Top 50 Transportation Startup Investors in Australia (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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| Reinventure | 35 | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial, Software, IT | ||
| Uniseed Ventures | 32 | Series A, Seed | Science/Engineering, Health Care, Biotechnology | ||
| Melbourne Angels | 22 | Angel, Seed | Science/Engineering, Software, Commerce/Shopping | ||
| Our Innovation Fund | 21 | Seed, Series A | Software, IT, Internet | ||
| Starfish Ventures | 19 | Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, Hardware | ||
| CP Ventures | 18 | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Science/Engineering, Data and Analytics | ||
| Alium Capital | 18 | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Financial, Science/Engineering | ||
| Jelix Ventures | 16 | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, IT, Science/Engineering | ||
| AfterWork Ventures | 16 | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial, Commerce/Shopping | ||
| Folklore Ventures | 16 | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial, IT | ||
| TEN13 | 16 | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Internet, Apps | ||
| Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) | 16 | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Science/Engineering | ||
| Macdoch Ventures | 15 | Seed, Series A | Software, Commerce/Shopping, Internet | ||
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Artesian VC
VC Fund
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14 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $40k–$15M |
| Regal Funds Management | 13 | Series B, Series A | Software, Financial, IT | ||
| NAB Ventures | 13 | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial, Software, IT | ||
| Black Nova Group | 13 | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, IT, Professional Services | ||
| Brandon Capital Partners | 13 | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Science/Engineering | ||
| Thorney Investment | 12 | Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, IT | ||
| Stoic VC | 11 | Seed, Series A | Science/Engineering, Biotechnology, Health Care | ||
| Emlyn Scott | 11 | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Science/Engineering, Data and Analytics | ||
| Leigh Jasper | 11 | Seed, Series A | Software, Real Estate, Science/Engineering | ||
| Chris Sang | 10 | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Data and Analytics | ||
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Carthona Capital
VC Fund
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10 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $404k–$50M |
| Transition Level Investments | 10 | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial, IT | ||
| SEEK | 10 | Series A, Series B | Professional Services, Administrative, Software | ||
| ACAC Innovation | 10 | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, IT, Media and Entertainment | ||
| Perennial Partners | 9 | Series B, Seed | Software, Commerce/Shopping, Financial | ||
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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 | $104k–$29M |
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Sydney Angels
VC Fund
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8 | Australia, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Health Care | $120k–$1.5M |
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Airtree Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $750k–$48M |
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Tidal Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $508k–$15M |
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Black Sheep Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $34k–$13M |
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Paspalis
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Aerospace, Manufacturing, Space Travel | $236k–$13M |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $637k–$33M |
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Maersk Growth
VC Fund
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4 | United States, United Kingdom, Denmark | Series A, Seed, Series B | Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software | $1.3M–$115M |
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Investible
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $250k–$20M |
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Aura Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Financial Services, Software | $1.5M–$12M |
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Contrarian Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Lithuania, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Renewable Energy, Energy | $55k–$23M |
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$35M |
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Main Sequence Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $1M–$73M |
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Ellerston Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $850k–$24M |
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Antler Australia
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, Sweden, Philippines | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $128k–$2.7M |
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Maniv Mobility
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Israel, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software | $2M–$126M |
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Giant Leap Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Philippines | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $875k–$23M |
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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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Skalata
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Education, Information Technology | $135k–$2.3M |
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Skip Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.3M–$100M |
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Series B | Energy, Renewable Energy, Real Estate | $5M–$333M |
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Black Nova Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $330k–$3M |
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Reinventure is pioneering Founder-First Corporate Venture Capital. They champion founders who have the vision, ambition and hustle to transform an industry across Asia-Pacific and beyond, propelling them with the support of a top 20 bank globally.With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner,Reinventure is focused on uncovering, investing in and nurturing scalable early businesses in FinTech and adjacent areas that will be the future of the industry.
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- Industry: Financial, Software, IT
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
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: Science/Engineering, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
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: Science/Engineering, Software, Commerce/Shopping
- Stage:Angel, Seed
OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses.
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- Industry: Software, IT, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
Starfish Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm focused on information technology, life sciences, and clean technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Hardware
- Stage:Series A, Series B
CP Ventures is a VC fund that invests internationally in early stage, highly scalable, breakthrough technology companies driven by the 4IR
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- Industry: Software, Science/Engineering, Data and Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Alium Capital are Investment Fund Managers offering an Innovative Investment Fund Focused on Generating Returns & Effectively Managing Risk
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- Industry: Software, Financial, Science/Engineering
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
Jelix Ventures invests in world class Australian and New Zealand tech startups with sector insiders. Jelix invest in visionary young technology companies to accelerate growth and focus on globally scalable businesses positioned to disrupt traditional markets with innovative technology, led by tenacious entrepreneurs. Jelix is led by startup sectorinsiders, both experienced investors and entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, IT, Science/Engineering
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
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, Financial, Commerce/Shopping
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Folklore is a team of investors, founders, and builders committed to supporting Australian and New Zealand tech founders. We are a first cheque to forever investment firm, and we believe in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start.
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- Industry: Software, Financial, IT
- Stage:Seed, Series A
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) provides dedicated, investment funding to support the commercialisation of early-stage medical research discoveries that originate from its member institutes. The collaborative nature of the MRCF seeks to foster best practice in the commercialisation of medical innovations.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Science/Engineering
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Our mission is to support Australia & New Zealand’s late seed stage founders. Since 2011, we have partnered with extraordinary founders building companies using technology to build a better future.We are looking for late seed stage founders who have a product and paying customers, in businesses across Australia & New Zealand. Our currentthesis surrounds networked businesses (like platforms and marketplaces) and select SaaS, but we do engage more broadly.We have been active seed investors since 2011. We invested in Cliff, Mel and Cameron when Canva was just starting to offer paid subscription plans. We partnered with Dylan and Mark at Qwilr based on their first public beta. Peter and Tony at Mable had 350 carers on their Sydney-based marketplace when we first partnered with them.
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- Industry: Software, Commerce/Shopping, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
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: 227
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5M; 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
- CUZIN — Providing a surprisingly human shopping experience. Trusted and secure. Millions of domains to choose from.
- 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.
Regal Funds Management aims to provide investors with absolute returns over the medium to long term, through a suite of investment products in both listed and unlisted equities. The Regal Emerging Companies Fund focuses on Pre-IPO, later stage VC, expansion capital and listed micro-cap opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Financial, IT
- Stage:Series B, Series A
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: Financial, Software, IT
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Black Nova Group provide services across investment & venture capital.
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- Industry: Software, IT, Professional Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Brandon Capital Partners is a funds management business aiming to generate quality returns for Australia's leading superannuation funds by investing in innovative life science ventures. Our team works with entrepreneurs to build businesses, creating value for the entrepreneurs, their teams and our investors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Science/Engineering
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Thorney Opportunities Ltd is an investment company. The Company's principal activity is making investments in listed securities. The Company is focused on producing absolute returns for shareholders over the medium to long-term. Its primary focus is on the selection of investments, which enable it to be a catalyst towards unlocking the valuein the companies that it identifies. The Company's investment manager is Thorney Management Services Pty Ltd.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, IT
- Stage:Series A, Series B
Stoic VC is an early-stage venture fund backing founders at the forefront of University Innovation. We partner with Uniseed to accelerate the commercialisation of university research across the ANZ.
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- Industry: Science/Engineering, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
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- Industry: Software, Science/Engineering, Data and Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Aconex Limited
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- Industry: Software, Real Estate, Science/Engineering
- Stage:Seed, Series A
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Data and Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
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: 111
- Round size: Seed $404k–$4.2M; Series A $3.3M–$17M; Series B $9.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
- CoverRight — Use CoverRight's tools to find a personalized Medicare plan and get the best coverage for your situation! Compare and enroll in Medicare Advantage, Medigap, and Prescription Drug Plans, all in one place.
- Lounge — Use Lounge to organise events and groups in seconds, without a newsfeed. Stop scrolling, start living.
Founded by Steve Baxter, Transition Level Investments provides equity capital and operational expertise across Seed and Series A rounds to Australian companies. Our team focuses on a company-growth approach, adding value by assisting founders to build their expertise, expand their team, build product, scale locally and globally to position for asuccessful exit. We have a track record of identifying investment opportunities in the Australian market and helping enable global growth.
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- Industry: Software, Financial, IT
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
SEEK is a diverse group of companies that have a unified purpose to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organizations succeed. The Group encompasses a strong portfolio of employment, education, and volunteer businesses which span across Australia, New Zealand, China, South East Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Africa, andBangladesh. SEEK makes a positive impact on a truly global scale, operating in a total of 18 countries with market-leading positions in 14 countries. It creates world-class product technology solutions to address the needs of job seekers and hirers and facilitate the matching between job seekers and hirers across our online employment marketplaces. Online Education Services (‘OES’) offers leading online education and SEEK Learning offers trusted advice in relation to career-related education. SEEK’s commitment to having a positive impact on society is reflected through the diverse range of initiatives which its businesses across the globe partake in to support the communities they operate within. In Australia and New Zealand SEEK Volunteer is each country’s largest single source of volunteering opportunities offering not-for-profit organizations free access to post volunteer opportunities. This free marketplace is something SEEK is exceptionally proud of. Over its 20 years of operation, SEEK continues to innovate within the markets it operates in. It provides a culture of excellence and acceptance in our workplaces and celebrates the diversity of employees that contribute to the success of the organization.
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- Industry: Professional Services, Administrative, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
ACAC Innovation provides angel investment, mentoring and support to game-changing startups. We work with founders to turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses.
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- Industry: Software, IT, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Perennial Partners is a specialist, active investment management firm. Formed in 2000 and led by well-known Value investor, John Murray. The company's sole focus is to deliver excellence in funds management through equity ownership and the alignment of interests between key investment management staff and our clients. Perennial Value nowmanages over $5 billion on behalf of institutional and retail clients.
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- Industry: Software, Commerce/Shopping, Financial
- Stage:Series B, Seed
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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: 1206
- Round size: Seed $196k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $104k–$1.1M; Series A $4.6M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
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- Qeeper — On-demand property maintenance across London, Edinburgh and Brighton
- Twisty — Use our character engine to make your message come alive
- EnterMeme — meme.market is where you coin the best meme
Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $120k–$1.3M; Angel $130k–$890k; Pre-Seed $337k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Quizling — Quizling is an educational app that allows its users to make quick quizzes on their iPhone or iPad. Its users have the ability to plug their iPhone or iPad into their smart board or digital projector and challenge their class.Quizling is designed for teachers, students, and classrooms. Its aim is to make a teacher’s life easier, a student’slearning more interesting and challenging, and to help make the classroom a fun and engaging place. It can be used to preview a topic and check prior learning or before a test. Students also have the opportunity to make their own quizlings and challenge each other.Quizling was launched in 2012.
- ExtrasJar — Swap health insurance premiums for balanced investments and get access to your funds when using health services.
- Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 184
- Round size: Seed $750k–$10M; Series A $2.8M–$35M; Series B $4M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $288M in 2022
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- TrueState — Accelerate your AI adoption with TrueState's library of high-impact AI solutions, infinitely customisable for your unique business context.
- Sauce — AI customer insights for product teams
- SafetyCulture — Digitize & improve elements of your operations. Give your teams the knowledge, tools & confidence to work safely & meet higher standards.
We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Pre-Seed $508k–$1.3M; Series A $1.7M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
- Socialsuite — Share your impact with the world using Socialsuite’s social impact and ESG technology.Whether you're looking to monitor your nonprofit's impact on people, or would like to demonstrate your organization's ESG commitments, Socialsuite's powerful impact technology can help you to show the change you're making.With officesin Australia, America and Canada, Socialsuite simplifies the complexity of social impact and sustainability reporting for corporates, nonprofits, charities, NGO's, governments, foundations, management consultants and impact investors.
- Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
Black Sheep Capital is making its mark as a preferred investment capital provider due to their 'Everyone Wins' approach. Their philosophy is to work with their investment partners to create and grow opportunities where they can all enjoy success. Through this approach, they have been able to create a diverse portfolio of investments thatcontinues to grow.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $34k–$3.9M; Pre-Seed $539k–$1.5M; Series A $1.2M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
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- Haast — Haast is an artificial intelligence SAAS company that offers marketing compliance automation services.
- TokenOne — TokenOne is a Cyber Security software company that makes it easy to replace passwords, tokens and other forms of authentication with a more secure solution.
- ProfitPeak — Unify marketing performance, margin clarity, and inventory risk for profitable growth.
Paspalis is a leading venture capital investor in Northern Australia. We invest in innovative companies, both locally and globally, looking to do business in the Northern Territory.
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- Industry: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Space Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $236k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arlula — Arlula provides a single integration point for a global network of satellite imagery. Sign up today and get BETA access to our API.
- Atomionics — Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration.
- Transcelestial Technologies — Secure, last mile connectivity with fiber-like speeds using next gen Wireless Fiber Optics or Lasercomms, at a fraction of the deployment time and cost of fiber.
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 824
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $637k–$5M; Series A $4M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Tino — Tino is building the future B2B payment network. The company allows merchants to use their credit card receivables as credit collateral, accessing working capital seamlessly and cheaply.Due to this increase in merchant purchase power, suppliers can boost their commercial opportunities, while keeping their default risk under control. The companyultimately aims to streamline the commercial relationship between merchants and their suppliers, leveraging data to boost transactions for B2B buying and selling.Pedro Sonego de Oliveira and Luis Eduardo Cascão founded Tino on November 2021. It has its headquarter in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
- Clever Care Health Plan Inc. — Clever Care delivers culturally sensitive Medicare options in Southern California that honor and represent the cultural values of the communities we serve. Health and wellness, centered around you.
Integrated logistics company and global leader in container shipping.
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- Industry: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4.8M; Series A $11M–$22M; Series B $15M–$115M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ofload — Ofload connects road freight to thousands of reliable carriers and manages it through technology. This means less waste and more data. Start hauling and shipping with us today!
- Fleetzero — Fleetzero is a marine technology company that sells electric and hybrid marine propulsion systems for new and existing commercial vessels.
- WasteFuel — WasteFuel produces renewable fuels using proven technologies to address the climate emergency and revolutionize mobility.
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: 169
- Round size: Seed $250k–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $404k–$2M; Series A $1.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
- Directo — Directo operates as an independent B2B e-commerce pharmacy marketplace.
- EdenFarm Indonesia — EdenFarm Indonesia merupakan Start Up B2B, Pemasok bahan makanan mulai dari produk segar hingga sembako untuk restoran, warung nasi, hingga toko grosir.Menjual berbagai bahan pangan untuk usahamu mulai dari restoran hingga warung nasi
Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies
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- Industry: SaaS, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.7M; Series A $2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- SynergyXR — SynergyXR is a no-code, cloud platform that lets companies design, onboard, sell, and support across all XR devices without writing a single line of code
- TradeGecko — Powerful Automated Inventory Management Software for Wholesale and Multichannel eCommerce with a B2B Ordering Platform, and Mobile plus Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon Integrations.
- Catapult — Discover Catapult. The cutting-edge sports technology, data analytics, and insights that will unleash your team's and athletes' potential.
We are a hands-on, community-focused and founders vetted early-stage sustainable energy transition focused VC in Europe & Israel
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- Industry: Software, Renewable Energy, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Lithuania, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $274k–$8M; Pre-Seed $55k–$4.1M; Series A $1.7M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eliq — Energy data platform for utilities combining customer insights and operational intelligence to improve service, reduce churn and grow revenue.
- PVcase — From site selection and design to yield optimization; PVcase helps streamline your entire process.
- altrove AI — Altrove - Sustainable Alternatives to Critical Materials
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: 311
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.1M; Pre-Seed $50k–$3M; Series A $3.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Sumday — Non - financial accounting software. Start carbon accounting, properly, with the support of your existing advisors
- Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.
- 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
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Browse database — It's Free!We work with inventors who are building something hard from their unique expertise in science. These inventors are building the industries that will thrive for the decades to come. We have a unique working model to accelerate a company's pathway to scale.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.1M; Series A $4.5M–$29M; Series B $13M–$73M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $303M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Endua — Endua is building the next generation of clean energy deep storage to power communities, remote industries and off-grid infrastructure at the flick of a switch - all day and night
- Arlula — Arlula provides a single integration point for a global network of satellite imagery. Sign up today and get BETA access to our API.
- QuintessenceLabs — Quantum cyberattacks can break current encryption in minutes! Get protected with QuintessenceLabs quantum key distribution, generation, and management.
Ellerston Capital is a specialist investment manager with a distinctive approach to portfolio construction and investment selection.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $850k–$16M; Series A $2.4M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ansarada — Always achieve the best outcome with Ansarada's advanced Virtual Data Room solutions. Leave legacy data rooms behind & join the world's top dealmakers now.
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- EcoJoule Energy — EcoJoule Energy delivers intelligent, Australian-made power management systems that improve energy quality, reliability, and efficiency.
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–$627k
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
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.
- Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
- 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.
Maniv Mobility is a global venture capital fund investing in the world's leading mobility start-ups.
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- Industry: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $2M–$7.7M; Series A $4M–$23M; Series B $18M–$126M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Terraline — Solo AVT engages in revolutionizing the heavy truck industry.
- Zoomo — Check our reliable electric bikes and enjoy flexible lease plans in Australia, US, UK, France and more soon!
- Gas Pos — Fastest-growing POS for gas stations & truck stops. Receive new EMV fuel dispensers. Free upfront. 10 Year Parts/Labor Warranty. Free 24/7 helpdesk. Gas Pos includes OTR (over-the-road) fleet card acceptance for your truck stop or diesel lane.
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: 46
- Round size: Seed $875k–$4.2M; Series A $2.8M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.7M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.
- 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.
- Clean Slate Clinic — Clean Slate Clinic is a telehealth company that provides alcohol detox program who are struggling with alcohol.
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: 32
- Round size: Seed $962k–$7M; Series A $4M–$10M; Series B $8.7M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ampd Energy — A state of the art battery system with high output power electronics powers the most demanding of loads. Enabling the use of zero or low carbon energy sources.
- Xandar Kardian — FDA-cleared, contactless Remote Patient Monitoring radar sensor enabling proactive health care through continuous vital sign monitoring.
- Hubble.Build — Build better, faster, safer and cost-effective with our construction management software. Learn how to digitise and automate your construction worksite workflows.
Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.
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- Industry: Software, Education, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $135k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $135k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $18M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Paperly — Paperly is an mobile app that provides modules for school management system and learning management system.
- 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.
- 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.
Skip Capital is a private investment fund investing in technology and infrastructure
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $4M–$50M; Series B $10M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reejig — At Reejig, we believe in zero wasted potential in people and in business – and that starts with harnessing the skills you have within your organisation. Our workforce intelligence platform provides 100% visibility of your people’s skills, potential, passions and experiences, creating a powerful central nervous system for all talent decisions.Powered by the world’s first independently audited Ethical Talent AI engine, Reejig generates the intelligence to instantly fill roles, track retention risks, mobilise talent to opportunities, pivot talent for reskilling and much more. Plus, we give you the power to ‘nudge’ people to new career opportunities, taking your engagement with internal and external talent to the next level. Put simply, we make workforce agility a reality.Reejig is trusted and used by some of the largest and most complex organisations including Woolworths, KPMG, NSW Government, John Holland, MYOB and UTS, and together we are creating a world where everyone can reach their full potential at work. It’s what we call zero-wasted potential in people and in business.
- Brighte — Brighte makes solar, battery and home improvements affordable for Aussies with easy finance and a network of trusted tradies.
- WORK180 — WORK180 is a global jobs network that operates at the forefront of a new workplace revolution. Our function is twofold.As an advocate for working women, we provide job applicants with a transparent directory of endorsed employers who support diversity, inclusion and equality.We share information around pay equity, flexible working, paidparental leave, equal opportunities and a range of other important criteria. Before an employer comes on board, we put them through a pre-screening process and on average, about 80% of companies who apply to work with us, pass our criteria.
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
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Series B $5M–$71M; Debt Financing $13M–$333M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $62M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Relectrify — Unlocking extra lifetime and performance of batteries via advanced battery management (BMS) technology.
- Wattwatchers — Be more energy efficient and maximise your renewable energy to save money, and the environment.
- Renewable Metals — Renewable Metals' unique alkali recycling process recovers critical minerals from old batteries so they can be used again and again.
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: 43
- Round size: Seed $457k–$3M; Pre-Seed $330k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 8seats — 8seats offers a secure, effortless messaging app for teams! Boost productivity with real-time chat, team collaboration for businesses of any size. Get started for free!
- Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
- Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!
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