Top 50 Manufacturing VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Australia in May 2026

Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Morse Micro — Morse Micro is a fast-growing wireless integrated circuit solutions company that is reinventing Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company was founded by Wi-Fi pioneers and innovators, Michael De Nil and Andrew Terry, joined by the original Wi-Fi inventor Prof. Neil Weste and wireless industry veterans, whose teams designed Wi-Fi chipsinto billions of smartphones. Headquartered in Australia with offices in China and the U.S., Morse Micro’s strong and diverse system team, portfolio of IP and patents, enables Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity across the complete IoT ecosystem, from surveillance systems and access control to industrial automation and mobile devices, allowing connected devices to reach farther. www.morsemicro.com
VeriQuantix — VeriQuantix was spun out of the University of Queensland. VeriQuantix is an Australian startup specializing in cybersecurity, focusing on quantum technology to enhance the security of optical fiber communication networks. Their core innovation, Quantum Link Verification (QLV), is designed to detect and alert network operators to physical tappingattempts and intercept cyber attacks on fiber optic networks. This technology leverages quantum principles, specifically entangled photons, to verify the trustworthiness of network links by ensuring that any unauthorized access disrupts photon entanglement and triggers immediate alerts.
Celosia Therapeutics — The Celosia Therapeutics approach is the result of advances in gene therapies and a better understanding of the molecular pathways that contribute to neurodegenerative diseases.

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Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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Paspalis is a leading venture capital investor in Northern Australia. We invest in innovative companies, both locally and globally, looking to do business in the Northern Territory.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Atomionics — Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration.
Esper Satellite Imagery — Esper Satellite Imagery is building a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. These satellites will fly in-house built hyperspectral imagers covering 100+ bands with a 1m GSD
Transcelestial Technologies — Secure, last mile connectivity with fiber-like speeds using next gen Wireless Fiber Optics or Lasercomms, at a fraction of the deployment time and cost of fiber.

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Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

Investment focus

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

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CUZIN — Providing a surprisingly human shopping experience. Trusted and secure. Millions of domains to choose from.
CLIQ — We understand firsthand the impact of social isolation and the longing for genuine human connection. CLIQ was born from a vision to address this issue and to fundamentally transform the way that we meet new people and form connections.
Infiction labs — SPARC 1.2 is a solar panel robotic cleaning system designed and developed by Infiction Labs Pvt Ltd for commercial solar plants.

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Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia, United States

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Okkular — Okkular is an AI based fashion tech startup.
iiShield — iiShield aims to improve patient outcomes and surgeon training in transplant surgery by providing effective organ heat protection.
Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

EntroMat — EntroMat is a pioneering deep-tech startup transforming the metal powder industry through the advancement of high entropy material (HEM) powders.
Fyton Bio — FytonBio is a privately held, preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in biotechnology research. Their core mission is to achieve functional cures for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases by deleting pathogenic immune cells. The company focuses on developing monoclonal antibodies capable of highly specific depletion of such cellsto durably alter disease progression.
Myostellar — Myostellar is creating a first-in-class, highly differentiated biologic therapy that stimulates muscle stem cells to promote muscle regeneration with no fibrosis.

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Ip Group Australia build and support outstanding intellectual property-based companies.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, New Zealand

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Azaneo — Azaneo develops lightning-fast electric weeding technology. Using only electrons - herbicide free.
Hysata — Hysata is a developer of hydrogen electrolyzer designed to accelerate the world's shift away from fossil fuels to green hydrogen
ElectraLith — The cleanest, most versatile and most cost-efficient method of extracting and refining lithium, the primary element of a sustainable future.

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

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

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

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Insite AI — The chosen partner by executives in RGM, insights, and I.T. to grow revenue and market share. Learn how CPGs win in pricing, assortment, trade and more.
Seitec — Seitec is a security company that manufactures seismic security applications and instruments for civilian and military markets.
Auric Essentials — Auric - The Power of Scent. Revolutionise your well-being with Auric. Discover our state-of-the-art AI-powered AromaSphere diffuser and app, designed to personalise your aromatherapy experience.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

PropHero — Invest wisely in real estate There is an easier way to invest in real estate. Whether you are just getting started or already on your investment journey, at Pro
Fugu — Fugu produces advanced renewable fuels from air. We produce synthetic green marine and aviation fuels that are cost-competitive with oil.
Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds diamond-based quantum chips and products that operate at room temperature, enabling mass-deployable quantum technology from data centers to the field.

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Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Veyor — The leading live scheduling app for the built environment, helping dispersed teams and their suppliers plan, manage and track daily activity on an easy to use mobile and desktop platform.
JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.

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We work with inventors who are building something hard from their unique expertise in science. These inventors are building the industries that will thrive for the decades to come. We have a unique working model to accelerate a company's pathway to scale.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Morse Micro — Morse Micro is a fast-growing wireless integrated circuit solutions company that is reinventing Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company was founded by Wi-Fi pioneers and innovators, Michael De Nil and Andrew Terry, joined by the original Wi-Fi inventor Prof. Neil Weste and wireless industry veterans, whose teams designed Wi-Fi chipsinto billions of smartphones. Headquartered in Australia with offices in China and the U.S., Morse Micro’s strong and diverse system team, portfolio of IP and patents, enables Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity across the complete IoT ecosystem, from surveillance systems and access control to industrial automation and mobile devices, allowing connected devices to reach farther. www.morsemicro.com
Prospection — Helping pharmaceutical brand teams unlock patient-centric intelligence to drive better patient care outcomes and capture market share opportunities.
QuintessenceLabs — Quantum cyberattacks can break current encryption in minutes! Get protected with QuintessenceLabs quantum key distribution, generation, and management.

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Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

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

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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.

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

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Formed in late 2006, the Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd is a large group of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in South East Queensland, Australia. The members are typically active or semi-retired former senior business executives, who apart from financial input can provide much needed value adding toinvestee companies through hands-on management experience and high level business networks.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Tendl — Write tenders faster with Tendl's AI tool. Keep your data private and secure. Easy installation, no sharing. Boost productivity and streamline your contract opportunities.
Shopfront — Automate multi-channel selling across eBay, Depop, Grailed & Shopify. AI-powered listings, bulk uploads, inventory sync.
Auric Essentials — Auric - The Power of Scent. Revolutionise your well-being with Auric. Discover our state-of-the-art AI-powered AromaSphere diffuser and app, designed to personalise your aromatherapy experience.

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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.

Investment focus

Water, EdTech, Medical
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

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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We provide venture capital, expertise and advice to advanced manufacturing-focused Australian startups with global ambitions.

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.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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Australian Business Growth Fund (ABGF) is a middle market private equity fund.

Investment focus

Cloud Data Services, Sales, Water
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.

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Rio Tinto is a mining and exploration finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. Steel is made from iron ore. Aluminum with a low carbon footprint for electric vehicles and smartphones. Copper is used in wind turbines, electric cars, and water pipes in our homes. Borates, which aid crop growth, and titanium, which is used inpaint.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Energy, Industrial
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Ekion — Ekion turns stranded assets into tier-one reserves. We use Electrokinetic In Situ Recovery (EK-ISR) to extract copper, gold and REE cutting costs and slashing time-to-production.
Terra AI — Accelerate and improve resource exploration
Thunderstone — Discover how Thunderstone uses high-voltage pulses to extract metals without excavation. Faster, cleaner mining with zero surface disruption.

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Connect your energy with Origin Energy - an Award Winning Electricity Provider & Gas Supplier. We also offer NBN internet, LPG, and custom solar solutions

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Mobile
Corporate Round, Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kraken — Kraken is an operating system for energy and water. Our AI-powered products support asset optimization, customer management, field services and distribution.
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.

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Foundamental is the first partner to exceptional founders re-creating the real world globally

Investment focus

Construction, Software, Real Estate
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Enter — baupal seeks to democratize sustainable and customized architecture, making design, energy assessments, permitting and cost evaluations more accessible and straightforward for private builders and smaller construction projects. baupal is an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structuresto streamline design, planning and permitting processes for a range of small-scale projects.baupal was established in December, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
Lun — Your all-in-one heat pump platform. Streamline system design, lead qualification, scheduling, quoting and much more.
Adaptive Real Estate — Experience a stress-free back office for less than what you pay for dumpsters.

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Sparking change, igniting impact: Electrifi Ventures is powering the future of climate tech by bringing together inspiring founders with impact investors.

Investment focus

Wind Energy, Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Fugu — Fugu produces advanced renewable fuels from air. We produce synthetic green marine and aviation fuels that are cost-competitive with oil.
Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
Fugu Carbon — Fugu produces advanced renewable fuels from air. We produce synthetic green marine and aviation fuels that are cost-competitive with oil.

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Bold Ideas Enduring Companies

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Hona — 24/7 AI receptionist, automated intake, and the #1 client portal - built for law firms all in one platform.
Earthmover — Cloud-native platform purpose-built for tensor data, geospatial data cubes, and scientific AI. Accelerate innovation in climate and weather analytics.
Spectral Compute — Spectral brings the familiar "write once, rrecompile for different hardware" paradigm of CPU development to accelerated computing. Our toolkit, SCALE, compiles a superset of CUDA C++ to a hardware-agnostic instruction set with no intrinsic overhead. By providing the core "CUDA-X" APIs, SCALE empowers engineers and datascientists to choose the ideal hardware for their HPC and AI/ML workloads, freeing them from vendor lock-in.

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We invest in founders building tomorrow. Hands-on partners backing bold ideas in AI, Space, Cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.

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
Alauda Aeronautics — Alauda Aeronautics is dedicated to making the dream of accessible flying cars a reality while revolutionizing sustainable transportation.

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ACAC Innovation provides angel investment, mentoring and support to game-changing startups. We work with founders to turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses.

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.

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We back trailblazing entrepreneurs who transform the world with industrial 3D printing.

Investment focus

3D Printing, Manufacturing, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Soil Connect — Soil Connect is a platform created for excavators, contractors, builders, landscapers and other building professionals who work with soil on a regular basis. Our platform connects those who have soil, with those who need soil.
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).

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
LoveHeart — LoveHeart is an AI educator-aide that streamlines child development documentation. Write learning stories, journals, plans, and reflections in seconds. Trusted by leading educators. Get your team plan today.
EstateXchange — Simplest way to settle deceased estates securely. Save time with estates administration. For lawyers, banks & more. Deliver faster outcomes for all.

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Working on something fresh. Also, Partner @Acceleprise & columnist @TheNextWeb.

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 companyâ€™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 ATMâ€™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.

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Equals is a fintech company that specializes in sales management and reconciliation with credit cards, debit cards, tickets, and other means of online payments. The company enables total control and visibility on the cash flow and receivables, which brings a considerable increase in productivity and a great reduction of losses.The company wasfounded in 2011 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Investment focus

Aerospace, Manufacturing
Seed
Australia

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Alauda Aeronautics — We are Alauda
Alauda Aeronautics — Alauda Aeronautics is dedicated to making the dream of accessible flying cars a reality while revolutionizing sustainable transportation.

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

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

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Qlarifi — Consumer lending decisions transformed with real time, comprehensive data.
Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
Ajust — Ajust makes it easy to resolve customer complaints with banks, telcos and energy companies. It's fast, fair and free for consumers.

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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.

Investment focus

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

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BioScout — Welcome to BioScout, your partner in revolutionizing the agriculture industry with cutting-edge automated disease detection technology for crop growers and viticulture.
Lenexa Medical — Lenexa Medical is an Australian based MedTech company.
Kinoxis Therapeutics — Developing novel therapeutics for social dysfunction and substance use disorders.

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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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
Singapore, Australia, India

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Brighte — Brighte makes solar, battery and home improvements affordable for Aussies with easy finance and a network of trusted tradies.
90 Seconds — Shoot high quality video anywhere in the world with 90 Seconds.
Curious Thing AI — Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more.

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Anzu Partners invests in breakthrough clean tech, industrial, and life science technologies with $1B in assets under management across venture, credit, and public structures.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Spain

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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 — CytoTronics is designing and developing cell culture plates with embedded high-density electronic systems.

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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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
Series B, Series C, Funding Round
United States, India, Austria

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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.

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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.

Investment focus

Aerospace, Supply Chain Management, Retail
Corporate Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Australia

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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 Analytics transforms risk intelligence with AI-driven insights that enable businesses to build agile, risk-optimized supply chains.
Miami International Airport — Miami International Airport is an aviation and aerospace company that provides air services to people traveling to and from Florida.

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Acorn Capital Specialist Emerging & Microcap Investment Management. We research and invest in the most attractive Australian based emerging or microcap companies.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, United Kingdom

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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

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Lightbank VC is a $700M AUM venture fund that invests in early-stage vertically focused AI, 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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

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Wendy — Wendy is pioneering a new era of storytelling with its app, designed to bring the excitement back to reading for kids.
Justpoint — Justpoint is a venture-backed AI-first company redesigning the medical malpractice industry. Our first product allows for a faster and better understanding of the legal merits of a claim as well as an instant understanding of its likely settlement amount.We have previously created companies that effectively changed their industries, fromhealthcare insurance to clinical trial recruitment. To advance the medical malpractice industry, we have put together a team with extensive achievements in healthcare technology, medical malpractice litigation, and artificial intelligence.
Campus Ink - NIL Store — Campus Ink Screen Printing & Embroidery, Champaign - Urbana, Custom T-Shirts, Fraternity & Sorority Apparel Simple

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Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Singapore, United Kingdom, Australia

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FitFlo — FitFlo brings to life the connected gym experience for Operators, Trainers and Members.
Mole — Mole is a digital business card and mobile website software. Connect with your clients, promote your business online and much more. Comes with free customised NFC business card.
Optacloud — Fostering a global AI powered ecosystem to achieve 100% cloud efficacy-> effortlessly, economically and eco-consciously. Dev tools stack for automating the entire development lifecycle of cloud apps across- Build, Deploy & Optimize.

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Regel bij ABN AMRO uw bankzaken zoals u dat wilt. Persoonlijk, met de app of online.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Debt Financing
United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

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NorSun — A leading supplier of solar ingots and wafers
Zenobe Energy — Discover Zenobe. Our vision: enable the transition to zero-carbon, non-polluting power and transport systems through the innovative use of battery storage.
IGNIS Energía — IGNIS Energía is a company specialized in the management and representation of cogeneration plants.

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Invest Victoria is the State Government of Victoria's investment attraction agency, fostering long term economic prosperity by enabling business opportunities and job creation for Victoria.Invest Victoria is part of the State Government of Victoria's Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF), reporting to the Minister for EconomicDevelopment. It is responsible for: - Leading new entrant Foreign Direct Investment and investment opportunities of state significance - Enhancing the business investment environment - Developing and providing whole-of-government levers (such as facilitation services) - Strengthening the governance of investment attraction activities and providing central coordination for the State’s investment pipeline, including leading a whole-of-government investment committee

Investment focus

FinTech, Infrastructure, Venture Capital
Series A, Debt Financing
Canada, United States

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Niricson — Niricson Software has developed a proprietary damage assessment software platform paired with a patent-pending drone-based data collection technology that helps infrastructure owners inspect their structures (e.g. hydro dams) in a way that is more accurate, five times faster, and 50% more cost-effective. Niricson is differentiated by its ability toautomatically detect and quantify not only surface damage, but also subsurface damage.
Lighter Capital — Transform Your Revenue into Growth Capital. Grow your tech company on your terms. Get up to $4M in flexible financing, without selling equity or signing personal guarantees, warrants, or covenants.
Planet Protector Packaging — Planet Protector Packaging manufacturers and distribute the best performing insulated packaging solutions made from 100% natural waste wool.

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Helping passionate founders build the future Saniel Ventures is a private investment group supporting high growth technology companies. Get in touch We invest in people first Smart, passionate, resilient founders building the future We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect that you are humble enough to know

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Construction
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Australia, United States, France

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BuildPass — Unlock the full potential of your site with easy-to-use AI software to streamline operations, reduce admin tasks, and ensure every project is on track and compliant.
Arca Climate Technologies, Inc. — Carbin Minerals unlock the enormous carbon dioxide removal potential of mine waste.
Matrak Industries — Matrak is a leading construction management software, enabling effective material tracking through a robust supply chain tracking system.

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Blackbird Ventures is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in diverse businesses including emerging technology companies and real estate development. Blackbird Ventures is based in La Jolla, California.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Australia

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Dgraph Labs — The only fault-tolerant, distributed graph database with native GraphQL that gives developers the tools to quickly build distributed applications at scale.
PsiQuantum — PsiQuantum is building the world's first useful quantum computer.
SafetyCulture — Digitize & improve elements of your operations. Give your teams the knowledge, tools & confidence to work safely & meet higher standards.

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Alita Sales is a sales and distribution company specializing in selling and distributing health and beauty brands to pharmacies.

Investment focus

Beauty, Manufacturing, Personal Health
Corporate Round
Australia

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Baresop. — Eco-friendly skin and body care products made from organic, plant-based ingredients. Shop our range of natural personal care products today.

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AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Australia, United States, Singapore

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Alloy — Alloy enables robotics teams to organise, explore, and evaluate various sorts of multimodal robot data in one platform using natural language, without the need for labels.
Sauce — AI customer insights for product teams
Pocket Universe — Pocket Universe is a browser extension that keeps your assets safe when you sign web3 transactions

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Avicella Capital is to identify and finance commercial ventures that ethical and creative entrepreneurs have created to enhance patient outcomes and raise the standard of healthcare.

Investment focus

Therapeutics, Biotechnology
Series B
Australia

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Kinoxis Therapeutics — Developing novel therapeutics for social dysfunction and substance use disorders.
Convergence Medical Robotics — Convergence Medical Robotics is a Brisbane-based pre-clinical medical robotics company making arthroscopy better through the invention of the V01 Robot. It solves the complexity of arthroscopy by creating the world's first arthroscopic robot.

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Alzadhar Al-Sanai is innovative and the development of technologies to monitor the factors influencing the environment and in reducing greenhouse gases.

Investment focus

Space Travel, Advanced Materials, Intelligent Systems
Pre-Seed
Australia

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Metakosmos — Looking for advanced space suit designs? Look no further than Metakosmos - a top space suit manufacturer offering innovative and modern designs for your next space mission.

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