# Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in Australia in June 2026 ## Reinventure - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Reinventure is pioneering Founder-First Corporate Venture Capital. They champion founders who have the vision, ambition and hustle to transform an industry across Asia-Pacific and beyond, propelling them with the support of a top 20 bank globally.With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner,Reinventure is focused on uncovering, investing in and nurturing scalable early businesses in FinTech and adjacent areas that will be the future of the industry. ## Carthona Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally. ## x15ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Payments x15ventures is a dynamic venture-building outfit, designed to bring to life the next generation of digital endeavors. ## Sydney Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care 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. ## Stani Kulechov - Type: Angel - Location: Como, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with extensive experience developing technology in the crypto, blockchain, and fintech space. Stani is also a mentor to many founders and advisors of ICOs and blockchain projects and has spoken at numerous FinTech, Blockchain and cryptocurrency events,particularly on topics related to Ethereum Smart Contracts. ## Square Peg Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Square Peg is a global investment firm on a mission to empower exceptional founders. With investing teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy. ## Apex Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps Apex Capital is an investment firm which provides venture capital to exceptional founders who are revolutionising the financial services landscape. They have a strong track record of successfully establishing, investing in and growing businesses that have sought to provide innovative products and services to the financial services sector. Theirentrepreneurial backgrounds give us a unique perspective on what it takes to start and scale a business in financial services.Apex Capital was established over a decade ago and is wholly owned by its principals, each of whom have a wealth of experience from having worked across multiple continents with leading global firms in financial services, as well as having developed and operated their own start-up businesses. ## Cultivation Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: St Louis, Missouri, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care Cultivation Capital invests in young companies whose ideas have potential to transform the way we live and work. ## Digital Asset Capital Management - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Digital Asset Capital Management is a specialist, global investment manager in the digital asset, or cryptocurrency sector. The Company's first fund, Digital Asset Fund, provides sophisticated and institutional investors with access to this exciting, yet very specialised sector. DACM also manages DAF Liquid Venture Fund, a specialist fundinvesting in seed or initial round financing opportunities in the digital asset sector as well as DAF Greeks, a market-neutral fund delivering returns from monetising volatility and market inefficiencies. ## Framework Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services A crypto venture firm that builds with our founders. ## DCF GOD - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) DCF GOD ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management. ## Airtree Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier. ## OIF Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses. ## Scalare Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Scalare Partners is more than a technology investment fund. We provide critical funding and resourcing ## Picus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow. ## AfterWork Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Vitalik Buterin - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Grant - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Ethereum Vitalik Buterin is the Founder & Developer of TOKENEO. He previously worked at NextThought, LLC as a Developer Intern. Vitalik Buterin attended the University of Waterloo. ## Nightingale Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Private Equity, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS First established in London in 1985, our private equity firm was founded on one word. Patience. Now headquartered in Australia and with offices in Sydney and Hong Kong, patience still is, and always will be, our guiding principle and how we achieve superior long-term returns for our stakeholders. ## Tidal Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential. ## Rampersand - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech We back ambitious ANZ tech founders from inception to seed, with proven support, no empty promises, and a track record of helping startups scale smarter. ## Mark Harbottle - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, FinTech Matt Harbottle co-founded Melbourne-based SitePoint.com 10 years ago with Matt Mickiewicz, and grew it into a profitable, multi-million dollar company without any venture capital or outside funding. The company has been profitable every single month since its inception and is actively involved in publishing & marketplaces for Web Professionals.In 2008, Mark spun off 99designs out of SitePoint as its own separate business. 99designs has become the market leader in crowdsourced graphic design and currently sees a new graphic uploaded to the site every 7 seconds and pays out over $1,000,000 to designers every month. In April 2011 99designs received $35m in a Round A led by Accel Partners.99designs has run crowdsourced design projects for tens of thousands of small business owners, as well as big brands like Adidas, TiVo, Dish Networks, and bestselling authors like Tim Ferriss and Rick Warren (author of “The Purpose Driven Lifeâ€).In June of 2009, Mark and Matt launched Flippa.com, a marketplace for buying and selling small websites via auction. Flippa currently sells over $2 million worth of website assets per month, with its biggest sale ever being ReTweet.com which sold for $250,000.In January of 2011, Learnable.com was launched, again as a spin off from SitePoint. Learnable is a peer to peer education platform where anyone can create an online course and sell access to it online. ## KuCoin - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mahé, Beau Vallon, Seychelles - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Sign up with KuCoin, and get your first crypto today! ## Investible - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally. ## Blackbird Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions. ## Anthony Warren - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Data Integration Anthony Warren, Dealer Principal at Peter warren Toyota. ## Ken Cheung Cheung - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Internet Mr Ken Cheung is a CEO of MCC International. ## Scott Moore - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Internet Scott Moore is the Founder of Public Works. He previously worked at Ethereum as an Ecosystem Grants. Scott Moore attended the University of Toronto. ## Evan Cheng - Type: Angel - Location: Burlingame, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology Evan Cheng Co-founder & CEO at Mysten Labs. He attended Syracuse University. ## Ashwin Ramachandran - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Software, FinTech Ashwin Ramachandran is a General Partner at Dragonfly Capital. He was a Research Engineer at ThunderCore. He attended Duke University. ## Radek Ostrowski - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency A talented developer and an architect able to hit the ground running. With his broad skill set, he has contributed to the success of many small local and big international projects. Effective in taking applications from inception to completion and in improving the existing solutions. Motivated by challenges and driven by ambition agileproblem-solver. ## Daniel Johnson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Data Integration Daniel Johnson is the Founding Partner at We Scale Startups. He attended New Entrepreneurs Foundation. ## Bosco Tan - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Bosco Tan ## Circle Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: East Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Circle Ventures invests in projects that accelerate global crypto innovation and adoption in service. They foster crypto innovation by assisting founders and teams that are committed to open access, financial inclusivity, and programmable commerce, all of which may contribute to global economic success. ## Magnivia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Data Integration Magnivia invests at the end of the accelerator curve in late seed to growth stages in emerging themes where innovative product adoption is rapid. The firm invests across a wide variety of sectors, including fintech, enterprise, aerospace, artificial intelligence, proptech, and consumer Internet. ## Black Sheep Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Black Sheep Capital is making its mark as a preferred investment capital provider due to their 'Everyone Wins' approach. Their philosophy is to work with their investment partners to create and grow opportunities where they can all enjoy success. Through this approach, they have been able to create a diverse portfolio of investments thatcontinues to grow. ## Maven 11 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Maven 11 is a global blockchain and digital asset investment firm. The teams we partner with are on a rigorous quest to solve most exciting problems and make the necessary shift towards decentralised tomorrow. ## Multicoin Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Austin, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets. ## Joyce Yang - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech Joyce Yang - Founder @ Global Coin Research ## Utiliti Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce At Utiliti Group, we've built a dynamic ecosystem of startups, investors, and tech visionaries. With our roots in innovation, investment, and international expansion, we fuel tech-driven transformations. Dive into our expansive network and redefine what's possible. ## Solana Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Solana, Misamis Oriental, Philippines - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Solana Ventures' mission is to accelerate the growth of the Solana blockchain and adjacent ecosystems by providing capital to the most promising teams building in the crypto ecosystem. ## CrossFund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, B2B For Angels, By Angels ## Son Tech Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ho Chi Minh City, NA - Vietnam, Vietnam - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Data Integration ASCENDING THE PEAK ## Boson Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Hardware, Payments Investor for disruptors and force carrier for impact! We are an Australian Venture Capital that backs visionary founders of all backgrounds and grows exceptional deep tech or business model innovation companies to become truly transformative! ## David Gordon - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: B2B, Mobile, FinTech David Gordon - Chairman @ Ordermentum Pty Ltd ## Guy Pearson - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Payments Guy has more then a decade's experience in professional practice and is a Chartered Accountant. Before Practice Ignition he founded and grew Interactive Accounting and Your Modern Practice. Guy's extremely passionate about providing small business owners with better information and better advice. ## Raffael Johnen - Type: Angel - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Software Raffael Johnen is CEO and founding partner of auxmoney. Already during his business studies, Raffael Johnen founded his first startup company. He later worked for six years at Investmentbank Rothschild in Frankfurt in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Advisory areas, most recently as Vice President. Raffael Johnen is also the founder ofExcellion Capital, a successful company in corporate finance consulting and investment, based in London. As a writer, he made a name for himself when he wrote the chapter on leveraged buyouts in the "Praxishandbuch Unternehmensbewertung". ## Rayn Ong - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Marketing Rayn Ong - Partner @ Archangel Ventures ## Yolo Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tallin, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Yolo Investments is focusing on late seed & series A stage investments in igaming, fintech and crypto. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co