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Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in Australia (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Australia Retail startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Australia Retail startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Antler
VC Fund
6 Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$29M
Macdoch Ventures
VC Fund
5 Australia, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $400k–$7.3M
Sydney Angels
VC Fund
5 Australia, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Health Care $120k–$1.5M
Brisbane Angels
VC Fund
4 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $200k–$19M
Artesian VC
VC Fund
4 Australia, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $70k–$15M
Airtree Ventures
VC Fund
4 Australia, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Information Technology $800k–$60M
Gandel Invest
VC Fund
3 Australia, Singapore, Israel Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage $100k–$29M
Kurt Alexander
Angel
3 Australia Seed Mining, Retail, Medical $37k–$269k
January Capital
VC Fund
3 Singapore, Australia, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, FinTech $2M–$50M
Tidal Ventures
VC Fund
3 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $596k–$15M
Eleanor Venture
VC Fund
2 Australia, New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed Education, Software, Marketing $612k–$1.4M
Black Sheep Capital
VC Fund
2 Australia, New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $34k–$13M
Aria Growth Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, Australia, United Kingdom Private Equity, Series A, Series B Cosmetics, Beauty, Retail $15M–$15M
AngelList
VC Fund
2 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $121k–$23M
OIF Ventures
VC Fund
2 Australia, New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, FinTech $1.5M–$26M
x15ventures
VC Fund
2 Australia, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS $150k–$22M
Investible
VC Fund
2 Australia, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $300k–$20M
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
VC Fund
2 Australia, United States, United Kingdom Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services $1.7M–$1.2B
EVP
VC Fund
2 Australia, New Zealand, United States Series A, Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $1M–$6M
Brendan Hill
Angel
2 Australia Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps $875k–$3.4M
Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
2 Australia, New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $120k–$11M
Investec
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, South Africa Debt Financing, Series A Software, Financial Services, Energy $1.1M–$550M
Jolimont Global Mining Systems
VC Fund
2 Australia, United States Seed, Convertible Note Software, Construction, SaaS
Luke Brooks
Angel
1 Australia Seed Retail, Retail Technology
Bossa Invest
VC Fund
1 Brazil, United States, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Coreline Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Compliance, Data Governance, Risk Management
Skalata
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
Alium Capital
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Allied Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Cryptocurrency, SaaS
Square Peg Capital
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States, Israel Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Co Ventures
VC Fund
1 Australia Pre-Seed Travel, Professional Services
Jam Pad Investments
VC Fund
1 Australia Pre-Seed B2B, Retail, Marketplace
Perth Angels
VC Fund
1 Australia Pre-Seed B2B, Retail, Marketplace
Paul Greenberg
Angel
1 Australia Seed E-Commerce, Fashion, Consumer Goods
Scalare Partners
VC Fund
1 Australia, Singapore, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Brian Sugar
Angel
1 United States, Israel, Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
PLUS Ventures
VC Fund
1 Israel, United States, Egypt Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Video
Sidecar Fund2
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States Seed SaaS, Recruiting, Health Care
Maurice Ben-Mayor
Angel
1 Australia Seed Retail, Retail Technology
5H Values Capital
VC Fund
1 Australia Pre-Seed B2B, Retail, Marketplace
Nikki Warburton
Angel
1 Australia Seed Retail, Automotive, Publishing
AltaIR Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Israel, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Wayne Baskin
Angel
1 Australia Seed Retail, Retail Technology
BetterLabs Ventures
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed Education, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Nick Molnar
Angel
1 Australia Seed Gaming, Retail, PC Games
Eric Liaw
Angel
1 United States, Australia, Sweden Series B, Series C, Series E Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seven West Media
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States Seed, Series C Software, Financial Services, Internet
Insight Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, Israel, Germany Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Carthona Capital
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Financial Services, FinTech $404k–$50M
Justus Hammer
Angel
1 Australia, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A SaaS, Retail, Artificial Intelligence $439k–$3M
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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 6 investments in Australia Retail startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2197
  • Round size: Seed $159k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$647k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $72M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Deja — Modern Rituals & Natural Products from the Ancient Science of Ayurveda
  • Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.
  • Neighbourhood — Neighbourhood transform unused spaces in restaurants, hotels and residences, into local hubs for co-working, creating and collaborating.
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Macdoch Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 5 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $808k–$2.2M; Series A $1.4M–$7.3M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CUZIN — CUZIN is your global shopping family. A community marketplace enabling members to purchase any product worldwide by leveraging other members’ buying access or advantages.Members post requests for any product they want from anywhere in the world. Online or offline, specialist boutiques/clearance outlets and sales. This request is pushed to'cuzins' best placed (geographically or commercially) to purchase the item on their behalf. Cuzins earn a tip for helping out!In addition to accepting a shopping request, any cuzin can instantly monetise being in the right place at the right time posting a purchase opportunity, which is pushed to interested members worldwide. Shopping, shipping, social. Sorted. CUZIN provides the social and logistics platform to facilitate the matching, communication, payment and shipping of the items we love worldwide.
  • Vinex — Global 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.
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Sydney Angels
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 5 investments in Australia Retail startups

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

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 97
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$1.5M; Angel $130k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $337k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Keeyu — keeyu. is a B2B SaaS platform that continuously monitors e-commerce transactions from payment to delivery. Should any issue emerge, our system immediately notifies the customer service team, enabling proactive issue resolution before it impacts the customer, saving them from opening a support ticket. The result is an enhanced post-purchaseexperience, ensuring sales retention and reducing customer complaints.Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and is dedicated to empowering businesses to deliver exceptional post-purchase experiences.
  • 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.
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Brisbane Angels
VC Fund · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 4 investments in Australia Retail startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.4M; Series A $2M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Giftbee — Giftbee reshapes gifting for businesses and consumers. Send gifts with flexibility to accept, swap, or give forward. Manage gifting programs, reduce waste, and create meaningful impact.
  • Indi — Indi supports parents’ mental well-being and helps them advocate for their children’s health.
  • Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.
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Artesian VC
VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 4 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 395
  • Round size: Seed $135k–$5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$1M; Series A $2.3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Vaulta — Vaulta is a battery casing technology company based in Brisbane, Australia. Using advanced composite materials and smart, streamlined design, Vaulta has developed a lighter and smaller battery case with fewer parts, creating scalable efficiencies and opportunities for manufacturers. Vaulta founder and director Dominic Spooner has over 12 yearsexperience as a design engineer, and has worked in a range of industries, including renewables and batteries, defence and aerospace, consumer products, commercial products and startups. While working in battery design, Dominic saw firsthand that opportunities for growth were being overlooked in favour of continuing with the status quo – and that’s when the idea for Vaulta was born.Vaulta’s world-first no-weld design means modules can be easily assembled and disassembled, cells reused and recycled, and new cells added as battery technology continues to evolve.From stationary storage and electric vehicles to defence, aerospace and beyond, Vaulta’s battery case technology works wherever batteries do.
  • Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
  • Infiction labs — SPARC 1.2 is a solar panel robotic cleaning system designed and developed by Infiction Labs Pvt Ltd for commercial solar plants.
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Airtree Ventures
VC Fund · Paddington, Western Australia, Australia · 4 investments in Australia Retail startups, 16 in the past 12 months

AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 205
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$11M; Series A $3.4M–$35M; Series B $4M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $288M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
  • Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.
  • Outlier Space — Outlier Space is an aerospace startup that builds a scalable, uncrewed, and reusable satellite platform designed to unlock access to microgravity. The company provides breakthrough infrastructure to safely return orbital payloads back to Earth. This technology allows sectors like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and advanced materials to manufactureand research products beyond Earth's atmospheric limits.
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Gandel Invest
VC Fund · Malvern, Victoria, Australia · 3 investments in Australia Retail startups

Providing strategic capital and expertise to established and growth businesses around the globe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Australia, Singapore, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$9M; Series A $1.2M–$29M; Venture - Series Unknown $5.4M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EatClub — EatClub shows you nearby restaurants, with spare tables, offering last minute deals. Receive up to 50% off your bill (including drinks!)
  • 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.
  • Swan AI — Turn any GTM idea into an agentic workflow in seconds. Swan builds AI agents for outbound, intent signals, meeting prep & pipeline health. No code required
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Kurt Alexander
Angel · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 3 investments in Australia Retail startups

Kurt Alexander

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mining, Retail, Medical
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $37k–$269k
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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January Capital
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Australia Retail startups

We partner with exceptional technology companies in the Asia-Pacific region, providing flexible capital solutions to amplify their growth ambitions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Singapore, Australia, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 95
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8M; Series A $6M–$25M; Series B $11M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Go1 — Simplify employee training with one subscription that delivers essential learning from 250+ providers, integrated seamlessly into your HR tech stack.
  • Silicon Box — We are an advanced chiplet interconnection company specialising in cutting-edge semiconductor integration services. Learn more about our proprietary integration technology.
  • Netbank — Netbank provides various banking solutions like alternative lenders, payment solutions, neobanks, and wallets.
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Tidal Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 3 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $596k–$2.3M; Series A $1.2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Search.io — Add search and discovery powered by machine learning to your website, e-commerce store, or app in minutes. Fully-hosted, free 14-day trial.
  • 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.
  • Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
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Eleanor Venture
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

INVEST IN TECH TOGETHER

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $612k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

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.
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Black Sheep Capital
VC Fund · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $34k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $502k–$1.5M; Series A $1.2M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Haast — Haast is an artificial intelligence SAAS company that offers marketing compliance automation services.
  • Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.
  • 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.
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Aria Growth Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

Experienced consumer growth equity investors providing capital and elevated partnership to extraordinary consumer brands.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cosmetics, Beauty, Retail
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Private Equity $15M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Onda — Onda is a spirits brand for a new generation of drinkers. Onda’s first product is a line of canned sparkling tequila beverages, made with blanco tequila and real, legit fruit. Onda’s beverages are all 5% ABV, 100 calories, zero sugar, zero carbs and naturally gluten free. Onda’s brand is inspired by the surf style of the ‘90s.
  • LesserEvil — From source to snack, LesserEvil is dedicated to creating clean, healthy snacks that are as tasty as they are guilt-free. Start your journey to better snacking!
  • Ultra Violette — Shop Ultra Violette Australia face & body SPF. Skincare & sun protection in one. Buy now with AfterPay & free delivery on orders $50+ Aus-wide.
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AngelList
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

Apply privately to 130,000+ remote jobs and startup jobs near you with one application. See salary and equity upfront. Find the latest tech jobs, company overviews, benefits and more at AngelList Talent.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 173
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$4M; Pre-Seed $121k–$2M; Series A $2.8M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Datakrew — Datakrew delivers real-time EV battery analytics and AI-powered fleet intelligence. Smarter, safer fleets start here. Explore our solutions.
  • PodcastAI — Podcast like a pro: easily create transcripts, show notes, viral clips and publish your podcast everywhere all in just a few clicks of a button. Powered by AI, built for podcasters.
  • Nova Benefits — We help companies find affordable health insurance and wellness benefits that their employees can trust.
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OIF Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.5M; Series A $2.6M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Pagaleve — pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit.
  • Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
  • Circle In — Circle In is building a global community for the modern working parent. They have one goal: to support today’s working parents, because the Circle In team knows they need more support than ever before. Founders Jodi and Kate met through work and felt connected by their shared experience of parental leave. They both returned to work with a loss inconfidence, and realised very quickly that this was not uncommon.
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x15ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

x15ventures is a dynamic venture-building outfit, designed to bring to life the next generation of digital endeavors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$1M; Pre-Seed $240k–$240k; Series A $20M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 89% lead, 11% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gable — Bridge the communication gap between data producers and data consumers
  • Truyu — Truyu is Australia's first digital identity protection tool that alerts you when your identity is being used or misused online. Keep what belongs to you, with Truyu.
  • Credit Savvy — Get your free credit score and more with Credit Savvy. Learn how to protect, improve and use it to get better deals: https://t.co/IPkUWdUhlC #savvyaussies #getsavvy
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Investible
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 215
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $392k–$2M; Series A $1.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • VoiceByte — VoiceByte is an application platform that allows its users to record and share their voice either privately or on social networks.
  • GeoSnapShot — Let's put your photos to work. Built for professionals, available to everyone. GeoSnapShot is loved by amateurs, professionals, teams and individuals.
  • Shore Trade — Buy Wholesale Seafood Directly from the Best Fisheries
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups, 6 in the past 12 months

CommBank offers personal banking, business solutions, institutional banking, company information, and more

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Series A $9.3M–$147M; Post-IPO Debt $1.7M–$869M; Debt Financing $127M–$1.2B
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alkane Resources — Alkane Resources (ASX:ALK | TSX:ALK | OTCQX:ALKRY) is an Australia-based gold and antimony producer with three operating mines across Australia and Sweden.
  • Westgold Resources — Westgold has laid solid foundations to secure growing gold production, which will ensure the companies status as a major player in the Australian Gold Sector.Westgold has commissioned and operates four production facilities in Western Australia, the Murchison Gold Operations, Fortnum Gold Project, Higginsville Gold Operations and the recentlystarted Cue Gold Operations. Once steady state production is achieved in the near future, Westgold will be significant producer with multiple high quality long life projects.
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners — For general queries, please use the contact form to get in touch.
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EVP
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3.5M; Series A $1.3M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Modii — Leading the shift toward smart parking and mobility solutions to help create smarter, greener, and safer cities, universities and communities around the world.
  • Lumary — Built on and invested in by Salesforce. Lumary software optimizes operations to increase revenue with advanced scheduling and billing functionality.
  • 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.
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Brendan Hill
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $662k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $649k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
  • SPEC Toolbox — Structural timber design software for Australian engineers. Design CLT, GLT, and connections to AS1720 standards. Start your free trial and automate today.
  • Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
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Investec
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

Welcome to Investec. Find out more about us, our businesses, sponsorships and career opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$17M; Debt Financing $72M–$550M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Master Plastics — Discover innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for protecting and preserving agricultural and food products from farm to table with Master Plastics.
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Jolimont Global Mining Systems
VC Fund · Denver, Colorado, United States · 2 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Construction, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

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.
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Luke Brooks
Angel · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Luke Brooks is an NRL player.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Retail Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
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Bossa Invest
VC Fund · São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Brazil, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 462
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Comunitive — Peepi is a solution for scaling and changing customer and employee engagement into brand defenders improving retention, empowering sharing experiences, and attracting new customers. The company allows users to know who likes a brand and get closer to these people and increase engagement. Users can encourage people to share and advertise a brand insocial networks and more.Peepi was founded on 2017 and is headquartered Curitiba, Brazil.
  • Guapeco — Guapeco provides customized pet insurance services that helps pet parents take care of well-being of their pets through a health plan
  • Just Travel — Just Travel serves as a reference in the distribution of tourism products and customer service. The company offers cutting-edge technology that focuses on virtual presence, and provides growth, profitability, and brand strengthening on the internet.
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Coreline Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Master the fundamentals of company building with Coreline Ventures. Explore our approach to building sustainable companies with high-conviction investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Compliance, Data Governance, Risk Management
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Monolyst — Monolyst operates within the manufacturing industry, where the primary method of placing orders is still conducted via fax. The company provides detailed product information, including specifications and descriptions, through traditional documentation channels, reflecting a more conventional approach to industrial procurement and communication.
  • Lens — Lens ocuses on supporting corporate activities related to governance, risk management, compliance (GRC), and security.
  • Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
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Skalata
VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
  • Termina — Termina operates as an energy tech startup.
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Alium Capital
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Alium Capital focuses on listed and unlisted technology investments to generate out-sized returns. The company invests in technology, innovation, and early-stage businesses, all the way through to publicly listed assets. It specializes in the fields of finance, investing, innovation, and capital.Alium Capital was founded in 2016 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Academy Xi — At Academy Xi, we help APAC's largest and most sophisticated organisations optimise performance with concise, actionable training solutions.
  • DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,265,396 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!
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Allied Venture Partners
VC Fund · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Click the link in our profile to pitch us, invest, scout, and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Cryptocurrency, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bavovna AI — Bavovna Inc., a Delaware C-corp, is a dual-use tech company primarily focusing on AI-driven alternative navigation for Unmanned Vehicles operating in GPS-denied and Electronic Warfare (EW) threatened environments. Bavovna combines fully NDAA complaint modular hardware and SaaS AI software for aerial, surface, and subsurface UV platforms to addressmalicious and natural challenges to Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems. Bavovna has tested its solutions widely in Ukraine, EMEA, and the US for different types of UAVs, including VTOL, fixed-wing, multi-copters, and surface and underwater vehicles.
  • ROOK — RookMotion offers heart rate monitoring technology based on effort zone training for you and your fitness business. Train smart and reach the next level.
  • Stealth — Stealth offers rugged industrial computers, Mini PCs, Rack Servers, LCDs & Keyboards designed for extreme conditions. Get reliable performance today! Shop Now!
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Square Peg Capital
VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 165
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Cuttable — Turn your existing content and products into agency-grade Meta ads in minutes. Cuttable's AI advertising platform combines decades of advertising expertise with cutting-edge technology to help ecommerce brands create high-performing ads at scale - without the agency price tag.
  • Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
  • Pintarnya — Situs penyedia lowongan kerja online untuk berbagai posisi, pendidikan dan pekerjaan dari lulusan SD hingga S1 Tersedia di seluruh indonesia.
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Co Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Co Ventures: Empowering pre-seed founders to create billion-dollar global companies from day one. Australia's first specialist pre-seed venture capital fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Professional Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Build Club — Build Club is a home for big dreams and top builders where the world's top AI builders gather. The company is a team of a global network of engineers, researchers, and founders building at the frontier of AI.
  • Freckle — User friendly data enrichment. The easiest way to run enrichment, research, and clean up tasks on company & people data.
  • Shopfront — Automate multi-channel selling across eBay, Depop, Grailed & Shopify. AI-powered listings, bulk uploads, inventory sync.
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Jam Pad Investments
VC Fund · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

JamPad is the family office of Paul & Adele Greenberg, investing in future-focused Australian Early Stage Startup Funding start up funding and purpose-driven ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Retail, Marketplace
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Shopfront — Automate multi-channel selling across eBay, Depop, Grailed & Shopify. AI-powered listings, bulk uploads, inventory sync.
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Perth Angels
VC Fund · Melville, Western Australia, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Formed in late 2010, then known as the Western Australian Angel Investors In. the Perth Angels is a network of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in Perth, Western Australia.​WA Angel Investors are members of the Australian Association of Angel Investors Ltd (AAAI) and support the AustralianPrivate Equity and Venture Capital Association Ltd (AVCAL).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Retail, Marketplace
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Paul Greenberg
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Consumer Goods
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Scalare Partners
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Scalare Partners is more than a technology investment fund. We provide critical funding and resourcing

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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
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Brian Sugar
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Brian Sugar is the Managing Partner of Sugar Capital. He is a Founder at POPSUGAR.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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PLUS Ventures
VC Fund · Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Sidecar Fund2
VC Fund · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Sidecar Fund2

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Recruiting, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Maurice Ben-Mayor
Angel · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Maurice Ben-Mayor is the president of Stryker South Pacific.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Retail Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
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5H Values Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Retail, Marketplace
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Shopfront — Automate multi-channel selling across eBay, Depop, Grailed & Shopify. AI-powered listings, bulk uploads, inventory sync.
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Nikki Warburton
Angel · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Nikki Warburton, Non Executive Board Director.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Automotive, Publishing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.
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AltaIR Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups, 10 in the past 12 months

We foster innovation and work together to find and grow breakthroughs all over the world

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Wayne Baskin
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Wayne Baskin is Chief Technology Officer at Booktopia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Retail Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
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BetterLabs Ventures
VC Fund · Australia, Isabela, Philippines · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Nick Molnar
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Retail, PC Games
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Eric Liaw
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Eric Liaw is the General Partner of IVP. He attended Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series E
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Seven West Media
VC Fund · Perth, Western Australia, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series C
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Carbar — Buy, finance or subscribe to your next car online. Sell your car without haggling, get an instant valuation.
  • InStitchu — InStitchu is an online custom clothier specializing in tailor made menswear. Customers are able to design custom made garments online which are then made to their exact measurements.InStitchu provides tailor made, high quality menswear through a simple online ordering process. Once a customer has added measurements to their profile, a suit orshirt can be ordered in a few minutes and on its way in two weeks. There are multiple ways for a customer to get their measurements perfected and enjoy that “perfect fit” InStitchu customers keep coming back for - our measurement guide will take you on a journey from your living room to the hustle and bustle of our tailor’s studio. Customers can choose from a wide range of globally sourced high quality wool and cotton fabrics, and when you’ve chosen, we’ll deliver your design right to your door. This new approach to shopping is stress free and cuts out the middleman, allowing us to deliver customers luxury tailor made suits and shirts without the high price tag.
  • CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.
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Insight Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 956
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Carthona Capital
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 121
  • Round size: Seed $404k–$5M; Series A $3.3M–$17M; Series B $10M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • PREVE — Supporting back-to-back physios with their daily caseload, simplifying admin whilst making the patient experience more enjoyable. Preve does the admin work for practitioners. One click clinical notes, treatment plans, home rehab and documents.
  • Qlarifi — Consumer lending decisions transformed with real time, comprehensive data.
  • LendUs — LendUs caters for all different types of home loan requirements for consumers. The platform is designed to provide a simple home loan experience, completing much of the application preparation.
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Justus Hammer
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Retail startups

Justus is a seasoned entrepreneur who has been working in the technology space for over a decade. First as a founder of Spreets and later as an investor and advisor to other startups such as Airtasker. His latest venture is Sellable with which he plans to revolutionise the real estate landscape in Australia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Retail, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $471k–$3M; Pre-Seed $439k–$790k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • STRAYZ — STRAYZ is the first social pet food brand with a big mission to improve the lives of all 680M street cats & dogs worldwide. By selling premium organic pet food as well as fair fashion for animal lovers the female founded start-up from Berlin collects donations for international animal welfare organizations using the buy one give one model.Thesocial business was founded in November 2020 by former colleagues Madeline Metzsch, Saskia te Kaat and Stefanie Zillessen. The passionate team raised more than 750k donations within the first 2 years. In addition to the social cause STRAYZ wants to disrupt the pet food industry. The founders believe that most pet food is more like junk food & not suitable for pets.STRAYZ is focusing on an omnichannel sales strategy in order to raise the maximum amount of donations. While building a D2C love brand with a strong community STRAYZ is also selling their pet food via retail in +2.400 POS.
  • Brainfish — Brainfish is the world's first AI-powered help center + content platform that instantly answers any customer question.
  • 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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Retail Investor funding in Australia at a glance

Stats across 145 deals from 175 investors.

175
investors
in Australia Retail startups
145
deals
in Australia Retail startups
$2M
median round
in Australia Retail startups
43%
lead investors
lead at least one round
26%
Seed
most common funding stage
77/23
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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