Top 15 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in Australia (October 2026)

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• Apate.AI — Is the next generation of scam prevention and intelligence. We deploy advanced conversational AI bots combined with real-time insights to protect businesses, governments and communities globally.2
• Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
• GeoSnapShot — Let's put your photos to work. Built for professionals, available to everyone. GeoSnapShot is loved by amateurs, professionals, teams and individuals.

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• Haast — Haast is an artificial intelligence SAAS company that offers marketing compliance automation services.
• Isaacus — Isaacus is an AI research company building legal superintelligence.
• Catapult — Discover Catapult. The cutting-edge sports technology, data analytics, and insights that will unleash your team's and athletes' potential.

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• DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
• LiveHeats — Liveheats powers better action sports events for surf, skate, snow and surf life saving. Used by local clubs, regional, state, and national federations around the world for live scoring, heat draws, registrations, rankings and more.
• Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.

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• Zerocap — Digital Asset Trading and Liquidity Across Web3 Capital Markets
• Zena Sport — The most advanced Female Chest Protectors for Contact Sports. Using a patented design developed after 3 years of research and testing, Zena Sport Chest Protectors are ultimate essential to elevate your performance on game day. Reduces your risk of injury, wear Zena Sport and play fearlessly!
• Agrinnovate India — Agrinnovate India Ltd. (AgIn) was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 (No. 1 of 1956) on 19th October, 2011. It is a "for profit" Company owned by Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. It is to act as an effective interface between Indian Council of AgriculturalResearch (ICAR- an autonomous organization under DARE) on one side and the Stakeholders of agricultural sector (Farmers; Public & Private Sector firms; R&D organizations; Educational Institutions- all of these at National and International level) on the other side, for a significant purpose of securing, sustaining and promoting global agricultural development.

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• DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
• DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,343,063 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!
• RecruitLoop — RecruitLoop is a curated marketplace of independent recruiters, available on-demand at hourly rates. They save employers 80-90% cost versus recruitment agencies.Employers connect with a expert recruiter through their online platform; outsource any part of the hiring process, and screen candidates with their automated video interview product.They founded RecruitLoop after years of frustration with traditional recruitment. Agencies are expensive. But DIY recruitment can be extremely time-consuming. For employers, they're both painful options.RecruitLoop launched in Australia in 2011, and setup headquarters in San Francisco in 2013.

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• Edoome — The most friendly and easy to use social learning management system that connects teachers with their students for effective communication and collaboration and provides tools to help teachers save time in planning, assessing and keeping track of their students’ progress, unifying everything in just one platform.
• Temando — Temando was born down in Australia where fulfillment and delivery have always been very complex due to highly fragmented delivery infrastructure. It’s because of this challenging environment that Temando was launched in 2009 and to date serves many of APAC’s leading retailers including Toy’s R Us, Nike and ASOS. On the back of significant tractionin Australia, Temando has expanded into key global markets - United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Asia Pacific.Temando’s fulfillment platform solves the challenges of shipping in commerce by connecting with today’s leading business systems to give retailers the tools they need to optimize the multi-carrier fulfillment process. Temando’s technology unifies available inventory, carrier service selection, shipping costs and consumer locations to create efficiency savings that maintain product margin and provide total visibility for retailers. Temando enriches this intelligence to create powerful shipping experiences focused on delivery choice and simplicity to increase conversion rates at the point of sale - whether that be online or offline – retailers can provide the same brand experience at every touch point.
• Creatively Squared — Digital content that brings consumers closer to brands. Create engaging photos, videos and digital ads at scale

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• Bare — Bare provides a quality cremation service and a dedicated care team that helps you each step of the way. Arrange online or via phone. Call us on 1800 071 176
• Live Graphic Systems — Live Sports Graphics - "Next-gen" live graphics for a new era of sports broadcast. No hardware, no designers, no graphics operators, up and running in minutes.

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• Heatseeker — Determine how successful your business, product or campaign will be before launching by testing your products and messaging with AI-powered digital campaigns.
• Zena Sport — The most advanced Female Chest Protectors for Contact Sports. Using a patented design developed after 3 years of research and testing, Zena Sport Chest Protectors are ultimate essential to elevate your performance on game day. Reduces your risk of injury, wear Zena Sport and play fearlessly!
• 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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• Sportility — Sportility is democratising grassroots sports sponsorship globally by connecting brands to teams, granting access to affordable and professional gear. We’re connecting household brands to an untapped grassroots sports community, allowing brands to increase their exposure and engagement through branded placement on sports uniforms.
 Sportility ishas provided grassroots teams and clubs the ability to access affordable and professional gear and has now grown to support over 30,000 sports people across Australia and the USA.
• Nightfall — Nightfall is one trusted DLP platform to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across SaaS and cloud apps with machine learning.
• X2 Performance — X2 Kawhi Leonard offers energy drinks, pre workout powder and pre workout shots that naturally produce sustained energy. Get 10% off promo code SAVE10.

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• Farmbot — Our user-friendly products are designed to reduce costs, boost productivity, and streamline management.
• DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
• Freight Exchange Pty Ltd — Multi-Carrier Shipping Software | TMS | FMS | ERP

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• Vyro — Browse, compare and finance an electric car, with instant trade in and personalised loans.
• Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
• iNSPIRETEK — More Than (Just) An Athlete Management System We go further by empowering young athletes, coaches, parents, teams and sporting organisations to gain insight into mental health and wellbeing through tracking, evidence-based content, support and interventions through our Prevention-via-Prediction platform. Our accessible and affordable WMS focuses on the whole athlete, not just their

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• AlleSense — AlleSense has developed a unique and novel solution to label-free imaging, the NanoMslide.
• Mental Jam — We are a games studio dedicated to ​creating impactful experiences that ​explore mental health.
• Deftbiotech — Deftbiotech is a biotech startup developing peptide-based antifungal treatments for nail and skin infections.

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• Sportility — Sportility is democratising grassroots sports sponsorship globally by connecting brands to teams, granting access to affordable and professional gear. We’re connecting household brands to an untapped grassroots sports community, allowing brands to increase their exposure and engagement through branded placement on sports uniforms.
 Sportility ishas provided grassroots teams and clubs the ability to access affordable and professional gear and has now grown to support over 30,000 sports people across Australia and the USA.

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• DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.

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• Kantoko — Kantoko is a dedicated Australian mental health platform that provides online ADHD assessment, diagnosis, and long-term care for adults.
• Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
• HEO — On-demand non-Earth imaging and insights of spacecraft that matter.