# Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in Australia in June 2026 ## Blackbird Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 25 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS 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. ## Sydney Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 18 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care 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. ## Artesian VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care 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. ## Airtree Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Investible - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally. ## EVP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## Starfish Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Internet Starfish Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm focused on information technology, life sciences, and clean technology companies. ## Square Peg Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Square Peg is a global investment firm on a mission to empower exceptional founders. With investing teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy. ## Black Sheep Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Black Sheep Capital is making its mark as a preferred investment capital provider due to their 'Everyone Wins' approach. Their philosophy is to work with their investment partners to create and grow opportunities where they can all enjoy success. Through this approach, they have been able to create a diverse portfolio of investments thatcontinues to grow. ## Skalata - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future. ## Main Sequence Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing 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. ## Macdoch Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS 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. ## Reinventure - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services 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. ## Carthona Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally. ## OIF Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses. ## Clinton Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Clinton Capital Partners is a VC advisory business that specialises in raising capital and growing shareholder returns, for early stage technology companies and their investors. In addition, we invest our own funds to align company, investor and advisor. We have completed >70 successful transactions, and crystallised 14 liquidity events.Clinton Capital Partners has a long and established track record of growing companies, raising capital, conducting mergers, and creating liquidity events. When raising capital, we feel early-stage companies underestimate the time involved, the distraction to the underlying business, and the importance of identifying the “right culturally aligned” investors for their journey. ## Skip Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Skip Capital is a private investment fund investing in technology and infrastructure ## Damian George - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce Damian George ## Jelix Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand. ## Black Nova Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Black Nova Group provide services across investment & venture capital. ## Black Nova Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups. ## Brisbane Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Machine Learning 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. ## Right Click Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm ## Tidal Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential. ## Antler Australia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology Australia's only truly global early stage VC, we believe in and back the most ambitious founders from the earliest stage. ## MA Growth Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce MA Financial Group's Asset Management division manages investments for institutional & wholesale investors across real estate, credit, private equity & venture capital. ## Bailador Technology Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet Bailador is a growth capital fund that focuses on the IT and media sectors, managed by an experienced team with demonstrated sector expertise. The company supports its portfolio companies in subsequent rounds of funding through their own participation and with introductions to larger international growth expansion funds. It assists in thepreparation and management of fundraising, M&A activity, and pre-IPO processes. The portfolio businesses of the company are DocsCorp, Click Loans Group, Rezdy, Stackla, iPRO Solutions, and SiteMinder.Bailador is an Australia-based company that was founded in 2010 by Paul Wilson and David Kirk. ## Grand Prix Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce Grand Prix Capital is a private venture capital and investment firm specialized in rapid growth, start-up, private and microcap listed businesses. ## Ellerston Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Ellerston Capital is a specialist investment manager with a distinctive approach to portfolio construction and investment selection. ## Antonio Palanca - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce Antonio has previously co-founded successful e-commerce and supply chain companies both here and in Asia with China Direct Partners. He is also an experienced commercial executive having held senior management roles in IBM, Sun, and Optus communications. He holds a bachelors degree in Economics and a degree in Psychology and is a member of ESA, APS& GKHS. ## Alium Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Apps 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. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Pollenizer - Type: VC Fund - Location: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: B2B, E-Commerce, Marketplace Pollenizer is a co-founder of start-up web businesses in Australia. They partner with strong founders and take equity stakes at a concept stage on consumer and SaaS businesses. The skill sets cover technology, marketing and capital raising. They also occasionally make seed investments. Their businesses include;* * ** * * * * * * * * * Their team includes;* Phil Morle, ex-CTO of Kazaa, Omnidrive.* Mick Liubinskas, ex-CMO of Kazaa, Tangler, ZaprThey are also investors and partners with ## Regal Funds Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Convertible Note, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Regal Funds Management was founded in 2004 by Andrew and Philip King. Regal utilises a long/short investment strategy and performs investment management and investment advisory services to a number of Australian Unit Trusts and Cayman Island Companies. ## Adam Schwab - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series C - Focus: Software, Wellness, Art Adam Schwab, 36, studied Law/Commerce at Monash University before becoming a corporate lawyer specialising in mergers & acquisitions at Freehills (now HerbertSmithFreehills). At 25, Adam co-founded corporate accommodation and services group, Living Corporate Apartments. In 2010, Adam co-founded what would soon become the Lux Group. In2011, Adam co-founded of MyTable, which eventually formed part of Menulog (which was sold to JustEat in 2015). Adam is currently an investor and non-executive director of online art marketplace, BlueThumb.com.au.In 2015, Adam was named the Australian Young Executive of the Year by CEO Magazine, and Adam has been a director of the Myeloma Foundation of Australia since 2010. ## Scalare Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Scalare Partners is more than a technology investment fund. We provide critical funding and resourcing ## Uniseed - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes. ## CP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning The CP Ventures Fund invests in early-stage technology companies that are highly scalable, at the forefront of breakthrough technologies, and driven by the fourth industrial revolution. ## BridgeLane Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Real Estate, Financial Services The BridgeLane Group is a privately-owned asset management firm specialising in the agricultural, real estate and innovation sectors. A significant global player in agriculture with a multi-decade record in large scale farming, the Group has a proud history in residential property development, comme ## Exto Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Apps, Content, Internet Exto Partners is a diversified private investment firm based in Australia.The Company Directors work with both emerging and established companies to help them achieve their business goals through capital investment, strategic planning, corporate advisory and exit planning and execution.Exto Partners build high performance globalbusinesses that embrace innovation, transform established industries and challenge existing market leaders to drive value for shareholders. ## Paspalis - Type: VC Fund - Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Space Travel Paspalis is a leading venture capital investor in Northern Australia. We invest in innovative companies, both locally and globally, looking to do business in the Northern Territory. ## Beachhead Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Software, FinTech, Finance Beachhead is a venture capital firm investing in high-growth Australian companies looking to grow bigger, go further and achieve more. ## Tank Stream Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Media Tank Stream Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in strong teams solving core human problems!. We support founders with an almost obsessive vision to disrupt existing industries, create new ones and improve lives through technology.We like Founders with a problem solving vision as opposed to a solution driven one. We seetechnology as an enabler rather than an end in itself.We like to get involved as early as we can and are flexible in terms of geography – we’ve made investments from Hobart to Stockholm, with a strong concentration in Australia and the US.Through Tank Stream Labs, Australia's leading entrepreneurial community and co-working space, we are surrounded by entrepreneurs, thought leaders and ingenious opportunities every single day. ## Gabby Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Internet Gabby Leibovich is the co-founder and managing director at Catch.com.au. ## Jeremy Same - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Art, Beauty, Internet Jeremy Same co-founded AussieCommerce in 2010. Jeremy Same began his career as a credit trader at ANZ Investment Bank in 2002, then departed in late 2003. He co-founded Living Corporate Apartments and serves as its Director. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of BigThanks.com.au and Sames.com.au. He was Founder and Managing Director ofMyTable, an online takeaway ordering platform, before exiting the business in 2012 in a sale to EatNow, to create Australia’s fastest growing food ordering website. He is also a dedicated amateur guitarist - much to the delight of his neighbours. He serves as Executive Director of AussieCommerce. ## Giant Leap Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software Giant Leap is Australia's first venture capital fund to be 100% dedicated to investing in exceptional, rapidly scalable impact businesses. ## Breakthrough Victoria - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Software The Breakthrough Victoria Fund is a $2 billion investment by the Victorian Government to drive investment in research and innovation. ## Thorney Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Thorney Opportunities Ltd is an investment company. The Company's principal activity is making investments in listed securities. The Company is focused on producing absolute returns for shareholders over the medium to long-term. Its primary focus is on the selection of investments, which enable it to be a catalyst towards unlocking the valuein the companies that it identifies. The Company's investment manager is Thorney Management Services Pty Ltd. ## Adcock Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Legal, Internet We are an industry-agnostic, globally-active firm that capitalises on new market opportunities with great business ideas and technologies.