Top 5 Restaurants VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Australia in May 2026

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Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Synthium — Synthium offers Cognition-as-a-Service (CaaS) for consumer robotics, using gamified web-based simulations to crowdsource human cognitive data for training robot AI models. Users engage in robotics tasks like spatial navigation via webcam and microphone inputs, generating diverse datasets for model training across robot types such as humanoids anddrones. Data captures human intuition in dynamic environments, enabling scalable AI development without physical robots.
Alchemyst AI — Alchemyst AI is an innovative generative AI software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup that leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to deliver unique solutions tailored to various industries. Alchemyst aims to empower businesses to harness the potential of generative AI for enhanced creativity, efficiency, and decision-making.We arebuilding force multipliers within teams across various verticals - starting with Maya, our first Alchemyst for Sales Development. We would soon be horizontally scaling to other roles as well, integrating into wherever you work.Since inception, we have taken a bottom-up approach to building our platform as opposed to a top-down approach usually seen in SaaS products - keeping the client experience first.
Cooper Pet Care — Just Russel honden- en kattenvoeding op maat. Op basis van ras, leeftijd, gezondheid en gewicht. Makkelijker voor jou, beter voor je huisdier!

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Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
Pre-Seed, Seed
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TALY — TALY is a platform that is designed to find, manage and retain employees from both perfromance and personality for business development.
Viewa — Viewa is an augmented reality(AR) content publishing platform that brings print media such as magazines to life in 3D.
Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.

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Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Veyor — The leading live scheduling app for the built environment, helping dispersed teams and their suppliers plan, manage and track daily activity on an easy to use mobile and desktop platform.
JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.

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Nicholls

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food and Beverage
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.

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