Top 50 Startup Investors in Australia in January 2026

Investor	Australia investments
Blackbird Ventures	115
Artesian VC	95
Investible	85
Sydney Angels	83
Flying Fox Ventures	72
Antler	71
Skalata	70
Airtree Ventures	69
Main Sequence Ventures	67
EVP	59
Carthona Capital	54
Uniseed	50
Clinton Capital Partners	43
Archangel Ventures	42
Reinventure	41
AfterWork Ventures	40
Jelix Ventures	38
Right Click Capital	37
Square Peg Capital	37
Tidal Ventures	37
OIF Ventures	36
Uniseed Ventures	35
Rampersand	34
Brisbane Angels	34
Black Sheep Capital	34
Skip Capital	32
TEN13	32
Saniel Ventures	31
Melbourne Angels	28
Clean Energy Finance Corporation	27
Folklore Ventures	25
Breakthrough Victoria	25
Giant Leap Fund	25
Black Nova Venture Capital	23
Regal Funds Management	23
Scalare Partners	22
Ellerston Capital	22
OneVentures	22
Brandon Capital	21
CP Ventures	21
Grok Ventures	21
Significant Ventures	21
Alium Capital	21
Starfish Ventures	20
Possible Ventures	19
Aura Ventures	19
Black Nova Group	19
BetterLabs Ventures	18
Paspalis	18
Global Founders Capital	18

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
SAMA Fertility — SAMA Fertility is a virtual fertility clinic that offers fertility care and treatments, including preservation and evaluation services.
Infiction labs — SPARC 1.2 is a solar panel robotic cleaning system designed and developed by Infiction Labs Pvt Ltd for commercial solar plants.

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

Good Heat — Good Heat delivers zero-carbon heat as a service to industrial heat users.
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.

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.

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.

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 — We make Kpow for Apache Kafka, Flex for Apache Flink, and the Factor Platform for Streaming Data.

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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.

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.
Termina — Termina operates as an energy tech startup.

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.
SafetyCulture — Digitize & improve elements of your operations. Give your teams the knowledge, tools & confidence to work safely & meet higher standards.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Diraq — Diraq aims to redefine scalable quantum computing and bring practical commercial applications to the world.
Levur — Levur produces oils inspired by nature, without the environmental impact. Our vision is a future where reliance on unsustainable plant and animal oils like Palm Oil is drastically reduced, mitigating environmental impacts. We are collaborating with large consumer goods manufacturers to make this a
The EVERY Company — The EVERY Company, Formerly Clara Foods making Protein | Vegan Egg Protein Ingredients.

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

Mutinex — Discover how Mutinex helps businesses optimize marketing decisions with data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions.
Strong Room AI — Software that enables high-strength care through streamlined workflows, continuous analytics, surfaced insights and safeguarded data.
Particular Audience — Harness the power of AI to automate incremental revenue with context-aware targeting and hyper-personalization.

Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.

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.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

VeriQuantix — VeriQuantix was spun out of the University of Queensland. VeriQuantix is an Australian startup specializing in cybersecurity, focusing on quantum technology to enhance the security of optical fiber communication networks. Their core innovation, Quantum Link Verification (QLV), is designed to detect and alert network operators to physical tappingattempts and intercept cyber attacks on fiber optic networks. This technology leverages quantum principles, specifically entangled photons, to verify the trustworthiness of network links by ensuring that any unauthorized access disrupts photon entanglement and triggers immediate alerts.
Celosia Therapeutics — The Celosia Therapeutics approach is the result of advances in gene therapies and a better understanding of the molecular pathways that contribute to neurodegenerative diseases.
Kinoxis Therapeutics — Developing novel therapeutics for social dysfunction and substance use disorders.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

OpusXenta — Byond is comprehensive business management software for cemeteries & crematoria, streamlining operations with mapping, record-keeping, sales management and more.
PaidRight — Know your payroll compliance. Monitor variances in your payroll, get insights and visibility into your own payroll systems and processes so your employees are paid right.
FLK It Over — Sign documents online easily with FLK it over. Get started with our electronic signature software in just 2 minutes with our 14-day free trial. Try it now!

Archangel is an early stage venture capital fund based in Australia. We work with great founders and investors to build game changing companies together.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

GXE — At GXE, our mission is to build the all-in-one platform for unlisted assets and funds management. We provide investors, fund managers, and family offices with the tools they need to succeed and enable them to focus on their portfolios and investors whilst GXE takes care of everything else. A licensed financial services company, GXE holdsAustralian Financial Services Licence 460870 issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. GXE welcomes clients across sectors including corporate, family offices, pension and superannuation fund managers, private equity, property, and venture capital.
OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
Termina — Termina operates as an energy tech startup.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, Indonesia, 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
Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!

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

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.

Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.

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.

Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

black.ai — Build smarter spaces with Black.ai
Tability — Automate the boring parts of OKRs to cut the waste and spend more time doing what really matters.
Nomad Atomics — At Nomad Atomics, we develop innovative quantum sensors to solve outstanding problems in mining, underground resources and navigation

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Cuttable — Turn your existing content and products into agency-grade Meta ads in minutes. Cuttable's AI advertising platform combines decades of advertising expertise with cutting-edge technology to help ecommerce brands create high-performing ads at scale - without the agency price tag.
Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
Pintarnya — Situs penyedia lowongan kerja online untuk berbagai posisi, pendidikan dan pekerjaan dari lulusan SD hingga S1 Tersedia di seluruh indonesia.

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.
SecurePII — SecurePII provides a cloud-based platform that enables organisations to reduce exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) across voice, chat, and AI training channels. The service includes call-by-call redaction of credit-card and other sensitive data via its SecureCall component, enabling businesses to offload PCI-DSS complianceobligations while still retaining customer-facing interactions. SecurePII also empowers companies to process conversation data more safely, by filtering or anonymising PII in real time, to enable AI, analytics, and automation initiatives without compromising customer privacy. The platform integrates with existing payment gateway and communications infrastructure to support both contact centres and unified communications environments.
Refold AI — Cobalt is an embedded iPaaS for SaaS apps. Ship 10x faster with native API connectors. No infrastructure worries, just seamless embedded integrations for devs.

OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
LoveHeart — LoveHeart is an AI educator-aide that streamlines child development documentation. Write learning stories, journals, plans, and reflections in seconds. Trusted by leading educators. Get your team plan today.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

BioScout — Welcome to BioScout, your partner in revolutionizing the agriculture industry with cutting-edge automated disease detection technology for crop growers and viticulture.
Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
Morse Micro — Morse Micro is a fast-growing wireless integrated circuit solutions company that is reinventing Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company was founded by Wi-Fi pioneers and innovators, Michael De Nil and Andrew Terry, joined by the original Wi-Fi inventor Prof. Neil Weste and wireless industry veterans, whose teams designed Wi-Fi chipsinto billions of smartphones. Headquartered in Australia with offices in China and the U.S., Morse Micro’s strong and diverse system team, portfolio of IP and patents, enables Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity across the complete IoT ecosystem, from surveillance systems and access control to industrial automation and mobile devices, allowing connected devices to reach farther. www.morsemicro.com

We back ambitious ANZ tech founders from inception to seed, with proven support, no empty promises, and a track record of helping startups scale smarter.

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
Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.
Cuttable — Turn your existing content and products into agency-grade Meta ads in minutes. Cuttable's AI advertising platform combines decades of advertising expertise with cutting-edge technology to help ecommerce brands create high-performing ads at scale - without the agency price tag.

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.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series C
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
Kleecks — Kleecks is an innovative SaaS platform that optimises performance marketing activities, improves website health and speed in real-time, and has a significant impact on businesses by increasing revenues, lowering costs, and accelerating time-to-market
Project Manda — Transform your workspace with Project Manda's AI-driven platform. Analyse company meetings, receive actionable recommendations, and boost staff productivity and ROI

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.

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 — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, 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!

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

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.
Matrak Industries — Matrak is a leading construction management software, enabling effective material tracking through a robust supply chain tracking system.

Melbourne Angels was formed in Melbourne, Australia in early 2007. Melbourne Angels is the leading group of private investors in Victoria who actively invest in early stage and growth technology companies.The group has a strong and experienced core of members that generate deal flow, are experienced in evaluation of business propositions and actas mentors for the other members and the entrepreneurs. The members vary in age, gender, ethnicity, profession and type of experience. All members have experience of success at being entrepreneurial.This award winning group is consistently one of the most active startup investors in the country.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Insite AI — The chosen partner by executives in RGM, insights, and I.T. to grow revenue and market share. Learn how CPGs win in pricing, assortment, trade and more.
Seitec — Seitec is a security company that manufactures seismic security applications and instruments for civilian and military markets.
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.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation invests using a commercial approach to overcome market barriers and mobilize investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low emissions technologies. They seek to catalyze and leverage private sector funding for the commercialization and deployment of clean energy technologies necessary for thetransition to a carbon-constrained economy.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
Australia, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Neoen — Neoen is an independent energy company, develops, finances, builds, and operates power plants based on renewable energies in France, Portugal, Australia, Mexico, Egypt, and El Salvador. It operates solar, wind, and biomass power plants. The company, through its subsidiaries, also specializes in the development of marine renewable energy projects inFrance; supports photovoltaic project developers and investors in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of solar power plants in France and abroad; and develops solar and wind farms.
JET Charge — Australia's #1 supplier and installer of EV charging stations for homes and businesses, expert solutions for all EV infrastructure needs.
SwarmFarm Robotics — Global crop protection specialists ADAMA and Australian ag-tech company.

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

The Breakthrough Victoria Fund is a $2 billion investment by the Victorian Government to drive investment in research and innovation.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Australia, United States, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

DeepDerm — DeepDerm is developing AI-enabled cameras that detect skin cancer without the need for painful biopsies.
InnovaIVF — InnovaIVF transforms the reproductive technology landscape with innovative solutions.
Mental Jam — We are a games studio dedicated to creating impactful experiences that explore mental health.

Giant Leap is Australia's first venture capital fund to be 100% dedicated to investing in exceptional, rapidly scalable impact businesses.

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.

Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

8seats — 8seats offers a secure, effortless messaging app for teams! Boost productivity with real-time chat, team collaboration for businesses of any size. Get started for free!
Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Funding Round, Series B, Convertible Note
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nykaa — Nykaa is an e-Commerce platform for different beauty and wellness products for men and women. They also offer comprehensive content including product reviews, beauty how-to videos, articles by experts, and an e-beauty magazine. Their helpline helps to choose products and services best suited for customer's needs. Nykaa's products areauthentic sourced directly from brands and provide a delivery experience.Nykaa was founded in 2012 by Falguni Nayar and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Send Payments — Seamless cross-border payments for people, businesses and enterprises. Make fast, secure and reliable payments in 100+ currencies to over 170 countries.
Send Payments — Seamless cross-border payments for people, businesses and enterprises. Make fast, secure and reliable payments in 100+ currencies to over 170 countries.

Scalare Partners is more than a technology investment fund. We provide critical funding and resourcing

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Australia, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Brauz — Brauz connects your customers now with Reserve In Store, Find in Store, Click + Collect, On Demand Delivery, Ship from Store, Appointment Booking, Video Commerce, Clienteling and more.
Betterx — Betterx is a technology company focused on infrastructure to support Web3.0 and Digital Assets.
Amelio Health — Amelio Health is a program integrating a set of pathways developing the capabilities of case managers to signpost claimants at risk of developing chronic pain

Ellerston Capital is a specialist investment manager with a distinctive approach to portfolio construction and investment selection.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Australia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Data Zoo — Data Zoo is an online identity service verifying customers instantly and providing global data coverage. Keeping information protected and systems secure.
Aerologix — Free access to the largest qualified drone pilot network in the southern hemisphere via one platform.
EcoJoule Energy — EcoJoule Energy delivers intelligent, Australian-made power management systems that improve energy quality, reliability, and efficiency.

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!

Brandon Capital invests in the most promising biomedical opportunities that have the potential to improve the lives of patients.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CatalYm — Catalym develops antibodies against a placental factor which is overexpressed by various tumour types.
AdvanCell — AdvanCell is a vertically integrated, clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of targeted alpha therapies.
Myricx Bio — Myricx Pharma is a small molecule drug discovery company engaged in developing novel proprietary inhibitors of human N-myristoyltransferases (NMT), with a primary focus in oncology but also exploring potential applications across other diseases.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

LeadStory — Watch breaking news from around the world and stay up to date with current events. Follow topics that matter to you from providers you can trust. See whats happening nearby or in places you care about.
Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.
Skylark Labs — Skylark Labs develops continuously evolving and customizable threat detection systems for enhanced physical security. Our clients (CCTV or Drone companies) can customize our proprietary AI solutions at the time of deployment or continuously evolve them if needed after deployment making them preferable to other comparable market solutions.

Backing a better tomorrow

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Spriggy — Spriggy is a mobile app with a linked prepaid card that helps kids learn the concept of digital money.
Asterix Foods — Asterix Foods is a biotechnology company designed to build protein production using plant-cell culture techniques. The company's platform is developing and growing bioactive proteins for food that are scalable, functional, and complex, enabling users with plant cell-cultured and animal-free proteins.It was founded in 2022 and is located inTel Aviv, Israel.
August Robotics — August Robotics creates robots to automate "dirty, dangerous and dull" workflows across the B2B economy. The company's first robot, Lionel, automates the dull and labour intensive task of floor-marking for the global exhibition industry. Lionel has been used as a critical part of the trade show setup process by the world'slargest exhibition companies in Europe and USA. August Robotics' second robot, Diego, automates the dirty and dangerous task of disinfecting high-traffic public areas, such as hotels, offices and aged care centers, optimizing hygiene and reducing the risks of infection. The company is also working on a number of other robots, each leveraging August Robotics' industry leading proprietary mobile robotics platform, which enables August Robotics to generate new robots for new cases far more quickly and cheaply than other robotics companies. The physical world is ripe for disruption by robots, and August Robotics is leading the charge to do this in the B2B segment

Significant Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund backing transformative technologies and the ambitious founders behind them.Founded by the Hindmarsh family, Significant Ventures invests in deep tech, applied science and research-driven innovation emerging from Australia’s leading universities and research institutions. The fundcombines capital with active, hands-on support—helping early-stage companies shape their strategy, attract talent, and access follow-on funding.With a network of expert operators, advisors and institutional partners, Significant Ventures focuses on turning high-potential ideas into globally scalable businesses. The team works closely with founders across sectors including life sciences, climate tech, AI, education and advanced manufacturing.Driven by a commitment to impact, collaboration and long-term value creation, Significant Ventures exists to build the next generation of high-growth companies that will lead Australia’s innovation economy

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Wavewise Analytics — Cyban is a medical equipment manufacturing company that manufactures brain oxygen monitors.
Earthodic — Earthodic is an Australian materials science company creating functional biobased coatings. Paperbarc by Earthodic is a biobased water-resistant coating for pulped or paper products. It has better water-resistance than wax coatings, more sustainable and circular than plastic coatings. Repulpable. Re
Visionary Machines — Superior perception for next-generation autonomy

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.

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!

Starfish Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm focused on information technology, life sciences, and clean technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Australia, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Aktana — Build stronger relationships with HCPs using Aktana's artificial intelligence (AI) platform for life sciences to optimize omnichannel engagement.
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!
Marani — Marani helps maternity providers quickly identify and manage maternal and fetal risk as well as empowering moms to have healthier pregnancies.

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.

Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, United States, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
Scannable — Scannable helps Arborists, Rope Access Technicians, Riggers, and Rescuers easily manage PPE and safety equipment.
SynergyXR — SynergyXR is a no-code, cloud platform that lets companies design, onboard, sell, and support across all XR devices without writing a single line of code

Black Nova Group provide services across investment & venture capital.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
SaasGuru — Finding the right company to work at is hard. You need to know what kind of culture they have, how much they pay, and if they’ll be a good fit for your personality. That’s why we created SaasGurus – to help people find their perfect workplace before starting their next career. We provide information on over 10,000 companies in the SaaS industry sothat you can make an informed decision about where to start your next chapter.
Kismet — Find the best disability or healthcare service to support your journey

BetterLabs is an early-stage venture capital fund and venture studio based in Perth, Australia. Backed by RAC the fund invests in technology and opportunities that impact next-generation insurance, clean technology, mobility, work and money. The studio creates ventures to solve challenges in these domains and we also invest in them.

Investment focus

Education, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States

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.
WeMoney — WeMoney is focused on obtaining an Open Banking license so that the Fintech firm can gain access to customer banking data, which may be used to improve the quality of services offered to them.WeMoney’s platform lets users keep track of their pending utility bills and other recurring payments. The platform also aims to help customers with managingtheir savings and monitoring their monthly income. Joveski revealed that his company is also developing features that will use behavioral science and AI to help users make better or more informed financial decisions.
Loopit — Loopit is the complete end-to-end software & professional services platform solution for car subscription to boost dealership & profitability.

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.

Investment focus

Aerospace, Manufacturing, Space Travel
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Atomionics — Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration.
Esper Satellite Imagery — Esper is building and launching the world's most versatile satellite imagery network for mineral exploration, agronomy, and national security. Order imagery now.
Transcelestial Technologies — Secure, last mile connectivity with fiber-like speeds using next gen Wireless Fiber Optics or Lasercomms, at a fraction of the deployment time and cost of fiber.

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Aspora — Aspora help users bank seamlessly across countries, invest in diverse assets, access credit and insurance services.
Orasio — Orasio turns video feeds into easily actionable information for cities, homeland security forces, and businesses.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.