Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Australia

Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.

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

Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies

Larsen Ventures is a lean, driven and strategic venture investment firmWe believe in alignment, long-term thinking & investor due diligence
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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.

We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a

Folklore is a team of investors, founders, and builders committed to supporting Australian and New Zealand tech founders. We are a first cheque to forever investment firm, and we believe in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start.

Giant Leap is Australia's first venture capital fund to be 100% dedicated to investing in exceptional, rapidly scalable impact businesses.

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.

Andrew Bogut

Andrew is a Venture Partner with Tempus Partners, and an experienced founder and investor. He is a Director of HealthEngine a leading Australian healthtech company, a Director of UK EdTech stand-out Wonde, and an active investor in software and internet companies. Andrew is a Board Member of StartupAUS an industry body committed to developing theAustralian startup ecosystem and Founded Perth’s first tech co-working space.

TEN13 is Australia's leading Venture Capital Syndicate.

Anjos do Brasil is a angel investor network dedicated to foster angel investment for supporting inovative entrepreneurs in Brazil. It was founded by Cassio Spina, a entrepreneur and a angel investor with over 25 years experience in tech industry (see more at http://www.crunchbase.com/person/cassio-spina-3) .Receivingsupport of major brazilian institutions related to entrepreneurship and investments, such as Endeavor Brasil, ABVCAP, BM&F BOVESPA, FIESP/CJE, Brazil Innovators, etc., Anjos do Brasil is commited to connect investors with entrepreneurs in order to help growing new business in Brazil.We do also keep relationship with major VC investment funds, in order to exchange investment opportunities between our members and them. Anjos do Brasil is advised by a seasoned board of advisors, that support our strategic actions for promoting our vision.We promote events between our members and some also for entrepreneurs, for both educating the community and connecting people, to empower their relationsIf you wish to contact us, please, visit our site at www.anjosdobrasil.net and leave a message.

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

Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.

Seth Young - Chief Innovation Officer @ PointsBet

Paris Smith started her gaming career in 1995 by taking bets at WWTS, an offshore sports betting company that was later sold to Betcorp Ltd. Having worked her way up the business to become COO, she joined Curacao-based Pinnacle in the same role from 2006. Pinnacle soon recognised Smith’s efforts in shifting the focus away from North America towardsgrowth markets in Asia and Europe, by promoting her to CEO in 2008. Almost a decade on, Pinnacle continues to flourish under her leadership. The operator emphasised its desire for data driven innovation by launching a revamped eSports portal in 2017.

Yolo Investments is a venture capital, focused on seed- and A-stage investment opportunities across gaming and fintech. Based in Estonia, Yolo’s mission is to invest in outstanding people with bright ideas, who are focused on innovating and disrupting the norm in all manner of tech startups. Founded in 2017 by Tim Heath as Vereeni Investments,Yolo has created a thriving ecosystem with ventures across a variety of industries, including fintech, gambling, media, software development, crypto and blockchain-related companies.

Astralis Capital is an investment firm.

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.

Manifest Investment Partners is a financial firm that specializes in the fields of venture capital, private equity, and financial services. Manifest Investment Partners mostly invests in technology-enabled services and software companies.

Established in 2017, Spark Digital Capital is an NY based family office that invests in Blockchain-enabled companies. They firmly believe in a future where blockchain not only plays a significant role in the world but also creates unlimited efficiencies and opportunities to the society and people’s lives. With their teams' strong finance andtechnology background they aim to bring blockchain into prosperity.

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Enabling Future (EF) is a sector agnostic, family office backed Venture Capital firm head quartered in Dubai. EF provides seed and early stage funding to entrepreneurs who challenge conventional wisdom and look to create true disruption. Our goal is to enable entrepreneurs to build companies of the future. We provide our portfolio companies withcapital, experience, strategy and network.

Mr Patterson has more than 20 years’ experience working with both start-up and blue-chip technology companies spanning Australia, Europe, US and Asia. As a leading senior executive, his experience includes telecoms, IT, digital media and venture capital. Mr Patterson is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Alchemy Ventures, an ESVCLP venturecapital fund established to invest in teams and ideas which changes lives and industries, whilst having a positive impact on human and environmental wellness.Mr Patterson's international experience has seen him hold senior business development roles with Yahoo, ECI Telecom, Energis Communications / Cable and Wireless PLC and Cisco Systems. He has been an investor in technology ventures Abyss Solutions, Persollo, Republic Capital Management, Firstwave Cloud Technology, Lumific and Datasift where he secured investment from US venture funds.Most recently he was the CEO and Co-Founder of Australia’s only regulated property investment platform, BrickX, and was CEO and executive director of Property Connect Holdings (ASX:PCH).Mr Patterson holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Directors.

Venture capital for high growth software companies.

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Yamaha Motor Ventures is investing in early stage startups that are changing the world of Mobility, AgTech, and HealthTech.

Nathan brings a unique entrepreneurial business and organizational development background developed during years of hands-on, active leadership and operational experience. As one of the Northwest’s leading organizers of entrepreneurial and investor relations-focused media and funding events, he has facilitated scores of engagements and successfullypromoted hundreds of privately financed high-growth companies.In June 2014, Nathan became CEO of Keiretsu Capital with the mission of fostering closer ties between Keiretsu Forum angels, the institutional investor community and Keiretsu Forum portfolio companies. Keiretsu Capital provides access to proprietary deal flow by investing alongside the angels, providing additional capital to complete rounds and acting to source follow on capital where appropriate.Nathan co-founded and currently serves as Chairman of the Northwest Region of the Keiretsu Forum global angel investment group. He wrote the business plan and designed the organizational structure, which led to the initial license agreement with global Keiretsu Forum. He recruited the team, implemented policies and procedures, designed, and coordinated multi-faceted events. As part of his overall regional growth strategy, he created and implemented controlled expansion activities in Seattle, Bellevue, Boise, Portland, Spokane, Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. Nathan’s leadership and personal networking skills combined to quickly build the region into the fastest growing angel investment group in the nation, adding over 650 investor members and facilitating over $164 million in funding for over 240 companies.In 2004, Nathan became Managing Director of Venture Velocity, a business growth consulting organization. He recruited a talent pool of executive-level consultants from among the most successful and fastest growing companies in the region. Nathan has been a moving force in building and shaping investor networks for two emerging fund managers including The University Funds and Pacific West Land.Nathan has dedicated much of his career to stimulating growth-stage capital investment including as lead organizer for the Northwest’s most successful venture funding conference, raising over $30 million for 15 growth companies. As Co-founder and Managing Director of the Investment Forum, he produced the highest quality educational programs, social events, and investment forums in the region in collaboration with more than thirty-five industry groups and hundreds of different sponsors. Nathan co-founded an industry leading showcase event and media piece, which attracted over 500 of the region’s most influential investors and CEO’s to recognize and celebrate their accomplishments.Nathan is a graduate of University of Washington Michael G. Foster Business School with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration & Finance with an emphasis in entrepreneurial leadership and venture finance. He has been a consistent supporter and volunteer for his alma mater, serving as a sponsor and judge for the UW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition for many years. Nathan and his wife Brianna live in the Wedgwood neighborhood in Seattle with their three young children Evan and Wyatt and Ana Leigh.

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.

Cerro Capital is a sports investment firm that invests globally in premium and emerging IP and content that connects consumers to the culture of sports. Cerro invests in and builds lasting terminal value through unique intellectual property: (a) sports leagues and teams, (b) original content, and (c) related media rights and technology.Cerro's portfolio includes Religion of Sports, GAMURS Group, and the X Games.

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We invest where sports intersect with life.

Mindspring Capital is a globally oriented, early-stage investment firm that empowers technology ventures in the sports industry. We focus on backing seed-stage B2B entrepreneurs that redefine the business of sport..

Solana Ventures' mission is to accelerate the growth of the Solana blockchain and adjacent ecosystems by providing capital to the most promising teams building in the crypto ecosystem.

Chris Grove is a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming.

Pelorus Private Equity is a real estate investment firm generating value through counter cyclical, opportunistic, and workout investments. Its operations and structure have evolved from the demerger and restructure of the Pelorus Property Group Limited. Pelorus Private Equity is based in Neutral Bay, New South Wales.

Andrew Coppin - Advisor @ DisruptSports.com

Seven West Media is the leading, listed national multi-platform media business based in Australia. We comprise Seven Television, the leading free to air capital city television network; Pacific Magazines, the country's second largest magazine group by readership; Yahoo!7 one of the nation’s most successful internet platforms, as well asWestern Australia's leading newspaper, The West Australian and associated WA regional newspapers and radio stations. Seven West Media was created through the acquisition of Seven Media Group by West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited (WAN) as approved by WAN shareholders on 11 April 2011.

David Shuman

Discerning Capital is a collaborative capital that focuses on the intersection of gambling, technology, sports, and media.

We are a proprietary investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain technology, primarily focused on the Elrond Ecosystem.

Matt Fayle - CEO & Founder @ TheLoop

DWF Labs Global digital asset market maker and multi-stage web3 investment firm

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Jeff Sagansky - Chief Executive Officer and President @ Double Eagle Acquisition

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David is a consultant, advisor, investor and dealmaker in the sports betting, iGaming and gambling industry, specializing in the U.S. market.Over nearly 20 years, he has worked with the biggest names in sports and sports betting globally, focusing on the USA since the repeal of PASPA in 2018.He has worked with teams, leagues, casinos, tribes,racetracks and media companies, and is responsible for over 40 deals across 16 U.S. states since 2018 including deals involving The Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), New York Jets (NFL), the Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL), the Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB), The Texas Rangers (MLB), The Dallas Stars (NHL), The Calgary Flames (NHL), NASCAR, the PGA Tour, CBS Sports, Madison Square Gardens, Meadowlands Race Track and the Football Hall of Fame Village. He has worked on the biggest sports betting partnerships state-by-state including those in Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Texas.Additionally, he works as an investor and an advisor with startups entering the multi-billion dollar U.S. sports betting and iGaming industry, and engineered the first-ever U.S. sports betting deal (between two software companies). He has led several high profile startup exits including the recent sale of marketing automation platform Fresh Eight and the sale of AI and data platform VAIX, both sold to Sportradar.Outside the USA, He has worked extensively on sports betting projects worldwide, including in the UK, Ireland, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Singapore, Chile, Tanzania, Nigeria, and South Africa.He is a speaker, moderator, and chairperson at gambling conferences and events all over the world, including ICE Totally Gaming in London, Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas, SXSW in Austin Texas, European and World Lotteries Seminars across the world, SBC in London and New York, WGES in Barcelona, iGaming Asia in Macau, and iGB Live in Amsterdam.

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