Top 35 Legal Startup Investors in Australia
A list of 35 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Legal startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Legal companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 35 Legal Startup Investors in Australia
Investor | Legal Australia investments |
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Flying Fox Ventures | 3 |
Blackbird Ventures | 2 |
ACAC Innovation | 2 |
Queensland Government | 2 |
LegalZoom | 2 |
Tidal Ventures | 2 |
Adcock Group | 1 |
Louis Beryl | 1 |
Adcock Private Equity | 1 |
David Gonski | 1 |
KPMG | 1 |
Michael Gonski | 1 |
Euroz Hartleys | 1 |
Aditum Ventures | 1 |
Ben Armstrong | 1 |
Maranello Capital | 1 |
The LegalTech Fund | 1 |
Grant Rule | 1 |
Pioneer Fund | 1 |
Tony Faure | 1 |
Bell Potter | 1 |
Saniel Ventures | 1 |
Fort Street Advisors | 1 |
Alex Waislitz | 1 |
Pollenizer | 1 |
Robert Phillpot | 1 |
Jelix Ventures | 1 |
Leigh Jasper | 1 |
SG Hiscock | 1 |
Four Cities Capital | 1 |
Artesian VC | 1 |
Sydney Angels | 1 |
Macdoch Ventures | 1 |
Thorney Investment | 1 |
Khai Ha | 1 |
Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- CLT Toolbox — CLT Tool Box: CLT Design Software and Structural design software for CLT to simplify mass timber calculations for Europe, Australia, & New Zealand
- Mayday — Streamline your finance team's multi-entity accounting adjustments with Mayday
Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Redactive — Redactive developer platform eliminates the need for developers to acquire, implement, and maintain specialized data engineering knowledge. This enables to build scalable and secure AI-enhanced applications for customers or productivity use cases for employees more efficiently.
- Aquila — We're powering the future by building and operating an infinitely scalable energy network.
- Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
ACAC Innovation provides angel investment, mentoring and support to game-changing startups. We work with founders to turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Renewable Energy
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Gathar — Book a dining experience in your own home. Browse menus and book online, and our Culinarians will bring the ingredients, cook, and clean up.
- Vaulta — Designed and assembled in Brisbane, Australia. Vaulta batteries are perfect for stationary storage and lifestyle projects, and are designed for disassembly.
- Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
Queensland Government is the government of the Australian state of Queensland that supports the economic and social participation of culturally diverse communities across Queensland and provides whole-of-government leadership, coordination, and monitoring in policy, program, and service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderQueenslanders. It is established by the Constitution of Queensland, and its relationship with the Commonwealth is regulated by the Constitution of Australia.Queensland Government provides support and advice for the Premier and Cabinet and leads the public sector in delivering the government’s priorities.
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Investment focus
- Software, Travel, Computer
- Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Cake — Here at Cake Equity we make equity easier to use. Grow your company, reward your team, eliminate the hassle. Sign up for FREE today!
- Chicks Who Ride Bikes — Bikes fuel your adventures, and CWRB fuels you. A cycling community for women to connect, ride and discover what they're capable of.
- Field Solutions Group — Field Solutions is an ASX listed Australian-based Telecommunication company. We aim to be Australia's largest rural, regional and remote telecommunications provider.
LegalZoom is the nation's most recognized name in law, the alternative to the traditional law firm. The leading provider of online legal document services and legal plans to families and small businesses, LegalZoom offers high quality, affordable legal services, marrying cutting-edge technology with access to experienced attorneys.LegalZoom was founded on the idea that all Americans deserve access to the law; and as of 2011 the company has helped close to two million small businesses and families with their legal needs. Our high quality documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and 94% of customers would refer LegalZoom to their family and friends.
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Investment focus
- Legal, AgTech, Internet
- Seed, Grant, Funding Round
- Germany, Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
- OmniVis — OmniVis is a technology company creating handheld devices to rapidly detect dangerous pathogens - saving food and saving lives.
- Legalbase — Legalbase filed for bankruptcy in February 2017, just one year after operating publicly in legal tech. It is no longer a company, but a product of its former major investor LegalZoom, which runs it under the entity LegalZoom Germany GmbH.Legal Base makes the services of experienced German lawyers at a fixed price available . Simple, transparentand secure. You get exactly defined services to previously fixed costs . With Legal Base gain easy security .
We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Asseti — Intelligent asset management. Asseti identifies, quantifies & tracks your property assets.
- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
- Orkestra — Orkestra is a renewable energy software platform that provides tools to assist energy companies in the planning, selling, and optimization of new energy deployments.
Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning design, install, service and care for systems in commercial, industrial and individual residential premises right across the UK. We are proud to be in our 54th year of business and equally proud to still be family owned. Our business has been built on foundations of true customer service, high standards and the loyalty and dedication of the most highly trained engineers in the country.
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Investment focus
- Legal, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Stelo Labs — Read the lastest on web3 security from Stelo
- Cashmere — Secure multisig solana wallet, built for teams. Send, receive, and grow your digital assets directly from your Cashmere Vault.
- Meez Culinary Solutions — Organize, Train, Cost, Iterate, Collaborate, and Share your recipes and process.
We are an industry-agnostic, globally-active firm that capitalises on new market opportunities with great business ideas and technologies.
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Investment focus
- Marketplace, Legal, Internet
- Funding Round, Series A
- Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
- TidyMe — 24/7 Online Bookings with pre-vetted cleaners - there's no other service like UrbanYou! Make your booking online or call today on 1300 048 566!
- Skykraft — Skykraft is an Australian space services firm that specializes in smallsat constellation design, production, and operation.
Gonski is the Chairman of Investec Bank (Australia) Limited, Coca-Cola Amatil Limited, Guardians of the Future Fund of Australia, Ingeus Ltd and Swiss Re Life & Health Australia Ltd. He is also the Chancellor of The University of New South Wales. Gonski is a lawyer by training and has been involved in the financial services industry inAustralia for more than 20 years. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2007 and received the Centenary Medal in 2003.Gonski holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from The University of New South Wales.He is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Certified Practicing Accountants in Australia.
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Investment focus
- Legal, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax & Advisory services.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ContextLabs — Providing solutions that utilize machine learning, artificial intelligence, cryptographic proofing and blockchain to build ground truth and trust with partners and customers.
- Cranium — Cranium AI Security maps, monitors, and manages AI and machine learning environments, protecting against adversarial threats.
- WE Impact — WE Impact provides financial assistance and shared resources to support their development, journey success, and preparation for investment. They help them gain access to the market and increase their network of contacts.
Michael Gonski
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Investment focus
- Legal, Drones, Software
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Calven — Make the future of work, work for everyone. Welcome to the workplace tech platform powering the future of work by fusing together employee experience and workplace operations.
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
- Human — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
WA's trusted financial services business specialising in the provision of wealth management, stockbroking, corporate finance and institutional sales.
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Investment focus
- Legal, Energy, Internet
- Seed, Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Immediation — Sophisticated video conferencing for dispute resolution and legal practice. Built by Lawyers, for Lawyers. Start your free 14-day trial today.
- Plico Energy — Create up to 90% of your own solar energy to power your home day & night. No more bill shock, no more rising electricity prices & no more hidden fees.
Aditum Ventures invests in early-stage FinTech and B2B software companies across the MENA Region.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
- Hakbah — Hakbah is a Fintech startup focusing on an alternative financial saving. Hakbah is modernizing financial saving via its intelligent platform by offering a comprehensive one-stop-shop solution for Savings Groups to initiate, manage, join, and pay directly within the mobile app.
- Fundbot — Fundbot is a solution for lenders that helps them digitize invoice financing, supply chain financing, and other financial services. It is a cash flow optimization tool and a financing marketplace for SMEs.The invoices are synchronized in the accounting system. It offers a digital CFO that analyses payables and receivables in real-time and offers tofinance. It provides financial recommendations based on the business’s needs.
Ben Armstrong is the Founder at Archangel Ventures. He attended Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Legal, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Josef — Automate lawyer-client conversations, document drafting and providing legal services. Josef is a software platform with a chatbot interface.
- nyfty.ai — We make little robot helpers to automate workflows, from Site Attendance & Manpower Logging, COVID-19 Prescreening & Emergency Messaging on Construction sites. Integrated to Procore (with more to come), our software bots do tasks on your behallf. It does the work you hate.
Maranello Capital is a privately held Australian investment vehicle that manages a wide range of investments.
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Investment focus
- Legal, Software, Education
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Alii — Alii is a software firm that develops accounts payable automation and fraud detection for schools and law firms.
Investing in companies transforming the world of law
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Investment focus
- Legal Tech, Software, Legal
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- LawPro.ai — LawPro.ai is increasing visibility into important case details to have the best outcomes for their clients. Law firms are using LawPro.ai's proprietary contextualized Large Language Model for the Legal Industry so they can automate resource-intensive tasks
- Lexverify — Lexverify uses artificial intelligence to detect potential legal and compliance concerns in communications. It assists businesses in proactively avoiding legal and regulatory concerns by harnessing the power of AI. Their objective is to make technological communication a benefit rather than a problem.
- OneNotary — Looking for a reliable and convenient online notary service? OneNotary platform offers fully legal and secure notarization services in all 50 states.
Grant Rule - CEO & Founder @ MessageMedia
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Investment focus
- Legal, Consulting, Information Technology
- Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Plexus — Boost your productivity, automate your work, centralise your contracts or find a secondee lawyer and completely transform your legal operations with Plexus.
300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Apriora — Conduct real-time interviews with your AI Interviewer
- Unify — Route your prompts to the best LLM endpoint. Get the best output and optimize for speed, latency and cost to supercharge your LLM applications!
- Founder AI — Discover ready-to buy prospects, break into key accounts and accelerate deal cycles with YC-backed AI sales tool.
Tony Faure is the Chair at oOh! Media. He attended University of Sussex.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Mobile, Social Media
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Datafree — What could you achieve?
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
- Stackla — Manage, request rights, and publish user generated content (UGC) across various digital touch-points in your customer journey to create authentic and relevant content experiences that drive discovery, boost sales, and grow customer loyalty.
Bell Potter is one of Australia's largest full-service financial advisory firms. Visit us online to learn more about our stock market advisory services.
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Investment focus
- Legal, Health Care, Information Services
- Post-IPO Equity, Series A, Seed
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Willed — Willed is an Australian online estate planning platform.
- Credit Clear — Credit Clear is a seamless mobile communication, billing and payment solution.Credit Clear can also replace traditional billing systems with a digital and actionable invoices. Credit clear's disruptive technology houses a machine learning engine, which transforms the collections landscape by profiling customers to provide intelligent insights,including automating the optimum contact time to request payments from customers and the curation of tailored messages.
- Arafura Resources — Arafura Resources is an Australian company with a world class rare earths resource in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia
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,
- Nexl — Nexl believes that CRM systems should be easy-to-use, affordable, and fully automated. They made it their mission to enable law firm's around the world to take back control over their business development efforts and enable them to grow at their full potential.
- ProcurePro — Unlock procurement, Enable performance.
Fort Street Advisors is an investment Firm.
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Investment focus
- Legal, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
Alex Waislitz was appointed Chairman of the Company on 21 November 2013. Alex Waislitz is the founder and Chairman of the private Thorney Investment Group, one of Australia’s most successful private investment groups. He has extensive business and capital markets experience and has been a member of several public company boards.Alex Waislitzis the current Vice President of the Collingwood Football Club Limited where he has been a director since 1998.He served on the boards of Zoos Victoria Foundation Board and the Victorian State Government Zoological Parks and Gardens between 2010 and 2012. He joined the International Advisory Board of Maccabi World Union in 2012 and is a former member of the International Advisory Board for the MBA program at Ben Gurion University School of Management.Alex Waislitz has established registered charities; the Waislitz Foundation (2013) and more recently the Waislitz Family Foundation (2015). These charities focus on community projects, education, health, indigenous programs and the arts.Alex Waislitz is a graduate of Monash University in Law and Commerce and a Graduate of the Harvard Business School OPM Program.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Financial Services, FinTech
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Australia, Israel, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- HelpMum — Helpmum is a mobile healthcare service to reduce maternal & infant mortality through e-learning, vaccination tracker, and kit distribution.
- BabyQuip — Rent baby equipment for holidays and vacation. All the baby gear and furniture you need: cribs, strollers, car seats, toys, etc. We deliver, setup and pick-up.
- Propic — People-first property intelligence that transforms daily life for real estate professionals.
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
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, B2B, Marketplace
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
- CohortIQ — cohortiQ Home Page
- HiveXchange — Designed and built in Australia for the fresh produce industry. Find opportunities, create private offers, make product requests, get notified of deals in real time. Trade easy.
Co-founder Rob Phillpot is senior vice president of product and engineering, responsible for product vision, strategy and management. He has been instrumental in developing the company’s business on a global scale and ensuring that Aconex solutions deliver a superior customer experience to buyers and users. Before founding Aconex in 2000 with CEOand director Leigh Jasper, he managed document control, quality and trades on a site team at Brookfield Multiplex. Prior to Brookfield Multiplex, Mr. Phillpot was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Australia. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Planning and Design degrees with Honors and a Master of Building degree from the University of Melbourne.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Construction
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Australia, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Mastt — Better Capital Works Portfolio Management - Make better, quicker business decisions with real time transparency over your capital works program.
- Tint Paint — Tint Paint manufactures decorative paints for a wide range of colors for commercial and residential uses.
- VERSATILE — VERSATILE uses machine learning and AI to optimize construction processes. It captures and analyzes data points to deliver real-time insights on job site performance and streamline decision-making. Mounted under the hook of any crane, this first-of-its-kind technology offers unparalleled production data on any job site including information onmaterials, redundancies, construction progress, and crane utilization.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California.
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand. We invest from pre-seed to Series A, and partner with ambitious and daring founders building a better future.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Tability — Automate the boring parts of OKRs to cut the waste and spend more time doing what really matters.
- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Construction
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!
- Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
- Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
SG Hiscock
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Investment focus
- Software, Legal, Medical
- Series A, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Artrya — We use artificial intelligence for accurate cardiac imaging and heart disease diagnoses. Learn more about Salix, our noninvasive diagnostic support solution.
- Immediation — Sophisticated video conferencing for dispute resolution and legal practice. Built by Lawyers, for Lawyers. Start your free 14-day trial today.
- Marketplacer — We make it easy for you to integrate third-party seller inventory into your platforms, opening up a world of growth opportunities.
We partner with great teams and invest to help them grow.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- point.me — Stop wasting your points! Find the best flight deals with the fewest points and make your dream trip a reality. Start your first search for free today!
- Kudos — Kudos is a smart assistant in the browser that tells the customer the best card to use when they check out when shopping online. Their first offering is a browser plugin that helps users maximize the benefits of their cards when they shop online by calculating rewards and perks for them and streamlining the checkout process with seamless autofill.Over a million merchant sites can use Kudos, which supports about 3000 different cards.It was founded in 2021 and is based in Woodland Hills, California.
- Ellipsis — Ellipsist is a virtual teammate that turns every engineer into a 10x engineer. After installing into the GitHub repository, developers assign work to the bot, such as creating pull requests, conducting code reviews, and addressing peer feedback.
Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Bygen — Bygen delivers high-quality activated carbon products while also facilitating large-scale, long-term carbon dioxide sequestration.
- Sitemate — Sitemate builds user friendly software which thousands of industrial companies use every day to streamline their paperwork and processes.
- Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
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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- Software, SaaS, Apps
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Remi AI — A.I-Powered Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain AI, & Price Optimisation | Remi AI
- Trendspek — Trendspek's 3D software lets you manage high-value built assets faster, safer and with more accuracy. With millimetre detail, interact with exact digital replicas of infrastructure from your desk and collaborate with global stakeholders. Book a call with us to get started.
- Apollo Secure — Cyber for Humans - an automated cybersecurity platform for startups and small businesses to improve security maturity and simplify security compliance.
Our mission is to support Australia & New Zealand’s late seed stage founders. Since 2011, we have partnered with extraordinary founders building companies using technology to build a better future.We are looking for late seed stage founders who have a product and paying customers, in businesses across Australia & New Zealand. Our currentthesis surrounds networked businesses (like platforms and marketplaces) and select SaaS, but we do engage more broadly.We have been active seed investors since 2011. We invested in Cliff, Mel and Cameron when Canva was just starting to offer paid subscription plans. We partnered with Dylan and Mark at Qwilr based on their first public beta. Peter and Tony at Mable had 350 carers on their Sydney-based marketplace when we first partnered with them.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Cecil — From nature-based offset projects to biodiversity inventories, we simplify natural asset management for project developers, intermediaries, asset managers and investors.
- Brainfish — Brainfish is the world's first AI-powered help center + content platform that instantly answers any customer question.
- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
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.
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- Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Australia, United States, Israel
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- Willed — Willed is an Australian online estate planning platform.
- Earnity — Your new favorite crypto community. Build a portfolio in minutes, copy and share collections, and discuss the latest tokens and research. Create your profile now.
- Buildxact — Buildxact is an easy to use construction management and estimating software designed for small builders and contractors. Sign up for your 14-day free trial.
Khai Ha - Managing Partner @ GPI Capital
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- Legal, Big Data, Apps
- Series G, Funding Round, Secondary Market
- United States, Canada, Australia
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- Hopper — Hopper analyzes billions of prices daily to predict how prices will change, and tells you whether to buy or wait. Save up to 40% on your next flight.
- LawPath — Create legal documents, manage compliance and connect with lawyers on demand. Less stress, more time and better business. Sign up for free.
- Couchbase — Unlike other NoSQL databases, Couchbase provides a modern cloud database that offers the robust capabilities required for business-critical applications on a highly scalable and available platform. Couchbase is built on open standards, combining the best of NoSQL with the power and familiarity of SQL, to simplify the transition from mainframe and relational databases.
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