# Significant Ventures

> Significant Ventures is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Software. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Canberra, Australia
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/significant-capital-ventures
- Website: https://www.significant.vc

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

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $77k–$4.8M |
| Series A | $4.5M–$8.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 19% |
| Software | 3 | 12% |
| Health Care | 3 | 12% |
| Training | 2 | 8% |
| Electronics | 2 | 8% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 38% |
| Series A | 6 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 13 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Ireland | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ireland-5573 |
| Fiona Hindmarsh | Chief Executive Officer | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fiona-hindmarsh |
| Michele Troni | Chief Investment Officer & Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michele-troni |
| Nina Kuzmina | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nina-kuzmina-25f7 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hearables 3D | Hearables 3D is a custom-fit ear device company. | $5.8M | Series A | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Visionary Machines | Visionary Machines uses non-planar arrays of many low cost cameras to deliver high-fidelity long-range spatial 3D models of a scene in real time. Its vision is to enable machines to see and perceive the world. Using its "mix-and-match" approach, its sensor arrays can be multi spectral and can mix optics (such as long range telephotowith wide angle) to deliver unheralded range & fidelity. Its sensor system is passive, has zero cross interference, has high immunity to transient interference (snow, rain, dust), has accurate depth, trajectory (direction & velocity) and object classification. Its cloud-connect option enhances each sensor using models of the world created in the cloud from many other sensors. Applications being targeted are automotive ADAS, surveillance, targeting, mapping in both civilian and military sectors. | $2.3M |  | Jul 18, 2025 |  |
| Earthodic | Earthodic is an Australian materials science business makes useful biobased coatings. | $3.9M | Seed | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| Wavewise Analytics | Cyban is a medical equipment manufacturing company that manufactures brain oxygen monitors. | $6.3M | Series A | Dec 11, 2023 |  |
| Vantari VR | Vantari VR provides procedural training for medicine and surgery. | $7M | Series A | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| Vantari VR | Vantari VR provides procedural training for medicine and surgery. | $4.6M | Seed | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| FLAIM Systems | FLAIM Systems is a virtual reality platform that develops, produces and supports the next step in skills training for emergency services. | $4.5M | Series A | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Additive Assurance | Additive Assurance offers quality assurance for metal additive manufacturing. | $4.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| Visionary Machines | Visionary Machines uses non-planar arrays of many low cost cameras to deliver high-fidelity long-range spatial 3D models of a scene in real time. Its vision is to enable machines to see and perceive the world. Using its "mix-and-match" approach, its sensor arrays can be multi spectral and can mix optics (such as long range telephotowith wide angle) to deliver unheralded range & fidelity. Its sensor system is passive, has zero cross interference, has high immunity to transient interference (snow, rain, dust), has accurate depth, trajectory (direction & velocity) and object classification. Its cloud-connect option enhances each sensor using models of the world created in the cloud from many other sensors. Applications being targeted are automotive ADAS, surveillance, targeting, mapping in both civilian and military sectors. | $4.8M | Seed | Dec 02, 2022 |  |
| Liquid Instruments | Liquid Instruments develops software-defined test and measurement systems that enable engineers and scientists to perform complex experiments and signal analysis using a single, reconfigurable hardware platform. The company’s core offering is the Moku product line, which integrates multiple laboratory instruments, such as oscilloscopes, spectrumanalyzers, waveform generators, and lock-in amplifiers, into one device that can be configured and updated through software. Its platform is built on field-programmable gate arrays, allowing users to dynamically switch between instrument functions or combine multiple tools within the same system depending on testing requirements. This approach replaces traditional setups that rely on multiple standalone instruments, reducing equipment complexity, cost, and physical space while enabling customized configurations for different applications. | $28.5M | Series B | Sep 13, 2022 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Significant Ventures invest in?

Significant Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Significant Ventures's check size?

Significant Ventures typically joins rounds of $77k–$4.8M at Seed and $4.5M–$8.2M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Significant Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Significant Ventures?

Public channels for Significant Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Significant Ventures?

The team at Significant Ventures includes David Ireland (Partner), Fiona Hindmarsh (Chief Executive Officer) and Michele Troni (Chief Investment Officer & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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