# Top 50 Travel Startup Investors in Australia in June 2026

## EVP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.

## Sydney Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

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.

## Bailador Technology Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

Bailador is a growth capital fund that focuses on the IT and media sectors, managed by an experienced team with demonstrated sector expertise. The company supports its portfolio companies in subsequent rounds of funding through their own participation and with introductions to larger international growth expansion funds. It assists in thepreparation and management of fundraising, M&A activity, and pre-IPO processes. The portfolio businesses of the company are DocsCorp, Click Loans Group, Rezdy, Stackla, iPRO Solutions, and SiteMinder.Bailador is an Australia-based company that was founded in 2010 by Paul Wilson and David Kirk.

## Clinton Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Clinton Capital Partners is a VC advisory business that specialises in raising capital and growing shareholder returns, for early stage technology companies and their investors. In addition, we invest our own funds to align company, investor and advisor. We have completed >70 successful transactions, and crystallised 14 liquidity events.Clinton Capital Partners has a long and established track record of growing companies, raising capital, conducting mergers, and creating liquidity events. When raising capital, we feel early-stage companies underestimate the time involved, the distraction to the underlying business, and the importance of identifying the “right culturally aligned” investors for their journey.

## Brisbane Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Machine Learning

Formed in late 2006, the Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd is a large group of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in South East Queensland, Australia. The members are typically active or semi-retired former senior business executives, who apart from financial input can provide much needed value adding toinvestee companies through hands-on management experience and high level business networks.

## Follow[the]Seed
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming

Follow[the]Seed is a post-seed algorithmic venture capital fund, using a unique predictive analytical model known as Raving Fans™ to identify the next $1 Billion+ ventures. Based in Sydney, Australia; San-Francisco, USA; Tel Aviv, Israel & Beijing, China our team has over 3 decades of combined experience building startups ourselves andanother 2 decades of experience investing in over 90 companies.Oh, and we truly love entrepreneurs and innovation.

## Grand Prix Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce

Grand Prix Capital is a private venture capital and investment firm specialized in rapid growth, start-up, private and microcap listed businesses.

## Optus Innov8
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Video, Events, Travel

Optus Innov8 is an Australian venture capital firm focused on investments in technology-driven startups.

## Aura Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Financial Services, Software

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

## Andrey Shirben
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Travel, Printing, Software

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.

## Platform Advisory Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Travel, Software, Food and Beverage

Platform Advisory Partners provides corporate advisory services to high growth and technology companies including capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, business sale and founder exit and strategic advisory.

## Guy King
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, B2B

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.

## Bevan Clark
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, B2B

Board Member at YourGrocer.

## Gandel Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Malvern, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Travel

Providing strategic capital and expertise to established and growth businesses around the globe.

## RACV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Grant, Series A
- Focus: Social, Travel, Leisure

RACV is there for members with emergency roadside assistance, car and home insurance, home assist, travel services & car loans.

## Singtel Innov8
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series C, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Cyber Security

Singtel Innov8, the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, invests in and partners with innovative tech start-ups worldwide. It has a fund size of US$250 million and its own set of decision making, approval and funding processes. Beyond funding, Singtel Innov8 is a gateway for start-ups to tap on the resources and expertise of the Singtel Group,while enabling the Group to gain access to emerging technologies. Singtel Innov8 focuses its investments on technologies and solutions that can lead to quantum changes in network capabilities, next generation devices, digital services and enablers to enhance customer experience. Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel Innov8 also has offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv.

## Artesian VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

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.

## Les Szekely
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Customer Service, Travel

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.

## Scalare Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Scalare Partners is more than a technology investment fund. We provide critical funding and resourcing 

## little fish Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Information Services

Partnering with passionate entrepreneurs

## Allan Moss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology

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.

## Simon Clausen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Travel, Local

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.

## Seven West Media
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services

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## Craig Winkler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Apps

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.

## Queensland Business Development Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: AgTech, Travel, Farming

Queensland Business Development Fund

## Darren Patterson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, Travel, Banking

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.

## Skalata
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Education, Information Technology

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

## Hollard Insurance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance

Love your life without worrying about the risk.

## Future Now Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Retail, Travel

Creating tomorrow's value in today's growth ventures and early stage startups.

## Blackbird Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

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.

## Matt Berriman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Advertising, Financial Services

Matt Berriman is the Chairman of Mental Health Australia.

## Irfan Malik
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Information Services

Irfan Malik

## ASI Growth Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Travel, Software, Analytics

ASI Growth Partners is an investment Firm.

## Andrew McEvoy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Travel, Social Network, Information Technology

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.

## Startive Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Blockchain, Apps

Startive Ventures is a boutique technology investment company. We are focused on global technology and Internet startup opportunities and look at investments both internationally and in our own backyard. With a vast experience in building successful global consumer-focused Internet brands Startive is a partner that provides more help than justcapital. We also recognize entrepreneurs need to focus on developing ideas, running & growing their businesses, and not dealing with investor overhead.

## OneVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

OneVentures is a later-stage venture capital firm focused on scaling Technology and Healthcare companies through growth equity and credit. The firm's role extends far beyond investment, as the firm actively guides companies toward achieving their next critical milestones. By leveraging decades of global experience and operational expertise,OneVentures accelerates growth and helps shape the future of its portfolio companies.A global growth focus drives their investment selection, with their current portfolio including companies with truly innovative products tackling multi-billion-dollar problems, from needle-free vaccinations to virtual communications to adaptive e-learning.

## Athletic Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage

Athletic Ventures is a syndicate of past and present elite athletes investing in Champion Founders and their teams

## Alium Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Apps

Alium Capital focuses on listed and unlisted technology investments to generate out-sized returns. The company invests in technology, innovation, and early-stage businesses, all the way through to publicly listed assets.
It specializes in the fields of finance, investing, innovation, and capital.Alium Capital was founded in 2016 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.

## Dale Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Travel

The Dale Ventures Group operates at the intersection of capital, innovation, and timeless values.

## Tahmedia
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, Agriculture

Tahmedia is part of the other financial investment activities industry.

## Stephen Baxter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Software, Transportation, IaaS

Stephen Baxter - Founder @ River City Labs

## Canaccord Genuity Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Post-IPO Equity, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Mining, Precious Metals, Financial Services

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is a leading independent, full-service financial services firm, with operations in two principal segments of the securities industry: wealth management and capital markets.

## Phil Gunter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Travel, Social Network, Information Technology

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.

## Carthona Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.

## Queensland Government
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Software, Mining, Computer

Queensland Government is the government of the Australian state of Queensland that supports the economic and social participation of culturally diverse communities across Queensland and provides whole-of-government leadership, coordination, and monitoring in policy, program, and service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderQueenslanders. It is established by the Constitution of Queensland, and its relationship with the Commonwealth is regulated by the Constitution of Australia.Queensland Government provides support and advice for the Premier and Cabinet and leads the public sector in delivering the government’s priorities.

## John Grill
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Mobile Apps

John Grill - Founder @ Worley

## Escala Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series D, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Travel

Escala is a wealth management advisory business based in Melbourne who work with high net worth individuals, families, foundations & institutional investors.

## Marbruck
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services

Marbruck is an open-ended venture capital group. Marbruck sources, invests, and provides ongoing guidance to early / growth stage technology companies. With no outside capital, Marbruck actively manages a diverse global portfolio of 30+ companies spanning Seed through to pre-listing. Marbruck leverages its intellectual capital, its network ofpartner investors, and its deep operational experience, to successfully navigate the highest-risk, highest-reward spectrum of investing.

## Wavemaker Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

## AfterWork Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

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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