SD-WAN market.Before Teridion, Saar was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of HPE’s Communications Solutions Business (CSB), a global billion-dollar division with over 4000 employees. In this role, Saar integrated multiple units and acquisitions into one cohesive division focused on the Telco space. He established HPE as a key player in the software-defined next-generation service provider market and grew network virtualization revenue by over 10x within two years.Before running CSB, Saar spent two years as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of HP Cloud where he played a vital role in aggressively driving and consolidating HP's disparate cloud efforts into a full business unit with the number one market position in private cloud while working closely with F50 enterprises on their cloud adoption and digital transformation journey.Prior to HPE, Saar was SVP of Products and Solutions at 3com, where he played a key role in rebuilding 3coms enterprise offerings, driving the collaboration with H3C, a Chinese subsidiary, and ultimate sale to HP for ~$3B, achieving a 350% valuation increase in 18 months. In addition, Saar has held C level positions at Tropos Networks and Enfora; two startups focused on Wireless Mesh and M2M / IoT, and spent seven years at Cisco Systems in a variety of leadership positions, including VP of Engineering for the Wireless Networking business undevelopment and operations with Enfora, Inc., a wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) company. In addition, Mr. Gillai served for seven years in a variety of leadership positions with Cisco Systems, Inc., including as Vice President of Engineering for Cisco’s Wireless Networking business unit.
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- Industry: Electronics, Manufacturing
- Stage:Convertible Note
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms
Mark Aubrey is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Catheon Gaming. He previously worked at Aristocrat Technologies Asia Pacific as a Director, Sales and Business Development Asia Pacific. Mark Aubrey attended the University of Newcastle.
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- Industry: Computer, Online Games
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Nucanon — Narrative design software for game developers
Tim Haggett is a Non Executive Director at Centric Health.
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- Industry: Software, Virtual Reality, Content Creators
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SpaceDraft — SpaceDraft helps you visualise and collaborate for time, space & action, so you can spend less time explaining.
David Harding is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Robotics, Aerospace
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- High Earth Orbit Robotics — HEO Robotics provides on-orbit inspection services for satellites, using a network of space-based sensors. The high quality image data and insights allow satellite operators to conduct predictive maintenance and diagnose issues with their assets
Luke Brooks is an NRL player.
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- Industry: Retail, Retail Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
John Bryan Scott is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gumtap.
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- Industry: Email, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Angel, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Estonia, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gumtap — Search and discovery
- Bolt — The smartest way to move around in cities. Forget expensive taxi rides or slow public transport. Get a ride in minutes. Download the Bolt app for iOS and Android.
- OpenStore — Ingenyes has a new business model in web hosting. It provides free web hosting, then 'clips the ticket' on ancillary services provided by partners such as SEO specialists, web designers, and ecommerce platforms.The company is building a global apps store of services from web partners and connects them to small businesses via its freeweb hosting service.
Maurice Ben-Mayor is the president of Stryker South Pacific.
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- Industry: Retail, Retail Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
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- Industry: Farming, Agriculture, Big Data
- Stage:Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, Philippines, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Coverfields — Coverfields is an innovative biodegradable mulch film manufacturer for row crops, customizing mulch film biodegradation time to specific crop growth periods.
- EngineRoom.io — engineroom.io provides turnkey HPC services to the Australian market. With a 10+ track record in DeepTech and data intensive applications including: •Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) •Machine Learning (ML) •Data Analytics •Quantum Computing •Image Analytics and GIS
- Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies — Our unique solution to the climate stresses of modern farming using fungal symbiosis.
Nick Molnar is Co-Founder and CEO of Afterpay, an innovative digital platform that offers interest-free installment plans for online purchases.Named one of Australia’s fastest-growing fintech companies by IDC, Afterpay offers a “buy-now, pay-later” service that does not require shoppers to enter into a traditional loan or pay any upfront fees orinterest. Earlier in his career, Molnar worked as an investment analyst at venture capital fund M.H. Carnegie & Co., where he was primarily responsible for growth-stage investments. He holds a bachelor’s of commerce degree from the University of Sydney.
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- Industry: Gaming, Retail, PC Games
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- LTV.ai — Go beyond hyper-personalization. Leverage the platform that unlocks an average 18% lift by driving email and SMS experiences that convert.
- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
- Untamed Planet — The official Untamed Planet Whitepaper coming June, 2022.
Wayne Baskin is Chief Technology Officer at Booktopia.
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- Industry: Retail, Retail Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Internet of Things
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Arinex — Arinex is deeply committed to sustainability, embedding responsible practices into every aspect of our work. We believe in growing with purpose, alongside our
- Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
- 1Password — More than a password manager and leader in Extended Access Management. Secure all sign-ins to every application from any device with 1Password.
Brian O’Farrell is the Co-Founder & CRO at Furthr. He attended University College Dublin.
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- Industry: Banking, Computer, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Synthetix — Synthetix provides liquidity for permissionless derivatives like perpetual futures, options, parimutuel markets, and more across EVM chains. Powering the next generation of permissionless protocols.
Matt Williams is a individual investor.
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- Industry: Software, Communication Hardware, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Traffyk.AI — Traffyk.ai is an employee communications platform that makes internal messaging easy and effective. With Traffyk.ai, organizations can analyze their digital footprint for insights, get recommendations to improve engagement, understand communications workload, and drive continual improvement.
Steve Baxter is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Robotics, Aerospace
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- High Earth Orbit Robotics — HEO Robotics provides on-orbit inspection services for satellites, using a network of space-based sensors. The high quality image data and insights allow satellite operators to conduct predictive maintenance and diagnose issues with their assets
Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $399k–$5M; Series A $704k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yolk.fm — Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages.
- Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
- Lyte Ventures — Built for creators, designed for the future of work. We do the hustling so that you can focus more on what matters to you.
Larry Diamond is the founder of ZipMoney, a company that provides shoppers with online credit facilities. He was previously a director at Diamond Capital Partners. Diamond holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Technology, Sydney and a master’s degree from UNSW Australia.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$10M; Pre-Seed $101k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Stables — Save, spend and earn on the same balance
- Flyweel — Flyweel is agentic fintech for businesses that depend on ads for their growth. It connects spend, cash, and revenue, then acts on them in real time, shifting budget to the ads that work, drawing capital when the numbers justify it, and easing off when cash runs low, all without anyone in the loop.
- Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
20 years in communications and networking: SVP Google, CEO Alphabet Access, President Qualcomm Atheros, CEO Atheros Communications.
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- Industry: Music, Computer, Database
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- nura — Nura designs wireless headphones that tune themselves to you. Experience music the way the artist intended with personalised sound.
- Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB) — TimescaleDB is an open-source time-series database optimized for fast ingest and complex queries. TimescaleDB is engineered up from PostgreSQL (packaged as an extension) and yet scales to 100+ billion rows even on a single server. It natively supports standard SQL and the features you expect from a relational database. The company isheadquartered in New York City with a globally distributed team.
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- Industry: Education, Marketing, Gaming
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $277k–$443k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
- REALas — REALas provides Australia's most accurate price predictions on properties listed for sale. This includes auctions and private sales. Nationally, on average we've predicted within 5% of the sale price over the past 12 months.Visit https://REALas.comREALas started with a conversation between friends who were determined to givebuyers more realistic price predictions to guide their bids at auctions or offers at private sales.In 2011, we set out to develop the smartest property price prediction service in Australia. An international search led us to some incredibly talented data scientists, right here in Australia, at RMIT University.Using the latest research in data science, lots of property data, local market knowledge from property experts, and input from buyers - we developed our proprietary algorithm.And so, REALas was born.Fast forward to today, REALas has been rigorously tested across the Australian market. Nationally, on average we’ve predicted within 5% of the sale price over the 12 month period beginning Sep 16 to Aug 17. And we have not stopped there. Our algorithm continues to adapt as the market changes.In 2016, ANZ acquired REALas so we can continue in our pursuit to provide the most accurate predictions in the Australian property market, and supports us in the work we do from afar.REALas will continue to keep it real for property buyers so they don’t waste their time out there.
- GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.
Eric Ries is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Long-Term Stock Exchange. He previously worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a Venture Advisor. Eric Ries attended Yale University.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Serbia, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6.1M; Pre-Seed $40k–$3.2M; Series A $1M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Augie Studio — Helping people make more compelling videos, at a fraction of the time and effort
- Sinatra — Sinatra is a technology company that, with its all-in-one app, aims to revolutionize the hospitality industry. It provides Sinatra Training, which enables continuous digital training for employees by allowing employers to upload content and employees to access it via the app.
- Harmony Intelligence — AI cybersecurity products that solve your AppSec, SecOps, and corporate security challenges.
Michael Stoppelman is an active angel/seed investor in Los Angeles. He's the former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Yelp. He started at Yelp as a software engineer working on the search engine. He took over as head engineering in 2012 after serving as a manager and Director of Engineering in the proceeding years. He scaled theengineering team from 30 to over 500 engineers. Prior to Yelp he was a software engineer at Google for 3.5 years and served as the tech lead for the AdSense Traffic Quality team. He received his BS in Computer Science from Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$7M; Pre-Seed $770k–$5M; Series A $5M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tensor9 — Tensor9 is a data security company. Tensor9 helps software and AI vendors run their products inside their customer's cloud — so sensitive customer data stays private. For vendors, this unlocks customers that can't share sensitive data.
- Siro — Siro is a sales coaching platform that specializes in sales managers. Siro assists sales managers in providing precise feedback to field sales staff on live client conversations while also saving time in reporting.
- Hostie — Hostie is an AI-first customer experience platform designed for restaurants, automating guest inquiries, reservations, and takeout orders. We proudly partner with some of the world’s top restaurants, including Flour + Water, Nisei, Slanted Door, ILIS, and more. Co-founded by a product designer-turned-restaurateur and an AI engineer, Hostie blendshospitality expertise with cutting-edge technology to enhance restaurant operations.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $337k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $350k–$900k; Series A $2.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
- Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
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Yaniv Bernstein is the Co-Founder &COO of Circular.
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- Industry: SaaS, Email, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CoLab — Chef Prep meal ideas, chef style foods and all your favourite classic recipes. Learn to make all your favourite meals with Chef Prep.
- ParkBooker — ParkBooker is an independent online travel agent, and we believe that holiday park travelers deserve more when it comes to discovering new destinations and parks and planning and booking their holidays.
- Mutiny — Mutiny is an analytics platform for marketing investments with a sizable customer base.
Michael Gonski
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- Industry: Legal, Drones, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $740k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Calven — Make the future of work, work for everyone. Welcome to the workplace tech platform powering the future of work by fusing together employee experience and workplace operations.
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
- Human Health — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
Jim is a serial entrepreneur and founder of the Lateral Concepts Group. Jim is Chairman of Booodl, Director of Carbon Planet Ltd, Chairman of Mirador Investments and Chairman of Grazer Pty Ltd.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Booodl — Customer service is our #1 priority. Get a premium domain for your website today. Financing available.
Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 387
- Round size: Seed $14k–$2M; Pre-Seed $7k–$500k; Series A $33k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
- Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
- ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
In 2006, Larry Lopez moved from Silicon Valley to Perth, bringing with him his wisdom of technology investment, global venture capital, entrepreneurship and financing for start-up companies.For eighteen years, Larry held senior and executive positions at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), playing a key role in the growth of the SVB Financial Groupfrom a community bank to a global financial leader. In his role at SVB he sponsored the Bank’s investment in numerous European, Israeli and Australian venture capital funds. Over the years, Larry worked with hundreds of offshore companies launching products in Silicon Valley, and served on boards in Stockholm, London and Australia.
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- Industry: Software, Virtual Reality, Content Creators
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SpaceDraft — SpaceDraft helps you visualise and collaborate for time, space & action, so you can spend less time explaining.
- SWAN Systems — A revolutionary all-in-one water and nutrient irrigation management software to manage outputs for better yields at lower costs; discover how.
Josh Hannah
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Blockchain
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$5.2M; Series A $3.2M–$30M; Series B $7.3M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Formus — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
- Monkey Tilt — Join your new crypto casino at Monkey Tilt. Play with crypto, earn points & win prizes. Tilt Club VIP program includes bonuses, merch drops & more.
- Ondo Finance — Institutional Grade Finance. On-Chain. For Everyone.
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Browse database — It's Free!Mike Cannon-Brookes is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company that helps teams organize, discuss and complete shared work. More than 160,000 large and small organisations across the world, including companies like Spotify, NASA, Mercy Ships, Sotheby's and Visa use Atlassian’s collaboration products to helptheir teams work better together.Outside Atlassian, Mike is a technology investor in the areas of software, fintech, agriculture and energy and sits on the board of Zoox. He also cares deeply about giving back and is a board member of Room to Read. A passionate clean-energy evangelist, Mike was a driving force behind Australia getting the world's biggest lithium ion battery and the "Fair Dinkum Power" movement. He serves as an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
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- Industry: Software, Renewable Energy, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.9M; Series A $2.6M–$200M; Series B $12M–$465M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 1Password — Protect passwords and secrets, manage app access, and secure AI tools with 1Password. Easy to adopt from growing teams to enterprise.
- Front — Front is the customer communication platform that seamlessly combines emails, apps, and teammates into a single view. Stop being busy. Start making an impact.
- AGL Energy — AGL is one of Australia's leading integrated energy companies, and the largest ASX listed owner, operator and developer of renewable energy generation in the country. Drawing on over 175 years of experience, AGL operates retail and merchant energy businesses, power generation assets and an upstream gas portfolio. AGL also has one ofAustralia's largest retail energy and dual fuel customer bases. AGL has a diverse power generation portfolio including base, peaking and intermediate generation plants, spread across traditional thermal generation as well as renewable sources including hydro, wind, landfill gas and biomass. AGL is taking action toward creating a sustainable energy future for their investors, communities and customers.
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.
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- Industry: Wireless, Internet of Things
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Binary Beer — Revolutionising the draught beer industry with smart keg technology, real-time tracking, & actionable insights to drive informed decisions.
- Binary Tech — Binary Tech develops an end-to-end operating system for Massive IoT, encompassing device manufacture, firmware, cloud algorithms, and APIs. Our solution facilitates swift deployment for telcos and systems integrators, offering a proof environment for enterprises to conduct POCs. Our stack can be white-labelled, and we also apply it through our own sub-brands, enabling us to enhance the technology continually as we expand.
Howard is the founder of Equity Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $1M–$3.3M; Series B $2.3M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Booodl — Customer service is our #1 priority. Get a premium domain for your website today. Financing available.
- Smartabase — Centralize your health, medical, and performance data in Teamworks' AMS to gain a holistic view of your athletes and optimize performance.
- Fergus — Fergus is a smart field service management software for service businesses. Make job management easy and carry out work better with our all-in-one solution.
Futurist • Crypto • Founder @ The Automation Fund
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Initial Coin Offering $13M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Robomart — Hail a store on wheels and get snacks, or pharmacy goods in minutes, and shop right at home. Now available in West Hollywood. Download the Robomart iOS app now.
- Fr8 Network — We’re building the efficiency layer to solve today’s challenges and power the future of freight - from AI and automation to self driving trucks.
- Ocean Protocol — Monetize AI models & data while preserving privacy
Mark Bouris is the founder , Executive Chairman at Yellow Brick Road. He studied Honorary Doctor of Business (Hon.D.Bus) from UNSW.
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- Industry: Email
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CoLab — Chef Prep meal ideas, chef style foods and all your favourite classic recipes. Learn to make all your favourite meals with Chef Prep.
Alan Jones is a mentor and entrepreneur-in-residence with many of Australia's tech startup accelerators, specialising in strategy for product development and marketing.Alan draws on hands-on experience founding and co-founding web and mobile startups, as well as senior management experience in larger companies including Yahoo!, News DigitalMedia and Microsoft. At Yahoo! he was Product Director, South Asia for Yahoo! Inc.Alan advises and invests in early-stage startups directly and through Startmate and Pollenizer Ventures. His investments include ChromaSun, BugHerd, Grabble (acquired by WalMart in 2011), ScriptRock, Flightfox, Spreets (acquired by Yahoo7 in 2011), OtherLevels and NinjaBlocks. Alan is a co-founder of digital agency The New Agency, Editor-in-Chief of FromLittleThings.co, is a mentor for Startmate, and is the Social Media and Web Director for TEDxSydney.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $740k–$8M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TYDE — Tyde is a platform that transforms the connection between patients and clinicians. Tyde is regulatory compliant, free, and patient centric: the platform connects to combined electronic health records and adds real time data, such as treatment adherence and patient reported outcomes. The mobile app is available for download on the App Store andGoogle Play.
- Workyard — Construction Workforce Management Software that helps you create more accurate payroll and improve project profitability by measuring and managing your crew through one easy-to-use app.
- Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
Ash advises and invests in AI-First companies. He helps companies from inception onwards by advising on their data + ML, pricing and fundraising strategy. He invests anything from $20K to $20MM in a company. He also currently acts as a Special Advisor to Zetta Venture Partners, where he was a Managing Director from 2015 to 2021. Before Zetta, Ashlaunched AngelList’s fundraising platform that now manages over $7B. Prior to AngelList, he co-founded Topguest (acquired), a loyalty software platform that counted United Airlines, Hilton Worldwide, and Virgin America as clients. He started his career in growth investing at Macquarie Capital in New York after studying law at the University of Sydney. Penguin Random House has published his book, “The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with Artificial Intelligence”.
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- Industry: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.7M; Series A $5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tactiq — Tactiq is a browser extension that automatically transcribes Zoom and Google Meet meetings to your Google Drive, Quip, Notion or other platforms. Live transcribe Google Meet and Zoom to your Google Drive. Create meeting minutes in Google Meet and Zoom meetings with the transcript.
- QuantPi — QuantPi creates automated and scalable solutions for AI model explainability and robustness auditing.
- Zenode — AI PreCAD companion tool for Electrical Engineers
Paul Cave is a Founder at Bridgeclimb.
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- Industry: Hardware, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Renewtrak — Renewtrak is an automation platform that connects the global tech industry to power the renewals and subscription economy and simplify, generate, and automate recurring revenue.
David Paradice - Managing Director @ Paradice Investment Management
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- Industry: AgTech, Software, Lifestyle
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The Yield — The Yield's end-to-end AgTech system, Sensing+,combines farm sensors, data, predictions and apps for growers. Subscribe for agriculture industry news.
- Marketplacer — Marketplacer is a marketplace platform and dropshipping solution that allows enterprise companies to scale and grow in today's evolving e-commerce environment.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $981k–$16M; Series A $2.3M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
- Human Health — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
- All G — All G is on a mission to harmonize the perfection of nature with science to deliver ethical and sustainable cultured dairy and plant-based meat alternatives to the world.
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