Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in Australia in October 2024
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Transportation startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Transportation companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in Australia in October 2024
Investor | Transportation Australia investments |
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Leigh Jasper | 11 |
Didier Elzinga | 9 |
Gabby Leibovich | 8 |
Chadd Ciccarelli | 7 |
Thomas Rice | 7 |
Robert Phillpot | 6 |
Damian George | 6 |
Hezi Leibovich | 6 |
Larry Diamond | 5 |
Scott Farquhar | 4 |
Matt Berriman | 4 |
Bosco Tan | 4 |
Antonio Palanca | 4 |
Mark Harbottle | 4 |
Andrew Larsen | 4 |
Adam Schwab | 4 |
Ruslan Kogan | 4 |
Michael Gonski | 3 |
Kain Warwick | 3 |
Patrick Tuttle | 3 |
Tim Fung | 3 |
Rob Lederer | 3 |
Guy Pearson | 3 |
Darren Patterson | 3 |
Josh Rowe | 3 |
Mike Zimmerman | 3 |
Greta Bradman | 3 |
Lars Rasmussen | 3 |
Bill Tai | 3 |
Jeremy Same | 3 |
David Paradice | 2 |
Andrew R Banks | 2 |
Jill Preotle | 2 |
Collis Ta'eed | 2 |
Michael Doubinski | 2 |
David Brain | 2 |
Cyan Ta'eed | 2 |
Jason Kilgour | 2 |
Michael Rosenbaum | 2 |
Rowan Simpson | 2 |
Tony Gandel | 2 |
Steve Baxter | 2 |
Kate Morris | 2 |
Ray Stata | 2 |
Nikki Warburton | 1 |
Simon Sheikh | 1 |
Michael Acland | 1 |
Jolie Baasch | 1 |
Les Szekely | 1 |
Artesian Investment | 1 |
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Aconex Limited
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- Software, Real Estate, Science/Engineering
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Culture Amp
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- Software, Data and Analytics, Design
- Series A, Seed
Co-Founder and Managing Director @ Scoopon
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- Software, Apps, Sales/Marketing
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Portfolio Manager @ Perpetual Limited
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- Software, Hardware, Internet
- Seed, Convertible Note
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- Other, Internet, Sales/Marketing
- Seed
Founder @ Scoopon
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- Software, Advertising, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Co-Founder & Global CEO @ Zip
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- Financial, Software, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Co-Founder / Co-CEO @ Atlassian
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- Software, Apps, Health Care
- Seed, Series B, Series A
Chairman @ Mental Health Australia
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- Financial, Software, Professional Services
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Principal Owner @ Prequel ANZ
CEO @ HiveXchange
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- Other, Internet, Sales/Marketing
- Seed
Co-Founder @ SitePoint
Founder @ Flippa
Co-Founder @ 99designs
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- Commerce/Shopping, Other, Payments
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Founder & Investment Director @ Larsen Ventures
Partner @ Folklore Ventures
Non-Executive Director @ StartupAUS
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- Software, Real Estate, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Co-Founder & CEO @ Luxury Escapes
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer @ Lux Group
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- Software, Health Care, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series C
Founder and CEO @ Kogan
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- Software, Apps, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
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- Software, Hardware, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round
Founder @ Synthetix
Non Executive Director @ blueshyft
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- Financial, Payments, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Airtasker
Co-founder @ Tank Stream Labs
Co-founder @ Joe Button
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- Internet, Community/Lifestyle, Financial
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Owner & CEO @ RTL Group Investments
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- Software, Financial, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
Co-Founder & CEO @ Ignition
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- Software, Financial, Professional Services
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Managing Partner, Co-Founder, Fund Manager @ Alchemy Ventures
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- Software, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Partner @ Main Sequence Ventures
Managing Director @ Bondi Ventures
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- Software, Data and Analytics, IT
- Seed, Series A, Angel
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- Software, Data and Analytics, Agriculture/Farming
- Seed, Series A
Cofounder & Chief Espresso Officer @ Weav
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- Software, Media and Entertainment, Hardware
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Co-Founder @ Treasure Data
Advisor / Past Board Director @ Scribd
Investor (seed round) @ Canva
Chair of Strategy & Board Director @ Bitfury Group
Partner Emeritus @ CRV
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- Software, Internet, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Series A, Series B
Co-Founder @ Lux Group
Co-Founder @ Luxury Escapes
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- Internet, Health Care, Consumer Goods
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Managing Director @ Paradice Investment Management
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Investment focus
- Hardware, Software, Internet
- Series A, Funding Round
Jill Preotle is a private equity investor who works with entrepreneurs seeking access to capital and growth markets. She serves on the boards of Zipcar, Red Tail Solutions, iTeam, Dancing Deer Baking Company, TaskRabbit and Daily Grommet. She holds a J.D. degree from New York University Law School.
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- Big Data, Catering, Hospitality
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bridj — BRIDJ's powerful tools streamline the planning, scheduling & operation of bus & fleet transport. Work with BRIDJ to simplify your operations making them more time & cost efficient
- ezCater — EzCater is an online catering marketplace that allows individuals to order food from local caterers. Co-founded by Briscoe Rodgers and Stefania Mallett in August 2007, ezCater is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Collis Ta'eed grew up in Papua New Guinea. He moved to Australia to attend university and later worked as a web designer, selling Flash stock on the side. His experience selling stock inspired him to co-found Envato with his wife, Cyan Ta'eed, and best friend, Jun Rung. Collis has served as Envato's CEO since the company'sfounding in 2006.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Email
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Refilled — Refilled is an eco-friendly company that offers smart drink dispenser vending machines to eliminate single-use plastic bottles.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
- Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
Michael Doubinski - Founder @ HotelsCombined
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Investment focus
- Pet, SaaS, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Mad Paws — Mad Paws is a Sydney-based start up that was created to fill in the ever growing need in the pet boarding market for affordable, and local pet accommodation while still maintaining the care, love, and attention pets received at high-end, expensive, pet boarding services.
- Sherpa — Sherpa is a last mile courier market place. Through SherpaFleet; a delivery and driver management software as a service platform (SaaS) we help businesses manage their fleets and access the inventory from other fleets and including sharing their own.This creates a more efficient and effective last mile solution for businesses overalldisrupting the principle of owning the driver.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
David Brain is the Chair of Advisory Board at Parkable. He attended the University of Redlands and the University of East Anglia.David Brain is president and CEO of Edelman’s Asia Pacific business of almost $70 million in fees and 1,100 employees. Previously he ran the firm’s London-based EMEA business, leading its transformation from traditionalPR agency to the region’s social digital communication leader, more than doubling its size to over $100 million fee income.He has worked in the region for nearly a decade with Edelman, Visa International and advertising firm Batey Ads.David studied at Redlands University in California and graduated from the University of East Anglia in the UK. After leaving university, David trained as a journalist and has since worked at PR agencies Burson-Marsteller and Weber Shandwick.David has directed award-winning campaigns for Unilever, Heineken and Jim Beam. His first book, “Crowd Surfing: Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Consumer Empowerment,” is published by Bloomsbury.
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Investment focus
- Parking
- Series A, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Parkable — Parkable is award winning software for managing employee and tenant parking, finding short-term or monthly public parking and sharing space to earn money.
Cyan Ta'eed was born in Sydney, Australia. She worked as a graphic designer before co-founding Envato in 2006 with her husband, Collis Ta'eed, and his best friend, Jun Rung. She now serves on Envato's Board of Directors. Cyan Ta'eed is also the co-creator of New Day Box, a charity focusing on women in crisis.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Consumer, CleanTech
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Refilled — Refilled is an eco-friendly company that offers smart drink dispenser vending machines to eliminate single-use plastic bottles.
- Trace — trace helps individuals and businesses go carbon neutral - measure (for free), reduce & offset your carbon footprint. Track your impact across our handpicked project portfolio including biodiversity in Australia.
- Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
Jason Kilgour serves as the Chief Executive Officer of MedKeeper LLC and also has been its President since 2001. Prior to MedKeeper, Mr. Kilgour served as Director of Business Development at Thomson Micromedex, a leading provider of health information to professionals and consumers. At Thomson, he was responsible for managing MedKeeper LLC,strategic planning, new product development, and business development activities. Prior to Thomson, Mr. Kilgour held positions in Marketing and Business Development at Novartis Pharmaceuticals. During his tenure at Novartis, he was responsible for activities including capacity planning, new product planning, product line forecasting, market research, strategic planning and partnership development.
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Investment focus
- Parking
- Series A, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Parkable — Parkable is award winning software for managing employee and tenant parking, finding short-term or monthly public parking and sharing space to earn money.
Michael Rosenbaum - CEO & Founder @ Spacer
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Delivery, Internet
- Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Zoom2u — Zoom2u is a Delivery platform that connects you with a community of couriers across Australia. Deliver from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and more.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
Rowan Simpson - Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Music, Parking
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- New Zealand, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Melodics — Melodics is an app that adapts to your abilities and musical tastes to help you get better at playing keyboards, pad controllers, and drums
- Parkable — Parkable is award winning software for managing employee and tenant parking, finding short-term or monthly public parking and sharing space to earn money.
- ThisData — ThisData provides supercharged login security for your app by automatically sending a “Was this you?” notification to your users when unusual login activity is detected. Your ops team gets real-time notifications of unusual logins and can integrate with webhooks to build custom security workflows.
Tony is the founder of Gandel Invest and has over 25 years' experience in the Australian property industry.At Gandel Invest, Tony and the team are focussed on innovation and growth and believe strong relationships with our business partners are integral to successful investments.Before founding Gandel Invest, Tony held the position ofJoint Managing Director of Gandel Retail Management (GRM), a specialist property management group. GRM was established in 2002 when the retail assets of Colonial First State Property Trust were merged with the retail assets of Gandel Retail Trust.As Joint Managing Director of the Gandel Group’s retail assets, Tony was instrumental in this transaction, which consolidated Gandel Retail Trust’s position as the second largest retail trust on the Australian Stock Exchange.At Gandel Retail Management, Tony was responsible for acquisitions, leasing, centre management and operations, marketing and investor relations.During his time as Joint Managing Director, funds under management increased from approximately $2bn to $8bn through organic growth and conservatively financed acquisitions.Tony commenced his career in the Marketing Department at Cadbury, where he held the position of Marketing Product Manager. Tony left Cadbury to join the Gandel Group, where he held several roles across the Gandel Group before being appointed to Joint Managing Director in 1998.Tony’s experience in property has also seen him successfully partner with a number of property developers in residential and commercial developments.Tony holds a Bachelor of Business from Monash University and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
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Investment focus
- Delivery, Internet, Logistics
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Whizz — Whizz makes managing your household easy! Book online or through the APP. Whizz has over 2,500 professional service providers ready. Book today.
- Zoom2u — Zoom2u is a Delivery platform that connects you with a community of couriers across Australia. Deliver from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and more.
Steve Baxter - Non-Executive Director @ OtherLevels
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Investment focus
- Transportation, SaaS, Photography
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Go1 — GO1 provides a platform that allows companies to upscale their workforce with on-demand training and a dynamic content-driven platform for companies that are Open to Learn. The funding follows an integration with Microsoft Teams, which enables organizations using Teams to learn directly within their workplace ecosystem. Individuals can now find,consume, share, and discuss learning resources from its library of online learning resources.
- Travelshoot — Your holidays are really important to us to create good memories and we are offering Worldwide Photographer Services. Get the best vacation photographer NYC & across the globe. Visit us now!
- Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.
Co-founder @ Findation
Founder & Executive Director @ Adore Beauty
Co-Founder @ Glow Capital Partners
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Consumer Goods, Sustainability
- Seed, Series A
Founder @ Stata Venture Partners
Founder @ Integrated SoftTech Solutions
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Investment focus
- Science/Engineering, Hardware, Software
- Series A, Series B, Series C
Nikki Warburton, Non Executive Board Director.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Automotive, Publishing
- Seed
- Australia
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- CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.
Simon Sheikh
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- SaaS, Software, CleanTech
- Seed
- Australia
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- Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
Michael Acland
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Investment focus
- Parking
- Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Parkable — Parkable is award winning software for managing employee and tenant parking, finding short-term or monthly public parking and sharing space to earn money.
Jolie Baasch
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Investment focus
- Logistics, Transportation
- Angel
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Freight Exchange Pty Ltd — Multi-Carrier Shipping Software | TMS | FMS | ERP
Les Szekely B.A. LL.M. FAICD, is an active business angel, mentor, and M&A consultant. He started GPC in 2010 after a career of almost 30 years as a tax consulting partner and director with Horwaths Chartered Accountants and then Deloitte. He is the author of over a dozen books on taxation law, has been an active angel investor since 1999 andis currently a director of several early stage and maturing companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Shippit — Shippit is the multi-carrier shipping software helping you become the store every customer loves. Powering delivery for thousands of Australian sellers, stop dreading fulfilment and knock it out in minutes. Try it free today.
- Oneflare — Oneflare is a new online startup that connects customers with home services providers.Oneflare challenges the traditional Yellow Pages model by creating a revolutionary online marketplace. This marketplace eliminates the need for customers to search for tradies and tradies to search for customers. With Oneflare, all it takes is one stop toget any job done. Entrepreneur and Co-founder Tommy Lim explains, ‘Our aim is to make hiring a service provider as easy as booking a flight on Expedia.’Oneflare tips the process of looking for a service provider on its head. Requesting a service is effortless and free. Customers complete a simple form detailing the job then sit back and relax while Oneflare does the finding. Oneflare’s unique matching technology alerts relevant businesses of each request, allowing them to submit competing price quotes for the job. Quotes are then pre-filtered and presented to the customer, ensuring that the only work the customer has to do is make the buying decision. Launched in January 2012, Oneflare’s innovative offering has driven drastic growth. Oneflare features 40,000 businesses spanning 40 categories throughout Australia. 90% of requests posted receive 3 or more competing quotes which leaves extra cash in happy customers’ pockets. With most quotes appearing within 15 minutes, Oneflare also puts free time back into busy customers’ schedules. Oneflare’s winning combination has generated over $5 million worth of jobs to date. While saving time and money is exciting, 69% of customers have stated that reputation comes before price when hiring tradies (Newspoll Survey sourced by Oneflare). Oneflare has implemented an assortment of trust and safety features to ensure that customers always find a quality service provider. Reviews and ratings by previous customers coupled with business profiles featuring photos, testimonials and verification create an open community on the platform. Oneflare’s Home Care Guarantee also covers customers up to $500 if something goes wrong, providing the ultimate peace of mind no matter the size of the job. Customers aren’t the only ones who Oneflare caters to. Oneflare has created a unique value proposition for businesses which only requires them to pay for successful connections. It’s free for service providers to register for the site and it’s free to receive leads, providing businesses with an incredible incentive to join. Gone are the days of businesses submitting their advert to the Yellow Pages, hoping it will lead to sales. Instead, Oneflare brings the work to them.Oneflare is driven by clever technology that is hidden behind a user-friendly interface. Oneflare uses natural language processing to match every request to the right service provider. Real time SMS and email updates are sent to customers and businesses alike. Users on the go can enjoy the Oneflare mobile site which can be particularly useful for those pesky jobs that need to get done fast. With a patented iPhone App in the pipeline, Oneflare has utilised the latest technology to deliver superior customer service. In the future, Oneflare aims to take Australian households into the 21st century by becoming the go to source for hiring quality tradies.www.oneflare.com.au
- SiteMinder — SiteMinder is the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, ranked among technology pioneers for opening up every hotel’s access to online commerce. It’s this central role that has earned SiteMinder the trust of tens of thousands of hotels, across 150 countries, to sell, market, manage and grow their business. The global company, headquarteredin Sydney with offices in Bangkok, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London and Manila, generated more than 100 million reservations worth over US$35 billion in revenue for hotels in the last year prior to the start of the pandemic.
Artesian Investment
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- Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture, Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Australia, India
Portfolio highlights
- Nutromics — Nutromics is a MedTech company revolutionising healthcare through continuous real time molecular monitoring. Our Smart Patch biosensor platform will solve some of the biggest healthcare challenges we face today in the fields of chronic disease prevention, chronic disease management, acute diseases and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring.
- LYRO Robotics — Lyro Robotics is a leading robotic pick and pack company specializing in the warehousing industry. Our advanced technology and expertise streamline operations and improve efficiency. Contact us tod...
- HUVIAiR Technologies — A full-stack construction management tool designed for executive leadership. Deliver projects faster, improve build quality and reduce project costs.
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