Top 25 InsurTech Startup Investors in Australia in January 2026
A list of 25 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Insurtech startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Insurtech companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 25 InsurTech Startup Investors in Australia in January 2026
| Investor | InsurTech Australia investments |
|---|---|
| Carthona Capital | 2 |
| Jelix Ventures | 2 |
| Folklore Ventures | 2 |
| Antler | 2 |
| Giant Leap Fund | 1 |
| Colin Morgan | 1 |
| Fifty-Second Celebration | 1 |
| Hollard Insurance | 1 |
| Alium Capital | 1 |
| Airtree Ventures | 1 |
| Brick & Mortar Ventures | 1 |
| Hunter Equity Group | 1 |
| Counterview Capital | 1 |
| Raf Uy | 1 |
| Antler Australia | 1 |
| Tribe Global Ventures | 1 |
| Allectus Capital | 1 |
| Sydney Angels | 1 |
| Greenlight Reinsurance | 1 |
| Rafael Niesten | 1 |
| Alma Mundi Ventures | 1 |
| Nine Four Ventures | 1 |
| Patricia Priest | 1 |
| Union Square Ventures | 1 |
| AfterWork Ventures | 1 |
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Qlarifi — Consumer lending decisions transformed with real time, comprehensive data.
- 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
- Ajust — Ajust makes it easy to resolve customer complaints with banks, telcos and energy companies. It's fast, fair and free for consumers.
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- Fugu — Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age
- Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.
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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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
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Singapore, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Balo — Balo is the on-demand platform powered by the Top 1% of Salesforce Experts globally. Get immediate hands-on support for any Salesforce needs.
- Voltrac — Voltrac is a robotics company that develops an autonomous, fully electric tractor platform called THOR, designed to operate in demanding environments for both agricultural and logistics use. THOR employs per-wheel electric motors instead of a conventional drivetrain, reducing mechanical complexity and maintenance requirements. It runs on swappable200 kWh battery packs, enabling long-duration operations and continuous work cycles. The platform supports a standard three-point hitch (Category II) and can be configured with a flatbed, making it versatile for fieldwork or transport tasks. Voltrac’s autonomy system combines reinforcement learning with real-time sensor data to adapt driving behavior and implements to changing terrain and crop conditions. Beyond farming, THOR is also intended for frontline logistics missions, with modular designs that can support cargo transport and resilience in challenging settings.
- ROLO Robotics — ROLO Robotics is rethinking the kitchens of the future using robotics and automation.
Giant Leap is Australia's first venture capital fund to be 100% dedicated to investing in exceptional, rapidly scalable impact businesses.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Indi — indi is a co-pilot app for parents navigating their child's health journey; supporting advocacy, mental health & uniting the village of care.
- Great Wrap — The only Australian made and owned compostable cling wrap
- 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.
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Investment focus
- PaaS, InsurTech, Insurance
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- upcover — upcover is Australia's award winning Online business insurance provider for All type of business owners, startups, consultants, freelancers and gig economy workers in Australia. Get a quote online today.
Fifty-Second Celebration is a private Australian company. Fifty-Second Celebration was incorporated on May 28, 1982 and as of March 11, 2017 is a registered Australian private company.
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Investment focus
- InsurTech, Insurance, Marketplace
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- handdii — handdii is an online marketplace that connects customers directly with contractors for insurance companies. handdii is a savvy tech that can save insurance companies significant claims costs, while producing happy customers at the same time. handdii can identify with the frustrations of making a property insurance claim. This is because thetraditional fulfilment process is both complicated and cumbersome. When the damage to your home or business is relatively small, this lengthy and inconvenient process makes no sense.handdii is on a mission to put the control back into the hands of the customer and help trades excel at the work they do. handdii's product is unique and focuses on a specific problem area in claim fulfilment and property repair. handdii doesn’t want to be all things to all people but it wants trades to be able to show up, fix the problem, be awesome, and free customers up to focus on their lives.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, South Africa, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Bdeo — Bdeo provides a visual intelligence solution designed to change the way customers connect with insurance companies. Its platform enhances the customer journey beginning with underwriting and all the way through the time the claim is processed, also recognizing risks, damage, and providing assessments in real-time, allowing insurance companies todetect fraud or pay customers in the event a claim is approved.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
- Naked Insurance — The new way to cover your stuff: savings & convenience through AI. Naked Insurance offers online insurance for car, home and contents. Get a quote in 90 seconds!
- Simply — Life, Disability and Funeral Insurance
Alium Capital focuses on listed and unlisted technology investments to generate out-sized returns. The company invests in technology, innovation, and early-stage businesses, all the way through to publicly listed assets.
It specializes in the fields of finance, investing, innovation, and capital.Alium Capital was founded in 2016 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Beforepay — Beforepay understands that traditional pay cycles are a form of financial stress. So we set out to find a better way, giving Australians the control and confidence that comes with managing your own money, on your terms.That’s why we created Pay On Demand™ - a service that allows you to access the money you have earned at work, when you choose todo so. After all, it is yours!The app also automatically predicts when your bills are due, shows you how much is OK for you to spend, and automatically creates budgets for you, effortlessly.
- Academy Xi — At Academy Xi, we help APAC's largest and most sophisticated organisations optimise performance with concise, actionable training solutions.
- DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,315,473 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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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.
- SafetyCulture — Digitize & improve elements of your operations. Give your teams the knowledge, tools & confidence to work safely & meet higher standards.
Focused exclusively on venture capital opportunities in "technology for the built world," Brick & Mortar Ventures identifies, backs, and enables emerging companies developing innovative software and hardware solutions for the industries of real estate, hospitality, and construction. Its hyper-focused mandate allows Brick & Mortarto continuously develop industry expertise and relationships across these three large and growing verticals and build value to its portfolio by taking a hands-on, active role as an investor and partner to its companies.
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Investment focus
- Construction, Software, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Kraaft — Kraaft.co is an instant messenger app dedicated to site monitoring for VRD public works trades: roads and various networks. Paris, Île-de-France in 2019.
- Klutch.ai — Build faster, boost profit margins and scale like a crew twice the size without manual data entry or clunky software. Onboard in minutes, unlock ROI on day 1.
- Mango — Mango offers suppliers and contractors in the construction industry real-time risk analytics, automated B2B payments, and embedded credit.
Hunter Equity Group is a experienced private investors, focussed on quality insurance industry opportunities.
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Investment focus
- Insurance, Finance, InsurTech
- Seed, Angel
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- AuditCover — Tax audit insurance designed for accountants. Cover the costs of assisting clients through ATO audits, tax reviews, and investigations.
- KOBA Insurance — KOBA Insurance is on a mission to help over 10M Aussie drivers lower their annual premiums by only charging them for what they use.Powered by our technology platform, we're unlocking your car's onboard computer and enabling your car to join the IOT revolution. KOBA uses connected car data to measure actual kilometres travelled, offeringa true pay-per-km insurance policy and a fairer solution to low-usage drivers. KOBA is launching in October 2021. Visit www.kobainsurance.com to pre-register and join the pay-per-km movement today.
Counterview Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on investments in seed-stage technology companies
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Airia — AIRIA is reimagining space utilization by applying intelligence to infrastructure.
- Pliable — Pliable is an AI-powered SaaS platform that makes it simple for anyone to organize and leverage their data without a data team.
- Splash Sports — Splash Sports is the leading skill-based sports gaming platform built for friends to use their knowledge to compete for real money. Learn more and get started.
Raf Uy is the Global Chief Financial Officer at etika. He was a Non Executive Director at Challenger Pay Enterprises. Raf attended Macquarie University.
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Investment focus
- PaaS, InsurTech, Insurance
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- upcover — upcover is Australia's award winning Online business insurance provider for All type of business owners, startups, consultants, freelancers and gig economy workers in Australia. Get a quote online today.
Australia's only truly global early stage VC, we believe in and back the most ambitious founders from the earliest stage.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Australia, Sweden, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
- ReFresh — Understand your teams without surveys. ReFresh integrates with the tools you already use to detect burnout, stress, and engagement in real time, helping leaders act before small issues become big problems.
- 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.
- Pinatubo Interactive — Pinatubo Interactive is a developer of an AI platform designed for adventure games.
A venture capital fund for ambitious Australian & New Zealand B2B technology ventures seeking to expand to the UK or USA. Tribe Global Ventures.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Biometrics
- Series A
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- Kanopi — Discover Kanopi's full-stack insurance platform. Launch new products with speed, scale effortlessly and deliver anywhere. Learn more.
- Mercha.com.au — Mercha is Company Branded Merchandise Made Easy for You. Shop the highest quality promotional merchandise for your business with a click of a button. Shop Now.
Allectus Capital is an investment company with a value focused portfolio of disruptive technology businesses. Allectus oversees and supports c.US$200m in technology assets across the Asia Pacific, UK and US and is managed by ICM Limited
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Diraq — Diraq aims to redefine scalable quantum computing and bring practical commercial applications to the world.
- Mist — Empower international students with Mist: the all-in-one app for managing student life abroad. Simplify tasks, stay connected, and focus on education and personal growth.
- Listing Loop — ListingLoop.com.au is a real estate marketplace for pre-market and off-market properties that connects buyers, sellers and agents. Through smart tech and modern design, Listing Loop is shaking up the traditional way that real estate is done in Australia. Buying and selling a property is faster, easier and less expensive. Patented property matchingtechnology notifies buyers in real time when a suitable property hits the market. Buyers discover properties faster – before they’re advertised on other real estate websites. Agents utilise Listing Loop’s technology to win new listings and sell properties faster. Their sellers can market their property for sale immediately without paying any upfront advertising fees. Listing Loop’s unique no sale, no charge approach to advertising gets properties online quicker while property matching puts them directly in front of the right buyers.It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Okkular — Okkular is an AI based fashion tech startup.
- 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.
Greenlight Re (www.greenlightre.ky) is a specialist property and casualty reinsurance company based in the Cayman Islands and Ireland. The company provides a variety of custom-tailored reinsurance solutions to the insurance, risk retention group, captive and financial marketplaces. Established in 2004, Greenlight Re selectively offers customizedreinsurance solutions in markets where capacity and alternatives are limited. With a focus on deriving superior returns from both sides of the balance sheet, Greenlight Re's assets are managed according to a value-oriented, equity-focused strategy that complements the Company's business goal of long-term growth in book value per share.
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Investment focus
- Insurance, InsurTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- InRev — The modern surety underwriter
- District Cover — District Cover takes a data-driven approach to understanding city-based businesses' risk profiles and creates tailored insurance policies for small businesses. We exist to ensure brokers and small businesses can rely on consistent access to insurance solutions that empower continued growth. Our proprietary, non-admitted commercial insuranceproduct provides a new solution as existing options become harder to get, less relevant, and more expensive.
- Vivere Partners — Vivere is a tech-enabled MGA providing specialty property and management liability solutions for complex risks. We combine industry expertise with advanced analytics to deliver faster quotes, tailored coverage, and competitive terms.
Rafael Niesten is the CTO & Co-Founder at JRC Software
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Investment focus
- PaaS, InsurTech, Insurance
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- upcover — upcover is Australia's award winning Online business insurance provider for All type of business owners, startups, consultants, freelancers and gig economy workers in Australia. Get a quote online today.
We back bold and purpose-driven founders.
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Investment focus
- Software, InsurTech, Insurance
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Spain, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Wrisk — The Wrisk Platform helps brands co-create, launch and operate customised insurance products that can be launched rapidly and at scale.
- Hokodo — Boost sales and improve customer experience with B2B Buy Now Pay Later options at checkout. Hokodo's B2B BNPL solution is the modern way to offer trade credit.
- Epoch Biodesign — Mellizyme Biotechnology is currently operating in stealth.
Nine Four Ventures is an early-stage PropTech fund that invests in startups impacting the people, processes, and ecosystems that interact with the built world.
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Investment focus
- Software, Construction, SaaS
- Series B, Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Latii — Latii is a producer and supplier of building materials. They provide products that include windows and doors, structural steel, metal, casting, and fastening. They offer services for the construction industry.
- Steadily — Property and liability insurance for rental property owners and investors. Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars. Competitive prices nationwide. Quotes online in minutes.
- Lumion — Connecting students and schools to the future of fair education payments through income-based payment plans, zero-interest payment plans, hybrids, and more innovative tuition solutions.
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Investment focus
- PaaS, InsurTech, Insurance
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- upcover — upcover is Australia's award winning Online business insurance provider for All type of business owners, startups, consultants, freelancers and gig economy workers in Australia. Get a quote online today.
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Radiant — Clean. Portable. Safe. Energy
- Gumball — Gumball connects advertisers with podcast hosts to make it happen in a few clicks.
- Slutty Vegan — Support your local Slutty Vegan. We are a Black-owned restaurant serving the best vegan food in Atlanta, period. Order your meatless masterpieces today.
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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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- 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
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.
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