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Top 15 Travel Angel Investors in Australia in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 15 angel investors that invest in Travel startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Travel companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 15 Travel Angel Investors in Australia in January 2026

Investor	Travel Australia investments
Guy King	2
Les Szekely	2
Bevan Clark	2
Andrey Shirben	2
Allan Moss	1
Simon Clausen	1
John Grill	1
Stephen Baxter	1
Phil Gunter	1
Craig Winkler	1
Matt Berriman	1
Irfan Malik	1
Darren Patterson	1
Andrew McEvoy	1
Stephen Baxter	1

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Guy King is the Co-Founder of Stateless Systems Pty Ltd. Guy King wrote BugMeNot as a "slapped-together" weekend project in 2003 that went on to become a worldwide hit. After time working a Realestate.com.au, Guy King founded Stateless Systems in 2007 and launched RetailMeNot, a consumer coupon sites.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, B2B
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
Influx — Hire 24/7 teams to clear the inbox as you need it. We match your brand voice exactly with all management, training included.
YourGrocer — YourGrocer operates an online fresh food market for busy people. It offers fresh produce, bakery, meat, seafood, deli and grocery, organic, and coffee products. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Brunswick East, Australia.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Customer Service, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

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
DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,315,473 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!
UrbanYou — Founded by ex-Yahoo execs, Noga Edelstein and Elke Keeley, UrbanYou (formerly UrbanOutsource) is Australia's leading platform for household services on-demand. In 60 seconds, customers can book a pre-approved cleaner or gardener for a time suitable to them.

Board Member at YourGrocer.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, B2B
Seed, Angel, Series A
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
Influx — Hire 24/7 teams to clear the inbox as you need it. We match your brand voice exactly with all management, training included.
Chuffed.org — Chuffed is a crowdfunding platform for socially-conscious projects. We support individuals, not-for-profits, social enterprises and community groups to run awesome crowdfunding campaigns, all 100% free.

Time Traveler (trying to crack Teleportation as well). Andrey has been building companies, projects and ventures since he was 19 and hasn't stopped since (some call it serial entrepreneurship, he simply calls it "a way of life"). He has been investing in early stage start-up companies over the past 8 years, helping otherentrepreneurs build great companies. In 2012 he has founded SYD Ventures , which is not your ordinary fund - in fact it's not a fund at all - it's a start-up company that just happens to invests in other startups.Andrey invests in people, rather than ideas. He invests in startups, he can personally get involved in and help build and scale them. He invest relatively small amounts, mainly at very early seed and pre-seed stages, and being long-time entrepreneur himself, he understands the needs and interests of the startup venture and the entrepreneurs leading it.

Investment focus

Travel, Printing, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
Israel, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Deep DAO — Discovery, listing and analytics for all DAOs
Cartesian Co — Cartesian Co is a New York-based technology startup that creates the world's first desktop electronics printer, the Argentum.
Jayride — Search and compare thousands of shared airport shuttle and private transfer companies. Find and book your door-to-door airport, or hotel transfer today

Allan Moss acts an adviser to Anchorage’s Investment Committee. Currently Principal of Allan Moss Investments, a private investment company, Allan retired from the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group in May 2008. He was with Macquarie Group for 31 years and served as CEO from 1993 to his retirement in2008. He was also a non- executive director of CSR Ltd from 1996 to 2001.Allan graduated from Sydney University in Arts with a major in Economics and in Laws with Honours. He is also a graduate of Harvard University with a Masters Degree in Business Administration with High Distinction. Allan has received numerous industry awards and recognitions. He was twice named by Barron’s Magazine as one of the 30 most respected CEOs in the world (2006, 2007). He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Australia, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Skykraft — Skykraft is an Australian space services firm that specializes in smallsat constellation design, production, and operation.
Ferronova — Ferronova is a medical device company that offers imaging and surgery products.
Invert Robotics — Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications.

Simon is Founder and Director of Startive Ventures. With two decades of experience in high growth technology businesses in both Australia and the United States, Simon has worked on all levels and aspects of technology companies; from employee, to consultant, to founder & CEO of one of Australia's most successful technology startups. Histechnical expertise includes proficiency in multiple software development languages, computer security and vulnerability analysis, and he is co-author and inventor of a number of granted technology patents.Focusing on consumer-centric software and Internet enabled technology he founded, and was CEO of WinGuides, which later became PC Tools. With Simon as CEO PC Tools grew to over $100 million dollars in revenue, more than 250 employees and offices in 7 countries. PC Tools was acquired by Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) in October 2008 in one of Australia‘s largest ever technology acquisitions at the time. Following the acquisition Simon became a Vice President at Symantec, before leaving in 2009 and founding Startive Ventures, a specialised technology venture fund. Today, Startive actively maintains investments in a number of successful global start-ups and Simon acts as a Director and advisor to companies around the world. Simon is the founding investor in Freelancer Limited (ASX:FLN) and is a board member of two publicly listed companies.

Investment focus

Apps, Travel, Home Decor
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Clippings — The all-in-one platform for interior professionals to discover, specify and buy furniture and lighting for their projects.
Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.
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John Grill - Founder @ Worley

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, Mobile Apps
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Leezair — Leezair connects travelers with Experiences, Tours & Activities around the world.

Stephen Baxter - Founder @ River City Labs

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Go1 — Simplify employee training with one subscription that delivers essential learning from 250+ providers, integrated seamlessly into your HR tech stack.
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.

Phil is a dynamic and clear thinking Senior Executive with an outstanding record of delivering transformational business success. Through understanding customers, the numbers, technology, the immediate and wider business needs and having an ability to 'join the dots', Phil has designed & implemented multiple strategies that havedelivered truely transformational results across multiple industries. Phil is a strong leader with a passion engaging & developing teams and for doing the right thing - by the business, customers and partners.

Investment focus

Travel, Social Network, Information Technology
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Travello app — Travello is a social network for travellers used in over 180 countries. It's a global community of travellers and is fast becoming the largest and most trusted travel community in the world. It's available for free on iOS and Android. However, Travello is more than just a social network. We have developed a suite of Travel-Tech solutionsunder the brand BlueTee. www.bluetee.io These platforms allow travel companies to connect with their customers 'in-destination', using self serve geo-fence technology, customer segmentation and location based push messaging. For the first time, travel companies can partner with Travello and get the right message, to the right traveller, in the right place at exactly the right time - all with NO technical integration.

Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his timeworking in the philanthropic sector.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Apps
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Australia, New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Chaser — Automate invoice reminders, get paid faster and maintain great customer relationships. Our users get paid 16+ days sooner and save 15+ hours a week on A/R.
Myprosperity — An all-in-one client portal with innovative digital tools to increase practice efficiencies, scale client engagement and grow revenue.
Ignition — Engage clients, get paid and run your business on autopilot with Ignition. Create online proposals & automate client payments, all from one place. Learn more.

Matt Berriman is the Chairman of Mental Health Australia.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Financial Services, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ratio — Asia focused investment firm
Tailwind Acquisition — Tailwind Acquisition is a purpose-built investment company that seeks to partner with a world-class founding and executive team. The company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It also seeks tocapitalize on the multiple decades of combined investment experience of the company’s management team, the board of directors, and Advisors who are both technology entrepreneurs as well as technology-oriented investors with a shared vision of identifying and investing in technology companies.Tailwind Acquisition was founded in 2020 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
TRAVLR — TRAVLR is a revolutionary white label technology provider that consolidates the global travel industry into one seamless platform via its unique ‘Travel as a Service’ model.The company licences its full service travel platform to the world’s leading media companies, enabling their audiences to discover, plan and book curated, once-in-a-life-timetravel experiences.In turn, media companies are able to retain audiences within their ecosystem for longer, optimising for conversion by providing customers a seamless path from content through to real world experience.This unique ‘win-win-win model’ benefits all key stakeholders including consumers, media companies and the travel industry, who have traditionally experienced a fragmented travel booking journey across multiple platforms and providers.TRAVLR was founded in 2017 by Bali Bible founder Simon te Hennepe and has strategically located offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Denpasar. Its partners include Network 10, MTV, Bali Bible and Stuff.co.nz.

Irfan Malik

Investment focus

Travel, Information Services
Seed
Australia

Portfolio highlights

FreeGuides — FreeGuides is a peer to peer platform, enabling locals to create, run and manage their own free walking tours.

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

Investment focus

Sports, 3D Technology, Commercial Real Estate
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Clearmatch — Alternative funding, fixed income marketplace
Persollo — Analyse any Instagram, TikTok, YouTube account, sell on social media in just 1 click and discover influencers with the audiences you need. AI powered. Designed for mobile. The results are magical.
LocalAgentFinder — Compare real estate agents' fees, commissions, services and local experience across Australia. Find the best real estate agent for you, with our 100% free, no obligation service.

Experienced CEO and Chairman with a demonstrated history of working in the leisure, travel & tourism industry. Skilled in Digital Strategy, Marketing Management, Negotiation, Business Planning, and Hospitality Industry. Strong entrepreneurial professional who has successfully run large teams to achieve common purpose.

Investment focus

Travel, Social Network, Information Technology
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Travello app — Travello is a social network for travellers used in over 180 countries. It's a global community of travellers and is fast becoming the largest and most trusted travel community in the world. It's available for free on iOS and Android. However, Travello is more than just a social network. We have developed a suite of Travel-Tech solutionsunder the brand BlueTee. www.bluetee.io These platforms allow travel companies to connect with their customers 'in-destination', using self serve geo-fence technology, customer segmentation and location based push messaging. For the first time, travel companies can partner with Travello and get the right message, to the right traveller, in the right place at exactly the right time - all with NO technical integration.

Stephen Baxter - Founder @ River City Labs

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Go1 — Simplify employee training with one subscription that delivers essential learning from 250+ providers, integrated seamlessly into your HR tech stack.
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.

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