# Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in Oceania in June 2026 ## Flying Fox Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed. ## Sydney Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners. ## Macdoch Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS 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. ## Airtree Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier. ## Artesian VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care 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. ## EVP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Brisbane Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Machine Learning 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. ## January Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software We partner with exceptional technology companies in the Asia-Pacific region, providing flexible capital solutions to amplify their growth ambitions. ## Investible - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally. ## Brendan Hill - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps 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. ## Jolimont Global Mining Systems - Type: VC Fund - Location: Denver, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Construction, SaaS Resource Capital Funds is a mining-focused alternative investments firm that partners with companies to build strong, successful, and sustainable businesses. ## Tidal Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential. ## New Zealand Venture Investment Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, a New Zealand-based private equity fund, manages fund of funds investments and direct co-investments. ## Kurt Alexander - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical Kurt Alexander ## Trestle Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Software, Retail We believe the SaaS business model is the most efficient in history. Our team has experience successfully founding, growing and exiting SaaS businesses. ## K1W1 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments. ## Investec - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Energy Welcome to Investec. Find out more about us, our businesses, sponsorships and career opportunities. ## AngelList - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Eleanor Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Software, Marketing INVEST IN TECH TOGETHER ## Black Sheep Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Alium Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech 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. ## Blue Sky Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Service Industry 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). ## 5H Values Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, Marketplace 5H Values Capital invests time and money in founders who are, in that order, humble, honest, happy, hungry, and high-performing. ## Commencer Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Payments Commencer Capital is a capital partner for founders and their emerging companies in Australia and New Zealand. ## Luke Brooks - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Retail Technology Luke Brooks is an NRL player. ## Brian Sugar - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion Brian Sugar is the Managing Partner of Sugar Capital. He is a Founder at POPSUGAR. ## Allied Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, SaaS Click the link in our profile to pitch us, invest, scout, and more. ## Melbourne Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Manufacturing Melbourne Angels was formed in Melbourne, Australia in early 2007. Melbourne Angels is the leading group of private investors in Victoria who actively invest in early stage and growth technology companies.The group has a strong and experienced core of members that generate deal flow, are experienced in evaluation of business propositions and actas mentors for the other members and the entrepreneurs. The members vary in age, gender, ethnicity, profession and type of experience. All members have experience of success at being entrepreneurial.This award winning group is consistently one of the most active startup investors in the country. ## Seven West Media - Type: VC Fund - Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Internet Change the tagline ## Icehouse Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand. ## Partners for Growth - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce We partner with companies at an inflection point in their business, who are seeking flexible and customized financing, matched to their trajectory and needs. ## Gandel Invest - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, SaaS Providing strategic capital and expertise to established and growth businesses around the globe. ## Laurence Escalante - Type: Angel - Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Dairy, Retail, Automotive Laurence Escalante is the Founder and CEO at Virtual Gaming Worlds. ## Jam Pad Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, Marketplace 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 ## AltaIR Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence We foster innovation and work together to find and grow breakthroughs all over the world ## Antler Australia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Health Care Australia's only truly global early stage VC, we believe in and back the most ambitious founders from the earliest stage. ## Craig Winkler - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Apps Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his timeworking in the philanthropic sector. ## Nikki Warburton - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Automotive, Publishing Nikki Warburton, Non Executive Board Director. ## Paul Greenberg - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Retail Technology Paul Greenberg is an individual investor. ## Co Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Travel, Professional Services Co Ventures: Empowering pre-seed founders to create billion-dollar global companies from day one. Australia's first specialist pre-seed venture capital fund. ## Inhouse Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, Marketplace We are the #1 place for founders, industry leaders and VC to match, advise and invest faster. The ecosystem is messy so we made it simple. ## Perth Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melville, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, Marketplace 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). ## TEN13 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services TEN13 is Australia's leading Venture Capital Syndicate. ## PLUS Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Video 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. ## Savannah Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact. ## Scalare Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Scalare Partners is more than a technology investment fund. We provide critical funding and resourcing ## Bossa Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Somos Bossa Invest ## Matt Rockman - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Apps, B2B Matt is an investor in venture businesses and will soon be basing himself in the United States working with Square Peg Capital. He invests across a wide sector of industries and geographies. Matt and his wife have a foundation where they focus on community projects, which have the ability to enhance the social sector.Prior to working as aninvestor in his own right, Matt was one of the three original founders of SEEK LTD. Along With Paul and Andrew Bassat, Matt took SEEK from business plan to become one of Australia’s most successful online businesses. SEEK is now an ASX Top 100 Listed company with a market capitalisation of $4 Billion, and with businesses in the UK, China, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.Matt also is an accomplished speaker and helps many organisations realise their full potential through his business insights. Matt holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) from Monash University. ## Matt Fayle - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, 3D Printing, Sporting Goods Matt Fayle - CEO & Founder @ TheLoop # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co