Top 50 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in Australia in May 2025

Investor	Media (entertainment) Australia investments
Chris Sang	4
Chris Sang	3
Stuart Fox	2
Chadd Ciccarelli	2
Chadd Ciccarelli	2
Andrew Barnes	2
Andrew Barnes	2
Aayush Phumbhra	2
Brendan Leonard	2
Michael Sharkey	2
Jeremy Colless	2
Chloe Steinberg	2
Chloe Steinberg	2
Leigh Jasper	2
Leigh Jasper	2
Stuart Fox	2
Robert Phillpot	2
Robert Phillpot	2
Thomas Rice	2
Jeremy Colless	2
Aayush Phumbhra	2
Brendan Leonard	2
Thomas Rice	2
Jason Calacanis	1
Nikki Warburton	1
Paul Reining	1
Matt Miller	1
Michael Stoppelman	1
Amir Suissa	1
Laurence Escalante	1
Chris Anderson	1
Allison Pickens	1
Woody Harrelson	1
Andrew Hamilton	1
Seth Young	1
Brand Hoff	1
Ash Fontana	1
David Sargeant	1
Simon Hackett	1
Nick Crocker	1
Mike Wallas	1
Alex Zaccaria	1
rob kawalsky	1
rob kawalsky	1
Andrew Bogut	1
Tim Doyle	1
Chris Grove	1
Tim Haggett	1
Steve Baxter	1
Lars Rasmussen	1

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, India

Portfolio highlights

Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, India

Portfolio highlights

REZA — Footwear & Apparel Brand
Segna — Extract trends across your users. Build products that they love.
Anility — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service

Stuart Fox is a Partner at Artesian Capital Management (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Investment focus

Video, Advertising, Content Discovery
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

NewsMaven — NewsMaven provides personalised recommendations on what to read next. Think of them like Google Adsense for news content. So, each time someone comes along to your content based site they provide a recommendation on other articles that might be of interest to that user.

Chadd Ciccarelli

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Triggr — Triggr is a SaaS platform helping sales teams predict buyer intent and close more deals.
Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.

Chadd Ciccarelli

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Triggr — SaaS Platform, Real-Time Sales Notifications and Top Quality Contact Data to Help Your Sales Team Close More Deals.
Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.

Andrew Barnes is co-founder and CEO at GO1 and a board of directors at Libromat. Andrew has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Business Management and completed an MSc in Education at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning, Information Technology
Seed
United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz operates a generative AI-powered learning community. The platform enables users to create a course about any topic, in any language, and get hooked on learning.
Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android.
Joyn — The end-to-end platform to manage your in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Create a beautiful and customisable experience for your next conference with Delegate Connect.

Andrew Barnes is co-founder and CEO at GO1 and a board of directors at Libromat. Andrew has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Business Management and completed an MSc in Education at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning, Information Technology
Seed
United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Learn.xyz — Have fun learning about anything you can imaging, thanks to the power of AI. Download the free Learn.xyz app today and start every day with new knowledge!
Learn.xyz — Have fun learning about anything you can imaging, thanks to the power of AI. Download the free Learn.xyz app today and start every day with new knowledge!
Joyn — The end-to-end platform to manage your in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Create a beautiful and customisable experience for your next conference with Delegate Connect.

Aayush Phumbhra is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Nectar.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Education
Seed, Debt Financing, Angel
United States, India, Australia

Portfolio highlights

getcrux — Delight your enterprise accounts with instant answers & insights from their business data
Magma — Magma platform partners with factories and raw materials suppliers to offer supply chain services from the supplier to the customer.
Tractorfactory — Tractor Factory is the most trusted way of buying and selling used tractors. Choose from over 40 fully inspected second hand tractor models A used tractor can be a valuable investment for farmers and landowners looking for reliable equipment at a lower cost. Buying a used tractor allows individuals to access high-quality machinery that has been tested in the field, often at a fraction of the price of a new one. Many used tractors are still in excellent condition, with routine maintenance ensuring they remain fully operational for years. Tractor Factory is the most trusted way of buying and selling used tractors. For more detail visit our website or contact us 8821986673

Brendan Leonard

Investment focus

SaaS, Video, Advertising
Angel, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Vloggi — Vloggi is a user-generated video submission platform that makes it it easy for you to collect, curate and compile UGC video for your business

Michael D. Sharkey, President, MB Business Capital, is responsible for the bank's asset based lending group. With nearly 40 years of experience in financial services, he oversees a nationwide market with regional offices in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City,San Francisco, and Scottsdale.From July 2008 until the merger with MB in 2014, Sharkey was president of Cole Taylor Business Capital and executive vice president, asset based lending.Prior to that, he was president and CEO of LaSalle Business Credit, where he helped build the group into the fifth largest asset based lending company in the United States. During his tenure at LaSalle, he also served as executive vice president for LaSalle Bank and ABN Amro. Sharkey began his career in financial services with GE Capital as a field examiner and loan officer, and moved on to Manufacturers Hanover Commercial Corporation where he served as senior loan officer. From there, he joined and within four years became president of StanChart Business Credit, which was ultimately acquired by LaSalle Bank.Sharkey is a permanent member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial Finance Association, as well as past president and chairman of that organization. He is also past president of the American Brain Tumor Association.Sharkey is a graduate of Rutgers University and J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Investment focus

Music, Events, Hospitality
Seed, Debt Financing
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Logic PD — Beacon EmbeddedWorks is a System-On-Module Manufacturer that delivers unwavering performance. Our custom System-On-Modules (SoMs) are compact, secure, and built to last.
Muso — Muso is a live-entertainment start-up born in Melbourne and now operating Australia-wide. We help venues create better live entertainment experiences and help artists find more gigs to create more revenue opportunities. We leverage technology to make things more efficient, fair and transparent to ultimately make live music more accessible to morepeople. Eventually we hope that every venue will be a live music venue but until then we’ll work on changing one at a time.
Surreal — Increase collaboration and ROI by booking, promoting and paying for all your live entertainment in one place. Trusted by over 900 venues across AUS, UK & NZ.

Jeremy Colless is managing partner of Artesian Capital Management an alternative investment fund manager spun out of ANZ in 2004. As well as being a principal investor in early stage ventures in Australia and China, Artesian partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and universities to create early stage venture capitalco-investment funds such as the $10M Sydney Angels Sidecar Fund and Newcastle-based Slingshot Venture Fund. Prior to founding Artesian in 2004, Jeremy spent 18 years trading global bond/credit markets for investment banks including SG Warburg and Lehman Brothers in New York and Hong Kong.

Investment focus

Video, Advertising, Content Discovery
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

NewsMaven — NewsMaven provides personalised recommendations on what to read next. Think of them like Google Adsense for news content. So, each time someone comes along to your content based site they provide a recommendation on other articles that might be of interest to that user.

Chloe Steinberg is a partner at Sapphire Sport, where she focuses on investing in early-stage companies shaping the future of consumption. Chloe has deep industry expertise in the health & wellness sector, stemming from her 5+ years as an operator and investor with the Equinox Group of Brands. During that time, Chloe launched and led EquinoxVentures, the group’s investment arm focused on high performance living. She also supported Business Development & new business incubation, including the launch of Equinox Media in 2020. Earlier in her career, Chloe cofounded Vayner Capital in partnership with Gary Vaynerchuk and was a member of the investment team at Insight Venture Partners, where she focused on consumer tech and enterprise software investments. Chloe is deeply passionate about people doing work they love so in her free time, she founded and runs ExclusiveJobs, a not-for-profit, bespoke talent placement network in the consumer sector.Chloe graduated magna cum laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she played varsity lacrosse. She was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Venture Capital in 2020. A Baltimore native, Chloe now resides in Westport, CT with her husband and son.

Investment focus

Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United States, Canada, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
Trust Software — The corporate card, made social. Trust is the only corporate card that helps startups grow smarter, together. Learn more at trust.co
Market AI — Market increases sales for eCommerce businesses. Deploy custom AI models that increase traffic, develop new creative, and reach high-value customers.

Chloe Steinberg is a partner at Sapphire Sport, where she focuses on investing in early-stage companies shaping the future of consumption. Chloe has deep industry expertise in the health & wellness sector, stemming from her 5+ years as an operator and investor with the Equinox Group of Brands. During that time, Chloe launched and led EquinoxVentures, the group’s investment arm focused on high performance living. She also supported Business Development & new business incubation, including the launch of Equinox Media in 2020. Earlier in her career, Chloe cofounded Vayner Capital in partnership with Gary Vaynerchuk and was a member of the investment team at Insight Venture Partners, where she focused on consumer tech and enterprise software investments. Chloe is deeply passionate about people doing work they love so in her free time, she founded and runs ExclusiveJobs, a not-for-profit, bespoke talent placement network in the consumer sector.Chloe graduated magna cum laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she played varsity lacrosse. She was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Venture Capital in 2020. A Baltimore native, Chloe now resides in Westport, CT with her husband and son.

Investment focus

Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United States, Canada, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
Trust Software — The corporate card, made social. Trust is the only corporate card that helps startups grow smarter, together. Learn more at trust.co
Market AI — Market increases sales for eCommerce businesses. Deploy custom AI models that increase traffic, develop new creative, and reach high-value customers.

Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.
Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!
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.

Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne.

Investment focus

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

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.
Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.
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.

Stuart Fox is a Partner at Artesian Capital Management (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Investment focus

Video, Advertising, Content Discovery
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

NewsMaven — NewsMaven provides personalised recommendations on what to read next. Think of them like Google Adsense for news content. So, each time someone comes along to your content based site they provide a recommendation on other articles that might be of interest to that user.

Co-founder Rob Phillpot is senior vice president of product and engineering, responsible for product vision, strategy and management. He has been instrumental in developing the company’s business on a global scale and ensuring that Aconex solutions deliver a superior customer experience to buyers and users. Before founding Aconex in 2000 with CEOand director Leigh Jasper, he managed document control, quality and trades on a site team at Brookfield Multiplex. Prior to Brookfield Multiplex, Mr. Phillpot was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Australia. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Planning and Design degrees with Honors and a Master of Building degree from the University of Melbourne.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Construction
Seed, Series A, Angel
Australia, India, United States

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.
Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.

Co-founder Rob Phillpot is senior vice president of product and engineering, responsible for product vision, strategy and management. He has been instrumental in developing the company’s business on a global scale and ensuring that Aconex solutions deliver a superior customer experience to buyers and users. Before founding Aconex in 2000 with CEOand director Leigh Jasper, he managed document control, quality and trades on a site team at Brookfield Multiplex. Prior to Brookfield Multiplex, Mr. Phillpot was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Australia. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Planning and Design degrees with Honors and a Master of Building degree from the University of Melbourne.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Construction
Seed, Series A, Angel
Australia, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tint Paint — Tint Paint manufactures decorative paints for a wide range of colors for commercial and residential uses.
Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.
VERSATILE — VERSATILE uses machine learning and AI to optimize construction processes. It captures and analyzes data points to deliver real-time insights on job site performance and streamline decision-making. Mounted under the hook of any crane, this first-of-its-kind technology offers unparalleled production data on any job site including information onmaterials, redundancies, construction progress, and crane utilization.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Portfolio of the Global Innovation Share Fund at Perpetual (post-IPO). Angel investor in Australia. Mentor at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Internet of Things
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Alta — Alta is a virtual reality company developing A Township Tale, a social VR multiplayer experience!
WORK180 — WORK180 is a global jobs network that operates at the forefront of a new workplace revolution. Our function is twofold.As an advocate for working women, we provide job applicants with a transparent directory of endorsed employers who support diversity, inclusion and equality.We share information around pay equity, flexible working, paidparental leave, equal opportunities and a range of other important criteria. Before an employer comes on board, we put them through a pre-screening process and on average, about 80% of companies who apply to work with us, pass our criteria.
Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.

Jeremy Colless is managing partner of Artesian Capital Management an alternative investment fund manager spun out of ANZ in 2004. As well as being a principal investor in early stage ventures in Australia and China, Artesian partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and universities to create early stage venture capitalco-investment funds such as the $10M Sydney Angels Sidecar Fund and Newcastle-based Slingshot Venture Fund. Prior to founding Artesian in 2004, Jeremy spent 18 years trading global bond/credit markets for investment banks including SG Warburg and Lehman Brothers in New York and Hong Kong.

Investment focus

Video, Advertising, Content Discovery
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

NewsMaven — NewsMaven provides personalised recommendations on what to read next. Think of them like Google Adsense for news content. So, each time someone comes along to your content based site they provide a recommendation on other articles that might be of interest to that user.

Aayush Phumbhra is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Nectar.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Education
Seed, Debt Financing, Angel
United States, India, Australia

Portfolio highlights

TravClan — TravClan empowers travel agents and new age travel entrepreneurs to generate more business online by enabling businesses to build and grow their digital presence and earn more profit by booking flights, hotels, holidays with suppliers across the world at best B2B prices on its platform. TravClan’s vision is to empower SMBs in travel across theworld to grow their business. It aims to bring on board over 10 million SMBs and enable a GMV of over $10 billion by 2025 on its platform.
Crux — Delight your enterprise accounts with instant answers & insights from their business data
Magma — Magma platform partners with factories and raw materials suppliers to offer supply chain services from the supplier to the customer.

Brendan Leonard

Investment focus

SaaS, Video, Advertising
Angel, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Vloggi — Vloggi is a user-generated video submission platform that makes it it easy for you to collect, curate and compile UGC video for your business

Portfolio of the Global Innovation Share Fund at Perpetual (post-IPO). Angel investor in Australia. Mentor at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Internet of Things
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Alta — Alta is a virtual reality company developing A Township Tale, a social VR multiplayer experience!
WORK180 — WORK180 is a global jobs network that operates at the forefront of a new workplace revolution. Our function is twofold.As an advocate for working women, we provide job applicants with a transparent directory of endorsed employers who support diversity, inclusion and equality.We share information around pay equity, flexible working, paidparental leave, equal opportunities and a range of other important criteria. Before an employer comes on board, we put them through a pre-screening process and on average, about 80% of companies who apply to work with us, pass our criteria.
Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
CyberFilm — Bring your story to life!

Nikki Warburton, Non Executive Board Director.

Investment focus

Retail, Automotive, Publishing
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.

Paul Reining - Director & Advisor @ My Pet Warehouse

Investment focus

EBooks, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Tablo Publishing — Tablo is a new generation of publishing company that lets authors publish an eBook, Paperback and Hardcover book to every bookshop in the world with the click of a button. Publishing a book with Tablo is as easy as publishing a blog post, with gorgeous book templates and a one-click publishing experience, with on-demand print and distribution toover 40,000 retailers, live sales an insights, and the fairest royalties and terms available to authors.

Matt Miller is the Co-Founder of Ustwo Games.

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Software
Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

MagicBrief — Save Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok ads in a creative library that enables you to rework them in your own storyboards, which you can share with your team.

Michael Stoppelman is an active angel/seed investor in Los Angeles. He's the former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Yelp. He started at Yelp as a software engineer working on the search engine. He took over as head engineering in 2012 after serving as a manager and Director of Engineering in the proceeding years. He scaled theengineering team from 30 to over 500 engineers. Prior to Yelp he was a software engineer at Google for 3.5 years and served as the tech lead for the AdSense Traffic Quality team. He received his BS in Computer Science from Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

T2 — T2 is in early alpha. 280 character text, replies, and likes - that's it for now. Browse content now and sign up for the waitlist.
Morty — Morty is an app for discovering, booking, and tracking escape rooms. Find legendary escape games, coordinate with friends, and record your wins.
ParadeDB — ParadeDB is a modern Elasticsearch alternative built on Postgres.

Amir Suissa - President of the Board @ wefox

Investment focus

Credit, Dating, Banking
Seed, Pre-Seed
Australia, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

LEND — LEND provides peer to peer lending in Switzerland. It connects investors with borrowers. Moreover, investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. The company is based in Switzerland and it was founded in 2015.
Lua — Lua is a swipe-free dating app focused on depth and intimacy. With our smart & unique matching model, users receive hand-picked matches that consider their interests, personal sharings, and engagement holistically.Once matched, users are guided through a series of intimacy-building questions during a mystery meeting, before being given theoption to reveal their personal profile, and continue the journey with that special someone in the light.
Black Label — Jasper, formerly CreditStacks, is a financial service company that offers a credit card designed for professionals. Jasper uses technology to assess applicants holistically, so applicants may qualify for a premium Jasper Mastercard, issued by WebBank, even if they are just starting their credit journey.The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in New York City, New York.

Laurence Escalante is the Founder and CEO at Virtual Gaming Worlds.

Investment focus

Dairy, Retail, Automotive
Seed, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Bae Juice — 100% Korean pear juice
CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.

Chris Anderson is a head of conference organisation TED.

Investment focus

Apps, Content, Journalism
Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Curio — Be one of the first to access Rio, the leading AI for fact-checked news. Free for early users.
Quillette — What is Quillette? Quillette is an Australian based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. We are politically non-partisan, but rely on reason, science, and humanism as our guiding values. Quillette hosts the Quillette and Quillette Cetera podcasts, and every year we throw Quillette Socials for our

Allison Pickens is the founder and general partner at Allison Pickens Ventures. She was also the director on the Board of Directors at Rainforest QA. She attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Cercli — Cercli is a human resources, modern payroll and employee data platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Fastrak AI — We combine the speed of AI with expert execution to help teams build enterprise-grade products in days, not weeks.
Glimpse — Create a distributed showroom experience without the hassle of a real showroom. Drive product discovery and track the customer journey with Glimpse's platform.

Woody Harrelson - Advisory Board @ Surfrider Foundation

Investment focus

Software, Publishing, Web Design
Series A
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
Abbot's Butcher — Premium plant-based proteins, crafted from wholesome ingredients. Soy-free, gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO.

Andrew Hamilton is a managing Director of Hamilton & Associates.

Investment focus

Advice, Retirement, Financial Services
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Super Fierce — Super Fierce is a financial service company that provides financial advisory, superannuation, and financial wellness services.

Seth Young - Chief Innovation Officer @ PointsBet

Investment focus

Sports, News, Gaming
Seed, Series A
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ultimate Odds — Ultimate Odds is a next generation gaming product that combines sports betting and fantasy into one highly engaging experience. Ultimate Odds is at the forefront of the US sports gaming industry with a modern product that educates new bettors and creates a competitive space for sports fans.
Basketball Forever — Basketball Forever.

Brand has had a long and successful career in ICT both in Government and Private Industry. Brand is a successful entrepreneur, company director and investor. He founded TOWER Software which was acquired by HP in May of 2008. Brand has a degree in Computer Studies from the University of Canberra, has served as a Councillor of the University ofCanberra and is now an Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra. Brand has served as a Director of NICTA, the Australian ICT Centre of Excellence, Taggle Systems, SNAPeWallet and MyTaggles Pty Ltds. Brand also served as Chairman of Canberra Business Council and a Councilor of the NSW Business Chamber. He has served as Chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Canberra Division and as a Director on the National Board of AICD. He was awarded the 2011 National Pearcey Medal, for a lifetime contribution to Australian ICT and in 2012 he was inducted as a Member into the Order of Australia.

Investment focus

Internet, Community/Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Tapestry — Tapestry combines a simple, beautiful and private social network with a suite of mobile and tablet apps to help family members and aged care service providers look after the seniors in their care. For families, Tapestry is a simple and private social network that lets family members connect with each other and care for the seniors in theirlives. For aged care providers the Tapestry web site provides a way to create and manage the communities in their care.And for seniors, Tapestry provides the Tapestry Simplicity tablet app, which delivers all the services they need in way that’s simple, safe and easy to use. No matter how their family wants to connect with them, whether it’s Facebook, Google+, Email or something else, Tapestry handles everything for them, so they stay connected without needing to sign up for one service after another as technology keeps on changing.

Ash advises and invests in AI-First companies. He helps companies from inception onwards by advising on their data + ML, pricing and fundraising strategy. He invests anything from $20K to $20MM in a company. He also currently acts as a Special Advisor to Zetta Venture Partners, where he was a Managing Director from 2015 to 2021. Before Zetta, Ashlaunched AngelList’s fundraising platform that now manages over $7B. Prior to AngelList, he co-founded Topguest (acquired), a loyalty software platform that counted United Airlines, Hilton Worldwide, and Virgin America as clients. He started his career in growth investing at Macquarie Capital in New York after studying law at the University of Sydney. Penguin Random House has published his book, “The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with Artificial Intelligence”.

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Australia, India

Portfolio highlights

Mixmax — We eliminate busywork and enable real engagement. Make your AEs and CSMs more productive, directly from Gmail. Request a demo!
Tactiq — Tactiq is a browser extension that automatically transcribes Zoom and Google Meet meetings to your Google Drive, Quip, Notion or other platforms. Live transcribe Google Meet and Zoom to your Google Drive. Create meeting minutes in Google Meet and Zoom meetings with the transcript.
QuantPi — QuantPi creates automated and scalable solutions for AI model explainability and robustness auditing.

David is a consultant, advisor, investor and dealmaker in the sports betting, iGaming and gambling industry, specializing in the U.S. market.Over nearly 20 years, he has worked with the biggest names in sports and sports betting globally, focusing on the USA since the repeal of PASPA in 2018.He has worked with teams, leagues, casinos, tribes,racetracks and media companies, and is responsible for over 40 deals across 16 U.S. states since 2018 including deals involving The Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), New York Jets (NFL), the Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL), the Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB), The Texas Rangers (MLB), The Dallas Stars (NHL), The Calgary Flames (NHL), NASCAR, the PGA Tour, CBS Sports, Madison Square Gardens, Meadowlands Race Track and the Football Hall of Fame Village. He has worked on the biggest sports betting partnerships state-by-state including those in Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Texas.Additionally, he works as an investor and an advisor with startups entering the multi-billion dollar U.S. sports betting and iGaming industry, and engineered the first-ever U.S. sports betting deal (between two software companies). He has led several high profile startup exits including the recent sale of marketing automation platform Fresh Eight and the sale of AI and data platform VAIX, both sold to Sportradar.Outside the USA, He has worked extensively on sports betting projects worldwide, including in the UK, Ireland, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Singapore, Chile, Tanzania, Nigeria, and South Africa.He is a speaker, moderator, and chairperson at gambling conferences and events all over the world, including ICE Totally Gaming in London, Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas, SXSW in Austin Texas, European and World Lotteries Seminars across the world, SBC in London and New York, WGES in Barcelona, iGaming Asia in Macau, and iGB Live in Amsterdam.

Investment focus

News, Sports, Basketball
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Basketball Forever — Basketball Forever.

After graduating from the University of Adelaide, Simon Hackett founded Internode in 1991. Internode grew to become the largest privately held national broadband services provider in Australia, and it was sold to iiNet Limited in 2012. Simon is now invested in a variety of Australian and US startups in fields he is passionate about.Simon is akeen supporter of electric vehicles. Meeting Elon Musk at FiRe in 2008 led to him being the first Australian customer of Tesla in 2009. His family now owns multiple Tesla vehicles (and no gas-powered ones).In the energy sustainability field, Simon has invested in startups in Australia and the US, most significantly in Redflow (ASX:RFX), where he is a significant shareholder and a member of the board. He considers this to be a case of putting his money where his beliefs are.Simon is also a board director of the National Broadband Network (www.nbn.com.au) in Australia.Simon is a serial delegate at the SNS FiRe conference, having participated in almost all FiRe events since their inception.Away from the office, when he isn't spending time with his family, Simon is usually off flying in something.

Investment focus

Advice, Venture Capital, Financial Services
Series A, Series C
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Nano Nouvelle —
BlueChilli — We help impactful startups scale, globally. Learn more about our award-winning accelerator programs & meet our portfolio companies.

Nick is a partner at Blackbird Ventures based in Melbourne. He also runs Startmate, Australia's best startup accelerator.Previously, Nick worked on Product Strategy & Operations at Under Armour and was a Product Manager at MyFitnessPal, the world's most popular health and fitness application. In 2012, Nick co-founded Sessions, ahealth coaching company, which MyFitnessPal acquired in 2013. Sessions was backed by Collaborative Fund, Blackbird Ventures, SV Angel and Joshua Kushner. Nick also co-founded We Are Hunted, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Marqo — A tensor-based search and analytics engine that seamlessly integrates with your applications, websites, and workflows.
XY Sense — XY Sense is the leading occupancy sensor platform helping workplace teams access and act on data in real-time. Supercharge your return to office with XY Sense.
MagicBrief — Save Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok ads in a creative library that enables you to rework them in your own storyboards, which you can share with your team.

Mike Wallas - Advisory Board @ Optifire Pty Ltd

Investment focus

Video, Gaming, Software
Seed, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

PERKii — PERKii Targeted Release Probiotics are naturally micro-shielded to resist stomach acid up to 10,000x stronger than non micro-shield probiotics. For a targeted release in your gut and a difference you can feel. PERKii Probiotic Drinks are bottled with one billion or more probiotics per serve.
Clipchamp — Clipchamp is the online video editor that empowers anyone to tell stories worth sharing. Our in-browser platform gives users access to professional video editing tools and features from simple cropping and resizing to special effects like transitions, motion titles, and even Green Screen. Also on offer – an 800 thousand asset strong stock libraryand hundreds of editable video templates.

Alex Zaccaria is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Linktree. He previously worked at Bolster Music as a Director. Alex Zaccaria attended RMIT University.

Investment focus

Events, Event Management, Professional Services
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Arinex — Arinex specializes in event and exhibition management, conference, marketing and social programs.
WhyHive — WhyHive offers AI-driven text analysis tools for researchers to efficiently analyze survey data and open-ended text responses.

rob kawalsky

Investment focus

News, Publishing, Health Care
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Human — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
The Daily Aus — We offer young Australians a digestible and engaging way to access the news. Our objective is to provide the context to a news story making the rounds.

rob kawalsky

Investment focus

News, Publishing, Health Care
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Human — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
The Daily Aus — We offer young Australians a digestible and engaging way to access the news. Our objective is to provide the context to a news story making the rounds.

Andrew Bogut

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Series D
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

SportsIcon — Venture Studio and Sports Agency harnessing frontier technology to build innovative approaches in sports, media, and entertainment.
Bare — Bare provides a quality cremation service and a dedicated care team that helps you each step of the way. Arrange online or via phone. Call us on 1800 071 176
Live Graphic Systems — Live Sports Graphics - "Next-gen" live graphics for a new era of sports broadcast. No hardware, no designers, no graphics operators, up and running in minutes.

Tim Doyle is a founder of Eucalyptus

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Software
Pre-Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

MagicBrief — Save Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok ads in a creative library that enables you to rework them in your own storyboards, which you can share with your team.

Chris Grove is a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming.

Investment focus

Casino, Gaming, Sports
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

BetHog — BetHog's founding team were the founders of FanDuel.com and think that Betting should be fast, easy and it should reward the players who are risk takers. We want to celebrate the winners, reward them for using our product, and have them help craft the experience we all want to see.
Basketball Forever — Basketball Forever.
Pro League Network — Pro League Network specializes in creating and broadcasting exclusive niche sports content, tailored for sports wagering operators. With a focus on fun and engaging sports brands, the company offers live broadcasts and events, including the World Putting League, accessible for free to its community. Pro League Network positions itself at theintersection of sports entertainment and betting, aiming to enhance the sports wagering experience with uniquely produced content. The company's offerings cater to a diverse audience, providing a platform for live sports events that are both enjoyable to watch and bet on.

Tim Haggett is a Non Executive Director at Centric Health.

Investment focus

Software, Virtual Reality, Content Creators
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

SpaceDraft — SpaceDraft helps you visualise and collaborate for time, space & action, so you can spend less time explaining.

Steve Baxter - Non-Executive Director @ OtherLevels

Investment focus

Transportation, SaaS, Photography
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Go1 — GO1 provides a platform that allows companies to upscale their workforce with on-demand training and a dynamic content-driven platform for companies that are Open to Learn. The funding follows an integration with Microsoft Teams, which enables organizations using Teams to learn directly within their workplace ecosystem. Individuals can now find,consume, share, and discuss learning resources from its library of online learning resources.
Travelshoot — Your holidays are really important to us to create good memories and we are offering Worldwide Photographer Services. Get the best vacation photographer NYC & across the globe. Visit us now!
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.

Lars Rasmussen is a co-founder and 'Chief Espresso Officer' at Weav Music, Inc in Brooklyn, New York. Formerly, he was a director of engineer at Facebook London where he headed up the Facebook Workplace team. Formerly, he was a member of Google's technical staff, based in the Sydney office, and with his brother the

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Video
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Neptyne — Neptyne is making spreadsheets programmable
OneRoof — OneRoof is an app that helps meet people with similar interests living in your building and build new friendships. Communication should go further than a nod in the elevator.
Fingerprint For Success — AI technology to bring out the best in your team. Start now for free. Trust in more than 1 million coaching minutes, rated 4.4 out of 5 with a 90% success rate.