Top 5 Angel Investors in Oceania in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Venture capital startups based in Oceania. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Venture capital companies from Oceania. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Angel Investors in Oceania in November 2024

Investor	Venture Capital Oceania investments
John Bacon	1
Emlyn Scott	1
Larry Diamond	1
Simon Hackett	1
Kain Warwick	1

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John Bacon

Investment focus

Crowdfunding, Venture Capital, Funding Platform
Series A
Australia

Portfolio highlights

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Emlyn is a successful founder and investor with personal investments in fast growing tech companies like Kami, A.Kin, MealMe, Segna, and EnsuredIt. Managing Partner at CP Ventures and the founder of OpenMarkets Group, Australia's second-largest retail broker. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s secondlargest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Masters Business Administration (MBA), Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI), and Bachelor of Economics (BEc).

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

REZA — Footwear & Apparel Brand
Tpaga — Tpaga is a mobile wallet for unbanked consumers in Latin America. Currently in Colombia and Mexico.In Latin America, more than 50% do not have credit cards or bank accounts, but what they do have is a cellphone. Tpaga allows consumers to store money via cash kiosk ( 4,000 in our network) and then use it to pay utility bills, cell phone top-up,supermarket and even gas station merchants. We have become the first mobile wallet in Latin America to allow consumers to pay groceries without having a bank account, and allowing unbanked commerces to start receiving payment without have POS systems.
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Larry Diamond is the founder of ZipMoney, a company that provides shoppers with online credit facilities. He was previously a director at Diamond Capital Partners. Diamond holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Technology, Sydney and a master’s degree from UNSW Australia.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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After graduating from the University of Adelaide, Simon Hackett founded Internode in 1991. Internode grew to become the largest privately held national broadband services provider in Australia, and it was sold to iiNet Limited in 2012. Simon is now invested in a variety of Australian and US startups in fields he is passionate about.Simon is akeen supporter of electric vehicles. Meeting Elon Musk at FiRe in 2008 led to him being the first Australian customer of Tesla in 2009. His family now owns multiple Tesla vehicles (and no gas-powered ones).In the energy sustainability field, Simon has invested in startups in Australia and the US, most significantly in Redflow (ASX:RFX), where he is a significant shareholder and a member of the board. He considers this to be a case of putting his money where his beliefs are.Simon is also a board director of the National Broadband Network (www.nbn.com.au) in Australia.Simon is a serial delegate at the SNS FiRe conference, having participated in almost all FiRe events since their inception.Away from the office, when he isn't spending time with his family, Simon is usually off flying in something.