Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in Australia in May 2026
Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in Australia in May 2026
| Investor | Retail Australia investments |
|---|---|
| Flying Fox Ventures | 7 |
| Macdoch Ventures | 5 |
| Sydney Angels | 5 |
| Airtree Ventures | 4 |
| Artesian VC | 4 |
| Brisbane Angels | 3 |
| January Capital | 3 |
| Antler | 3 |
| Investible | 2 |
| Investec | 2 |
| EVP | 2 |
| Kurt Alexander | 2 |
| Black Sheep Capital | 2 |
| AngelList | 2 |
| Eleanor Venture | 2 |
| Jolimont Global Mining Systems | 2 |
| Brendan Hill | 2 |
| Blue Sky Private Equity | 1 |
| Paul Greenberg | 1 |
| Thomas Jones | 1 |
| Scalare Partners | 1 |
| Brian Sugar | 1 |
| PLUS Ventures | 1 |
| Sidecar Fund2 | 1 |
| Maurice Ben-Mayor | 1 |
| 5H Values Capital | 1 |
| Tidal Ventures | 1 |
| Nikki Warburton | 1 |
| AltaIR Capital | 1 |
| Wayne Baskin | 1 |
| BetterLabs Ventures | 1 |
| Nick Molnar | 1 |
| Eric Liaw | 1 |
| Partners for Growth | 1 |
| Seven West Media | 1 |
| Carthona Capital | 1 |
| Insight Partners | 1 |
| Matt Fayle | 1 |
| Rolf Krecklenberg | 1 |
| MA Growth Ventures | 1 |
| Andrew Coppin | 1 |
| Commencer Capital | 1 |
| Gandel Invest | 1 |
| Tim Mannah | 1 |
| TEN13 | 1 |
| Trevor Folsom | 1 |
| Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 1 |
| Gabby Leibovich | 1 |
| Mark Livings | 1 |
| Luke & Janelle Roberts | 1 |
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Find investors — It's Free!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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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Predelo — Streamline workflows and optimize operations with Predelo's AI-driven automation. Discover the benefits of our solutions and stay ahead!
- Factor House — We make Kpow for Apache Kafka, Flex for Apache Flink, and the Factor Platform for Streaming Data.
- Mass Dynamics — Mass Dynamics exists to enable more life scientists to accelerate their studies using Mass Spectrometry (MS). It's our contribution towards enriching lives and freeing humanity and society from the burden of disease. Mass Dynamics includes Enrichment Analysis based on GSEA algorithms and utilises Gene Ontology (GO) and Reactome knowledge bases.
Our mission is to support Australia & New Zealand’s late seed stage founders. Since 2011, we have partnered with extraordinary founders building companies using technology to build a better future.We are looking for late seed stage founders who have a product and paying customers, in businesses across Australia & New Zealand. Our currentthesis surrounds networked businesses (like platforms and marketplaces) and select SaaS, but we do engage more broadly.We have been active seed investors since 2011. We invested in Cliff, Mel and Cameron when Canva was just starting to offer paid subscription plans. We partnered with Dylan and Mark at Qwilr based on their first public beta. Peter and Tony at Mable had 350 carers on their Sydney-based marketplace when we first partnered with them.
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- E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- CUZIN — Providing a surprisingly human shopping experience. Trusted and secure. Millions of domains to choose from.
- Vinex — Vinex is a global supplier of digital wine services, like supply management tools, early payments, and a B2B wine marketplace.
- Scala Med — ScalaMed has created the most transformative piece of real-estate in healthcare that embeds into any health App (B2B/SaaS), utilizing prescription fulfillment as the gateway of patient access & engagement.
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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- Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Okkular — Okkular is an AI based fashion tech startup.
- iiShield — iiShield aims to improve patient outcomes and surgeon training in transplant surgery by providing effective organ heat protection.
- Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Australia, United States, Singapore
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- Alloy — Alloy enables robotics teams to organise, explore, and evaluate various sorts of multimodal robot data in one platform using natural language, without the need for labels.
- Sauce — AI customer insights for product teams
- Pocket Universe — Pocket Universe is a browser extension that keeps your assets safe when you sign web3 transactions
Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States, Hong Kong
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- CUZIN — Providing a surprisingly human shopping experience. Trusted and secure. Millions of domains to choose from.
- CLIQ — We understand firsthand the impact of social isolation and the longing for genuine human connection. CLIQ was born from a vision to address this issue and to fundamentally transform the way that we meet new people and form connections.
- Infiction labs — SPARC 1.2 is a solar panel robotic cleaning system designed and developed by Infiction Labs Pvt Ltd for commercial solar plants.
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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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Tendl — Write tenders faster with Tendl's AI tool. Keep your data private and secure. Easy installation, no sharing. Boost productivity and streamline your contract opportunities.
- Shopfront — Automate multi-channel selling across eBay, Depop, Grailed & Shopify. AI-powered listings, bulk uploads, inventory sync.
- 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.
We partner with exceptional technology companies in the Asia-Pacific region, providing flexible capital solutions to amplify their growth ambitions.
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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Singapore, Australia, Indonesia
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- Go1 — Simplify employee training with one subscription that delivers essential learning from 250+ providers, integrated seamlessly into your HR tech stack.
- Hupo — Ami is a human-centric mental wellness platform that provides employees with one-click mental health coaching by connecting them with relevant coaches.
- Kilo — Kilo develops a retail platform that provides retailers access to price, assortment, and inventory management. The platform is designed specifically to serve small and medium-sized retailers. The Kilo network effect creates a virtuous growth cycle for both supply and demand.
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- 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!
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, 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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- Software, Financial Services, Energy
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Monese — Monese is a digital banking alternative that provides mobile-only, multi-currency accounts in 31 countries across the European Economic Area, for those who are underserved by the traditional banking system. It was launched in 2015 by Norris Koppel, after his first-hand experience of the hassle involved with opening a bank account in a new country.With a fully-featured and fully localized banking experience (both its apps and its customer service are available in 14 languages), Monese allows people and businesses to spend and save like locals across Europe. Its proprietary “Know Your Customer” technology can validate a customer’s identity in real-time, allowing accounts to be opened in a matter of minutes, from a mobile app.
- Splend — Change the way you own your rideshare vehicle for good with Splend. All-Inclusive vehicle packages for your Uber journey, in one easy weekly payment.
- Openpay — Openpay is a cutting-edge in-store, in-home and online payments solution that features a buy now and pay later service, interest-free. Openpay allows customers to make in-store and online purchases, and effectively split the payment for these purchases into multiple repayments over time. The company generates revenue from fees charged to merchantsand customers in exchange for the use of its payments platform.Openpay is available across Australia and New Zealand in many industries including retail, medical, automotive, home improvement, and more.
EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
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- Blend AI — Making online advertising easy for everyone. Blend connects to your store helping you measure the impact your ads are having on revenue.
- Mutiny — Mutiny is an analytics platform for marketing investments with a sizable customer base.
- Fergus — Fergus is a smart field service management software for service businesses. Make job management easy and carry out work better with our all-in-one solution.
Kurt Alexander
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- Mining, Retail, Medical
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- QuickSafety — Now you can quickly and easily complete Certificate of Compliance in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & New Zealand using the Quicksafety mobile app.
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.
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- Software, Internet, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- Australia, United States
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- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- TokenOne — TokenOne is a Cyber Security software company that makes it easy to replace passwords, tokens and other forms of authentication with a more secure solution.
- ProfitPeak — Unify marketing performance, margin clarity, and inventory risk for profitable growth.
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- Software, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Canada
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- Life360 — Life360 is the leading family location safety app. Stay connected with your loved ones to ensure their safety with Life360.
- Upstash — Upstash is a serverless data platform providing low latency and high scalability for real-time applications. Optimize your data infrastructure with Upstash's managed services for Redis, Vector, QStash, and other key data technologies.
- Nova Benefits — We help companies find affordable health insurance and wellness benefits that their employees can trust.
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- Education, Software, Marketing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Multitudes — Multitudes provides data-led insights and recommendations so your software engineering teams can work better together.
- Driven — Driven provides scientifically proven resilience assessment, research and training programs that are designed for individuals and organisations.
- GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.
Resource Capital Funds is a mining-focused alternative investments firm that partners with companies to build strong, successful, and sustainable businesses.
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- Software, Construction, SaaS
- Funding Round, Seed, Convertible Note
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- SciAps — SciAps specializes in portable analytical instruments with the power to measure any element. Our industry-leading X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and laser-based (LIBS) analyzers are at work across every major industry.
- APE Mobile — APE Mobile develops a paperless site application for contractors in Australia. Its site application comprises features, such as operational forms, safety forms, project management, actions and defects, drawings and documents, and redline markup. David Hayward and Matthew Edwards founded APE Mobile in January 2, 2009. Its headquarters is inLeederville in Australia.
- QuickSafety — Now you can quickly and easily complete Certificate of Compliance in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & New Zealand using the Quicksafety mobile app.
I’m an entrepreneur, angel investor and growth marketer.I started angel investing after my ecommerce startup was acquired in 2016. I love investing because it’s one of the most intellectually stimulating things you can do. You’re constantly learning about new ideas, technologies and gaining a surface level education in many areas. I’ve investedin awesome startups from Fintech, Blockchain, Data, Sharing Economy, Renewable Energy, Health, Podcasting and Computer Vision.As an angel investor, I provide a combination of capital, time, network, and expertise to the startups I invest in.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia
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- Heidi Health — Heidi Health is modernizing primary care with AI-powered technologies to improve care's quality and accessibility. its creators and engineers is to completely eradicate missed and sluggish diagnoses worldwide. They are committed to bridging the gap between the level of care that patients desire and the level of care that doctors can delivergiven their budget constraints. To create a platform where patients can quickly and easily get the treatment they require and to give every clinician the resources they need to deliver care that is secure, efficient,
- Tiliter — Tiliter's tech increases supermarket efficiency reduces loss and gives your shoppers a more convenient checkout experience.
- Beforepay — Beforepay understands that traditional pay cycles are a form of financial stress. So we set out to find a better way, giving Australians the control and confidence that comes with managing your own money, on your terms.That’s why we created Pay On Demand™ - a service that allows you to access the money you have earned at work, when you choose todo so. After all, it is yours!The app also automatically predicts when your bills are due, shows you how much is OK for you to spend, and automatically creates budgets for you, effortlessly.
Blue Sky Private Equity invests in Australian companies to support their growth.Blue Sky is Australia’s leading diversified alternative asset manager.Blue Sky specializes in managing investments across the four major alternative asset classes: private equity, private real estate, real assets and hedge funds. Founded in 2006, Blue Sky has sincegrown to have more than $3.9 billion in fee-earning assets under management and an 11-year investment track record of delivering returns to our investors of 15.0% p.a.1 (net of fees as at 31 December 2017).Blue Sky has a world-class team, a global investor base, offices across Australia and the United States and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:BLA).
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- E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Service Industry
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Australia, United States, Thailand
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- Myriota — Myriota delivers cutting-edge IoT technology through low-cost, low-power satellite connectivity for global remote monitoring.
- aCommerce — aCommerce, the largest e-commerce enabler in Southeast Asia. End-to-end e-commerce management services trusted by top global brands.
- Shoes of Prey — Shoes of Prey creates bespoke, hand-made women's shoes designed by the customer, and delivers them to anywhere in the world.Shoes of Prey has grown rapidly over 5 years and has won a number of awards including Online Retailer of the Year and Store Design of the Year at the World Retail Awards in Paris 2013.Founded in 2009, the company isheadquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States.
Paul Greenberg
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- E-Commerce, Fashion, Consumer Goods
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia
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- Waave — We are giving you back control. Security, visibility and freedom of choice over your money. | Pay by Bank | Wendi | Open Banking
- Refundid — Receive your refund in real-time as you decide to make a return. Refundid lets you shop online with confidence, guaranteeing an instant and effortless returns process.
- 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.
Thomas Jones is a entrepreneur and founder of Charlotte Street Capital. Previously he worked with SMARTS Group International as a Founder & Executive Director. He attended the University of Sydney and Birkbeck, University of London.
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- CRM, SaaS, Retail
- Angel
- Australia, United Kingdom
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- GoSquared — GoSquared is a platform where businesses can understand and communicate with their customers. GoSquared combines analytics, CRM, live chat, and marketing automation in one seamless platform. The company's mission is to help businesses convert more visitors into customers.
- Bandicoot Imaging Sciences — The easy, fast and affordable way to create high-quality digital 3D fabrics for fashion, furnishing and interior. Turn your physical fabrics into digital fabrics with just a camera!
Scalare Partners is more than a technology investment fund. We provide critical funding and resourcing
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- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, Singapore, United States
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- Brauz — Brauz connects your customers now with Reserve In Store, Find in Store, Click + Collect, On Demand Delivery, Ship from Store, Appointment Booking, Video Commerce, Clienteling and more.
- Betterx — Betterx is a technology company focused on infrastructure to support Web3.0 and Digital Assets.
- Amelio Health — Amelio Health is a program integrating a set of pathways developing the capabilities of case managers to signpost claimants at risk of developing chronic pain
Brian Sugar is the Managing Partner of Sugar Capital. He is a Founder at POPSUGAR.
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- E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Israel, Australia
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- AirRobe — Empowering the collaborative consumption of luxury consumer goods.
- Plumb — Murmur is a collaborative platform where teams decide how they want to work together.
- Disco — Co-op commerce is a network of the world's best brands partnering together to grow.
PLUS Ventures, part of the Moldawsky Group, is the first multi-vehicle early-stage investment firm - a structure which enables the company to tailor the right investment suited for each venture's specific needs.PLUS's investment specialization is in Israeli early stage, fast growth technology and media ventures. Its mission is to takea hands-on approach and help great entrepreneurs create great companies.In addition to, and as important as, straight-up cash, PLUS puts its long-term expertise, skills, and ecosystem to work with, and for, its portfolio companies.PLUS Ventures is one of the most active early-stage investors in Israel, and plans to continue to be a dominant player in this field for years to come.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Video
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Israel, United States, Egypt
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- Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
- Evrideo — Evrideo provied end-to-end cloud broadcasting platform, enabling to easily create and manage channels, using broadcast SaaS technology solution
- DocAuthority — Dapurtoto mempersembahkan promosi spektakuler untuk para penggemar togel online! Dengan hadiah besar yang ditawarkan situs bandar togel online ini menjanjikan bayaran penuh dan pengalaman bermain yang luar biasa.
Sidecar Fund2
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- SaaS, Recruiting, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United States
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- FLAYR — Get Hair And Makeup Done At Home For Less Than The Price Of At A Salon
- 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.
Maurice Ben-Mayor is the president of Stryker South Pacific.
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- Retail, Retail Technology
- Seed
- Australia
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- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
5H Values Capital invests time and money in founders who are, in that order, humble, honest, happy, hungry, and high-performing.
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- B2B, Retail, Marketplace
- Pre-Seed
- Australia
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- Shopfront — Automate multi-channel selling across eBay, Depop, Grailed & Shopify. AI-powered listings, bulk uploads, inventory sync.
We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
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- Tendl — Write tenders faster with Tendl's AI tool. Keep your data private and secure. Easy installation, no sharing. Boost productivity and streamline your contract opportunities.
- SecurePII — SecurePII provides a cloud-based platform that enables organisations to reduce exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) across voice, chat, and AI training channels. The service includes call-by-call redaction of credit-card and other sensitive data via its SecureCall component, enabling businesses to offload PCI-DSS complianceobligations while still retaining customer-facing interactions. SecurePII also empowers companies to process conversation data more safely, by filtering or anonymising PII in real time, to enable AI, analytics, and automation initiatives without compromising customer privacy. The platform integrates with existing payment gateway and communications infrastructure to support both contact centres and unified communications environments.
- Refold AI — Cobalt is an embedded iPaaS for SaaS apps. Ship 10x faster with native API connectors. No infrastructure worries, just seamless embedded integrations for devs.
Nikki Warburton, Non Executive Board Director.
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- Retail, Automotive, Publishing
- Seed
- Australia
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- CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.
We foster innovation and work together to find and grow breakthroughs all over the world
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Israel, Russian Federation
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- YUNG Sidekick — Yung Sidekick: AI MBC and Data Management Tool for Mental Health Professionals What is Yung Sidekick?Yung Sidekick is a cutting-edge AI-powered Measurement-Based Care (MBC) and data management tool tailored for mental health professionals. It offers an array of features designed to streamline the therapeutic process, ensure compliance, andenhance client outcomes through insightful data analysis.Key Features:Automated Session Transcription and Note Generation:Progress Notes: Instantly generate EHR-compatible progress notes from your sessions, including potential DSM-5 diagnoses, risk assessments, medications, symptom descriptions, and more. Therapist Reports: Detailed reports based on session data, including keywords, summaries, client insights, and suggested interventions. Client Reports: Simplified summaries for clients, promoting self-awareness and proactive engagement in therapy. Comprehensive Meta-Reports:Client Story: A detailed compilation of significant facts and client histories across multiple sessions, aiding in a deeper understanding and continuity of care. Psychological Profile: AI-generated insights into the client's psychological characteristics and potential therapeutic pathways. Session Prep Highlights: Quick summaries of recent sessions to facilitate preparation and recall between appointments. Secure and Compliant Data Management:HIPAA Compliance: Ensures the highest standards of data protection and privacy. Anonymization: No storage of session recordings or personal client data, with immediate deletion of audio files post-analysis. Flexible Session Capture Options:Audio Uploads: Upload recorded audio from video conferencing or in-person sessions. Live Recording: Record sessions directly through the Yung Sidekick platform. Dictation: Post-session dictation of session summaries, allowing for control over the level of detail and disclosure. Benefits for Mental Health Professionals:Save Time: Reduce the time spent on administrative tasks by up to 90%, allowing more focus on client care. Gain Insight: Leverage AI-driven analytics to gain objective perspectives on client progress and therapeutic interventions. Enhance Client Engagement: Provide clients with detailed, easy-to-understand summaries and action plans to boost their involvement in the therapeutic process. Improve Workflow: Seamlessly integrate Yung Sidekick into your existing practice management systems for a smooth, efficient workflow. Client Testimonials:"Yung Sidekick has transformed the way I manage my practice. The time saved on note-taking and the detailed insights provided have significantly enhanced my ability to focus on my clients." - Tomi B., LPC, Wyoming, USA "It's like having an extra consultant in the room. The AI picks up on details I might miss and organizes everything so efficiently. It’s truly making me a better counselor." - Erin E., MS, LCMHCA, North Carolina, USA
- Global Work — We help freelancers find remote jobs and gigs faster with AI. Unlock the latest job search strategies with our AI-powered platform.
- Final Round AI — Final Round AI is an AI-driven platform designed to fundamentally change the job search process.
Wayne Baskin is Chief Technology Officer at Booktopia.
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- Retail, Retail Technology
- Seed
- Australia
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- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
BetterLabs is an early-stage venture capital fund and venture studio based in Perth, Australia. Backed by RAC the fund invests in technology and opportunities that impact next-generation insurance, clean technology, mobility, work and money. The studio creates ventures to solve challenges in these domains and we also invest in them.
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- Education, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States
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- upcover — upcover is Australia's award winning Online business insurance provider for All type of business owners, startups, consultants, freelancers and gig economy workers in Australia. Get a quote online today.
- WeMoney — WeMoney is focused on obtaining an Open Banking license so that the Fintech firm can gain access to customer banking data, which may be used to improve the quality of services offered to them.WeMoney’s platform lets users keep track of their pending utility bills and other recurring payments. The platform also aims to help customers with managingtheir savings and monitoring their monthly income. Joveski revealed that his company is also developing features that will use behavioral science and AI to help users make better or more informed financial decisions.
- Loopit — Loopit is the complete end-to-end software & professional services platform solution for car subscription to boost dealership & profitability.
Nick Molnar is Co-Founder and CEO of Afterpay, an innovative digital platform that offers interest-free installment plans for online purchases.Named one of Australia’s fastest-growing fintech companies by IDC, Afterpay offers a “buy-now, pay-later” service that does not require shoppers to enter into a traditional loan or pay any upfront fees orinterest. Earlier in his career, Molnar worked as an investment analyst at venture capital fund M.H. Carnegie & Co., where he was primarily responsible for growth-stage investments. He holds a bachelor’s of commerce degree from the University of Sydney.
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- Gaming, Retail, PC Games
- Seed
- Australia
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- LTV.ai — Go beyond hyper-personalization. Leverage the platform that unlocks an average 18% lift by driving email and SMS experiences that convert.
- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
- Untamed Planet — The official Untamed Planet Whitepaper coming June, 2022.
Eric Liaw is the General Partner of IVP. He attended Stanford University.
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- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series C, Series E
- United States, Australia, Sweden
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- Sage — Sage is an app helps to improve care with better caregiver tools that ensures older adults receive individual care.
- Wedding Spot — Wedding Spot is the first online marketplace that allows users to search, price, and book thousands of wedding venues. Working directly with venues, Wedding Spot gathers all the information required to allow newly engaged couples to easily search for venues based on budget, location, style, and guest count. Users can "build out" theirideal wedding day by selecting specific services and options to see a price estimate and then book a venue viewing appointment with one click of a button. Wedding Spot’s proprietary technology enables wedding venues to manage their entire wedding booking process on its platform, including acquiring customers, organizing content, and marketing inventory. Launched in August 2013, Wedding Spot is based in San Francisco, CA and is backed by leading VC investors.
- Local Threads — Local Threads is the best price value marketplace for Australia's top independent fashion brands. Find your fit for any occasion at Local Threads with over 150 ethical clothing brands and 6000 products to choose from. We ensure that all our products are Australian, and are committed to being ethical and sustainable.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
- United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates
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- Tabby — tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales.
- 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.
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- Software, Financial Services, Internet
- Funding Round, Seed, Series C
- Australia, United States
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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.
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
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- Qlarifi — Consumer lending decisions transformed with real time, comprehensive data.
- Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
- Ajust — Ajust makes it easy to resolve customer complaints with banks, telcos and energy companies. It's fast, fair and free for consumers.
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Israel, Germany
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- IDOVEN — IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.
- Flip — Transfer uang, top up e-wallet & kirim uang ke luar negeri lebih mudah dengan Flip. Bayar pulsa, listrik, BPJS, PDAM, dan pembayaran lainnya bisa lebih hemat.
- Klir — Klir gives your entire water utility team the powerful tools they need to manage water quality and compliance.
Matt Fayle - CEO & Founder @ TheLoop
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- Retail, 3D Printing, Sporting Goods
- Angel
- Australia
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- DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
Rolf Krecklenberg - Chairman @ Robar Investments
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- Retail, Fashion, Lifestyle
- Series A
- Australia
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- Mon Purse — Superior quality leather accessories for both women & men. Add your monogram to our cosmetic cases, bags, pouches, phone cases, travel and tech accessories.
MA Financial Group's Asset Management division manages investments for institutional & wholesale investors across real estate, credit, private equity & venture capital.
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- Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Series B, Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States, Singapore
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- DR2 — DR2 provide technology to their healthcare partners including 13SICK, and DoctorDoctor.
- Apera Hotels — Apera Hotels is a platform designed to provide accommodations in hotels that cater to the mid-range market.
- Avena Communities — Avena Communities provides a platform for communities, offering diverse property options for both permanent and holiday living.
Andrew Coppin - Advisor @ DisruptSports.com
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- Retail, Logistics, 3D Printing
- Angel
- Australia
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- DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
- Freight Exchange Pty Ltd — Multi-Carrier Shipping Software | TMS | FMS | ERP
Commencer Capital is a capital partner for founders and their emerging companies in Australia and New Zealand.
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- FinTech, Finance, Payments
- Series A
- Australia
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- mx51 — Obsessed with the merchant experience.
- Tiliter — Tiliter's tech increases supermarket efficiency reduces loss and gives your shoppers a more convenient checkout experience.
Providing strategic capital and expertise to established and growth businesses around the globe.
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- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, Singapore
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- Demether — Demether is a DeFi protocol that works to enable zero-cost access to TVL for blockchains.
- Singularity — Portal Gate operates as a compliant on-chain gateway to privacy and anonymity.
- LightLink — EVM-compatible, optimistic-rollup Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain offering a gasless Enterprise Mode.
Tim Mannah is an Individual investor.
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- Retail, Retail Technology
- Seed
- Australia
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- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
TEN13 is Australia's leading Venture Capital Syndicate.
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- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Kenya
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- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- Arintra — Arintra is an AI-powered autonomous coding technology that delivers significant efficiency and accelerates your revenue cycle business performance.
- Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!
Elevation Capital was formed by a group of successful entrepreneurs who have co-invested in order to pool together their capital and experience. We consider ourselves to be “venture accelerators” rather than venture capitalists. After starting my first fledgling business at the age of 17, I truly understand the unique challenges faced byentrepreneurs and I am aware that it takes more than just capital for a company to succeed.Recently, Blueprint Management and the various business's we developed (up to 10 companies over 13 years) has given me exposure to the difficult challenges that every entrepreneur will face. My experience has involved the creation of a company with only $10K start-up capital, which grew to over 950 staff. This business was then sold to a private equity group. The success of this venture has given me invaluable knowledge that I can now share with others to guide them in the future.Specialties:If there is one simple thing I have learnt in recent times about investing into growth companies, it is: "to not waste anyones time".Elevation Capital is a professional and committed organisation and is able to invest quickly when a good business opportunity presents itself. We appreciate the challenge that entrepreneurs face when trying to raise capital while also dealing with the daily time constraints of running their businesses.
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- Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Australia, United States, Singapore
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- DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
- LiveHeats — Liveheats powers better action sports events for surf, skate, snow and surf life saving. Used by local clubs, regional, state, and national federations around the world for live scoring, heat draws, registrations, rankings and more.
- 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.
CommBank offers personal banking, business solutions, institutional banking, company information, and more
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- Energy, FinTech, Renewable Energy
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
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- Optus Finance — Optus Finance provides financial services realted to the telcom sector.
- ACEN Australia — ACEN Australia develops renewable energy assets including several solar, wind, battery, and hydro projects across Australia.
- Karta — Karta is a gift card platform which aims to simplify the gift card experience by making it more accessible for merchants and consumers.
Gabby Leibovich is the co-founder and managing director at Catch.com.au.
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- Apps, FinTech, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United Kingdom
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- 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.
Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.
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- Software, Education, Communities
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom
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- Edoome — The most friendly and easy to use social learning management system that connects teachers with their students for effective communication and collaboration and provides tools to help teachers save time in planning, assessing and keeping track of their students’ progress, unifying everything in just one platform.
- Compono — Smart, easy-to-use HR management products for sourcing talent and helping them grow.
- Creatively Squared — Digital content that brings consumers closer to brands. Create engaging photos, videos and digital ads at scale
Luke & Janelle Roberts
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- Mining, Retail, Medical
- Seed
- Australia
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- QuickSafety — Now you can quickly and easily complete Certificate of Compliance in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & New Zealand using the Quicksafety mobile app.
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