Top 25 Publishing VC Funds & Investors in Australia (June 2026)

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• Arkeus — Arkeus is a leader in the fusion of optics and autonomy. Our wide area autonomous optical systems are deployed to conduct Search, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in a range of operating environments.
• 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.
• Sphere — Live courses led by vetted experts for professionals who want to advance their careers

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• Akorri Networks — Akorri, Inc. provides cross-domain performance management software for the virtualized data center. The company’s products include BalancePoint, an agent-less management software, which is used by information technology operations and infrastructure managers, system/storage administrators, and application owners. Its BalancePoint offers aCross-Domain Analysis technology that collects information from servers, storage, and infrastructure software, as well as automatically correlates application performance across these domains. The company’s BalancePoint also offers Application Fingerprinting technology, which profiles and characterizes application workloads, as well as and models how applications use various infrastructure resources in time; and Performance Dynamics Modeling technology that gives warning to potential application performance problems before they happen. It offers professional, assessment, and training services. Akorri, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Littleton, Massachusetts.
• LogRocket — LogRocket helps you understand problems affecting your users, so that you can get back to building great software.
• Courier — Turn product signals into customer engagement. Build lifecycle journeys and deliver notifications across channels, with templates, routing, preferences, and observability included.

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• LawVu — Our all-in-one connected platform enables your legal team to manage all legal matters, contracts, spend and legal operations. Book your free demo now.
• Cequence Security — Cequence enables organizations to realize the promise of AI while defending their applications and APIs from attacks, abuse, and fraud.
• Impact — Impact: the entertainment industry network. The most network-driven industry in the world finally has its own network.

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• Swit — An Employee Productivity Hub for Collaboration Essentials
• Restream — Restream is a super simple live video platform that empowers you to create beautiful videos and multistream them to your favorite channels.
• Bunker Kids — Bunker Kids is a startup that provides solutions optimized for achieving personal health goals using data and algorithms.

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• Neara — Beyond visualization. A geometrically precise, 3D model that reveals how assets behave and react in the real world
• Pluang — Investasi di Saham AS, Kripto, Emas & Reksa Dana mulai Rp5.000. Aman, teregulasi, dan mudah digunakan.
• Excelero Storage — Founded in 2014 by a team of storage veterans and inspired by the Tech Giants’ shared-nothing architectures for web-scale applications, the company has created a Software-Defined Block Storage solution that meets performance and scalability requirements of the largest web-scale and enterprise applications.With Excelero’s NVMesh, customers canbuild distributed, high-performance Server SAN for mixed application workloads. Customers benefit from the performance of local flash, with the convenience of centralized storage while avoiding proprietary hardware lock-in and reducing the overall storage TCO. The solution has been deployed for hyper-scale Industrial IoT services, machine learning applications and massive-scale simulation visualization.

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• Fond — Boost engagement by simplifying and uniting employee recognition, rewards, communications and more in one easy-to-use employee engagement platform.
• Pillow — Pillow provides Internet-based management services. It offers information about a property, essential amenities, and other apartments and houses. The company is an Expedia group that solves short-term rentals for multifamily properties, allowing building owners and property managers to have control and transparency over short-term rentals whileenabling their residents to rent their units short-term on listings sites such as Homeaway, VRBO, and Airbnb.
• PureWow — PureWow is the women's lifestyle destination dedicated to making your life easier, more interesting and of course, beautiful. Elevate the everyday.

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• TwoShot — Turn your ideas into music, faster, using your voice, words, or even humming - powered by AI
• Teesside University — Teesside University is one of the UK’s top institutions of higher education in business.
• University of Aberdeen — Founded in 1495 by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, the University of Aberdeen is Scotland's third oldest and the UK's fifth oldest university. William Elphinstone established King's College to train doctors, teachers and clergy for the communities of northern Scotland, and lawyers andadministrators to serve the Scottish Crown. Much of the King's College still remains today, as do the traditions which the Bishop began. King’s College opened with 36 staff and students, and embraced all the known branches of learning: arts, theology, canon and civil law. In 1497 it was first in the English-speaking world to create a chair of medicine. Elphinstone’s college looked outward to Europe and beyond, taking the great European universities of Paris and Bologna as its model.

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• Oze — OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
• Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
• Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

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• Composeright — Composeright is developing a fully-featured, cloud-based, writing app for writers of structured documents, especially academics and students in Higher Education under the name ComWriter.ComWriter is a writing platform designed specifically for the cloud; enabling students and researchers to write to academic standards in a structured way.ComWriter is a modern tool that treats writing as a project: search our library, organize your writing, smart reminders, citation management built in, and formatting of output (references and body) made simple to academic standards using pre-defined styles. Collaborate with others, invite people to review your work, all available wherever you go.

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• CUZIN — Providing a surprisingly human shopping experience. Trusted and secure. Millions of domains to choose from.
• Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
• 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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• Forever Network — Forever Network is a social-first sports media company. Our keystone brand, Basketball Forever, is the worlds largest independent sports media channel.

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• Segwise — Automatically tag and analyze creatives across 15+ networks, catch early signs of creative fatigue, and auto generate winning creatives that boost ROAS. Free 14-day free trial with no code setup!
• Opennote — The AI tutor that lives in your notes
• Naco Technologies — A website that specializes in technology and innovation advancements in the world as well as delivering the same to all people. It also has an interest in giving people the most current news in the tech world. Visit the blog today for more insights.

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• Citrea — Bitcoin's First ZK Rollup
• Lagrange Labs — Seamlessly interact between chains with cryptographically secured state proofs, not opaque intermediaries.
• Workstream — Workstream is an automated hiring platform that helps companies employing hourly workers. The platform helped Jamba, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Dunkin', Applebee's, Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon to increase their bottom line and cost savings.Workstream was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, UnitedStates.

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• Trioar — Trioar is a biotechnological research company that manufacture pharmaceutical products and drugs.
• KB-Element — KB-Element is a graphene development and production company that also turns graphene into intermediate items and novel materials.
• Spark Biopharma — SPARK BioPharma Co., Ltd. was established in Seoul National University in January 2016 based on the unique drug molecule diversity technology, the image-based screening technology using the unique fluorescent skeleton probe, and the target protein identification technology in the initial drug development stage. We are currently exploring anddeveloping new drug candidates using these three core technologies, and we will continue to accelerate the development of new drugs and increase the success rate through strategic cooperation research with domestic and overseas research institutes and pharmaceutical institutions. '

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• MADDE — MADDE possesses the technology to use silicon carbide powder in 3D printers to create various forms, which opens up a multitude of possibilities in the manufacturing sector.
• MOVIN — Moovin offers real-time markerless motion capture technology that does not require any additional hardware such as markers or trackers.
• Ubix Therapeutics — Ubix Therapeutics is a research and development company that develops anti-cancer drugs.

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• Emanda — Emanda App helps business advisory firms and companies determine business value, auto-generate data rooms, set goals, and track progress daily via AI-driven tools.
• 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.
• Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.

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• DataGrail — DataGrail is a data privacy startup that helps businesses navigate the growing array of privacy regulations. It constitutes part of a growing roster of platforms that are capitalizing on privacy regulations, such as GDPR in Europe and CCPA in California, by making it easier for companies to manage, automate, and grow their privacy programs.
• Glencoco — A turnkey platform for both sales people to learn about companies, set meetings and get paid, and for companies to generate low-overhead, measurable, cost-effective outbound pipeline
• Depot — The fastest place to build Docker images.

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• Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
• Directo — Directo operates as an independent B2B e-commerce pharmacy marketplace.
• EdenFarm Indonesia — EdenFarm Indonesia merupakan Start Up B2B, Pemasok bahan makanan mulai dari produk segar hingga sembako untuk restoran, warung nasi, hingga toko grosir.Menjual berbagai bahan pangan untuk usahamu mulai dari restoran hingga warung nasi

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• Forever Network — Forever Network is a social-first sports media company. Our keystone brand, Basketball Forever, is the worlds largest independent sports media channel.

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• Sumday — Non - financial accounting software. Start carbon accounting, properly, with the support of your existing advisors
• Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.
• Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com

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• Talon.One — The all-in-one promotion software designed for enterprises. Manage all your marketing promotions in one scalable system without stressing developer resources.
• OpenAgent.com.au — In Australia we are completely obsessed with property. Yet, even in Australia, real estate is an industry that still often fails to delight the consumer. A couple of years ago we set out to transform the way property is transacted.OpenAgent.com.au is a platform where sellers can compare and hire real estate agents to:- Find an agent who sellsat the price they promise- Engage an agent on terms that make sense- Monitor the transaction progress end-to-end
• Flamingo AI — Flamingo AI is an enterprise SaaS company in the field of Conversational Commerce providing Cognitive Virtual Assistants and Knowledge Engines that analyse unstructured data that automate online customer sales and service experiences.

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• Fresha — Find the best salons and spa in your area with Fresha salon booking software. Book now!
• Lastro — Lastro is an all-in-one real estate management platform with integrated payments that simplifies managing rental properties. It helps landlords streamline workflows by organizing lease contract information in a cloud-based system, automating rent charging processes, monitoring tenant obligations and generating customized reports.
• POC Pharma — POC Pharma is a SaaS company helping the stakeholders in the Pharmacy Channel to digitally manage their go to market strategy.

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• Carbar — Buy, finance or subscribe to your next car online. Sell your car without haggling, get an instant valuation.
• InStitchu — InStitchu is an online custom clothier specializing in tailor made menswear. Customers are able to design custom made garments online which are then made to their exact measurements.InStitchu provides tailor made, high quality menswear through a simple online ordering process. Once a customer has added measurements to their profile, a suit orshirt can be ordered in a few minutes and on its way in two weeks. There are multiple ways for a customer to get their measurements perfected and enjoy that “perfect fit” InStitchu customers keep coming back for - our measurement guide will take you on a journey from your living room to the hustle and bustle of our tailor’s studio. Customers can choose from a wide range of globally sourced high quality wool and cotton fabrics, and when you’ve chosen, we’ll deliver your design right to your door. This new approach to shopping is stress free and cuts out the middleman, allowing us to deliver customers luxury tailor made suits and shirts without the high price tag.
• CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.

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• TrueState — Accelerate your AI adoption with TrueState's library of high-impact AI solutions, infinitely customisable for your unique business context.
• Sauce — AI customer insights for product teams
• SafetyCulture — Digitize & improve elements of your operations. Give your teams the knowledge, tools & confidence to work safely & meet higher standards.

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• Tino — Tino is building the future B2B payment network. The company allows merchants to use their credit card receivables as credit collateral, accessing working capital seamlessly and cheaply.Due to this increase in merchant purchase power, suppliers can boost their commercial opportunities, while keeping their default risk under control. The companyultimately aims to streamline the commercial relationship between merchants and their suppliers, leveraging data to boost transactions for B2B buying and selling.Pedro Sonego de Oliveira and Luis Eduardo Cascão founded Tino on November 2021. It has its headquarter in São Paulo, Brazil.
• Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
• Clever Care Health Plan Inc. — Clever Care delivers culturally sensitive Medicare options in Southern California that honor and represent the cultural values of the communities we serve. Health and wellness, centered around you.