Top 50 Sustainability VC Funds & Investors in Australia (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Main Sequence Ventures
VC Fund
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13 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $1M–$73M |
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Investible
VC Fund
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11 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $250k–$20M |
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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11 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Series B, Post-IPO Debt | Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate | $5M–$719M |
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Artesian VC
VC Fund
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10 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $40k–$15M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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8 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $108k–$28M |
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Tenacious Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Agriculture, AgTech, Farming | $896k–$49M |
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Grok Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Renewable Energy, Software, Biotechnology | $808k–$150M |
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Uniseed
VC Fund
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7 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $471k–$22M |
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$35M |
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Melt Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy | $841k–$12M |
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Virescent Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, Philippines, New Zealand | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar | $304k–$33M |
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Giant Leap Fund
VC Fund
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6 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $875k–$23M |
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Uniseed Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $381k–$16M |
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EVP
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $942k–$5.4M |
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Airtree Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $800k–$50M |
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, Australia, Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Manufacturing, Medical Device, Health Care | $938k–$15M |
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Melbourne Angels
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Angel, Seed | Biotechnology, Information Technology, Energy | $34k–$1.3M |
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Black Nova Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $330k–$3.3M |
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Southern Cross Venture Partners
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Australia, Singapore | Series B, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Energy | $2M–$13M |
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Artesian Clean Energy Seed Fund
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Renewable Energy, Energy, Clean Energy | $539k–$3M |
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IP Group Australia
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy | $811k–$29M |
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Antler Australia
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, Sweden, Philippines | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $128k–$2.7M |
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Brisbane Angels
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $120k–$1.5M |
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Electrifi Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, Philippines | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Machinery Manufacturing | $665k–$3M |
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Sprint Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $655k–$10M |
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Carthona Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $404k–$50M |
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Rio Tinto
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Australia | Seed, Series B, Convertible Note | Manufacturing, Energy, Mining | $2.3M–$198M |
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Taronga Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Construction, Information Technology | $962k–$27M |
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Common Sense Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Software, Wellness | $673k–$7M |
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Alberts Impact Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Energy, Music, Health Care | $979k–$5.2M |
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Fifth Estate Asset Management
VC Fund
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3 | Australia | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Mining, Travel, Software | $5.1M–$6.7M |
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RFC Ambrian Funds Management (RFM)
VC Fund
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3 | Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Mining, Biotechnology, Sustainability | |
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Second Century Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Australia, Canada | Seed, Series A | Real Estate, Software, FinTech | $500k–$15M |
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $367k–$21M |
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BetterLabs Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series A, Grant | Education, FinTech, Software | $915k–$11M |
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Ocean Impact Organisation
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Aquaculture, AgTech, Robotics | $65k–$1.7M |
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NOAB Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Energy Storage, Solar, AgTech | $454k–$15M |
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Transmedia Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Singapore, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Mobile, Internet | $1M–$14M |
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Vulpes Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Singapore, Vietnam, Australia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Real Estate, Internet, Software | $1M–$12M |
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Grantham Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Environmental Consulting, Agriculture | |
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Closed Loop Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Chile | Series A, Seed | Recycling, Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Origin Energy
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Corporate Round, Seed, Series A | Renewable Energy, Energy, Mobile | |
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Defence Trailblazer
VC Fund
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2 | Australia | Seed | Mining, Manufacturing, Precious Metals | |
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Rampersand
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | |
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | |
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Dolby Family Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Austria, Switzerland | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics | |
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NAB Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, India, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | |
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | |
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Day One Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | |
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Jelix Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $4.5M–$29M; Series B $13M–$73M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $303M in 2023
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- Swoop Aero — Transforming how the world moves by making access to the skies seamless. Kite Aero is the only end-to-end drone logistics platform on the planet. We unlock the potential of the sky, for the good of us all. Currently we serve over 4.5 million people in 6 continents. By 2030, our reach will extend to 1 billion.
- Loam Bio — Loam has designed farmer-focused carbon projects that support farmers to build stable soil carbon in cropping and mixed farming systems.
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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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 190
- Round size: Seed $250k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $392k–$2M; Series A $1.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
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- fileAI — Automate and analyze any file with AI. fileAI builds proprietary AI components for complex agentic workflow automation.
- 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.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation invests using a commercial approach to overcome market barriers and mobilize investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low emissions technologies. They seek to catalyze and leverage private sector funding for the commercialization and deployment of clean energy technologies necessary for thetransition to a carbon-constrained economy.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Series B $5M–$77M; Post-IPO Debt $42M–$719M; Debt Financing $18M–$329M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $62M in 2018
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- Relectrify — Unlocking extra lifetime and performance of batteries via advanced battery management (BMS) technology.
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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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 246
- Round size: Seed $135k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.5M; Series A $2.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Vaulta — Discover Vaulta's high-performance batteries for sustainable energy solutions. Revolutionising power with easy installation, maintenance, and recycling. Join the Australian-made energy revolution today!
- 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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1821
- Round size: Seed $186k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $108k–$755k; Series A $4.6M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Deja — Modern Rituals & Natural Products from the Ancient Science of Ayurveda
- Enoki Inc — Multiplayer-enabled tools for developers. Enoki has 18 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
- 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.
Tenacious Ventures - Australia's first and only dedicated agrifood tech VC firm.
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- Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $992k–$10M; Pre-Seed $896k–$2.2M; Series A $5.9M–$49M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nbryo —
- Agovor — Agovor develops autonomous electric tractors and a connected ecosystem of towable attachments that automate outdoor tasks for row-based agriculture and horticulture. The company’s flagship product, the GOVOR eTractor, uses GPS and IoT connectivity to autonomously tow interchangeable smart trailers for spraying, mowing, cultivating, hauling, andother field operations. Its platform includes a web and mobile portal for remote deployment, monitoring, and control of individual units or fleets. Agovor’s system is designed to reduce manual labor requirements and emissions by replacing traditional driver-operated tractors with battery-powered autonomous machines. The attachment ecosystem allows growers to tailor capabilities to seasonal and operational needs while maintaining a consistent interface for task management and oversight.
- SwarmFarm Robotics — Global crop protection specialists ADAMA and Australian ag-tech company.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $808k–$10M; Series A $3.3M–$63M; Series B $12M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Endolith — Endolith is a biotech company transforming sustainable mining by leveraging microbes, synthetic biology, and cloud computing to extract more critical minerals like copper from low-grade ores. Working with the many of the leading mining companies, Endolith is advancing its innovative technology to commercial scale. Recognized as a finalist in theBHP Unearthed BioMetals cohort and a member of the Alaska Critical Minerals Collaborative, Endolith is driving the future of mining with sustainable, efficient, and responsible solutions for the clean energy transition.
- MAKO — Solving human problems with nature’s surfaces.
- Asterix Foods — Asterix Foods is a biotechnology company designed to build protein production using plant-cell culture techniques. The company's platform is developing and growing bioactive proteins for food that are scalable, functional, and complex, enabling users with plant cell-cultured and animal-free proteins.It was founded in 2022 and is located inTel Aviv, Israel.
Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.5M; Series A $1.6M–$16M; Series B $471k–$22M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- DeteQt — Semiconductor chip-based quantum magnetic field sensors using diamond - navigation, mining, medical imaging
- Plasmaleap —
- Analog Quantum Circuits — Analog Quantum Circuits develops analog components for solid-state quantum computers.
Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 324
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.7M; Series A $3.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
- Foundry Lab — Foundry Lab is pioneering Digital Metal Casting. This new form of additive manufacturing allows users to cast metal parts - without pouring molten metal - in the safety of their own office. This fully automated system is incredibly fast - CAD file to 50+ metal parts in just 8 hours.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
We provide venture capital, expertise and advice to advanced manufacturing-focused Australian startups with global ambitions.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $841k–$5M; Series A $3.7M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MGA Thermal — MGA Thermal, specialists in thermal energy storage technology. Renewable, high-power, economical, modular, safe and sustainable thermal storage solutions.
- Mynu Energy — Mynu Energy provides modular battery storage systems using repurposed EV batteries for commercial and industrial applications.
- Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, Philippines, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $3.9M–$6.8M; Series A $11M–$33M; Venture - Series Unknown $304k–$7.3M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MAKO — Solving human problems with nature’s surfaces.
- Amber Electric — Join the smart energy revolution. Amber Electric is a new way to buy electricity. Unlike traditional retailers, we pass through the real-time wholesale price, helping you save money and use more renewable power.
- IND Technology — IND Technology is a data security and quality improvement.
Giant Leap is Australia's first venture capital fund to be 100% dedicated to investing in exceptional, rapidly scalable impact businesses.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Seed $875k–$4.2M; Series A $2.8M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.7M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Indi — indi is an assistant for your child's care journey; supporting advocacy, mental health & uniting the village of care.
- Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.
- Clean Slate Clinic — Clean Slate Clinic is a telehealth company that provides alcohol detox program who are struggling with alcohol.
Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $381k–$4.2M; Series A $1.3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- BioScout — Welcome to BioScout, your partner in revolutionizing the agriculture industry with cutting-edge automated disease detection technology for crop growers and viticulture.
- Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
- Morse Micro — Morse Micro is a fast-growing wireless integrated circuit solutions company that is reinventing Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company was founded by Wi-Fi pioneers and innovators, Michael De Nil and Andrew Terry, joined by the original Wi-Fi inventor Prof. Neil Weste and wireless industry veterans, whose teams designed Wi-Fi chipsinto billions of smartphones. Headquartered in Australia with offices in China and the U.S., Morse Micro’s strong and diverse system team, portfolio of IP and patents, enables Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity across the complete IoT ecosystem, from surveillance systems and access control to industrial automation and mobile devices, allowing connected devices to reach farther. www.morsemicro.com
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $942k–$3.5M; Series A $1.3M–$5.4M
- Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Practifi — The leading wealth management CRM purpose-built for advisors, Practifi transforms how financial professionals connect with and grow their client base.
- Calcs.com — ClearCalcs makes structural engineering calculations easy with 100+ ready-to-use calculator library to US, CA, AU, NZ, and Eurocode standards.
- 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.
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 191
- Round size: Seed $800k–$11M; Series A $3.4M–$35M; Series B $4M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $288M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- LawVu — Our all-in-one connected platform enables your legal team to manage all legal matters, contracts, spend and legal operations. Book your free demo now.
- 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.
Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical Device, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $938k–$5M; Series A $6M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tectonus — Revolutionary self-centring seismic connections that protect structures in earthquake sequences.
- Regen —
- Androgenix —
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.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Energy
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $34k–$1.3M; Angel $219k–$918k
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Emanda — Emanda App helps business advisory firms and companies determine business value, auto-generate data rooms, set goals, and track progress daily via AI-driven tools.
- 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.
- Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.
Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $457k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $330k–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Enaxiom — Enaxiom develops sustainable cooling technology that reduces energy and water use for AI data centres & industry.
- Prefactor — User Management platform seamlessly combining authentication, authorisation and audit via our unique Domain Specific Language. We enable engineers to build user workflows in our language, their way
- Cable — Cable Energy provides structurally cheaper power for Australian SMEs.
Southern Cross Venture Partners was launched in 2006 by veteran venture capitalists who have managed and operated companies themselves. Southern Cross Venture Partners assist early stage technology companies that demonstrate the potential for exceptional growth and market leadership build significant businesses. The founding principle of SouthernCross is partnership -- they are passionately committed to doing everything they can to help their portfolio companies succeed. Their team has a strong record of utilizing their start-up and management experience, industry knowledge, network of business/customer relationships, and recruiting skills to assist in building significant shareholder value.Southern Cross is currently investing in companies that fit their investment criteria. They prefer to act as lead or co-lead in the early stages where they have experience that can help build value rapidly. They do not have a minimum investment amount, however, a typical initial investment will be $2 million to $5 million with an ability to invest more money in later rounds.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Energy
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Series A $2M–$5M; Series B $5M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $145M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Nitero — Nitero is a fabless semiconductor company with offices in Austin, Texas and Melbourne Australia. They are designing an ultra-low power 60 GHz 802.11ad Wi-Fi solution that performs at speeds up to 10X faster than even the very latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi solutions – all that with close to zero latency.They spun out in 2011 from National ICT Australia(NICTA) and have benefited from years of their 60GHz commercial-focused research. In the past two years they put together a world class team and are aggressively developing a unique mobile-60GHz product.They are growing rapidly and seeking more world changers to join the effort. If you are looking for a challenging opportunity, check out their careers page and drop us a line.
- Quantenna Communications — Quantenna specializes in providing Wi-Fi solutions. Founded in 2006, Quantenna has demonstrated its leadership in Wi-Fi technologies with many industry firsts in the market. Quantenna continues to innovate with the mission to perfect Wi-Fi by establishing benchmarks for speed, range, efficiency, and reliability. Quantenna takes a multidimensionalapproach, from silicon, a system to software for Wi-Fi networks, and provides solutions for OEMs and service providers worldwide.
- Precise Light Surgical — Precise Light Surgical creates less invasive surgical resection solutions, preserving critical anatomy to improve patient outcomes.
Artesian Clean Energy Seed Fund The Fund makes seed & follow-on investments in clean energy focused startups from approved accelerators, incubators, university programs & angel
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Clean Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $539k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enosi — Enosi traces ‘your’ energy – matching site-specific, half-hourly energy demand with site-specific, half-hourly generation data – across the grid. From this Enosi: - Allocates, sorts and prioritizes settlements of that energy supply amongst a defined “community” - Delivers price and usage data to that community’s common retailer for easysettlement on monthly retail bills
- Oxamii — Oxamii is a peer-to-peer marketplace that allows businesses to purchase renewable energy from local producers.
- BlockTexx — BlockTexx is an early stage clean technology company that recovers polyester and cellulose from textiles and clothing.Through an Australian developed patent pending process that combines chemical recovery technology and advanced manufacturing to produce high quality recycled materials of rPET pellets and cellulose powder from textile waste.BlockTexx is positioned at the end of the value chain, where raw materials and end-of-use solutions have the highest environmental impact and revenue potential.
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Browse database — It's Free!Ip Group Australia build and support outstanding intellectual property-based companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $811k–$896k; Series A $3M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MGA Thermal — MGA Thermal, specialists in thermal energy storage technology. Renewable, high-power, economical, modular, safe and sustainable thermal storage solutions.
- Additive Assurance — Additive Assurance offers quality assurance for metal additive manufacturing.
- Jetra Therapeutics — Jetra Therapeutics develops new treatment for obesity-related liver disease designed to reduce stress in liver cells.
Australia's only truly global early stage VC, we believe in and back the most ambitious founders from the earliest stage.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Sweden, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $128k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $128k–$200k
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Vyro — Browse, compare and finance an electric car, with instant trade in and personalised loans.
- Blakthumb — Blakthumb is an Operating System software for cannabis and food producers. We make your operations so simple and intuitive, it's like running on autopilot.
- Accord — Accord turns millions of conversations into structured, actionable insights for product and game teams.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $120k–$1.5M; Angel $337k–$629k; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Giftbee — Giftbee is a B2B gifting marketplace with smart, eco-friendly solutions that enhance value and experience.
- Indi — indi is an assistant for your child's care journey; supporting advocacy, mental health & uniting the village of care.
- Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.
Sparking change, igniting impact: Electrifi Ventures is powering the future of climate tech by bringing together inspiring founders with impact investors.
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- Industry: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Machinery Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $665k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SPEC Toolbox — CLT Toolbox offers sustainable design of structural materials, using software to clear through the clutter and make design simple. CLT Toolbox is building structural design software to make mass timber as easy as concrete or steel.
- Hachiko —
- National Renewable Network — National Renewable Networks - Leading the future of renewable energy across Australia
Early stage Venture Capital firm based in Brisbane that's investing in next generational Australian companies that are building a better future.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $655k–$2.7M; Series A $2.1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ausbiz —
- YouPay — Create your free wishlist. Private and secure gifting with instant cash payouts.
- Radian —
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Seed $404k–$4.7M; Series A $3.3M–$17M; Series B $9.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% 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.
- Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
Rio Tinto is a mining and exploration finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. Steel is made from iron ore. Aluminum with a low carbon footprint for electric vehicles and smartphones. Copper is used in wind turbines, electric cars, and water pipes in our homes. Borates, which aid crop growth, and titanium, which is used inpaint.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Energy, Mining
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Canada, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$5M; Series B $30M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vycarb — Vycarb is a Brooklyn-based firm that enables decentralized carbon removal through real-time, autonomous, and direct detection of CO2 in water.
- Terra AI — Accelerate and improve resource exploration
- Chalco Rio Tinto JV — Chalco Rio Tinto JV formed by Aluminum Corporation of China Limited and Rio Tinto.
Taronga Ventures is an investment firm that invests in emerging innovation, technology, and business. Taronga Ventures is headquartered in Australia.
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- Industry: Software, Construction, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $962k–$7M; Series A $4M–$10M; Series B $8.7M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DryFlow Magnetics — DryFlow Magnetics is an industrial technology company that specialises in waterless mineral processing.
- Rebound Technologies — An agile cold chain solution that boosts revenues, preserves product quality and ensures food safety, all while offering proven energy cost reductions.
- Future Maintenance Technologies — Future Maintenance Technologies delivers AI-enabled robotics and digital systems that automate inspection and maintenance of rail and other critical assets. The company develops solutions such as the Automated Rail Infrastructure Inspection System (ARIIS), which captures and analyses infrastructure data to support condition monitoring and defectdetection. Its platforms integrate sensors, machine vision and analytics to reduce manual track walks and improve maintenance planning. Service offerings include asset management consulting, implementation of digital maintenance systems, and support for global automated maintenance programs. Future Maintenance Technologies collaborates with rail operators and infrastructure owners to embed robotics into existing workflows, helping transition from reactive to predictive maintenance strategies.
Common Sense Ventures is an Australian family office backing early-stage, fast-growing businesses. We partner with ambitious managers looking to solve problems that will help the world.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $673k–$7M; Pre-Seed $673k–$2.4M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tutero — Tutero is an Australian EdTech startup that offers educators a suite of products to help plan their teaching using student knowledge data. Tutero provides free classroom tools for teachers and personalised online tutoring services for students.
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
- Loopit — Loopit is the complete end-to-end software & professional services platform solution for car subscription to boost dealership & profitability.
We back pioneers who share our vision for a better tomorrow.
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- Industry: Energy, Music, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $979k–$4.6M; Series A $1.7M–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bygen — Bygen delivers high-quality activated carbon products while also facilitating large-scale, long-term carbon dioxide sequestration.
- Harvest B — Plant-based meat startup that develops plant-based ingredients for plant-based meat producers by leveraging a smart ingredient system
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.
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Browse database — It's Free!Fifth Estate Asset Management operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Mining, Travel, Software
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $5.1M–$6.7M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.
- EcoJoule Energy — EcoJoule Energy delivers intelligent, Australian-made power management systems that improve energy quality, reliability, and efficiency.
- RaptorTech — RaptorTech provides technology management services to mining and construction industries like excavators, loaders, and grazers.
RFC Ambrian Funds Management (RFM) was established as the investment arm of RFC Ambrian with an institutional funds mandate, leveraging over 40 years of expertise as a trusted advisor and venture partner in the natural resources and industrial technology sectors. Building on a legacy of innovation and deep industry knowledge and networks, our fundsplatform offers institutional investors access to high conviction investment strategies focused on Critical Minerals and Critical Technologies. Our purpose is to deliver Impact Investments that drive resource efficiency, while generating superior risk adjusted returns. We manage multi-strategy portfolios targeting high-conviction opportunities and take a 'hands-on' approach to unlocking value in our investments. Critical Minerals: High-conviction exposure to mining assets poised to benefit disproportionately from structural market realignment Critical Technologies: Transformational, science-based technologies solving hard industrial and environmental problems.
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- Industry: Mining, Biotechnology, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
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- MagnaTerra — MagnaTerra is an environmental consulting firm that provides land management, ecological restoration, and habitat assessment services.
- Hadean Energy — Hadean is an innovative collaboration that brings together the skills of world-renowned scientists and industry professionals to change the energy environment.
- Gaia EnviroTech — Gaia EnviroTech now provides end-to-end waste management and bioenergy solutions that are modular, scalable and designed for the local context.
We invest in ideas and ambitious teams looking to scale across the real estate, financial, insurance and home tech verticals.
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- Industry: Real Estate, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 258
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.4M; Series A $1.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Valcre — 178 characters Valcre is the essential solution for commercial real estate appraisers. Offering complete job management, comps database and report writing tools, Valcre makes appraising easier.
- OasisX —
- Stake — Renters earn Cash back for rent. Building operators outperform the market. That's the Stake win-win. Find out how we're building the financial tools for the next generation of rentals.
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
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $367k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $4.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.
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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- Industry: Education, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Grant
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $915k–$5M; Series A $7M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2020
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.
- The Volte — Dress hire grows your wardrobe with over 60,000 new, chic designer options. We help women get the perfect dress for every event on their calendar.
Ocean Impact Organisation’s purpose is to transform ocean health through inspiration, innovation, and good business.
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- Industry: Aquaculture, AgTech, Robotics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $65k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $67k–$832k
- Lead/follow: 87% lead, 13% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aquit — Aquit develops preventive treatments for infections in fish that replace antibiotics, improve survival rates, and boost natural immunity.
- Pinpoint Earth — Pinpoint Earth is revolutionizing the fishing and transportation industries with its cutting-edge satellite and cellular communications technologies and GPS asset tracking.
- Blue Carbon — Blue Carbon focuses on ensuring environmental security for future generations by solving both the climate and biodiversity problems.
NOAB Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Energy Storage, Solar, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $3M–$9.4M; Pre-Seed $454k–$734k; Series A $9.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- UNIGRID — At UNIGRID, we are dedicated to exploring sodium chemistries that are safe, sustainable, and affordable, for stationary energy storage and e-mobility applications.
- Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
- Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
Transmedia Capital is a top performing technology venture fund providing deep domain expertise, operating experience, and advisory relationships.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.2M; Series A $2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
- Greywing — Make better decisions and give time back to your team with Generative AI.
- Armstrong Robotics — Armstrong is building general-purpose robots for kitchens, starting with dishwashing. Our robots already wash over a million dishes a year, and can install in a new restaurant in hours.
Uninhibited Venture Investing Southeast Asia & Australia-New Zealand
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- Industry: Real Estate, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Singapore, Vietnam, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Series A $3.5M–$10M; Series B $3M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Citics — Citics is to build a comprehensive real estate data platform in Vietnam by digitizing and centralizing data sources to help in real estate transactions, including real estate valuation, sales-purchase, lease, mortgage, among others.
- NoneAway — Find your happy place
- ZUZU Hospitality — Maximize revenue for your independent hotel with our expert Revenue Management service, Channel Manager, and PMS. No fixed costs. Start risk-free today.
Grantham Foundation seeks to protect and improve the health of global environmental issues and supports individuals and organizations. It also supports communication and collaboration in environmental protection, with an emphasis on climate change.The foundation focuses on communications to enable the general public to understand that climatechange represents the world’s primary environmental threat today and that mitigating and adapting to a changing climate will lead to a more sustainable and prosperous future.Grantham Foundation was founded in 1997 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Environmental Consulting, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Paebbl — Captured carbon re-stored into raw materials. We put CO2 to good, permanent use in carbon-negative minerals through the process of CO2 mineralisation.
- Carbon Ridge — Modular onboard carbon capture for maritime shipping.
- Hephae Energy Technology — Enabling Next-Generation Geothermal with Ultra High Temperature Robotics to support the life cycle of the geothermal energy transition.
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Browse database — It's Free!We Invest in the Circular Economy, a New Economic Model Focused on a Profitable and Sustainable Future.
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- Industry: Recycling, Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- ClearCOGS — Operational Efficiency for the Modern Restaurant. Find out how clarity and profitable start with ClearCOGS.
- Supersede — Looking for sustainable lightweight waterproof plywood alternative. Upgrade your marine and construction projects with Supersede eco friendly materials.
- ChemFinity Technologies — ChemFinity Technologies is a chemical company that offers critical metal recovery, water purification, and gas separation services.
Connect your energy with Origin Energy - an Award Winning Electricity Provider & Gas Supplier. We also offer NBN internet, LPG, and custom solar solutions
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Mobile
- Stage:Corporate Round, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Allegro Energy — Our mission is to radically accelerate the transition to a world powered by plentiful, cheap, clean energy. Talk to us today about your project to find out how our technology can help you reach your energy goals.
- Climatech Zero — Climatech Zero is a provider of environmental services. The company accelerates the transition to net zero by offering customers cost-effective solutions that significantly reduce the carbon footprint of industry, transportation, and buildings.
- Octopus Energy Group — Cheaper, greener energy, heat pumps, solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles from Britain's most awarded energy supplier. One of Europe's largest investors in renewable energy. Switch today.
Transforming defence innovation through strategic partnership between the University of Adelaide (UoA), the University of NSW (UNSW) and industry partners, with support from the Australian Government Department of Education.
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- Industry: Mining, Manufacturing, Precious Metals
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Hullbot — Hullbot is a developer of a robotic in-water cleaning system designed to inspect, map, and clean the hull of a boat without a human operator present. They offer design, development, and deployment of autonomous drones, delivering solutions to stop the growth of marine organisms, improve performance, and extend the time between haul-outs. Theirembedded intelligence enables their robots to interact with the environment on-the-fly.
- ADR (Australian Droid + Robot) — Industrial robotics and automation. We provide robot and drone solutions to solve problems. At Australian Droid and Robot our motto is 'Safety by Separation' - our robots are built for hazardous environments - humans are not.
- Advanced Alloy Holdings — Tailored alloy solutions for advanced applications
We back ambitious ANZ tech founders from inception to seed, with proven support, no empty promises, and a track record of helping startups scale smarter.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Restoke — Your restaurant, Your rules. Automate your process and let your team deliver
- 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.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
- Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
- Factor House — We make Kpow for Apache Kafka, Flex for Apache Flink, and the Factor Platform for Streaming Data.
Investing in early-stage companies solving the biggest science and engineering challenges since 2014.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Austria, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- NeuroBionics — NeuroBionics aims to advance neurotech and human health through bioelectronic medicine, by developing devices that seamlessly integrate with the human body.
- Montara Therapeutics — Montara Therapeutics is a precision-medicine neuroscience biotech startup improving safety and efficacy of therapies for people with neurological diseases
- Esper Satellite Imagery — Esper is building and launching the world's most versatile satellite imagery network for mineral exploration, agronomy, and national security. Order imagery now.
NAB Ventures is an Australian Venture Capital fund backed by National Australia Bank (one of the largest 20 banks globally).
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.
- Archistar.ai — Archistar's world-first artificial intelligence helps property professionals find profitable land development sites, assess for feasibility and generate dozens of architectural design strategies - all within a few minutes
- Zodia Custody — Crypto Custody, Without Compromise. Empowering global institutions to navigate the digital asset landscape simply, safely, and without compromise.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 157
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Foxglove — Foxglove is visualization and management for temporal and multimodal data. It's used by robotics companies to scale and accelerate development.
- Antioch — Antioch is the development and simulation platform for autonomy teams to accelerate timelines, rigorously evaluate autonomous systems, and deploy with confidence.
- HealthNow — HealthNow provides accessible healthcare services that give you control of your health. Manage how you access care, when you need it.
Day One Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs customer-obsessed companies and spearheads their communications. This enables the Day One team to become actively involved in its portfolio companies and plays a real, tangible role in helping them grow. The firm invests across industries from pre-seed to seed - and occasionally series A, andinvests between $100k and $5 million.Day One Ventures was founded by Masha Drokova, who is an angel investor, entrepreneur, communications executive, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Filed — Filed renders digital marketing, social marketing, campaign optimization, retargeting, facebook advertising and social media services.
- Owner — Owner gives you the same tools that major national brands use to drive sales. Online ordering proven to grow sales. Mobile app with rewards. And more.
- Root — Root is a next-generation social platform that combines communication tools with a customizable app framework, allowing communities to organize, coordinate, and extend their functionality through apps.
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Fugu — Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age
- Fugu Carbon — Fugu Carbon is a machinery manufacturing company that helps in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology from air.
- Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.
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