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Top 50 Hospitality Startup Investors in Oceania in September 2025

Last updated: Sep 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Hospitality startups based in Oceania. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hospitality companies from Oceania. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Hospitality Startup Investors in Oceania in September 2025

Investor	Hospitality Oceania investments
Flying Fox Ventures	6
Punakaiki Fund	4
Tidal Ventures	3
Airtree Ventures	3
Movac	3
TEN13	3
Alberts Impact Ventures	2
Grand Prix Capital	2
ACAC Innovation	2
Possible Ventures	2
Saniel Ventures	1
Brisbane Angels	1
K1W1	1
Blackbird Ventures	1
Investible	1
Ruslan Kogan	1
Untitled Ventures	1
VU Venture Partners	1
Trestle Partners	1
OneVentures	1
Dominic Pym	1
Commerce Ventures	1
Sandhill Investment Management	1
Marat Kichikov	1
Unified Music Group	1
Everywhere Ventures	1
Nick Shelton	1
Folklore Ventures	1
Skip Capital	1
Wildcard Ventures	1
Michael Sharkey	1
Rüfüs Du Sol	1
Skalata	1
Scott Farquhar	1
NZVC	1
NAB Ventures	1
Tiger Global Management	1
EVP	1
Chadd Ciccarelli	1
Midlands Engine Investment Fund	1
Matthew Kelly	1
MA Growth Ventures	1
Rampersand	1
SURPLUS Equity Partners	1
Howard Fyffe	1
ASI Growth Partners	1
Fifth Estate Asset Management	1
Adventure Capital	1
Patty Mills	1
AS1 Growth Partners	1

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Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

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
Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
Factor House — Here for Engineers

Punakaiki Fund Limited makes long-term investments into high-growth, revenue-generating New Zealand companies. The company holds 20 investments, $32.3 million in assets, and is raising money in December 2017 for further investment.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Astute Access — Astute is using smart locks and cloud software, our enterprise solutions deliver a robust, scalable access control solution.
Projectworks — Project Works is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional & creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, project financials, and people management. Our mission is to provide a platform that enables world class services businesses to get the most out of theirexisting workforce, and enable them to grow.
Quantifi Photonics — The world evolves, and so do we. As optical communication technologies find new applications, our...

We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Tendl — Write tenders faster with Tendl's AI tool. Keep your data private and secure. Easy installation, no sharing. Boost productivity and streamline your contract opportunities.
Minikai — Meet your team of AI agents, trained to take care of admin and put compliance on autopilot. We specialise in disability and aged care, already helping care providers supporting 144,407 vulnerable Australians spend more time caring and less time on paperwork.
Refold (formerly Cobalt) — Cobalt is an embedded iPaaS for SaaS apps. Ship 10x faster with native API connectors. No infrastructure worries, just seamless embedded integrations for devs.

AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
DroneDeploy — DroneDeploy is a provider of cloud-control software solutions for drones which include automated flight safety checks, workflows, and real-time mapping and data processing.The company has partnered with leading drone manufacturers like DJI to provide its software to end users in a variety of industries, including agriculture, real estate, mining,construction and many other commercial and consumer arenas. DroneDeploy is compatible with any drone.
Structured AI — AI for design engineering.

Movac is New Zealand's most experienced technology investor and is deeply integrated into the Kiwi tech sector. We've been actively investing since 1998.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Kry10 — Kry10 is a safe operating system for SDMs.It makes the transition to an intelligent, cloud-connected, and adaptively driven future possible for automobiles, electricity grids, satellites, and medical equipment.
Miruku — Miruku is a molecular farming dairy startup developing advanced dairy proteins through plant technologies that hold the potential to produce animal-free milk proteins cost-effectively.
Re-Leased Software Company Limited — Commercial property management software that makes life easier for property managers, landlords and owners.

TEN13 is Australia's leading Venture Capital Syndicate.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

OneMRI — OneMRI is a provider of comprehensive whole-body MRI scans that are radiation-free, clinically reviewed by radiologists, and explained by doctors.
Arintra — Arintra is an AI-powered autonomous coding technology that delivers significant efficiency and accelerates your revenue cycle business performance.
Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!

We back pioneers who share our vision for a better tomorrow.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Music
Seed, Series A, Series C
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Bygen — Bygen delivers high-quality activated carbon products while also facilitating large-scale, long-term carbon dioxide sequestration.
Amber Electric — Join the smart energy revolution. Amber Electric is a new way to buy electricity. Unlike traditional retailers, we pass through the real-time wholesale price, helping you save money and use more renewable power.
Conserving Beauty — Acne Care Reimagined. Skincare formulated for for acne-prone and sensitive skin. Clinically tested and shown to cause no dermal irritation or sensitization. Australian and STEM Female Founded.

Grand Prix Capital is a private venture capital and investment firm specialized in rapid growth, start-up, private and microcap listed businesses.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Betterx — Betterx is a technology company focused on infrastructure to support Web3.0 and Digital Assets.
Programa — Purpose-built by and for interior designers, Programa removes headaches and distractions so you and your studio have the freedom to design.
funding.com.au — Fast, flexible property finance solutions in Australia. Explore Bridging Loans, Buiding Loans, and more to accelerate your property goals with ease.

ACAC Innovation provides angel investment, mentoring and support to game-changing startups. We work with founders to turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Renewable Energy
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Gathar — Book a dining experience in your own home. Browse menus and book online, and our Culinarians will bring the ingredients, cook, and clean up.
Vaulta — Discover Vaulta's high-performance batteries for sustainable energy solutions. Revolutionising power with easy installation, maintenance, and recycling. Join the Australian-made energy revolution today!
Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.

Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact society. We invest globally in the early stages, actively supporting founders via our collective of global entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Heidi Health — Heidi Health is modernizing primary care with AI-powered technologies to improve care's quality and accessibility. its creators and engineers is to completely eradicate missed and sluggish diagnoses worldwide. They are committed to bridging the gap between the level of care that patients desire and the level of care that doctors can delivergiven their budget constraints. To create a platform where patients can quickly and easily get the treatment they require and to give every clinician the resources they need to deliver care that is secure, efficient,
ViridiCO2 — ViridiCO2 technology transforms Carbon Dioxide into a variety of high-value chemical intermediates.
SWARM Biotactics — SWARM Biotactics develops Biobots that enter, sense, and report where nothing else can.

Helping passionate founders build the future Saniel Ventures is a private investment group supporting high growth technology companies. Get in touch We invest in people first Smart, passionate, resilient founders building the future We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect that you are humble enough to know

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Construction
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Australia, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Veyor — The leading live scheduling app for the built environment, helping dispersed teams and their suppliers plan, manage and track daily activity on an easy to use mobile and desktop platform.
BuildPass — Unlock the full potential of your site with easy-to-use AI software to streamline operations, reduce admin tasks, and ensure every project is on track and compliant.
Arca Climate Technologies, Inc. — Carbin Minerals unlock the enormous carbon dioxide removal potential of mine waste.

Formed in late 2006, the Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd is a large group of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in South East Queensland, Australia. The members are typically active or semi-retired former senior business executives, who apart from financial input can provide much needed value adding toinvestee companies through hands-on management experience and high level business networks.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Tendl — Write tenders faster with Tendl's AI tool. Keep your data private and secure. Easy installation, no sharing. Boost productivity and streamline your contract opportunities.
Shopfront — Automate multi-channel selling across eBay, Depop, Grailed & Shopify. AI-powered listings, bulk uploads, inventory sync. Join 10,000+ sellers saving 15+ hours weekly.
Auric Essentials — Auric - The Power of Scent. Revolutionise your well-being with Auric. Discover our state-of-the-art AI-powered AromaSphere diffuser and app, designed to personalise your aromatherapy experience.

K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Marloo — Marloo is an AI-assistant that empowers financial advisers to focus on building client relationships, instead of paperwork.
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.
PsiQuantum — PsiQuantum is building the world's first useful quantum computer.

Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
Kite Magnetics — Electric motors enabling electric aircraft of all sizes to fly further, carry more and emit less. The future of aviation is electric.
Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.

Ruslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, having created and run many successful businesses. He is one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, and his Internet ventures have expanded to include a global footprint. His companies have operations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, with much more international expansion planned. Histremendous success made him Australia's wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. The technology manufacturer and online retailer he created, Kogan.com, has gone on to become the biggest online retailer in Australia, valued at over $400 million.Ruslan Kogan is a regular guest contributor to TechCrunch, Forbes, Gizmodo, and other outlets.

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
FiberSense — FiberSense is providing cities and critical infrastructure operators with game changing real-time detection of objects and events.

Untitled Group is the collective responsible for a variety of unique festivals, events, venues, tours and good times enjoyed by our artists and patrons from all around the globe.The Melbourne based collective produce over 100+ events annually within Australia and abroad, bringing hundreds of thousands of music lovers together each year.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Hospitality
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia, India

Portfolio highlights

Segwise — Segwise AI agents automatically tag creatives, track performance, and analyze creative data so you can boost ROAS faster. Start your 14-day free trial.
Induced AI — Induced is an AI-native browser RPA platform that lets users combine browsing and web tools, along with smart reasoning and memory, to automate enterprise workflows of all kinds.
The Daily Aus — We offer young Australians a digestible and engaging way to access the news. Our objective is to provide the context to a news story making the rounds.

A multi-stage investment fund focused on Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, & PropTech

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Healx — At Healx we use AI drug discovery to develop new treatments for rare diseases. We bring treatments from prediction to patient.
Wegrow-app — Wegrow is a digital platform where your teams share & scale best practices in marketing, sales, supply chain, HR, to drive efficiency & margin.
JumpStart Fertility — Jumpstart Fertility is investigating novel techniques to aid patients in starting or continuing to increase their families, including approaches that address the effects of biological aging on assisted reproduction. We want to increase IVF success rates so that patients need fewer cycles to get a healthy pregnancy. Our research focuses onenhancing egg quality and embryo development in IVF cycles in later age groups, where IVF success rates tend to drop, necessitating repeated rounds under existing standards of care.

We believe the SaaS business model is the most efficient in history. Our team has experience successfully founding, growing and exiting SaaS businesses.

Investment focus

SaaS, Retail, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Boostly — Boost your restaurant's outreach with Boostly SMS marketing tool. Drive engagement and increase sales! Click to learn more.
Cargobase — Cargobase TMS is a transportation and freight management system that increases control and visibility & maintains compliance to industry standards. Learn more.
Lasso MD — Elevate your dental practice with Lasso MD's all-in-one marketing and software solutions. From lead generation to patient scheduling, we've got you covered.

OneVentures is one of Australia’s leading venture capital firms, with over $330M in funds under management. But they do more than invest. They take companies to that all important next stage, by actively shaping their future. They apply their years of international experience, operational and executional expertise to accelerate the growth of theirportfolio companies. A global growth focus drives their investment selection with their current portfolio including companies with truly innovative products tackling multi-billion-dollar problems, from needle-free vaccinations to virtual communications to adaptive e-learning.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Debt Financing, Funding Round
Australia, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.
StrongDM — Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy.
Employment Hero — Recruitment, HR, Payroll & Benefits in one place - designed for small & medium businesses to be efficient, compliant & cost-Effective. Book a demo today!

Dominic Pym is Co-Founder at Pin Payments.

Investment focus

Cooking, Hospitality, Marketplace
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Gathar — Book a dining experience in your own home. Browse menus and book online, and our Culinarians will bring the ingredients, cook, and clean up.
WhyHive — WhyHive offers AI-driven text analysis tools for researchers to efficiently analyze survey data and open-ended text responses.
Aussie Angels — A platform for investors to launch & lead syndicated investments into startups. Apply to join syndicates and invest on a deal-by-deal basis.

At Commerce Ventures, they are building a new and different type of venture capital firm. Their investors are a unique and strategic blend of leading entrepreneurs, senior executives, and corporates from their focus sectors (mobile, retail/e-commerce, payments, fin-tech, insurance). In addition to providing capital, they are committed tohelping their portfolio companies succeed in scaling their commerce-related innovations.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

BloomCredit — Use Bloom to engage and understand your customers through credit data. Help your customers qualify for your loans, credit cards, and credit products. Create relationships with your customers through personalized financial advice and support.
Velocity — Velocity provides a unified platform for efficiently moving and managing funds across both traditional banks and blockchains.
Canary Technologies — Use Canary to securely conduct contactless check-in and process credit card authorizations, contracts, and amenities online. Canary is the only PCI Level-1 Compliant solution for hotel authorizations. Schedule a demo today, and see how we can help your properties reduce chargebacks, save time, and improve the guest experience.

Sandhill Investment Management is a boutique investment management firm providing management and oversight of over $610 million in assets. Sandhill was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Sandhill supports private clients, foundations, endowments, 401k plans and institutions.In many cases, Sandhill is the sole steward oftheir clients' capital. While it is important to earn a healthy return for their clients, they never lose sight of protecting their clients' capital.Sandhill is a long term investor. Good investments are hard to find and once they find them, they prefer to keep them. Central to this thesis is the fact that the companies in their portfolios have ample growth opportunities and are able to reinvest their free cash flow at a high rate of return.Sandhill has been conservative with their clients' capital while generating total returns for their clients that have outperformed the benchmark for many of therducts in the majority of years since their inception.

Investment focus

Music, Events, Health Care
Seed, Series A
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Muso — Muso is a live-entertainment start-up born in Melbourne and now operating Australia-wide. We help venues create better live entertainment experiences and help artists find more gigs to create more revenue opportunities. We leverage technology to make things more efficient, fair and transparent to ultimately make live music more accessible to morepeople. Eventually we hope that every venue will be a live music venue but until then we’ll work on changing one at a time.
BulldogIT Corporation — BulldogIT Corporation provides health information services. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, Latvia

Portfolio highlights

Intropia — Find Web3 jobs and other opportunities, capitalize your network, and hire the best talent.
SODA — SODA enables the next generation of consumer crypto and meme coins and allows meme coin developers to leverage Telegram.
Metatable.ai — Metatable.ai simplifies software development with AI. It removes unnecessary complexity from coding to create high-quality software faster and more efficiently than traditional methods. Metatable.ai lets you direct AI to write functions for your project. After stating your request LLM writes code for your function and checks it with the compilerfor errors. You can adjust code by asking AI or editing it by yourself. Once error-free, the funciton is built, deployed, and ready for production performance, all without worrying about DevOps. Metatable.ai allows you to develop your SQL database by stating the required tables and columns in plain English. AI will then create SQL requests and deploy them to the platform. You can work with your database using the Text-to-SQL feature, creating requests, new tables, or even plotting charts with simple commands. Your project is presented on a Figma-like canvas, where you can manage your functions, database tables, and make data entries to the database. Metatable.ai streamlines development processes, reducing the time and resources required to bring ideas to life.

UNIFIED is an independently owned music company that provides a varied range of services that include Artist Management, Recorded Music, Merchandise Services, Touring and Events.

Investment focus

Music, Events, Hospitality
Seed
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Muso — Muso is a live-entertainment start-up born in Melbourne and now operating Australia-wide. We help venues create better live entertainment experiences and help artists find more gigs to create more revenue opportunities. We leverage technology to make things more efficient, fair and transparent to ultimately make live music more accessible to morepeople. Eventually we hope that every venue will be a live music venue but until then we’ll work on changing one at a time.
CREATESAFE — CREATESAFE, automating the management, distribution, and marketing of music.

Everywhere Ventures is a global pre-seed venture capital fund for founders, by founders. Click to read Everywhere VC, by Everywhere Ventures, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, FinTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

VOW — Meet Quick, a purpose-built Webflow template to promote SaaS and software apps without writing code. Its pre-built content will help you get your website up and running in no time at all.
Fusepay — Modern Finance & Payments for Indian Ocean Islands
Outfox Health — Healthcare answers quick as a fox

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

Investment focus

Apps, Hospitality, Food and Beverage
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
Forever Network — Forever Network is a social-first sports media company. Our keystone brand, Basketball Forever, is the worlds largest independent sports media channel.
Visionary Machines — Superior perception for next-generation autonomy

Skip Capital is a private investment fund investing in technology and infrastructure

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Askable — Askable offers a comprehensive research platform that facilitates access to certified researchers and verified participants globally. The platform streamlines the research process from recruitment to analysis, enabling teams to gather insights efficiently.
Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
GROWL — Discover GROWL: the smart boxing bag blending cardio, strength, and gaming. Experience an immersive home boxing coach and step up your performance.

Led by Tennis Australia and some of the biggest names in tennis, Wildcard Ventures is a venture capital fund built to turbocharge SportsTech startups and their founding teams from the very beginning of their journey.

Investment focus

Apps, Sports, Tennis
Seed, Series A
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
Kabata — Full workout comprehension. Data-driven coaching. Gamified progression. Welcome to the next generation in connected fitness.
SwingVision — Real-Time Automated Video Analysis for Tennis

Michael D. Sharkey, President, MB Business Capital, is responsible for the bank's asset based lending group. With nearly 40 years of experience in financial services, he oversees a nationwide market with regional offices in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City,San Francisco, and Scottsdale.From July 2008 until the merger with MB in 2014, Sharkey was president of Cole Taylor Business Capital and executive vice president, asset based lending.Prior to that, he was president and CEO of LaSalle Business Credit, where he helped build the group into the fifth largest asset based lending company in the United States. During his tenure at LaSalle, he also served as executive vice president for LaSalle Bank and ABN Amro. Sharkey began his career in financial services with GE Capital as a field examiner and loan officer, and moved on to Manufacturers Hanover Commercial Corporation where he served as senior loan officer. From there, he joined and within four years became president of StanChart Business Credit, which was ultimately acquired by LaSalle Bank.Sharkey is a permanent member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial Finance Association, as well as past president and chairman of that organization. He is also past president of the American Brain Tumor Association.Sharkey is a graduate of Rutgers University and J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Investment focus

Music, Events, Hospitality
Seed, Debt Financing
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Logic PD — Beacon EmbeddedWorks is a System-On-Module Manufacturer that delivers unwavering performance. Our custom System-On-Modules (SoMs) are compact, secure, and built to last.
Muso — Muso is a live-entertainment start-up born in Melbourne and now operating Australia-wide. We help venues create better live entertainment experiences and help artists find more gigs to create more revenue opportunities. We leverage technology to make things more efficient, fair and transparent to ultimately make live music more accessible to morepeople. Eventually we hope that every venue will be a live music venue but until then we’ll work on changing one at a time.
Surreal — Increase collaboration and ROI by booking, promoting and paying for all your live entertainment in one place. Trusted by over 900 venues across AUS, UK & NZ.

Rüfüs Du Sol is a music group from Sydney, that consists of Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George and James Hunt.

Investment focus

Apps, Hospitality, Food and Beverage
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.

Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
Pre-Seed, Seed
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TALY — TALY is a platform that is designed to find, manage and retain employees from both perfromance and personality for business development.
Viewa — Viewa is an augmented reality(AR) content publishing platform that brings print media such as magazines to life in 3D.
Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Internet of Things
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Arinex — Arinex is deeply committed to sustainability, embedding responsible practices into every aspect of our work. We believe in growing with purpose, alongside our
Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
1Password — More than a password manager and leader in Extended Access Management. Secure all sign-ins to every application from any device with 1Password.

The NZVCA’s mission is to develop a world-best private equity (“PE”) and venture capital (“VC”) environment for the benefit of investors and entrepreneurs in New Zealand.Their activities cover the whole spectrum of investment in New Zealand private capital including Angel investment, seed and early-stage venture capital through to developmentcapital and private equity (including management buy-outs and buy-ins).

Investment focus

Blockchain, B2C, Personal Health
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
New Zealand, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Emerge — Emerge is a financial management tool for businesses. It is a digital-only banking option designed to help Kiwi businesses operate more quickly, economically, and efficiently.
Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.
Miruku — Miruku is a molecular farming dairy startup developing advanced dairy proteins through plant technologies that hold the potential to produce animal-free milk proteins cost-effectively.

NAB Ventures is an Australian Venture Capital fund backed by National Australia Bank (one of the largest 20 banks globally).

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.
Archistar.ai — Archistar's world-first artificial intelligence helps property professionals find profitable land development sites, assess for feasibility and generate dozens of architectural design strategies - all within a few minutes
Zodia Custody — Crypto Custody, Without Compromise. Empowering global institutions to navigate the digital asset landscape simply, safely, and without compromise.

Founded in 2001, Tiger Global Management, LLC (“Tiger Global”) is a New York-based investment firm pursuing a long-term approach to investing in leading, global public and private companies that leverage technological innovation. Tiger Global’s public equity business includes fundamentally oriented long/short, long-focused and crossoverstrategies, targeting investments in high-quality, public growth companies. The private equity business invests in early through late stage companies that pursue innovative approaches to new and existing industries, building on over 20 years of experience investing in hundreds of businesses in more than 30 countries with more than 90 portfolio company IPOs. With a strong track record investing across sectors and stages, Tiger Global aims to be a thought partner to companies and their management teams across their lifecycle in public and private markets. The Firm’s mission is to generate world-class returns for its investors and to do so in a way that makes its employees, partners and portfolio companies proud.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, India, China

Portfolio highlights

EatClub Brands — Order on EatClub App from popular brands like MOJO Pizza, Box8, Itminaan Biryani & more. Save 30% Everytime. ZERO Delivery/ Packaging Fees.
SILQ — SILQ is a platform dedicated to bridging economies and empowering businesses to trade, grow, and navigate new frontiers. By enabling seamless commerce, logistics, and finance, SILQ unlocks opportunities in emerging economies, fueling ambitions and redefining global trade.The name SILQ is a modern tribute to the legendary Silk Road—reimagined forthe digital age. The distinctive “Q” comes from Souq, the Arabic word for marketplace, symbolizing our commitment to fast, accessible, authentic, and reliable commerce.SILQ aspires to transform local products and manufacturers into global brands by connecting them with entrepreneurs in emerging markets across the Gulf, South Asia, and beyond.
Temporal Technologies — Build invincible apps with Temporal's open source durable execution platform. Eliminate complexity and ship features faster. Talk to an expert today!

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Modii — Modii is a leading provider of smart parking solutions, dedicated to transforming the way parking and mobility are managed and experienced through a unified platform of digital infrastructure, data integration, and parking intelligence. By integrating cutting-edge technology with user-friendly platforms, Modii helps institutions, organizations, andurban areas optimize their parking operations, improve efficiency, and enhance user satisfaction by enabling thoughtful parking planning through data-driven insights. For more information about Modii visit modii.co.
splose — splose isn’t just practice management software. It's your ally in handling the ins-and-outs of running a practice and a savvy tool for growth. At splose, we are dedicated to continuously improving and embracing the power of AI and automation to give healthcare professionals like you more time to focus on what matters most.
Termina — Termina operates as an energy tech startup.

Chadd Ciccarelli

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Triggr — Triggr is a SaaS platform helping sales teams predict buyer intent and close more deals.
Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.

MEIF is an investment firm that operates equity and debt investment towards growth capital. The firm aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands and to realize the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten Local EnterprisePartnerships (LEPs) in the West Midlands and East and South East Midlands. MEIF provides over £250m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Software
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

ImmuONE — ImmuONE provides solutions for inhalation toxicology, irritation sensitization, alveolar clearance, and inflammation. If you want would contact them please contact them via phone call or email.
Lab Thread — Lab Thread engages in transforming laboratory data management.
OneUp Sales — OneUp Sales is a sales management & motivation platform built for inside sales teams. The platform makes use of sales activity data from any source to drive gamified competitions, real-time TV leaderboards, and streamlined reporting for managers.

Matthew Kelly

Investment focus

Delivery, Logistics, Hospitality
Angel
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Drive Yello — Looking for fast & express courier & logistics delivery services? Drive Yello is your last mile delivery partner serving Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.

MA Financial Group's Asset Management division manages investments for institutional & wholesale investors across real estate, credit, private equity & venture capital.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Series B, Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

DR2 — DR2 provide technology to their healthcare partners including 13SICK, and DoctorDoctor.
Apera Hotels — Apera Hotels is a platform designed to provide accommodations in hotels that cater to the mid-range market.
Avena Communities — Avena Communities provides a platform for communities, offering diverse property options for both permanent and holiday living.

Rampersand is the first investor in founders with abnormal potential in Aus & NZ. We have invested 100M+ AUD in 34 companies & returned millions to investors.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Restoke — Your restaurant, Your rules. Automate your process and let your team deliver
Cuttable — Cuttable operates as an automated content agency.
JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!

ALP.X Group is an entrepreneurial, hypothesis-driven investment- and asset manager with a focus on real assets and corporate growth.

Investment focus

Travel, Resorts, Hospitality
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Unyoked — Book off-grid wilderness cabins in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

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

Investment focus

Delivery, Logistics, Hospitality
Angel
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Drive Yello — Looking for fast & express courier & logistics delivery services? Drive Yello is your last mile delivery partner serving Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.

ASI Growth Partners is an investment Firm.

Investment focus

Travel, Software, Analytics
Series A, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

HIVERY — HIVERY is an innovative AI Category Management Optimization company delivering AI solutions to CPGs and Retailers.
Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.

We invest in fast-growing, emerging companies.

Investment focus

Travel, Hospitality, Real Estate
Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.

Adventure Capital is a leading Australian early-stage technology venture fund. Adventure Capital is intently focused on advancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem benefiting from Australia’s significant human capital and intellectual property by providing opportunities for innovative, driven and intelligent entrepreneurs to reach their fullpotential.Adventure Capital’s current fund, the Digital Accelerator LP, is a super-angel style venture fund focused on finding and guiding early-stage tech companies that are capital-efficient, and have global ambition and potential to succeed.Adventure Capital is Founding Investor of the York Butter Factory, a co-working space for high-potential seed-stage companies and next generation building management platform EQUiEM. The Digital Accelerator fund portfolio includes world #1 mobile publishing platform Oomph, leading AdTech DSP/RTB Brandscreen (acquired by Zenovia), social media platform Peazie, retail activation tool suite Myagi, education sales and marketing augmentation and optimization solutions provider doMore, and breakout technology businesses 121cast and Axiflux.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Myagi — Myagi is a B2B network + suite of apps that connects people and companies to the knowledge sources in their supply chain they need to deliver exceptional customer experiences and drive performance at every node
Omny Studio — The complete audio management solution for podcast and radio stations
Pantreeco — pantree brings 24/7 self-service artisan food markets to residential buildings

Patty Mills

Investment focus

Apps, Hospitality, Food and Beverage
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.

AS1 Growth Partners operates a privately held fund that invests in ambitious and disruptive technology-enabled growth businesses

Investment focus

Travel, Hospitality, Real Estate
Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.

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