Top 50 Hardware VC Funds & Investors in Australia (September 2026)
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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36 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$32M |
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Artesian VC
VC Fund
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33 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $50k–$15M |
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Main Sequence Ventures
VC Fund
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23 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $1M–$72M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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21 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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Airtree Ventures
VC Fund
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19 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $894k–$54M |
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Investible
VC Fund
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17 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $300k–$20M |
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Uniseed
VC Fund
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15 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care | $471k–$22M |
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Skip Capital
VC Fund
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14 | Australia, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.4M–$94M |
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OIF Ventures
VC Fund
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14 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $1.1M–$72M |
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Qualgro VC
VC Fund
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13 | Singapore, Australia, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.1M–$25M |
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Right Click Capital
VC Fund
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12 | Australia, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $82k–$16M |
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Skalata
VC Fund
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11 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $129k–$2.3M |
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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10 | Australia, United Kingdom, United States | Debt Financing, Series B, Post-IPO Debt | Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate | $3.9M–$719M |
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $120k–$11M |
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Significant Ventures
VC Fund
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9 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Health Care | $77k–$8.2M |
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Sydney Angels
VC Fund
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8 | Australia, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $120k–$1.5M |
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EVP
VC Fund
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8 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $998k–$10M |
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Tidal Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $596k–$15M |
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Uniseed Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $381k–$94M |
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Reinventure
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $800k–$55M |
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Salus Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, AgTech | $1.3M–$26M |
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Taronga Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, Canada | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Real Estate | $535k–$27M |
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Nightingale Partners
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Private Equity, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $275k–$3.5M |
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TEN13
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $877k–$46M |
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Jelix Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $653k–$20M |
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Carthona Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $469k–$50M |
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Folklore Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $698k–$18M |
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Paspalis
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Aerospace, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $500k–$20M |
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In-Q-Tel
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Australia, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A | Software, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Breakthrough Victoria
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $500k–$35M |
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Acorn Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, India | Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $5.9M–$33M |
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Rampersand
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $1M–$10M |
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Stoic VC
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care | $600k–$24M |
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Ellerston Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $850k–$35M |
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CP Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $150k–$12M |
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Hostplus
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Biotechnology, Semiconductor | $6.3M–$111M |
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Sentor Investments
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, Israel, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Banking, FinTech | $250k–$8M |
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Arcanys Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, Switzerland, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Internet, SaaS | $608k–$2.5M |
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NAB Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, India, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1.1M–$35M |
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Starfish Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Series A, Series B | Software, Enterprise Software, Internet | $2M–$18M |
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Macdoch Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $500k–$7.3M |
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $410k–$22M |
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IP Group Australia
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy | $811k–$30M |
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Larsen Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Education, SaaS | $457k–$31M |
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Black Nova Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $330k–$3.3M |
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Boost VC
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality | $100k–$8.9M |
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Australia Business Growth Fund
VC Fund
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4 | Australia | Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | E-Commerce, Beauty, Textiles | $4M–$15M |
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Archangel Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $100k–$23M |
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National Reconstruction Fund Corporation
VC Fund
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4 | Australia | Series C, Series A | Quantum Computing, Software, Electronics | $14M–$112M |
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ANU Connect Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States | Series A, Angel | Water, EdTech, Medical | $2.1M–$8.2M |
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Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 387
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $54k–$2.7M; Series A $3.8M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $812M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Vow — Vow is crafting a new category of food
- Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 633
- Round size: Seed $50k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $70k–$553k; Series A $2.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- CUZIN — CUZIN is your global shopping family. A community marketplace enabling members to purchase any product worldwide by leveraging other members’ buying access or advantages.Members post requests for any product they want from anywhere in the world. Online or offline, specialist boutiques/clearance outlets and sales. This request is pushed to'cuzins' best placed (geographically or commercially) to purchase the item on their behalf. Cuzins earn a tip for helping out!In addition to accepting a shopping request, any cuzin can instantly monetise being in the right place at the right time posting a purchase opportunity, which is pushed to interested members worldwide. Shopping, shipping, social. Sorted. CUZIN provides the social and logistics platform to facilitate the matching, communication, payment and shipping of the items we love worldwide.
- Vaulta — Vaulta is a battery casing technology company based in Brisbane, Australia. Using advanced composite materials and smart, streamlined design, Vaulta has developed a lighter and smaller battery case with fewer parts, creating scalable efficiencies and opportunities for manufacturers. Vaulta founder and director Dominic Spooner has over 12 yearsexperience as a design engineer, and has worked in a range of industries, including renewables and batteries, defence and aerospace, consumer products, commercial products and startups. While working in battery design, Dominic saw firsthand that opportunities for growth were being overlooked in favour of continuing with the status quo – and that’s when the idea for Vaulta was born.Vaulta’s world-first no-weld design means modules can be easily assembled and disassembled, cells reused and recycled, and new cells added as battery technology continues to evolve.From stationary storage and electric vehicles to defence, aerospace and beyond, Vaulta’s battery case technology works wherever batteries do.
- Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
We work with inventors who are building something hard from their unique expertise in science. These inventors are building the industries that will thrive for the decades to come. We have a unique working model to accelerate a company's pathway to scale.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $4.8M–$30M; Series B $14M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $305M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Diraq — Diraq is building quantum computers using modified silicon transistors, the technology best suited to reaching utility scale, where value outweighs cost.
- Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2377
- Round size: Seed $158k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$590k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
- Forti Foods — The mission of Forti Foods is to enhance communities and change lives beyond the plate by fostering resilience and dignity via sustainable food innovation.
- Neighbourhood — Neighbourhood transform unused spaces in restaurants, hotels and residences, into local hubs for co-working, creating and collaborating.
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 223
- Round size: Seed $894k–$10M; Series A $3.4M–$35M; Series B $4.7M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $320M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Gridsight — Gridsight helps electrical utilities transition to a decentralised grid by creating 90%-accurate, AI-powered load flow models. These models enable utilities to safely and efficiently support more residential solar, batteries and electric vehicles. Based on CEO Brendan Banfield's PhD research, Gridsight was founded in 2020 to accelerate the transition to renewables.
- Alloy — Alloy enables robotics teams to organise, explore, and evaluate various sorts of multimodal robot data in one platform using natural language, without the need for labels.
- Constantinople — Constantinople manages all infrastructure and operational aspects of your bank: from Customer experience, Banking products to Features, Risks, and Operations.
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 244
- Round size: Seed $300k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $392k–$2M; Series A $1.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Apate.AI — Is the next generation of scam prevention and intelligence. We deploy advanced conversational AI bots combined with real-time insights to protect businesses, governments and communities globally.2
- Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
- GeoSnapShot — Let's put your photos to work. Built for professionals, available to everyone. GeoSnapShot is loved by amateurs, professionals, teams and individuals.
Uniseed is Australia's first, and longest running, university owned venture fund. Established in 2000, we are owned by 9 universities plus CSIRO (behind over 60% of Australia's research) and fund deep-tech spinouts through to global scale.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $670k–$3.5M; Series A $1.6M–$16M; Series B $471k–$22M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- DeteQt — Semiconductor chip-based quantum magnetic field sensors using diamond - navigation, mining, medical imaging
- Plasmaleap — Plasmaleap is a plasma technology company that manufactures and sells zero-emissions chemical reactors designed for industrial and energy applications. The company develops reactor systems that use plasma processes to enable chemical production and transformation without relying on conventional combustion methods. Its technology supports sectorssuch as clean fuels, chemical manufacturing, and materials processing by offering electrified reactor solutions that can be integrated into existing industrial workflows. Plasmaleap designs modular systems that allow operators to deploy plasma reactors for on-site production and conversion of feedstocks using electricity as the primary energy input. The company also provides engineering support and technical integration services to help customers incorporate its reactor technology into commercial operations. Through its plasma-based approach, Plasmaleap focuses on enabling chemical processes that align with decarbonization and emissions reduction objectives across multiple industries.
- Facet Amtech — Facet Amtech develops and produces ammonia from water and air.
Skip Capital is a private investment fund investing in technology and infrastructure
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.5M; Series A $4.4M–$54M; Series B $14M–$94M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MAKO — Solving human problems with nature’s surfaces.
- Alloy — Alloy enables robotics teams to organise, explore, and evaluate various sorts of multimodal robot data in one platform using natural language, without the need for labels.
- August Robotics — August Robotics creates robots to automate "dirty, dangerous and dull" workflows across the B2B economy. The company's first robot, Lionel, automates the dull and labour intensive task of floor-marking for the global exhibition industry. Lionel has been used as a critical part of the trade show setup process by the world'slargest exhibition companies in Europe and USA. August Robotics' second robot, Diego, automates the dirty and dangerous task of disinfecting high-traffic public areas, such as hotels, offices and aged care centers, optimizing hygiene and reducing the risks of infection. The company is also working on a number of other robots, each leveraging August Robotics' industry leading proprietary mobile robotics platform, which enables August Robotics to generate new robots for new cases far more quickly and cheaply than other robotics companies. The physical world is ripe for disruption by robots, and August Robotics is leading the charge to do this in the B2B segment
OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.6M; Series A $2.6M–$23M; Series B $1.7M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Pagaleve — pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit.
- Rosterfy — Connect to your volunteers with a comprehensive & user-friendly platform where you can recruit, retain, reward and train your volunteers.
- Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
Qualgro is a venture capital (VC) fund based in Singapore that provides funding to tech startups across Southeast Asia, in areas like Data, Software, and AI.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.9M; Series A $2M–$25M; Series B $7M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- SynaXG — Empower your network with SynaXG's hyperconverged AI-RAN platform. We deliver AI-first, open, and energy-efficient 5G infrastructure solutions tailored for mobile operators and enterprises.
- Accredify — Build digital trust for your organisation with verifiable information. Issue instantly verifiable digital documents and simplify document management processes.
- Supermom — Supermom is the digital platform designed by and for moms, providing recommendations on products and services through a community of moms. lt...
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $82k–$3M; Series A $3.1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- black.ai — Build smarter spaces with Black.ai
- Tability — Automate the boring parts of OKRs to cut the waste and spend more time doing what really matters.
- Nomad Atomics — At Nomad Atomics, we develop innovative quantum sensors to solve outstanding problems in mining, underground resources and navigation
Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $135k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $129k–$406k
- Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $18M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.
- Paperly — Paperly helps companies streamline processes, compliance, and approvals in one platform. Gain real-time visibility and empower your teams to work with clarity and confidence.
- Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation invests using a commercial approach to overcome market barriers and mobilize investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low emissions technologies. They seek to catalyze and leverage private sector funding for the commercialization and deployment of clean energy technologies necessary for thetransition to a carbon-constrained economy.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Australia, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 151
- Round size: Series B $3.9M–$77M; Post-IPO Debt $41M–$719M; Debt Financing $21M–$329M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $72M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Zenobe Energy — Zenobe Energy ( formerly known as Battery Energy Storage Solutions Limited) is the largest independent owner and operator of battery storage in the UK. We transform the way grid operators and businesses use power to reduce costs, improve reliability and benefit the environment.
- Renewable Metals — Renewable Metals' unique alkali recycling process recovers critical minerals from old batteries so they can be used again and again.
- Agile Energy — Empowering Australian businesses with solar, power purchase agreement, batteries, carbon offsets & renewable energy. Save costs, cut emissions, and start your sustainability journey today!
Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $662k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $649k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
- SPEC Toolbox — Structural timber design software for Australian engineers. Design CLT, GLT, and connections to AS1720 standards. Start your free trial and automate today.
- Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
Significant Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund backing transformative technologies and the ambitious founders behind them.Founded by the Hindmarsh family, Significant Ventures invests in deep tech, applied science and research-driven innovation emerging from Australia’s leading universities and research institutions. The fundcombines capital with active, hands-on support—helping early-stage companies shape their strategy, attract talent, and access follow-on funding.With a network of expert operators, advisors and institutional partners, Significant Ventures focuses on turning high-potential ideas into globally scalable businesses. The team works closely with founders across sectors including life sciences, climate tech, AI, education and advanced manufacturing.Driven by a commitment to impact, collaboration and long-term value creation, Significant Ventures exists to build the next generation of high-growth companies that will lead Australia’s innovation economy
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $77k–$4.8M; Series A $4.5M–$8.2M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Earthodic — Earthodic is an Australian materials science company creating functional biobased coatings. Paperbarc by Earthodic is a biobased water-resistant coating for pulped or paper products. It has better water-resistance than wax coatings, more sustainable and circular than plastic coatings. Repulpable. Re
- Hearables 3D — Scale your custom-fit volumes and solve dental lab technician shortage with AI and automation solutions.
- Visionary Machines — Superior perception for next-generation autonomy
Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $120k–$1.5M; Angel $130k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $337k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Keeyu — keeyu. is a B2B SaaS platform that continuously monitors e-commerce transactions from payment to delivery. Should any issue emerge, our system immediately notifies the customer service team, enabling proactive issue resolution before it impacts the customer, saving them from opening a support ticket. The result is an enhanced post-purchaseexperience, ensuring sales retention and reducing customer complaints.Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and is dedicated to empowering businesses to deliver exceptional post-purchase experiences.
- iiShield — iiShield aims to improve patient outcomes and surgeon training in transplant surgery by providing effective organ heat protection.
- Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.
EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $998k–$3.5M; Series A $1.2M–$5.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Practifi — The only intelligent CRM built specifically for wealth management firms, Practifi combines native AI functionality with purpose-built capabilities.
- Compare Club — Save money on your household expenses. We compare health and life insurance, home loans, energy plans, childcare and much more
- 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.
We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $596k–$2.3M; Series A $1.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- SecurePII — SecurePII provides a cloud-based platform that enables organisations to reduce exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) across voice, chat, and AI training channels. The service includes call-by-call redaction of credit-card and other sensitive data via its SecureCall component, enabling businesses to offload PCI-DSS complianceobligations while still retaining customer-facing interactions. SecurePII also empowers companies to process conversation data more safely, by filtering or anonymising PII in real time, to enable AI, analytics, and automation initiatives without compromising customer privacy. The platform integrates with existing payment gateway and communications infrastructure to support both contact centres and unified communications environments.
- TINA — TINA is a global spatial data platform that specialises in blockchain-based Geo-DePIN projects. It allows users to experience spatial data contribution and reward structures within a Web3 wallet environment without complex procedures.
- Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
Uniseed is Australia's first, and longest running, university owned venture fund. Established in 2000, we are owned by 9 universities plus CSIRO (behind over 60% of Australia's research) and fund deep-tech spinouts through to global scale.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $381k–$4.6M; Series A $1.3M–$16M; Series B $404k–$94M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- BioScout — Welcome to BioScout, your partner in revolutionizing the agriculture industry with cutting-edge automated disease detection technology for crop growers and viticulture.
- Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
- Morse Micro — Morse Micro's Wi-Fi HaLow combines long-range, strong signal penetration, low power, and high throughput in one wireless protocol, delivering connectivity to more devices, at distance, with greater reliability.
Reinventure is pioneering Founder-First Corporate Venture Capital. They champion founders who have the vision, ambition and hustle to transform an industry across Asia-Pacific and beyond, propelling them with the support of a top 20 bank globally.With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner,Reinventure is focused on uncovering, investing in and nurturing scalable early businesses in FinTech and adjacent areas that will be the future of the industry.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $800k–$4.9M; Series A $3.1M–$15M; Series B $9.2M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Kasada — Kasada stops automated threats and bot attacks from the very first request across web, mobile apps, and APIs. Real-time bot mitigation with no rules to manage.
- 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
- Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!
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Browse database — It's Free!Building the future through strategic technology investments
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.7M; Series A $2.2M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arkeus — Arkeus is a leader in the fusion of optics and autonomy. Our wide area autonomous optical systems are deployed to conduct Search, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in a range of operating environments.
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- Syenta — Syenta is transforming the electronics manufacturing sector. Our patented fabrication method enables the 3D printing of multi-material electronics with fewer steps and less waste.
Taronga Ventures is an investment firm that invests in emerging innovation, technology, and business. Taronga Ventures is headquartered in Australia.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Real Estate
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $535k–$7M; Series A $4.5M–$14M; Series B $8.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- DryFlow Magnetics — DryFlow Magnetics is an industrial technology company that specialises in waterless mineral processing.
- Rebound Technologies — An agile cold chain solution that boosts revenues, preserves product quality and ensures food safety, all while offering proven energy cost reductions.
- Future Maintenance Technologies — Future Maintenance Technologies (FMT) develops autonomous robotics and AI-powered inspection solutions for rail and aviation. Trusted by global leaders including Hitachi and Rio Tinto.
First established in London in 1985, our private equity firm was founded on one word. Patience. Now headquartered in Australia and with offices in Sydney and Hong Kong, patience still is, and always will be, our guiding principle and how we achieve superior long-term returns for our stakeholders.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Private Equity, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $369k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $275k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 72% lead, 28% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bilby — Artificial Intelligence RegTech Platform
- Fabulate — The Platform for Powering Brand Stories
- Aerologix — Book CASA-certified drone pilots for inspections, aerial mapping, LiDAR and 3D models. Draw your area, see your price instantly. 44,000+ pilots, Australia-wide.
TEN13 is Australia's leading Venture Capital Syndicate.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $999k–$8M; Pre-Seed $877k–$2M; Series A $4M–$46M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arintra — Arintra is an AI-powered autonomous coding technology that delivers significant efficiency and accelerates your revenue cycle business performance.
- Pearler — Kickstart or continue your long term investment journey with Pearler, a simple alernative for those who crave boring investing.
- bowerlabs.ai — Bower develops software and wearable hardware for documenting and supporting scientific laboratory work. Its Bower Workspace combines capture and record functions for collecting voice notes, images, videos, text, configurations, and experimental data. The platform organizes these inputs into searchable records for laboratory teams. Bird is anintegrated AI assistant that uses workspace notes and web-based scientific information to answer questions, summarize findings, compare experiments, and provide citations. Bower Smart Glasses provide hands-free procedure guidance and documentation support at the laboratory bench. The products support research documentation, collaboration, protocol execution, and transfer of technical knowledge.
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $653k–$5.9M; Series A $1.9M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Syenta — Syenta is transforming the electronics manufacturing sector. Our patented fabrication method enables the 3D printing of multi-material electronics with fewer steps and less waste.
- PropHero — Invest wisely in real estate There is an easier way to invest in real estate. Whether you are just getting started or already on your investment journey, at Pro
- Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Round size: Seed $469k–$5M; Series A $3.3M–$17M; Series B $10M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- PREVE — Supporting back-to-back physios with their daily caseload, simplifying admin whilst making the patient experience more enjoyable. Preve does the admin work for practitioners. One click clinical notes, treatment plans, home rehab and documents.
- Qlarifi — Qlarifi is the first real-time BNPL consumer credit database.
- LendUs — LendUs caters for all different types of home loan requirements for consumers. The platform is designed to provide a simple home loan experience, completing much of the application preparation.
Folklore is a team of investors, founders, and builders committed to supporting Australian and New Zealand tech founders. We are a first cheque to forever investment firm, and we believe in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $698k–$5.5M; Series A $1.2M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Arkeus — Arkeus is a leader in the fusion of optics and autonomy. Our wide area autonomous optical systems are deployed to conduct Search, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in a range of operating environments.
- Sphere — Live courses led by vetted experts for professionals who want to advance their careers
- Octopusbot — Empowering agribusinesses with 97% accurate AI forecasts, 7 months ahead of the market to mitigate weather risk and price volatility.
Deep-tech Venture Capital Australia - Paspalis Capital is an APAC investor backing deep-tech companies solving hard problems in global markets.
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- Industry: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $500k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arlula — Arlula provides a single integration point for a global network of satellite imagery. Sign up today and get BETA access to our API.
- Polybee — Polybee develops autonomous drone systems designed for agricultural applications. They focus on automating yield forecasting and pollination using drones, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. Their technology aims to reduce uncertainty in agriculture by providing solutions for seed companies, vertical farming operations, and greenhousecooperatives. Polybee's innovations are particularly useful in environments.
- Atomionics — Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration.
In-Q-Tel identifies and partners with companies developing cutting-edge technologies to help deliver these solutions to the Central Intelligence Agency and the broader U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) to further their missions.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 169
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Cortical Labs — Cortical Labs are creators of the dishbrain that fuses living brain cells onto computing devices to create machines with biological intelligence
- Stoke Space — STOKE Space Technologies seamlessly connecting earth and space.
- 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
The Breakthrough Victoria Fund is a $2 billion investment by the Victorian Government to drive investment in research and innovation.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $708k–$6.8M; Series A $4M–$35M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AlleSense — AlleSense has developed a unique and novel solution to label-free imaging, the NanoMslide.
- Mental Jam — We are a games studio dedicated to creating impactful experiences that explore mental health.
- Deftbiotech — Deftbiotech is a biotech startup developing peptide-based antifungal treatments for nail and skin infections.
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Browse database — It's Free!Acorn Capital Specialist Emerging & Microcap Investment Management. We research and invest in the most attractive Australian based emerging or microcap companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Series A $6.4M–$25M; Series B $5.9M–$33M; Venture - Series Unknown $7.1M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $64M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Vetic — Vetic Pet Clinic provides human-grade pet healthcare across 65 clinics & 11 cities in India. Pet grooming, consultation, pet surgeries, pet supplies at Vetic.
- Conflux Technology — Conflux Technology is a new generation of heat exchangers made by metal additive manufacturing (3D printing).
- RDC.AI — RDC is driven by its purpose to increase global access to inclusive, fair, and sustainable credit. Passionate about AI, RDC are continuously developing new techniques, and enhancing their Decisioning as a Service (DaaS) platform to leverage traditional and alternate data to make better credit decisions across the lending lifecycle. RDC’s philosophyis to build the supporting lenders to transform the origination and management of credit. RDC DaaS has been leveraged by leading lenders in different markets.
Rampersand invest in the best Australian technology founders, teams and companies and are committed to helping them become global leaders.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$1.5M; Series A $3.1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.
- Cuttable — The AI ad creative production system for high-growth DTC brands. Scale Meta ad volume and variation without scaling headcount. Built for performance teams.
- Parachute — Leverage for lean, ambitious law firms. AI-powered drafting, review and verification that gets you back to practicing law
Stoic VC is an early-stage venture fund backing founders at the forefront of University Innovation. We partner with Uniseed to accelerate the commercialisation of university research across the ANZ.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $600k–$4.6M; Series A $8.3M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Ena Respiratory — Ena Respiratory is a biotechnology company seeking to transform the treatment and prevention of respiratory infections and the effectiveness of vaccines.Ena Respiratory novel, synthetic Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) receptor agonists have been shown to activate the innate immune system in the respiratory tract and prevent viral and bacterialdissemination to the lungs.
- Lenexa Medical — Lenexa Medical is an Australian based MedTech company.
- Kinoxis Therapeutics — Developing novel therapeutics for social dysfunction and substance use disorders.
Ellerston Capital is a specialist investment manager with a distinctive approach to portfolio construction and investment selection.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $850k–$16M; Series A $2.4M–$23M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.7M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Sleek — All-in-one business finances and admin for business owners, SMEs and investors in Singapore. Get started with our 100% online platform.
- Firmus Technologies — Building the cloud infrastructure of tomorrow, today.
- EcoJoule Energy — EcoJoule Energy delivers intelligent, Australian-made power management systems that improve energy quality, reliability, and efficiency.
CP Ventures is a boutique, high-performance global venture capital firm backing breakthrough 4th Industrial Revolution technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $482k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $150k–$900k; Series A $3.8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LeadStory — Watch breaking news from around the world and stay up to date with current events. Follow topics that matter to you from providers you can trust. See whats happening nearby or in places you care about.
- Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.
- Skylark Labs — Skylark Labs develops continuously evolving and customizable threat detection systems for enhanced physical security. Our clients (CCTV or Drone companies) can customize our proprietary AI solutions at the time of deployment or continuously evolve them if needed after deployment making them preferable to other comparable market solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Semiconductor
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Australia, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Series A $6.3M–$49M; Series B $20M–$111M; Series C $13M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Emesent — Solutions for GPS-denied environments - delivering revolutionary efficiency, safety and operational insights to underground mining and other industries.
- Gradiant — Gradiant is a solutions provider and developer of cleantech water projects for advanced water and wastewater treatment. They provide microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, lithium and key minerals, and renewable energy.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
Sentor Investments is a private investment company that invests in high-growth companies with the goal to expand internationally. Sentor Investments focuses on venture capital, private equity, digital assets, pre-IPO, and listed equity investment in Australia, Israel, Asia, Europe, and the United States.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $250k–$5M; Series A $2M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Twik — Utilize twik's autonomous AI platform & data-driven insights to manage user journeys, optimize funnels, and increase conversions. Start your free trial now.
- Joyned — Joyned is a SaaS platform empowering retailers to provide social shopping experiences directly to their consumers rather than through third-party social platforms. It was created to disrupt the online shopping world and give retailers unparalleled control over their users’ social experiences. This kind of collaborative shopping enables corporateretailers to both optimize their websites’ conversion rates and provide better user experiences.Joyned’s plug-in not only optimizes websites’ conversion rates, but also attracts high quality traffic and increases AOV by giving users the option to invite their peers to edit and comment on their wish lists without having to abandon their online shopping carts. Joyned can be deployed to any platform or website with ease. For retailers, Joyned’s technology is easy to use and does not alter the code and site UX. Joyned is GDPR compliant and doesn’t hold any personally identifiable information.
- Land Insight & Resources — Land Insight is an Envirotech company specialised in environmental data insights and solutions. Land Insight quantifies and evaluates natural, ground and pollution hazards to help organisations and individuals identify, prepare and plan for disasters. Our proprietary technology calculates billions of data points to score and forecast the risks toevery property and land in Australia. We have the most comprehensive database of current and historical land use and environmental risk information in Australia and we help our clients quickly identify liabilities and opportunities in a specific area and/or surroundings.
Fueling software delivery teams for equity. We back bold entrepreneurs through tech resources investment across 2nd & 3rd funding rounds
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, Switzerland, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $608k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bewelab SA — Bewe is a mobile game designed to reduce cravings, using neuroscience to automatically retrain your brain and effortlessly reclaim your health.
- BOOMPower — Help your customers electrify their homes while you hit your net zero goals. BOOM! Power delivers turnkey solutions for organisations ready to lead.
- Inceptoo — World's First Group Marketing Platform
NAB Ventures is an Australian Venture Capital fund backed by National Australia Bank (one of the largest 20 banks globally).
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6M; Series A $4.6M–$25M; Series B $9.3M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $72M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Archistar.ai — AI plan review and permitting software for local governments. Trusted by Los Angeles and Austin to cut permit approval times by up to 55%.
- Zodia Custody — Crypto Custody, Without Compromise. Empowering global institutions to navigate the digital asset landscape simply, safely, and without compromise.
- Greatland Gold — Greatland Gold plc engages in the exploration and development of natural resources. It explores for gold, nickel, and cobalt deposits.
Starfish Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm focused on information technology, life sciences, and clean technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Series A $2M–$6.6M; Series B $2.5M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $134M in 2008
Portfolio highlights
- CAP-XX — CAP-XX makes ultra-thin, high-power supercapacitors for portable and compact devices. Ideal for energy storage. Quotes & samples available.
- Milkdrop — Introducing The Milkdrop Breast Pump Cushion. A Super Soft Silicone Cushion That Attaches To Your Breast Pump and Gently Moulds to Your Breast Making Pumping More Comfortable.
- Smart Urban Properties Australia (SUPA) — Smart Urban Properties Australia (SUPA) offers a unique range of property solutions by bringing together renewable energy and mobility, super-speed fiber, and smart prop-tech. It is formed by bringing together Epsilon Security, b.energy, Fibrecorp, Smart Automation Systems, and connecX.
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Browse database — It's Free!Our mission is to support Australia & New Zealand’s late seed stage founders. Since 2011, we have partnered with extraordinary founders building companies using technology to build a better future.We are looking for late seed stage founders who have a product and paying customers, in businesses across Australia & New Zealand. Our currentthesis surrounds networked businesses (like platforms and marketplaces) and select SaaS, but we do engage more broadly.We have been active seed investors since 2011. We invested in Cliff, Mel and Cameron when Canva was just starting to offer paid subscription plans. We partnered with Dylan and Mark at Qwilr based on their first public beta. Peter and Tony at Mable had 350 carers on their Sydney-based marketplace when we first partnered with them.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $808k–$2.2M; Series A $1.4M–$7.3M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CUZIN — CUZIN is your global shopping family. A community marketplace enabling members to purchase any product worldwide by leveraging other members’ buying access or advantages.Members post requests for any product they want from anywhere in the world. Online or offline, specialist boutiques/clearance outlets and sales. This request is pushed to'cuzins' best placed (geographically or commercially) to purchase the item on their behalf. Cuzins earn a tip for helping out!In addition to accepting a shopping request, any cuzin can instantly monetise being in the right place at the right time posting a purchase opportunity, which is pushed to interested members worldwide. Shopping, shipping, social. Sorted. CUZIN provides the social and logistics platform to facilitate the matching, communication, payment and shipping of the items we love worldwide.
- Brainfish — Brainfish is the world's first AI-powered help center + content platform that instantly answers any customer question.
- All Aboard — All Aboard is a community of investors working together to address climate tech's most difficult challenge: bridging the finance gap during the scale-up stage.
We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $624k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $5M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.
- BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
Ip Group Australia build and support outstanding intellectual property-based companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $811k–$896k; Series A $3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ElectraLith — The cleanest, most versatile and most cost-efficient method of extracting and refining lithium, the primary element of a sustainable future.
- MGA Thermal — MGA Thermal, specialists in thermal energy storage technology. Renewable, high-power, economical, modular, safe and sustainable thermal storage solutions.
- Atisama Therapeutics — Atisama Therapeutics is an Australian biotech company pioneering splice-switching oligonucleotide (SSO) therapies that restore normal gene transcription pathways to treat disease at the molecular level.
Larsen Ventures is a lean, driven and strategic venture investment firmWe believe in alignment, long-term thinking & investor due diligence We like metrics, traction & perseverance We invest in people 1/3 of our focus is on Health and Education; We like the thematic & overall gains for society2/3 of our time is spentlearning from peers, digging into research, chasing leads & hanging out on caffeinated zooms in the endless search for;Founders with Traction Founders with Insight Founders with Perseverance and Courage Founders with an innate ability to question EverythingWe have patient capital that engages & contributes to your Journey Accelerate your business with our portfolios' intellectual capital
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- Industry: Software, Education, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $457k–$8M; Series A $500k–$15M; Series B $4.4M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- IPEX — Protect your construction projects with IPEX's secure payment solutions, offering builder insolvency protection and efficient project bank account management in Australia.
- Seedflex Technologies — Pay-As-You-Sell Advance for Merchants; A frictionless way for merchants to stay in control of their business, capital, and growth
Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $457k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $330k–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Enaxiom — Enaxiom develops sustainable cooling technology that reduces energy and water use for AI data centres & industry.
- Prefactor — User Management platform seamlessly combining authentication, authorisation and audit via our unique Domain Specific Language. We enable engineers to build user workflows in our language, their way
- Cable — Cable Energy provides structurally cheaper power for Australian SMEs.
Boost VC: The Pre-Seed Fund Making Sci-FI a Reality. Investing in crypto, virtual reality, augmented reality, AI, Ocean Tech, Space Tech, human augmentation, exoskeletons and more.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 408
- Round size: Seed $217k–$6.1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $620k–$8.9M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $88M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Claryx — The hospital immune system. Claryx detects each infection, traces how it's spreading, recommends a response, and confirms that it's gone.
- SkinBit — SkinBit is a healthtech company that develops AI-powered skin cancer detection, digital mapping, and health monitoring solutions.
- Elita — Store your dog's stem cells with Elita. One-time opportunity to protect their future health and avoid costly surgeries later in life.
Australian Business Growth Fund (ABGF) is a middle market private equity fund.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Beauty, Textiles
- Stage:Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Private Equity $6.8M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $4M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $68M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- MAPTO — Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users.
- Solbari — Solbari is an online fashion store that provides swimwear, clothing, accessories, skincare, and beauty products for kids, men, and women.
- Consolidated Linen Service — Our family owned and operated company supplies and launders linen and garments to the Hospitality, Aged and Heath Care Sectors across regional Queensland.
Archangel is an early stage venture capital fund based in Australia. We work with great founders and investors to build game changing companies together.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $981k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.5M; Series A $3.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sophiie — Sophiie is an AI receptionist and office management platform designed for trades and service businesses. It handles phone calls, customer inquiries, job bookings, scheduling, quotes, invoices, payment reminders, follow-ups, and customer records. The platform integrates with tools such as ServiceM8, Xero, QuickBooks, and Google Calendar and supportsbusinesses including electricians, plumbers, HVAC contractors, builders, painters, landscapers, and cleaners.
- Fluency — See how work actually happens across your enterprise. Fluency maps every process in real time and shows where AI and automation will land.
- Hachiko — Hachiko is a software building platform that aims to help the battery portfolio owners, also the firm is for energy trading.
We are investing $15 billion for the Australian Government, to transform Australia's industry & economy. Please visit our website for updates.
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- Industry: Quantum Computing, Software, Electronics
- Stage:Series C, Series A
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series A $14M–$30M; Series C $20M–$112M
- Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Harrison.ai — Harrison.ai is a clinician-led healthcare AI company using deep learning to improve the odds of IVF success for thousands of patients. The company leverages deep learning to solve the biggest challenges in healthcare and seeks to improve patient outcomes. It empowers physicians and healthcare providers with customized AI-enabled tools thatintegrate into existing clinical workflows which ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes.Harrison.ai uses the deskside DGX Station for experimentation, research, and development. The company uniquely combines exceptional deep learning expertise with clinical experience to develop and deploy healthcare AI solutions. Harrison.ai’s IVY deep learning model analyzes the full five-day video feed from an embryo scope, helping it surpass the performance of AI tools that provide insights based on still images.Harrison.ai's mission is to continuously innovate and commercialize more efficient and more affordable healthcare products and services to healthcare providers and patients.Harrison.ai was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Barongarook, Victoria, Australia.
- Synchron — The endovascular brain computer interface.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
ANU Connect Ventures manages two funds: The Discovery Translation Fund, which aims to support emerging businesses in undertaking crucial proof-of-concept work; and the $27 million Seed Investment fund for ANU-MTAA Super Venture Capital Partnership.Both funds have been established with the support of the ACT Government to invest in promisingcommercial opportunities arising out of the ANU research, other ACT-based research institutions and local R&D companies. More information regarding our investment funds and their criteria can be found in the Investment section.
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- Industry: Water, EdTech, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Angel
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$8.2M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Instaclustr — Instaclustr Managed and supported platform for open source technologies. Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL and Redis.
- Nexus eWater — Nexus eWater unlocks the greywater to provide unprecedented benefits to developers, public utilities, and homeowners. The platform has developed groundbreaking technology and is commercializing the world's first integrated water and heat reCycler. Using patent-pending processes, reCycler offers, for the first time, an affordable, reliablesolution to onsite domestic water recycling and wastewater heat recovery.It was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
- Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms
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