# Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in Oceania in June 2026

## Thomas Rice
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Apps, Developer Platform

Portfolio of the Global Innovation Share Fund at Perpetual (post-IPO).
Angel investor in Australia.
Mentor at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator.

## Julian Tobias
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Electronics, Information Technology

Julian Tobias is the Early investor and founder of Whizz Technologies.

## Andrew Larsen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Fitness

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.

## Leigh Jasper
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction

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.

## Brendan Hill
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps

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.

## Evan Cheng
- Type: Angel
- Location: Burlingame, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology

Evan Cheng Co-founder & CEO at Mysten Labs. He attended Syracuse University.

## Campbell Taylor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce

Campbell Taylor is an investment advisor at Taylor Collison Ltd. Sharebrokers and has over 17 years experience in financial markets.

## Alex Rigopulos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Communities, Mobile Apps

Alex Rigopulos is a Studio Director of Harmonix at Epic Games.

## Nathan Young
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce

Nathan is an investment consultant & fund manager. Nathan is a director at Bora Bora Resources Ltd & Ability Living

## Peter Beck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Hardware

Peter Beck is the founder and chief executive of Rocket Lab, a space systems company and the world’s leading dedicated small satellite launch provider. Rocket Lab provides end-to-end mission services, including complete satellite build and launch solutions, that provide rapid, frequent and reliable access to space. Rocket Lab has been launchingsince May 2017, delivering satellites to orbit for commercial and government customers, including DARPA, NASA, the NRO, the United States Air Force and more. Since founding the business in 2006, Peter has grown Rocket Lab to become a globally recognized industry leader in space and a billion-dollar company employing hundreds of world-class engineers. In addition to creating Electron, the world’s first fully carbon-fibre orbital launch vehicle, Peter also oversaw the development of the world’s first and only private orbital launch range, located on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula. He played a crucial role in establishing international treaties and legislation to enable orbital launch capability from New Zealand.

## Josh Hannah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

Josh Hannah

## Ray Stata
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

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.

## Harald McPike
- Type: Angel
- Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Analytics

Harald McPike is a successful quantitative trader and global private investor.

## Mike Zimmerman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Hykeem Jamaal Carter
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software, Blockchain

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

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

## Chadd Ciccarelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology

Chadd Ciccarelli

## Nasir Jones
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile

Nas, byname of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, also called Nasty Nas, (born September 14, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American rapper and songwriter who became a dominant voice in 1990s East Coast hip-hop. Nas built a reputation as an expressive chronicler of inner-city street life.Nasir Jones, the son of a jazz musician, grew up in public housingin Queens, New York. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and searched for a creative outlet, finally settling on hip-hop. His breakthrough came in 1992, when his song “Half Time” (credited to Nasty Nas) appeared on the sound track to the film Zebrahead. Columbia Records soon signed him to a contract. His debut recording as Nas, Illmatic (1994), drew widespread acclaim for its poetic narration of hard-edged inner-city life.The more pop-oriented approach of It Was Written (1996) helped that album reach an even wider audience than its predecessor but ignited a recurring tension in Nas’s career between the appetite of the pop audience and the demands of hip-hop purists. He maintained his commercial appeal with I Am... (1999), although by that time he had also become embroiled in a public feud with fellow rapper Jay-Z over which of the two was the preeminent voice in East Coast hip-hop. The schism inspired Stillmatic (2001), which many fans considered a return to form. The two rappers publicly settled their differences in 2005, and shortly thereafter Nas signed with Def Jam, of which Jay-Z was president at the time.Nas’s penchant for provocation marked Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and an untitled follow-up (2008), while Life Is Good (2012) struck an introspective tone. He also notably collaborated with reggae musician Damian Marley (the youngest son of Bob Marley) on the album Distant Relatives (2010).Nas also made occasional film appearances, notably in Belly (1998), a crime drama in which he starred opposite rapper DMX, and Black Nativity (2013), an adaptation of Langston Hughes’s gospel play.

## Matthew Dellavedova
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Wellness, Health Care

Matthew is an Angel Investor and Australian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks. He played college basketball for Saint Mary's College of California and has played on the Australian national team. Dellavedova won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.

## Ian Gardiner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Messaging

Ian is a technology entrepreneur working to grow the technology startup ecosystem in Australia and New Zealand. He is a co-founder and investor at Jelix Ventures. Previously he was Head of Startups for ANZ at Amazon Web Services. He also co-founded and helps to run Innovation Bay, a networking and angel investment group for technology startups. Ianis a winner of the NSW Pearcey award for Technology Entrepreneur of the Year. Ian has an Engineering degree from the University of Oxford where he also won two rowing blues in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. When he has time he is also a competitive cyclist, an avid computer gamer, husband and father of two boys (not in that order).

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

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.

## Johnny Kahlbetzer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Farming, Agriculture, Big Data

Johnny Kahlbetzer is the COO and CEO of Twynam Agricultural Group. Johnny Kahlbetzer attended the University of New England.

## Maurice Ben-Mayor
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Retail Technology

Maurice Ben-Mayor is the president of Stryker South Pacific.

## Mark Aubrey
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Computer, Online Games

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.

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

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

## Mark Bouris
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Email

Mark Bouris is the founder , Executive Chairman at Yellow Brick Road. He studied Honorary Doctor of Business (Hon.D.Bus) from UNSW.

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

Paul Greenberg is an individual investor.

## Phil Quist
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Hotel, Hospitality, Information Technology

Phil Quist is currently working at Creative Artists Agency and is the Founder of PQ Selects. He is also an Investor at Connect Ventures and a Board Member at Forbes. Prior to that, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley.

Phil attended Southern Methodist University.

## Larry Lopez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Content Creators

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.

## Craig Winkler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Apps

Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his timeworking in the philanthropic sector.

## David Harding
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Robotics, Aerospace

David Harding is an individual investor.

## Andrew Barnes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, Information Technology

Andrew Barnes is co-founder and CEO at GO1 and a board of directors at Libromat.
Andrew has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Business Management and completed an MSc in Education at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

## Nick Molnar
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Retail, PC Games

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.

## Ash Fontana
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

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”.

## Yaniv Bernstein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Email, Internet

Yaniv Bernstein is the Co-Founder &COO of Circular.

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

Karl von Randow - Co-Founder @ Letterboxd

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

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.

## Brian O’Farrell
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Banking, Computer, Software

Brian O’Farrell is the Co-Founder & CRO at Furthr. He attended University College Dublin.

## Wayne Baskin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Retail Technology

Wayne Baskin is Chief Technology Officer at Booktopia.

## Luke Brooks
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Retail Technology

Luke Brooks is an NRL player.

## Michael Gonski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, Drones, Software

Michael Gonski

## Saar Gillai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Convertible Note
- Focus: Electronics, Manufacturing

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.

## Tim Mannah
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Retail Technology

Tim Mannah is an Individual investor.

## Steve Baxter
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Robotics, Aerospace

Steve Baxter is an individual investor.

## Artesian Investment
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture, Software

Artesian Investment

## Graeme Horne
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Email

Graeme Horne - Interim Marketing Director @ OfficeServe

## Jeff Yew
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Marketing, Electronics, Marketplace

Jeff Yew is a Founder & CEO of Monochrome.

## Matt Williams
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Communication Hardware, Artificial Intelligence

Matt Williams is a individual investor.

## William Tunstall-Pedoe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning

William Tunstall-Pedoe FREng is a British entrepreneur focused on world-changing products powered with Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge and London UK. He founded the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge), the AI platform acquired by Amazon and where William, the team and the technology developed byEvi was used to create Alexa. He left in 2016. William is an active angel investor with investments in more than 100 startups. He is a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab and a full member of Cambridge Angels.

## J. Bryan Scott
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Email, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps

John Bryan Scott is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gumtap.

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