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Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Australia in December 2024

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Manufacturing startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Australia in December 2024

Investor Manufacturing Australia investments
Uniseed 12
Blackbird Ventures 11
Uniseed Ventures 8
Jelix Ventures 4
Defence Trailblazer 4
Melbourne Angels 4
Artesian VC 4
Brisbane Angels 3
ANU Connect Ventures 3
Significant Early Venture Capital 3
Melt Ventures 3
Airtree Ventures 3
Australia Business Growth Fund 3
Main Sequence Ventures 3
Investible 3
Right Click Capital 3
Sydney Angels 2
Mike Zimmerman 2
Anzu Partners 2
AM Ventures 2
Allen & Buckeridge 2
Carthona Capital 2
Qualgro VC 2
Acorn Capital 2
OIF Ventures 2
Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF) 2
ACAC Innovation 2
Clean Energy Finance Corporation 2
Breakthrough Victoria 2
Archangel Ventures 2
Costanoa Ventures 2
Origin Energy 2
Stoic VC 2
Sandy Kory 1
South Australian Venture Capital Fund 1
DHL 1
Coca-Cola Amatil 1
Accelerating Commercialisation - AusIndustry 1
Bunge 1
Grand Challenges Canada 1
77 Partners 1
Saltwater Ventures 1
ACTAI Ventures 1
Duncan Alexander 1
The George Institute for Global Health 1
ACME foundation 1
Queensland Investment Corporation 1
Saar Gillai 1
Impact Ventures Management 1
Lightbank 1
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Uniseed VC Fund · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 4 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Diraq — Diraq uses spins in silicon quantum dots as qubits. Diraq's qubits are compatible with existing CMOS processes and can fit billions of qubits on a single chip. To transform our world, quantum computers need billions of qubits and Diraq has the IP, the team and the plan to get there.
  • 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.
Blackbird Ventures VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 16 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Build Club — Build Club is a home for big dreams and top builders where the world's top AI builders gather. The company is a team of a global network of engineers, researchers, and founders building at the frontier of AI.
  • SafetyCulture — SafetyCulture is the operational heartbeat of working teams around the world. Its mobile-first operations platform leverages the power of human observation to identify issues and opportunities for businesses to improve everyday. More than 28,000 organisations use its flagship products, iAuditor and EdApp, to perform checks, train staff, reportissues, automate tasks and communicate fluidly. SafetyCulture powers over 600 million checks per year, approximately 50,000 lessons per day and millions of corrective actions, giving leaders visibility and workers a voice, in driving safety, quality and efficiency improvements.
  • Watchful — Watchful operates as an AI security company.
Uniseed Ventures VC Fund · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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.
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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. Our high-level introduction and detailed insights into our innovative solutions, exceptional collaborations, and dedicated team make it easy to understand WHO we are, WHAT we do, and HOW we do it. Stay updated with valuable resources, customer portal, and regular content via our blog. Contact us today to collaborate and optimize your farm's productivity and sustainability.
  • Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
  • Morse Micro — Morse Micro Shatters the Wi-Fi HaLow Range Record... AgainSets New Benchmark in Connectivity with Record 16 km Wi-Fi HaLow Range Watch Now Smarter,
Jelix Ventures VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Australia, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
  • Gelomics — Gelomics operates as a biotechnology company. Gelomics provides 3D cell culture technologies.
  • Fugu — Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age
  • Fugu Carbon — Fugu Carbon is a machinery manufacturing company that helps in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology from air.
Defence Trailblazer VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Transforming defence innovation through strategic partnership between the University of Adelaide (UoA), the University of NSW (UNSW) and industry partners, with support from the Australian Government Department of Education.
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Investment focus
  • Mining, Manufacturing, Precious Metals
  • Seed
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Hullbot — Hullbot is a developer of a robotic in-water cleaning system designed to inspect, map, and clean the hull of a boat without a human operator present. They offer design, development, and deployment of autonomous drones, delivering solutions to stop the growth of marine organisms, improve performance, and extend the time between haul-outs. Theirembedded intelligence enables their robots to interact with the environment on-the-fly.
  • ADR (Australian Droid + Robot) — Industrial robotics and automation. We provide robot and drone solutions to solve problems. At Australian Droid and Robot our motto is 'Safety by Separation' - our robots are built for hazardous environments - humans are not.
  • Advanced Alloy Holdings — Tailored alloy solutions for advanced applications
Melbourne Angels VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Angel, Seed, Funding Round
  • Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
  • Aurtra — Aurtra delivers highly cost-effective asset management solutions for power distribution transformers through online condition monitoring and state of the art analysis.They provide the insight to significantly reduce capital costs through maximum asset utilisation. Aurtra is an Australian company, based in sunny Brisbane, Australia. Aurtra wasincorporated in 2016 and has built its IP upon a foundation of world’s best practice technology from The University of Queensland, following a decade of transformer research between academia and industry. Aurtra’s three founders, all with success commercialising hardware and software technology, recognised the potential of the technology and its beneficial impact for asset management in the power distribution industry.
  • Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
  • Apop Imaging — Apop Imaging develops and commercialises novel imaging, diagnostic and therapeutic tools to improve patient outcomes based on our proprietary calcitonin receptor antibody technology.
Artesian VC VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 4 investments in the past 12 months
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.
  • Ohmie Go — EV charging solutions, shared electric vehicles, shared e-bikes & e-scooters delivered to residents as a premium managed service and amenity - An intelligent way to get EV ready with one seamless experience.
  • Sova Health — Sova Health is a precision nutrition platform that guides users towards a healthier lifestyle with personalized nutrition advice based on accurate blood biomarker analysis. Understand what is stopping you from achieving your nutritional goal and get your personalized nutrition plan.
Brisbane Angels VC Fund · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
  • ReciMe — ReciMe is the ultimate cooking app that helps you save, share, and discover new recipes. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • PropCode — PropCode is a online platform, that helps in researching for town planning queries. the rules can be complex, and make it easy to get the right answers.
  • Apollo Secure — Cyber for Humans - an automated cybersecurity platform for startups and small businesses to improve security maturity and simplify security compliance.
ANU Connect Ventures VC Fund · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
ANU Connect Ventures manages two funds: The Discovery Translation Fund, which aims to support emerging businesses in undertaking crucial proof-of-concept work; and the $27 million Seed Investment fund for ANU-MTAA Super Venture Capital Partnership.Both funds have been established with the support of the ACT Government to invest in promisingcommercial opportunities arising out of the ANU research, other ACT-based research institutions and local R&D companies. More information regarding our investment funds and their criteria can be found in the Investment section.
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Investment focus
  • Water, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software
  • Funding Round, Series A, Angel
  • Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Instaclustr — Instaclustr Managed and supported platform for open source technologies. Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL and Redis.
  • Nexus eWater — Nexus eWater unlocks the greywater to provide unprecedented benefits to developers, public utilities, and homeowners. The platform has developed groundbreaking technology and is commercializing the world's first integrated water and heat reCycler. Using patent-pending processes, reCycler offers, for the first time, an affordable, reliablesolution to onsite domestic water recycling and wastewater heat recovery.It was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
  • Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms
Significant Early Venture Capital VC Fund · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Connecting innovation to the market.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Electronics
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • 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
  • Vantari VR — Virtual Reality for Healthcare
  • FLAIM Systems — FLAIM Systems is a virtual reality platform that develops, produces and supports the next step in skills training for emergency services.
Melt Ventures VC Fund · 2 investments in the past 12 months
We provide venture capital, expertise and advice to advanced manufacturing-focused Australian startups with global ambitions.
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Investment focus
  • Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Energy
  • Seed, Series A
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Refilled — Refilled is an eco-friendly company that offers smart drink dispenser vending machines to eliminate single-use plastic bottles.
  • MGA Thermal — MGA Thermal, specialists in thermal energy storage technology. Renewable, high-power, economical, modular, safe and sustainable thermal storage solutions.
  • Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.
Airtree Ventures VC Fund · Paddington, Western Australia, Australia · 10 investments in the past 12 months
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
  • Build Club — Build Club is a home for big dreams and top builders where the world's top AI builders gather. The company is a team of a global network of engineers, researchers, and founders building at the frontier of AI.
  • SafetyCulture — SafetyCulture is the operational heartbeat of working teams around the world. Its mobile-first operations platform leverages the power of human observation to identify issues and opportunities for businesses to improve everyday. More than 28,000 organisations use its flagship products, iAuditor and EdApp, to perform checks, train staff, reportissues, automate tasks and communicate fluidly. SafetyCulture powers over 600 million checks per year, approximately 50,000 lessons per day and millions of corrective actions, giving leaders visibility and workers a voice, in driving safety, quality and efficiency improvements.
Australia Business Growth Fund VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Australian Business Growth Fund (ABGF) is a middle market private equity fund.
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Investment focus
  • Cloud Data Services, Sales, Cryptocurrency
  • Private Equity, Funding Round, Series B
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • MAPTO — Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users.
  • Derwent Industries — Derwent Industries Manufactures Ductile Iron Fittings, Valves and 316 SS Clamps and Couplings as well as supplies products for Civil - Water & Waste Water, Irrigation, Fire and Mining.
  • Consolidated Linen Service — Our family owned and operated company supplies and launders linen and garments to the Hospitality, Aged and Heath Care Sectors across regional Queensland.
Main Sequence Ventures VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 11 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Australia, United States, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
  • Q-CTRL — Infrastructure software to power the quantum future
  • Samsara Eco — Samsara Eco is an enviro-tech company creating infinite recycling to end plastic pollution.
  • Number 8 bio — Number 8 Bio is a scientist-led start-up in Sydney that makes scalable and affordable enteric methane mitigation feed additives for livestock. We have a unique approach to managing rumen energy flows and animal productivity when methane is decreased, and we aim to give farmers a healthy ROI when using the additives.
Investible VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 17 investments in the past 12 months
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Decarice — Explore DeCarice's hydrogen retrofit technology to significantly reduce carbon emissions from your existing diesel fleet. Decarbonize with innovative solutions for a sustainable future.
  • 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
  • FiberSense — FiberSense is providing cities and critical infrastructure operators with game changing real-time detection of objects and events.
Right Click Capital VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Australia, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Cydarm — A case management platform that enables cybersecurity operations teams to collaborate, integrate, and respond with ease.
  • 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
Sydney Angels VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Apps
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Trendspek — Make confident decisions on high-value infrastructure with speed, safety, and precision. Use Trendspek's intuitive 3D environment to interactively report asset conditions, streamline the O&M phase with advanced workflow tools, and securely share insights with global teams for informed decision-making. Empowering teams in 20+ countries.
  • Apollo Secure — Cyber for Humans - an automated cybersecurity platform for startups and small businesses to improve security maturity and simplify security compliance.
  • Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.
Mike Zimmerman Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Michael brings over 20 years experience in strategy, business development and general management of technology startups and other high growth companies. Michael founded BuildingIQ in 2009 and served as its CEO until 2013. Prior to founding the company, Michael was a General Partner at Technology Venture Partners (TVP), a leading Australian venturecapital firm. Prior to TVP, he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Altos Ventures, and a senior executive at iOwn Holdings, a leading Internet mortgage company (sold to Citigroup in 2001). Previously, Michael worked with Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA with Honors from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford Business School.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Birch — A credit card rewards app that helps you get the most out of your reward programs.
  • InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
  • 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.
Anzu Partners VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Anzu Partners is an investment firm that focuses on industrial and life science technology companies with the potential to transform their industry. Anzu's portfolio support platform is dedicated to drive results beyond our initial investment and establish long-term relationships. We team with entrepreneurs to develop and commercializetechnological innovations by providing capital and deep expertise in business development, market positioning, global connectivity, and operations. .Co-founders Whitney Haring-Smith, David Michael, and David Seldin launched the firm in 2014 in Washington, District of Columbia.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • United States, Canada, Spain
Portfolio highlights
  • 6K — WHERE INDUSTRY 4.0 MEETS SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF BREAKTHROUGH MATERIALS
  • e-Zinc — Founded in 2012, e-Zinc is a Toronto, Canada, based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbonenergy future.
  • CytoTronics — Visualize live cell function at scale for cell biology discovery with Pixel systems. Monitor cell viability, morphology, electrophysiology, metabolism and more.
AM Ventures VC Fund · Starnberg, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in the past 12 months
We back trailblazing entrepreneurs who transform the world with industrial 3D printing.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Mechanical Engineering
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Vectoflow — Vectoflow is an innovative company developing fluid-dynamic metrology devices for fluid flow and dynamics measurement. It offers standardized and customized flow measurement technology that measures the static and total pressure, velocity, and angle of attack of a flow. These products are used in motorsport, aviation, turbine machine development,and research sectors.
  • Fortius Metals — Fortius Metals is an innovative metal 3D printing company. Fortius Metals provides patented high performance wire consumables for advanced manufacturing including welding, joining and 3D printing
  • Conflux Technology — Conflux Technology is a new generation of heat exchangers made by metal additive manufacturing (3D printing).
Allen & Buckeridge VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Working on something fresh. Also, Partner @Acceleprise & columnist @TheNextWeb.
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Investment focus
  • Telecommunications, Chemical, Hardware
  • Series C, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • RPO — RPO, Inc. develops, designs, and manufactures waveguides for the consumer electronics market. The company’s products include digital waveguide touch systems, which is a touch screen solution applied in various products, including gameplayers, cellphones, PDAs, GPS systems, automotive control displays, multimedia players, and tablet personalcomputers, as well as in ATM’s and gambling machines. It also manufactures polymer optical waveguides on wafer and panel substrates. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. It has a research and development facility in Canberra, Australia; and pilot assembly operations in Sydney, Australia.
  • BT Imaging — Home page for BT Imaging. BT Imaging sells inspection manufacturing equipment into the photovoltaics manufacturing sector. We specialise in photoluminescence imaging or PL Imaging
  • Fultec Semiconductor — Fultec Semiconductor operates as a circuit protection semiconductor company. It offers transient blocking device for the over-voltage and over-current protection of telecommunication and data communication systems. The company's products offer wide bandwidth circuit protection against lightning, power induction, power cross, and short circuitevents. Its products have applications, such as telecom, datacom, sensors, automotive, and power distribution. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. As of October 13, 2008, Fultec Semiconductor, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bourns, Inc.
Carthona Capital VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 12 investments in the past 12 months
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Ajust — Ajust makes it easy to resolve customer complaints with banks, telcos and energy companies. It's fast, fair and free for consumers.
Qualgro VC VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Qualgro is a venture capital (VC) fund based in Singapore that provides funding to tech startups across Southeast Asia, in areas like Data, Software, and AI.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Singapore, Australia, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Convosight — World's #1 platform to monetize your Facebook group, engage members and get deep insights into what is working in your community.
  • Accredify — Headquartered in Singapore, Accredify is the leading service provider for organisations to create and issue verifiable documents. With a presence in more than nine markets serving 900 clients globally, documents issued by Accredify have been verified close to 7 million times. All digital documents issued by Accredify’s cloud-based system aretamper-proof and traceable back to the source. To verify documents, users simply have to drag and drop the digital document into an online verifier portal; results are instantaneous. In addition to its core value proposition of creating and issuing verifiable documents, Accredify offers a suite of APIs and options for systems-to-systems integration, which means teams can create and prepare verifiable digital credentials at the single click of a button. Accredify’s first vertical was the higher education sector, assisting Asia’s top universities and adult learning institutions in the creation and issuance of digital graduation certificates and transcripts. It was recognised by HolonIQ as one of 2020’s Top 50 Southeast Asia EdTech firms. In July 2020, Accredify ventured into the healthcare sector with the intent of helping the Singapore government manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Accredify assisted in the development of Singapore’s digital verifiable COVID-19 test results known as HealthCerts, an internationally recognized document of an individual’s COVID-19 health status which can be verified with a QR code scan. It was also the first service provider to issue a verifiable COVID-19 swab result in Singapore. Accredify-issued HealthCerts are recognised in more than 32 countries around the world. With a dedicated team that embraces the highest standards of customer service, security, and legal compliance, Accredify’s objective is to be the trusted solution for managing and verifying documents anywhere and anytime. For more information, visit www.accredify.io and follow us on LinkedIn @Accredify
  • Supermom — Supermom helps parents make the right decisions on what to buy and where to buy at the lowest prices. Best prices guaranteed for millions of mom, baby & kids products.
Acorn Capital VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Acorn Capital Specialist Emerging & Microcap Investment Management. We research and invest in the most attractive Australian based emerging or microcap companies.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Series B, Series A, Funding Round
  • Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • ImmVirX — ImmVirX is an Australian company founded in 2019 with a mission to improve outcomes for patients with cancer types in which immunotherapy treatments have limited effect.
  • Conflux Technology — Conflux Technology is a new generation of heat exchangers made by metal additive manufacturing (3D printing).
  • Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms
OIF Ventures VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 6 investments in the past 12 months
OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Internet
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Australia, United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
  • Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
  • 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.
  • Ideally — Remarkably affordable, fast, robust and accessible research to inform and develop your ideas, concepts and products. Join us on our mission to make consumer testing a place ideas go to grow.
Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF) VC Fund · New York, New York, United States
The Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF) is a $108 million social impact investment fund designed to provide financing to advance the development of drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other interventions against diseases that disproportionately burden low- and middle-income countries. GHIF supports late-stage innovations for public health challengessuch as malaria, pre-eclampsia, cholera, HIV and river blindness, with an emphasis on infectious diseases and maternal/infant health issues that cause significant morbidity and mortality in resource-limited settings. GHIF may also make investments that improve or expand access to existing products—such as developing pediatric formulations of approved therapeutics or improving the stability of widely-used global health vaccines.As an investment fund with a limited time-horizon, GHIF seeks opportunities that have a high probability of successful commercialization within two or three years. Products with “dual market” potential are of greatest interest; i.e., those that will have a clear impact on public health in developing countries but also have value in high-income countries. High-volume / low-margin products, such as essential vaccines, are also of significant interest.GHIF employs a range of investment structures including mezzanine debt, convertible debt, preferred equity and project financing with an average investment target of approximately $10 million per project. Each GHIF project must advance the Fund’s social impact objectives and demonstrate the ability to achieve commercial success.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Series B, Series C, Funding Round
  • United States, India, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Monod Bio — Monod Bio l Simple. Powerful. Biosensors for Medicine & Biotech.
  • CXL Ophthalmics — CXLO is developing a minimally invasive treatment for an ectatic corneal disease that can bring early intervention to millions of patients globally.
  • Endpoint Health — Endpoint Health is a precision-first therapeutics company. By rewriting the molecule-first drug development model, we aim to deliver precision therapies that have the potential to improve outcomes for patients with immune-driven illnesses.
ACAC Innovation VC Fund
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 — Discover Vaulta's high-performance batteries for sustainable energy solutions. Revolutionising power with easy installation, maintenance, and recycling. Join the Australian-made energy revolution today!
  • Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
Clean Energy Finance Corporation VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 10 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate
  • Debt Financing, Series B, Seed
  • Australia, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
  • Plenti — When it comes to money, every decision counts. From what you borrow, and when you pay it back. To where you invest it, and how you make it go further. We’re on a mission to help everyone to make the right choices — about the choices that count.
  • Team Global Express — Send parcels to family and friends anywhere with Team Global Express offering the BEST and fastest freight, parcel delivery service. Trusted Partner, world class eCommerce Leader in digitally connecting customers globally
  • Downforce Technologies — Downforce Technologies is a pioneering leader in science-led, data-driven land management solutions focused on optimising soil health, soil organic carbon levels and biodiversity. With over 30% of the world's soil already degraded, urgent action is needed to address this pressing global challenge. Our platform offers a complete,high-resolution view of the land's carbon profile, enabling precise analysis and site-specific strategies for optimizing carbon levels.
Breakthrough Victoria VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 10 investments in the past 12 months
The Breakthrough Victoria Fund is a $2 billion investment by the Victorian Government to drive investment in research and innovation.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Quantum Computing, Energy
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Australia, Philippines, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Number 8 bio — Number 8 Bio is a scientist-led start-up in Sydney that makes scalable and affordable enteric methane mitigation feed additives for livestock. We have a unique approach to managing rumen energy flows and animal productivity when methane is decreased, and we aim to give farmers a healthy ROI when using the additives.
  • Conflux Technology — Conflux Technology is a new generation of heat exchangers made by metal additive manufacturing (3D printing).
  • Viridian Renewable Technology — Viridian is an Australian technology business dedicated to addressing sustainability, food, and feed issues.
Archangel Ventures VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Archangel is an early stage venture capital fund based in Australia. We work with great founders and investors to build game changing companies together.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Australia, United States, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
  • Restoke — Your restaurant, Your rules. Automate your process and let your team deliver
  • Build Club — Build Club is a home for big dreams and top builders where the world's top AI builders gather. The company is a team of a global network of engineers, researchers, and founders building at the frontier of AI.
  • Primary — Primary is the modern operating system for treasury management. We empower startups & innovative corporates to grow by reducing complexity around treasury, payments and cash flow.Primary is used by leading founders and finance teams that value safety, control and efficiency. Our product simplifies access to best-in-class yield instruments,enables monitoring of real-time cash positions across multiple banking partners and improves cash forecasting capabilities. We are powering the secure, smart and transparent treasury to help all companies meaningfully extend their runways.
Costanoa Ventures VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 14 investments in the past 12 months
Early Stage Venture Capital (VC) Firm
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Brazil, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • Fixify — Fixify is an AI powered managed service provider for IT support.
  • Numa — Turns BDCs and Advisors into world-class communicators, using visibility + accountability + a healthy dose of AI superpowers
  • ForceMetrics — ForceMetrics keeps communities safe by providing first responders and city leaders with the critical context they need.
Origin Energy VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Connect your energy with Origin Energy - an Award Winning Electricity Provider & Gas Supplier. We also offer NBN internet, LPG, and custom solar solutions
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Investment focus
  • Renewable Energy, Energy, Mobile
  • Corporate Round, Seed, Series A
  • Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.
  • Climatech Zero — Climatech Zero is a provider of environmental services. The company accelerates the transition to net zero by offering customers cost-effective solutions that significantly reduce the carbon footprint of industry, transportation, and buildings.
  • Octopus Energy — Which? recommended for 6 years running and the UK's most awarded supplier. One of Europe's largest investors in renewable energy. Switch today!
Stoic VC VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Stoic VC is an early-stage venture fund backing founders at the forefront of University Innovation. We partner with Uniseed to accelerate the commercialisation of university research across the ANZ.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • 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. Our high-level introduction and detailed insights into our innovative solutions, exceptional collaborations, and dedicated team make it easy to understand WHO we are, WHAT we do, and HOW we do it. Stay updated with valuable resources, customer portal, and regular content via our blog. Contact us today to collaborate and optimize your farm's productivity and sustainability.
  • Lenexa Medical — Lenexa Medical is driving towards better healthcare solutions for patients in hospital and aged-care by preventing pressure injuries and empowering clinicans.
  • Kinoxis Therapeutics — Developing novel therapeutics for social dysfunction and substance use disorders.
Sandy Kory Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Prior to MVP, he was Vice President at Arbor Advisors, leading their highly successful entry into the digital media and interactive marketing industries. He advised clients in a number of industry-leading transactions, such as the sale of WorldClass Strategy to EducationDynamics, the sale of ReliableRemodeler.com to Quinstreet, the sale ofInvestopedia.com to Forbes Media, and the sale of Interest.com to Bankrate.Sandy is a regular speaker at industry conferences, including Ad-Tech and LeadsCon. He received his B.A. in Psychology and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Analytics, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Float — Float helps you manage cashflow and gives you the credit your business needs to cover operational costs like payroll, inventory, or even marketing expenses.
  • Mindset Health — Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy.
  • Enable Us — Buyer & seller enablement with one single link. Enable's digital salesroom has everything B2B buyers and sellers need to close deals quickly
South Australian Venture Capital Fund VC Fund · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
South Australian Venture Capital Fund - helping build dynamic and innovative South Australian startups / scaleups and accelerate their growth to a national and global scale.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, SaaS
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Lumary — Simplify Your Care Management Optimise Your Organisation Create Better Wellbeing
  • BiomeBank — BiomeBank is a clinical stage biotechnology company with a mission to treat our microbiome and prevent disease by restoring gut microbial ecology.
  • Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
DHL VC Fund · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
DHL is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post DHL that provides international express mail services. Deutsche Post is a large-scale logistics company operating around the world. DHL provides world market services both in sea and air mail.DHL was primarily interested in offshore and inter-continental deliveries, but the successof FedEx prompted its own intra-U.S. expansion starting in 1983. DHL aggressively expanded to countries that could not be served by any other delivery service, including the Soviet Union, Eastern Bloc, Iraq, Iran, China, Vietnam, and North Korea.Deutsche Post then effectively absorbed DHL into its Express division, while expanding the use of the DHL brand to other Deutsche Post divisions, business units and subsidiaries.Originally founded in 1969 to deliver documents between San Francisco and Honolulu, the company expanded its service throughout the world by the late 1970s. DHL was founded in 1969 and is based in Bonn.
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Investment focus
  • Supply Chain Management, Aerospace, Transportation
  • Corporate Round, Seed, Series A
  • United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Link Commerce — Link Commerce is a state-of-the-art patented platform that provides you with the largest online mall in your country! Shop globally on over 250 top online retailers in the US and UK, delivered locally in your service area.
  • Everstream Analytics — Everstream sets the world's supply chain standard, using predictive analytics, human insights, and eyes everywhere to make supply chains smarter.
  • Miami International Airport — Miami International Airport is an aviation and aerospace company that provides air services to people traveling to and from Florida.
Coca-Cola Amatil VC Fund · North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coca-Cola Amatil manufactures and distributes both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages along with ready-to-eat snacks. Coca-Cola Amatil is one of the largest bottlers and distributors of non-alcoholic and alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia Pacific region and one of the world’s larger bottlers of The Coca-Cola Company’s range ofproducts.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Analytics, Apps
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Australia, Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • TabSquare — Look to the future of the F&B industry - Tabsquare's POS integrated online restaurant system increases hospitality profitability through AI Technology.
  • Spark — Spark is keeping couples excited throughout their relationship journey by making it incredibly easy to experience date nights together
  • Kargo Technologies — Kargo adalah layanan logistik online yang menyediakan solusi pengiriman barang yang mudah, cepat, dan terpercaya. Temukan layanan yang dapat diandalkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pengiriman Anda.
Accelerating Commercialisation - AusIndustry VC Fund · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
A grant program offered by AusIndustry as part of the Australian Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mining, Hardware
  • Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Neuromersiv — Neuromersiv empowers stroke and brain injury survivors with clinically designed virtual reality-based neurological rehabilitation solutions.
  • Tiny Bright Things — Melbourne-based company Tiny Bright Things was cofounded in 2020 by long-time research collaborators Ray Dagastine and Chris Bolton. We invented Halo microscopy to transform the way researchers and manufacturers look at small or transparent things. This helps manufacturers in areas like agrichemicals and pharmaceuticals (where the size and shape ofpowders are critical) and researchers at every stage of discovery— particularly in nanotechnology (where samples are especially tiny) and life sciences (where samples are often also transparent).
Bunge VC Fund · White Plains, New York, United States
Bunge is a global agribusiness and food company operating in the farm-to-consumer food chain. The Company is engaged in oilseed processing, producing and supplying fertilizer to farmers in South America, and selling packaged vegetable oils worldwide. The Company conducts its operations in three divisions: agribusiness, fertilizer, and food andingredients. These divisions include four reportable business segments: agribusiness, fertilizer, edible oil products and milling products. Its agribusiness division is an integrated business principally involved in the purchase, storage, transport, processing, and sale of agricultural commodities and commodity products. Its fertilizer division is involved in every stage of the fertilizer business, from mining of phosphate-based raw materials to the sale of retail fertilizer products. Its food and ingredients division consists of two reportable business segments: edible oil products and milling products.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
  • Seed, Series A, Series D
  • United States, Argentina, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • SEEDCORP|HO — SEEDCORP|HO offers options to producers, working in the development of soybean germplasm, production, marketing, storage, and logistics of soybean and corn seeds.
  • Orbital Insight — Orbital Insight is a geospatial data analytics company based in California. Our mission is to measure and quantify what is happening on and to the Earth.
  • Australian Plant Proteins — Australian Plant Proteins | Creating Sustainable Proteins from plants that taste great and are good for you and the environment.
Grand Challenges Canada VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Grand Challenges Canada is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact® in global health. They are funded by the Government of Canada and they fund innovators in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and Canada. The bold ideas they support integrate science and technology, social and business innovation – they call this IntegratedInnovation®. They focus on bringing successful innovation to scale, catalyzing sustainability and impact. They have a determined focus on results, and on saving and improving lives.Grand Challenges Canada works closely with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Global Affairs Canada to catalyze scale, sustainability and impact. Grand Challenges Canada takes an evidence-based approach to development innovation to save and improve lives in LMICs. They are a platform for development innovation in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) through their Saving Lives at Birth, Saving Brains and MNCH Stars in Global Health programs. They are also focused on helping the poorest and most vulnerable populations, for example those who suffer from mental illness.Since their launch in 2010, Grand Challenges Canada has supported a pipeline of over 700 projects in more than 80 countries. Their investments are producing results: Thousands of lives have been saved and over two hundred and eighty thousand lives have been improved, thus far. By 2030, these innovations have the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives and improve millions of lives.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
  • Grant, Seed, Debt Financing
  • Canada, United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • OmniVis — OmniVis is a technology company creating handheld devices to rapidly detect dangerous pathogens - saving food and saving lives.
  • Nivi — Nivi is the best digital health chatbot built for whatsapp and rooted in behavioral science. Nivi enables users to take charge of their own health and works with private and public agencies to driver better public health outcomes.
  • Sensoreal — Sensoreal Inc. is a diagnostic device and service provider company. The company is developing a variety of biosensors, which can perform one-step immunoassays in low-cost, accurate and quantifiable manners. Sensoreal was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
77 Partners VC Fund
77 Partners provides early capital, deep mentorship, and global connections to high potential founders in Queensland and Australia.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Energy Storage
  • Seed
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Endua — Endua is building the next generation of clean energy deep storage to power communities, remote industries and off-grid infrastructure at the flick of a switch - all day and night
  • Edexia — Edexia is the first accurate and safe AI assessment marking assistant for educators. Edexia learns like a teacher, uses advanced syllabus specific criteria, allowing educators to focus on teaching and drive continuous improvement in education.
Saltwater Ventures VC Fund · George Town, Midland, Cayman Islands
Technology investments for tomorrow's world
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Aerospace, Manufacturing
  • Seed
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Arkive — Arkive is a web3 museum of real world items, curated by a community of passionate hobbyists, collectors, artists, designers, and creators.
  • Alauda Aeronautics — We are Alauda
ACTAI Ventures VC Fund · Wayzata, Minnesota, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
A global community who catalyzes builders of impactful companies
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Blockchain
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Superlogic — OneOf is the mass-consumer Web3 company connecting the next 100M non-crypto-native fans to iconic brands, artists, and athletes. OneOf technology enables global brands and enterprises to reimagine commerce, loyalty and engagement, allowing consumers to seamlessly collect or trade digital assets with no prior crypto expertise. Deeply committed to a sustainable and inclusive blockchain future, minting digital assets on OneOf's platform uses up to 2 million times less energy than previous generation proof-of-work networks, and costs up to 99% less in gas fees. A leader in diversity, over 80% of the collections curated by OneOf come from minority or female creators.
  • Metagood — Metagood is a for-profit company that empowers communities to be catalysts for positive collective action.Founded by crypto veterans Danny Yang who created the largest crypto currency exchange in Taiwan, Amanda Terry who was an Twitter and NBC executive, and Bill Tai who was the first investor in Zoom, Canva, and 20 other publicly tradedcompanies, Metagood launched OnChainMonkey, the historic PFP collection all on chain in a single transaction on Sept 11, 2021. OnChainMonkey has been consistently ranked as one of the most profitable NFTs collections globally. Metagood was awarded Fast Company's 2022 20 Best World Changing Ideas for Impact Investing.
  • Liquidium — Liquidium is the leading Bitcoin lending protocol where users can borrow and lend against Inscriptions, Ordinals, Runes, BRC-20, and more.
Duncan Alexander Angel
Duncan Alexander
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Investment focus
  • E-Learning, Industrial, Information Technology
  • Seed
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • HINDSITE Industries — HINDSITE powers the spread of know-how from subject matter experts to your frontline. Automate microcredentialing using Workflows and provide access to a global microskill library and remote mentoring.
The George Institute for Global Health VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in the past 12 months
The George Institute for Global Health is an independent medical research institute that helps to improve the health of millions of people worldwide. With projects in more than 50 countries, it has raised over 500 million dollars for global health research since 1999, and it has been ranked among the top 10 research institutions in the world forscientific impact by the SCImago Institution Rankings World Report in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.The George Institute for Global Health’s work includes preventing heart disease in India, improving healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, closing healthcare gaps in China, making roads safer around the world, preventing the complications of diabetes, changing decades old thinking about intensive care, improving outcomes among stroke survivors, using mobile technology to make healthcare accessible worldwide, and developing tools to empower people to improve their own health.The George Institute for Global Health was founded in 1999 and is based in Sydney.
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Investment focus
  • Biometrics, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Seed
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • CellSync — CellSync : shaping the future of cell engineering.
  • Sineva — Sineva is a medical device manufacturing firm that makes ultrasonography simulators.
  • Neogenix Biosciences — NeoGenix Fertility: Selecting sperm for life through microfluidics and AI
ACME foundation VC Fund
Impact investment
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Investment focus
  • Battery, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
  • Seed
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Vaulta — Discover Vaulta's high-performance batteries for sustainable energy solutions. Revolutionising power with easy installation, maintenance, and recycling. Join the Australian-made energy revolution today!
Queensland Investment Corporation VC Fund · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Queensland Investment Corporation is an investment company.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Gelomics — Gelomics operates as a biotechnology company. Gelomics provides 3D cell culture technologies.
  • 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
  • Renewa — Renewa is a top renewable energy land & infrastructure investor that buys land, ground leases, & royalties to help landowners attain financial security.
Saar Gillai Angel · Los Altos, California, United States
Saar Gillai is an Independent board director at Xilinx, Semtech, and Liquid Instruments as well as a CEO advisor to multiple companies. Saar is also an executive mentor at Merryck. Previously, Saar was the CEO of Teridion, a SaaS startup focused on cloud networking, where he grew recurring revenue 50% YoY, and expanded the product line to go afterthe SD-WAN market.Before Teridion, Saar was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of HPE’s Communications Solutions Business (CSB), a global billion-dollar division with over 4000 employees. In this role, Saar integrated multiple units and acquisitions into one cohesive division focused on the Telco space. He established HPE as a key player in the software-defined next-generation service provider market and grew network virtualization revenue by over 10x within two years.Before running CSB, Saar spent two years as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of HP Cloud where he played a vital role in aggressively driving and consolidating HP's disparate cloud efforts into a full business unit with the number one market position in private cloud while working closely with F50 enterprises on their cloud adoption and digital transformation journey.Prior to HPE, Saar was SVP of Products and Solutions at 3com, where he played a key role in rebuilding 3coms enterprise offerings, driving the collaboration with H3C, a Chinese subsidiary, and ultimate sale to HP for ~$3B, achieving a 350% valuation increase in 18 months. In addition, Saar has held C level positions at Tropos Networks and Enfora; two startups focused on Wireless Mesh and M2M / IoT, and spent seven years at Cisco Systems in a variety of leadership positions, including VP of Engineering for the Wireless Networking business undevelopment and operations with Enfora, Inc., a wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) company. In addition, Mr. Gillai served for seven years in a variety of leadership positions with Cisco Systems, Inc., including as Vice President of Engineering for Cisco’s Wireless Networking business unit.
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Investment focus
  • Electronics, Manufacturing
  • Convertible Note
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms
Impact Ventures Management VC Fund · Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia
Supporting climate tech founders
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
  • Series A
  • Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.
Lightbank VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 9 investments in the past 12 months
Lightbank VC is a $700M AUM venture fund that invests in early-stage consumer, enterprise, healthcare, crypto, fintech and climate companies. It focuses on pre-seed, seed and Series A opportunities where they write initial checks between $250k - $5m. They have invested in over 150 companies such as Tempus, Udemy, Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR), Sprout Social(NYSE: SPRT), Boom Supersonic, Tastytrade (acq. $1B+), Extend, Attain, Paytient and Expel.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Hark — Video feedback that tells a story. Deliver best-in-class customer experience. Agents receive "the perfect ticket" every time. Customers feel heard.
  • Ohana — New York City Largest Sublet and Sublease Community. NYC short term rentals, furnished apartments, monthly rentals, and rooms for rent.
  • Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.
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