Top 50 Recruiting Startup Investors in Australia
A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Recruiting startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Recruiting companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Recruiting Startup Investors in Australia
Investor | Recruiting Australia investments |
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Entrée Capital | 4 |
Sydney Angels | 3 |
Rampersand | 3 |
SEEK | 3 |
Carthona Capital | 3 |
Jelix Ventures | 2 |
Capital Zed | 2 |
Archangel Ventures | 2 |
SeedIL Ventures | 2 |
Aleph | 2 |
Flying Fox Ventures | 1 |
Macquarie Capital | 1 |
Paul Robson | 1 |
Hezi Leibovich | 1 |
W23 | 1 |
Follow[the]Seed | 1 |
Utiliti Group - Ventures, Advisory, Global Expansion | 1 |
Jay Simons | 1 |
Dave Shepherd | 1 |
ALIAVIA Ventures | 1 |
Side Stage Ventures | 1 |
Global Founders Capital | 1 |
Brisbane Angels | 1 |
Spring Capital Partners | 1 |
Dion Hershan | 1 |
David Shein | 1 |
Partners for Growth | 1 |
Leigh Jasper | 1 |
Sidecar Fund2 | 1 |
Ruslan Kogan | 1 |
Investible | 1 |
Square Peg Capital | 1 |
Jim Craig | 1 |
Common Sense Ventures | 1 |
Ultraviolet Ventures | 1 |
John Poynton | 1 |
TSVC | 1 |
Hudson | 1 |
Matt Berriman | 1 |
1in100 Ventures | 1 |
Capital Angels Australia | 1 |
Dave O' Mahony | 1 |
No Brand | 1 |
Sam Rahmanian | 1 |
Mondo Ventures | 1 |
Clifford Rosenberg | 1 |
Beachhead Venture Capital | 1 |
Aura Ventures | 1 |
TEN13 | 1 |
Launchbay Capital | 1 |
We're a team of former serial founders managing over $1.25B across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- PointFive — PointFive provides ongoing cloud cost savings by providing deeper detection and collaborative repair solutions that fit smoothly into teams' normal operations.
- MagnusMetal — Magnus_Metal - Digital Era has arrived for Metal Casting. MagnusMetal team is taking casting, a 6000 years old technology, to the digital Industry 4.0 era, with our breakthrough patent pending, volume alloy Digital Casting System and process
- Sensi.Ai — Sensi.Ai developed the first audio AI that's able to analyze the routine in long term care environments, detect anomalies and provide insight on trends, with the purpose of improving the quality of 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.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Apps
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Remi AI — A.I-Powered Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain AI, & Price Optimisation | Remi AI
- Trendspek — Trendspek's 3D software lets you manage high-value built assets faster, safer and with more accuracy. With millimetre detail, interact with exact digital replicas of infrastructure from your desk and collaborate with global stakeholders. Book a call with us to get started.
- Apollo Secure — Cyber for Humans - an automated cybersecurity platform for startups and small businesses to improve security maturity and simplify security compliance.
Rampersand is the first investor in founders with abnormal potential in Aus & NZ. We have invested 100M+ AUD in 34 companies & returned millions to investors.
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Investment focus
- Software, Enterprise Software, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Cuttable — Cuttable operates as an automated content agency.
- JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
SEEK is a diverse group of companies that have a unified purpose to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organizations succeed. The Group encompasses a strong portfolio of employment, education, and volunteer businesses which span across Australia, New Zealand, China, South East Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Africa, andBangladesh. SEEK makes a positive impact on a truly global scale, operating in a total of 18 countries with market-leading positions in 14 countries. It creates world-class product technology solutions to address the needs of job seekers and hirers and facilitate the matching between job seekers and hirers across our online employment marketplaces. Online Education Services (‘OES’) offers leading online education and SEEK Learning offers trusted advice in relation to career-related education. SEEK’s commitment to having a positive impact on society is reflected through the diverse range of initiatives which its businesses across the globe partake in to support the communities they operate within. In Australia and New Zealand SEEK Volunteer is each country’s largest single source of volunteering opportunities offering not-for-profit organizations free access to post volunteer opportunities. This free marketplace is something SEEK is exceptionally proud of. Over its 20 years of operation, SEEK continues to innovate within the markets it operates in. It provides a culture of excellence and acceptance in our workplaces and celebrates the diversity of employees that contribute to the success of the organization.
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Investment focus
- Human Resources, Recruiting, Software
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
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.
- Employment Hero — Employment Hero is Australia's top cloud-based HR, payroll and benefits platform for employers & employees. FREE trial for...
- Talespin — Talespin is building the XR platform to power knowledge transfer and skill alignment for the future of employment
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- CNaught — CNaught is an online platform that helps companies to purchase a diversified portfolio of carbon offsets.
- NayaOne — Revolutionise your financial institution with NayaOne's Sandbox as a Service platform. Accelerate innovation, reduce risks, and partner with top-tier fintechs.
- Lounge — Use Lounge to organise events and groups in seconds, without a newsfeed. Stop scrolling, start living.
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Gelomics — Gelomics operates as a biotechnology company. Gelomics provides 3D cell culture technologies.
- Fugu — Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age
- Fugu Carbon — Fugu Carbon is a machinery manufacturing company that helps in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology from air.
an Australia-based disruptive technology investor
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Investment focus
- Content, Software, Marketing
- Series B, Seed, Series A
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- MOBI — The digital partner of hospitality, MOBI helps businesses to stay connected with their customers
- Influential — A Global Leader in Influencer Marketing
- Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
Archangel is an early stage venture capital fund based in Australia. We work with great founders and investors to build game changing companies together.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
- iion — iion the only unified game advertising platform that unites brands and game publishers. Engage gamers, monetize effectively, and unlock infinite opportunities across gaming environments.
- Switchboard — Switchboard is the fastest, easiest, most affordable way to integrate your supply chain and connect to all of your customers and suppliers. We can connect any supply chain system, including managing EDI.
- InvestorHub — We provide comprehensive access to listed capital raises for institutional, family office and high net worth investors.
SeedIL Ventures is a seed stage investment fund focusing on Israeli related companies in any sector except medtech/biotech and heavy Hardware.
After investment, SeedIL is committed to ensuring that portfolio companies reach their full potential by providing on-going coaching and connections through its extensive network, including the Limitedpartner's connections and intelligence.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Big Data
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Israel, United Kingdom, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Wisor — Propelling the supply chain industry into the digital age Wisor is a plug & play solution that provides a global automated quoting solution that allows freight forwarders to generate quotes and communicate with clients automatically Get a demo What took days now takes minutes Wisor is specifically designed to support and simplify the complexity of generating quotes
- BlinqIO — BlinqIO developed an autonomous AI-operated virtual tester (BVT) - the BVT receives as input test scenarios, takes decisions how to perform the tests and creates in the background test automation code.
- Treetoscope — The first and only commercial device that senses the internal water flow of a plant and directly measures its water consumption and real-time irrigation needs. without extrapolations based on indirect sensing technologies.Treetoscope offers a SaaS irrigation management platform, based on direct plant sensing technology. We tackle one of the mostcrucial challenges farmers face today: water scarcity and irrigation optimization. Our groundbreaking ag-tech enables the unprecedented measurement of real-time actual water use of trees (based on our patented single probe Sap Flow sensor). Through the Treetoscope solution, growers gain great value as a result of the affordability, scalability, and ease of deployment of our technology.
Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Founded in 2013, Aleph is a partnership of Michael Eisenberg, Eden Shochat, Yael Elad and Tomer Diari with $850M under management. Aleph has invested in over 50 companies (not allannounced) including Lemonade, Melio, Healthy.io, SparkBeyond, JoyTunes, Fabric, Freightos and Bringg. Aleph is redefining the kind of support entrepreneurs and the local high tech community can expect from a venture capital firm. We aim to service the hell out of our entrepreneurs with high-touch, partner-level service. We built a startup within our firm - Ampliphy, the Aleph Value Generation Platform - to meet the greatest startup challenges like talent recruitment, business development and follow-on funding - at scale. Ampliphy leverages our people, network, software and resources to help companies succeed on the global stage.The team at Aleph are committed to supporting startups and the entire Israeli tech ecosystem as they harness the power of new technologies to develop and grow transformational companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Israel, China
Portfolio highlights
- Finaloop — Hands-off, real-time accounting tailored-fit for your ecommerce.
- Superlegal — Superlegal, the world's #1 contract automation platform, is the fastest, easiest and most cost effective way to negotiate and close deals.
- Waltz — Waltz Makes Buying Property in the USA as a Foreigner Investing in US Real Estate Simple With Various Financing Options for Non-U.S Citizens. Call Us Today!
Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- CLT Toolbox — CLT Tool Box: CLT Design Software and Structural design software for CLT to simplify mass timber calculations for Europe, Australia, & New Zealand
- Mayday — Streamline your finance team's multi-entity accounting adjustments with Mayday
Macquarie Capital combines specialist expertise, innovative advice and flexible capital solutions to help our clients and partners make opportunity reality.
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Investment focus
- Software, Renewable Energy, FinTech
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- United States, Australia, India
Portfolio highlights
- Raylo — Raylo is on a mission to shake up the UK mobile sector.
- Simon Data — Simon Data empowers CRM teams with the data, tools, & support to drive personalization at every customer touchpoint.
- Hyro — A stellar customer journey starts with conversational AI. Take complex data and turn it into simple dialogue across any digital channel, for all enterprises and their customers.
Paul Robson believes the Asia Pacific region is the most exciting and dynamic place in the world to do business.As the leader of Adobe Asia Pacific, Paul advises brands on digital transformation, and how they can put customer experience at the centre of everything they do to drive business growth. Paul is passionate about the role technology canplay in delivering amazing experiences, especially in emerging markets where mobile is almost ubiquitous.Prior to joining Adobe, Paul was Vice President and General Manager for HP’s Networking Division across Asia Pacific and Japan. Paul was also the founding director of a successful online start up, Wedding Gifts Direct.Paul is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is on the boards of the Association for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA), Tresillian, the Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies, and the Investment Advisory Board of Alchemy Ventures. He is also an active member of the Australian Surf Life Saving Association.Paul holds a Diploma in Market Research, a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing, a Graduate Diploma in International Business and has attended a variety of general management and executive courses at institutions including the Haas School of Business at UC Berkley, INSEAD and the Australian Graduate School of Management.
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Investment focus
- Software, Recruiting, 3D Printing
- Seed, Series A
- Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
- Gravity Sketch — Gravity Sketch is an intuitive 3D design platform for cross-disciplinary teams to create, collaborate, and review in an entirely new way.
Serial entrepreneur and investor
Founded some of Australia’s most successful B2C companies. Over $500m in exits in the last 5 years.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Apps, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
- Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.
W23 invest in game-changing startups led by visionary founders, and actively help them achieve their ambitious plans faster.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Retail Technology
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Gr4vy — Gr4vy is a powerful payment orchestration platform that allows you to deploy and optimize all your payments through one simple integration.
- Eucalyptus — Eucalyptus or 'Euc' for short, delivers high-touch, high-quality healthcare to patients around the world who want to live better, for longer.
- Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
Follow[the]Seed is a post-seed algorithmic venture capital fund, using a unique predictive analytical model known as Raving Fans™ to identify the next $1 Billion+ ventures. Based in Sydney, Australia; San-Francisco, USA; Tel Aviv, Israel & Beijing, China our team has over 3 decades of combined experience building startups ourselves andanother 2 decades of experience investing in over 90 companies.Oh, and we truly love entrepreneurs and innovation.
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Investment focus
- Software, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, Singapore, China
Portfolio highlights
- HawkLabs — Concentrated liquidity yield optimizer on Solana with self-custodial & automated market making strategies
- Rise Of Defenders — Rise of Defenders is a very interesting Metaverse NFT game, you can use your creativity and tactical thinking to become an excellent player and receive extremely attractive rewards.
- Ajuna Network — Ajuna Network is a decentralized ecosystem for gamers and creators.
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.
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Investment focus
- Payments, Software, Recruiting
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Outstaffer — Find & hire talent from around the world. We handle payroll, benefits, tax, compliance, HR & provide WorkFromAnywhere tech to safeguard your IP & productivity.
Jay Simons is the General Partner of Bond. Prior to that, he was the former president of Atlassian, an award-winning enterprise software company that helps teams collaborate, build software and serve their customers better. More than 43,000 large and small organizations – including some of the biggest names in media, manufacturing, and technologysuch as Citigroup, eBay, Coca-Cola, Gilt Group, Proctor & Gamble, BMW, and NASA – use Atlassian’s tracking, collaboration, communication, service management, and development products to work smarter and deliver quality results on time.Jay joined the company in 2008 as vice president of sales and marketing to lead Atlassian's pioneering efforts to develop a high-velocity, low-touch sales model. He's overseen the company's global expansion, introduction of its Starter License program (a disruptive approach to "freemium" where the company donates all proceeds to a charitable cause), and its growing worldwide customer community and programs. In 2011 Atlassian introduced its cloud-based offering Atlassian OnDemand, an evolution of its fast-growing SaaS platform.Jay has more than 15 years of experience in the software industry. He began his career at Plumtree Software where he held a variety of senior marketing and sales roles. Significantly, Jay oversaw the company's expansion throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific. When Plumtree was acquired by BEA Systems in 2005, Jay became vice president of marketing for BEA Systems, which was later acquired by Oracle in 2008. Jay holds a bachelor's degree in political and environmental science from the University of Washington.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Runway — Explore more than 30+ AI powered creative tools to ideate, generate and edit content like never before.
- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
- Twelve Labs — Twelve Labs helps developers make programs that can see, listen, and understand the world as we do by giving them the most powerful video search API
Dave Shepherd founded Shepherd Insurance in 1977 to provide personal insurance and top-notch service to friends and neighbors. Almost four decades later, his agency has grown to include employee benefits and financial products.Dave still oversees company operations, but gives credit for the agency’s continued success to the amazing team that hasbeen built at Shepherd. Because of them, the company was recognized in 2013-2015 as Top 100 U.S. Agency by Insurance Journal, 2014 Agency of the Year by IIAI (Big "I"), 2014-2015 Top 5000 Fastest Growing Companies by Inc. Magazine, and 2014 Top Ten Independent Agencies in Indiana by Indianapolis Business Journal.Dave is a native Hoosier and a proud Carmel High School alumni. He graduated as an Academic All-American basketball player from the University of Mississippi. Together with his wife, Sally, he lives in Carmel. When they are not working or playing golf at Crooked Stick, they enjoy hanging out with their seven kids and ten grandkids.
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Investment focus
- Recruiting, Communities
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
ALIAVIA Ventures is a California-based firm focused on venture capital investing in U.S. and Australian-based female founders building world-changing enterprise and consumer tech companies. Their team is made up of operators and investors who have scaled tech businesses from $0 to $500 million through an IPO with a unique deal flow source and anextensive global network that supports high-potential female founders to deliver outsized long-term performance. Potential portfolio companies have at least one female founder with a significant equity position and a C-level role.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Digital Entertainment
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Loupe — LOUPE is the #1 art streaming platform and service on connected TV and web with an integrated marketplace. The immersive visuals are available in and out of home, ad supported on living room TVs or with a commercial license for public display, and allows users to purchase the artwork, select prints & originals. Loupe launched exclusively onApple TV where it is ranked #1 Lifestyle app around the world, now with 25+ channels of art available on Amazon Fire, Android TV, Pluto TV, Samsung, Comcast Xfinity, Xumo and web streaming, with proprietary methods for user customization of the streams (patent pending). Loupe has 2M monthly active users, 80X audience growth in 2020, and more platforms launching in 2021.The company reaches an upscale mass market in OTT and OOH industries, consumer electronics, smart TV, home theater/home entertainment, interior design, art market, music streaming, and hospitality.
- GoFIGR — We are a talent insights and opportunity marketplace platform that helps you develop, engage and retain employees in the flow of work.
- Neighbourlytics — A platform for place managers to access location data
Early stage venture firm investing in Australia´s best pre-seed and seed stage Founders
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Content, Medical
- Seed, Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- TrueState — Accelerate your AI adoption with TrueState's library of high-impact AI solutions, infinitely customisable for your unique business context.
- Leonardo AI — Transform your projects with our AI image generator. Generate high-quality, AI generated images with unparalleled speed and style to elevate your creative vision
- Outstaffer — Find & hire talent from around the world. We handle payroll, benefits, tax, compliance, HR & provide WorkFromAnywhere tech to safeguard your IP & productivity.
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Papaya — Papaya is the quickest way to order and pay in restaurants and bars and enjoy a seamless ordering and payment experience with personalized offerings. Restaurants and bars turn tables faster, experience increased basket sizes, and better understand their customer base.
- Headway — Headway is a mental healthcare system provider based in New York. It develops a health insurance advisory platform designed to connect patients with therapists and provides administrative support to therapists who don’t typically accept insurance. The company was founded by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan in 2019.
- Amica Finance — Jupiter's consumer-focused neo-banking startup Amica Finance operates as an NBFC non-banking finance company.
Formed in late 2006, the Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd is a large group of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in South East Queensland, Australia. The members are typically active or semi-retired former senior business executives, who apart from financial input can provide much needed value adding toinvestee companies through hands-on management experience and high level business networks.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- ReciMe — ReciMe is the ultimate cooking app that helps you save, share, and discover new recipes. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- PropCode — PropCode is a online platform, that helps in researching for town planning queries. the rules can be complex, and make it easy to get the right answers.
- Apollo Secure — Cyber for Humans - an automated cybersecurity platform for startups and small businesses to improve security maturity and simplify security compliance.
Based in Maryland, U.S., Spring Capital Partners provides mezzanine capital to growing small and medium businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, Advertising, Marketing
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- V12 Data — As an omnichannel data powerhouse, V12 Data combines rich data assets with robust technology to provide brands with a seamless and connected customer view. Their solutions bridge the right data across channels to power right time omnichannel engagement when, where, and how a brands’ customers prefer. Their data and technology platform linkscustomer records with their proprietary blend of online, offline and digital marketing data for highly personalized, one-to-one consumer marketing, regardless of device or channel.
- SocialClimb — SocialClimb's healthcare marketing platform offers you a comprehensive set of features tailored to promoting your practice in a contemporary, HIPAA-compliant way.
- Outstaffer — Find & hire talent from around the world. We handle payroll, benefits, tax, compliance, HR & provide WorkFromAnywhere tech to safeguard your IP & productivity.
Dion Hershan, Executive Chairman and Head of Equities at Yarra Capital Management.
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Investment focus
- Software, Recruiting, Human Resources
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
David has been involved in investing in and managing a number of start-up and early stage technology companies, many of which have been successfully exited. David was the founder and Managing Director of Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd. and established Dimension Data Australia (formerly Com Tech Communications) in July 1987 as a SpecialistSupplier of networking and communications products. At the time of sale, Dimension data employed over 1400 people, had revenues of $700mil with no external debt. The company was sold for an enterprise value of over $1bil on 2000. David actively mentors management teams. David recently served as the Chairman of Centric Wealth Advisers Ltd. and was Chairman of Holly Connects, Inc. David was also Executive Chairman and Founding Investor of Macromatix . David is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Montech Holdings Limited. David holds a B.Comm and B. Acc from the University of Witwatersrand.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Construction
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
- Human — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
- All G Foods — Called All G Foods, the company uses technology to develop dairy proteins that can be included in milk and other “cow-free” dairy products, as well as to enhance its incoming plant-based meat ranges.
We partner with companies at an inflection point in their business, who are seeking flexible and customized financing, matched to their trajectory and needs.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
- United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Tabby — With Tabby, you can split your purchases into 4 interest-free payments at your favourite stores. Download the Tabby app to get started.
- Futurerent — Futurerent is a tool that offers solutions to residential property investors for investment capital and cashflow needs.
- Downpayments — In the dynamic world of real estate, time is money, capital is power, and access to the down payment is the biggest barrier to creating wealth through property. Downpayments is on a mission to transform how Amercians purchase real estate, by financing the down payment and allowing the buyer to break their commitment into affordable, manageable payments that are interest-free, or at low rates.
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.
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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.
Sidecar Fund2
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Recruiting, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Cognoptix — Cognoptix is creating and developing an innovative, non-invasive eye test to assist in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. Cognoptix's goal is to provide clinicians with a quick, predictive, reliable, inexpensive, and widely available test, enabling early diagnosis and treatment.The company was founded in 2001 and headquarteredin Marlborough, Massachusetts.
- Sourcr — The market leader for recruiter reviews and performance data. Search, compare and engage recruiters based on their market experience and service levels.
Ruslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, having created and run many successful businesses. He is one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, and his Internet ventures have expanded to include a global footprint. His companies have operations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, with much more international expansion planned. Histremendous success made him Australia's wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. The technology manufacturer and online retailer he created, Kogan.com, has gone on to become the biggest online retailer in Australia, valued at over $400 million.Ruslan Kogan is a regular guest contributor to TechCrunch, Forbes, Gizmodo, and other outlets.
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Investment focus
- Apps, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
- ArchiPro — Browse projects, find products, connect with professionals and learn about building, all in one place. Find everything you need to build your dream right here.
- Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Singapore
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- Decarice — Explore DeCarice's hydrogen retrofit technology to significantly reduce carbon emissions from your existing diesel fleet. Decarbonize with innovative solutions for a sustainable future.
- JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
- Fugu — Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age
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.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, Singapore
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- Cuttable — Cuttable operates as an automated content agency.
- Amber Electric — Join the smart energy revolution. Amber Electric is a new way to buy electricity. Unlike traditional retailers, we pass through the real-time wholesale price, helping you save money and use more renewable power.
- Mindverse — Discover the AI that transforms your life. MindOS boosts productivity, makes suggestions, and perfects your routines. Get an AI memory today.
Jim Craig, Independent Director and Chairman - Investment Committee at AustralianSuper.
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- Software, Recruiting, Human Resources
- Seed
- Australia
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- Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
Common Sense Ventures is an Australian family office backing early-stage, fast-growing businesses. We partner with ambitious managers looking to solve problems that will help the world.
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- FinTech, CleanTech, Sustainability
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States
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- Sherlok — Automated client retention for mortgage brokers, helping them grow their loan book by proactively keeping their existing clients happy and with them forever.
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
- Clayful — Clayful partners with K-12 schools and districts to support student mental wellness through on-demand coaching, responsive curriculum, & actionable data trends.
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- Software, Recruiting, Communities
- Seed
- Australia, Philippines
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- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
- Sauce — Sauce is a product management software platform that offers high-performing product managers to close the loop and achieve product outcomes, take action on customer insights and save time reporting to stakeholders.
John Poynton is an individual investor.
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- Payments, Software, Recruiting
- Seed
- Australia
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- Outstaffer — Find & hire talent from around the world. We handle payroll, benefits, tax, compliance, HR & provide WorkFromAnywhere tech to safeguard your IP & productivity.
Founded in 2010, TSVC (formerly TEEC Angel Fund) is proud to be a leading early-stage venture capital fund in Silicon Valley.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, China, Canada
Hudson is a leading recruitment agency in Australia with a solid expertise to realise career potential. Connect with your next hire or great job today.
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- Software, Recruiting, Human Resources
- Seed
- Australia
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- Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
Matt Berriman is the Chairman of Mental Health Australia.
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- Information Technology, Financial Services, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
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- Ratio Ventures — Ratio Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.
- Tailwind Acquisition — Tailwind Acquisition is a purpose-built investment company that seeks to partner with a world-class founding and executive team. The company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It also seeks tocapitalize on the multiple decades of combined investment experience of the company’s management team, the board of directors, and Advisors who are both technology entrepreneurs as well as technology-oriented investors with a shared vision of identifying and investing in technology companies.Tailwind Acquisition was founded in 2020 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
- TRAVLR — TRAVLR is a revolutionary white label technology provider that consolidates the global travel industry into one seamless platform via its unique ‘Travel as a Service’ model.The company licences its full service travel platform to the world’s leading media companies, enabling their audiences to discover, plan and book curated, once-in-a-life-timetravel experiences.In turn, media companies are able to retain audiences within their ecosystem for longer, optimising for conversion by providing customers a seamless path from content through to real world experience.This unique ‘win-win-win model’ benefits all key stakeholders including consumers, media companies and the travel industry, who have traditionally experienced a fragmented travel booking journey across multiple platforms and providers.TRAVLR was founded in 2017 by Bali Bible founder Simon te Hennepe and has strategically located offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Denpasar. Its partners include Network 10, MTV, Bali Bible and Stuff.co.nz.
1in100 Ventures is a venture capital firm.
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- Software, SEO, Human Resources
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United Kingdom
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- SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.
- Factory.app — Software for fabricators to create orders, collaborate on work, track jobs and communicate with customers from one location.
- Outstaffer — Find & hire talent from around the world. We handle payroll, benefits, tax, compliance, HR & provide WorkFromAnywhere tech to safeguard your IP & productivity.
The Capital Angels seek investment opportunities that reflect the knowledge powerhouse that is the ACT Region. Opportunities that are associated with the Capital's research institutions and that have a deep IP base are particularly welcome. However, any company that views Canberra as its stepping stone to the global marketplace is encouragedto consider taking a Capital Angel along for the journey.
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- Recruiting, Information Technology, Small and Medium Businesses
- Seed
- Australia
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- Enabled Employment — Enabled Employment offers opportunities for people with disabilities to work from home in their area of professional expertise.All of the jobs advertised on Enabled Employment are completely virtual, meaning many barriers previously faced about getting to the office or needing workspace adjustments are erased.Enabled Employment also takescare of everything for employers, making it easier and less expensive for them to fill positions.
Dave O' Mahony
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- Recruiting, Communities
- Seed
- Australia
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- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
No Brand is a private investment company that focuses on opportunities empowered by technology. As a partnership-driven firm, have a flexible approach to direct investments, and can actively work with founders to help them close their rounds.Also, it assists with growth plans and related initiatives through collective relationships. From time totime, No Brand invests in GP fundraisings for established and emerging managers, as well as co-investing alongside leading managers.
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- Recruiting, Communities
- Seed
- Australia
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- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
Sam Rahmanian is a managing director at Monsido.
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- Recruiting, Communities
- Seed
- Australia
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- Earlywork — The fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech. Earlywork Academy is APAC's first tech sales bootcamp where you only pay if you land a job.
Full stack serverless development, Google Cloud & digital transformation services provided in Australia - serving Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth & Adelaide
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- Payments, Software, Recruiting
- Seed
- Australia
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- Outstaffer — Find & hire talent from around the world. We handle payroll, benefits, tax, compliance, HR & provide WorkFromAnywhere tech to safeguard your IP & productivity.
Clifford Rosenberg
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- Recruiting, Human Resources
- Seed
- Australia
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- myInterview — Hire the right candidates with myInterview with Video for Free. Create Your Account Today. The Video Tool Recruiters Love.
Beachhead is a venture capital firm investing in high-growth Australian companies looking to grow bigger, go further and achieve more.
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- Software, FinTech, Human Resources
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
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- Binary Tech — Binary Tech develops an end-to-end operating system for Massive IoT, encompassing device manufacture, firmware, cloud algorithms, and APIs. Our solution facilitates swift deployment for telcos and systems integrators, offering a proof environment for enterprises to conduct POCs. Our stack can be white-labelled, and we also apply it through our own sub-brands, enabling us to enhance the technology continually as we expand.
- Factory.app — Software for fabricators to create orders, collaborate on work, track jobs and communicate with customers from one location.
- Outstaffer — Find & hire talent from around the world. We handle payroll, benefits, tax, compliance, HR & provide WorkFromAnywhere tech to safeguard your IP & productivity.
Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies
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- Financial Services, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, Denmark
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- JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
- VycoLend — The first decentralized Crypto money market built on BTC with advanced security features for pro traders
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
TEN13 is Australia's leading Venture Capital Syndicate.
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- Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Kenya
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- iion — iion the only unified game advertising platform that unites brands and game publishers. Engage gamers, monetize effectively, and unlock infinite opportunities across gaming environments.
- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- Switchboard — Switchboard is the fastest, easiest, most affordable way to integrate your supply chain and connect to all of your customers and suppliers. We can connect any supply chain system, including managing EDI.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
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- Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
- SAPI — SAPI provides capital access to payment companies to facilitate payment flows, engage and retain merchants, and generate new revenue.
- Honeycomb — Honeycomb (fka Agilius) is the only place where you can buy a condo/apartment building master policy online in less than 3 minutes at a fraction of the cost! Instant, free, no hassle quotes, online everything and up to 40% savings. With all that we're bringing simplicity and transparency to the real estate insurance space for condoassociations (HOAs), building owners, property managers, and developers everywhere. This is what we do. This is all we do.
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