Top 15 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Australia in January 2025
A list of 15 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Venture capital startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Venture capital companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Australia in January 2025
Investor | Venture Capital Australia investments |
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Flying Fox Ventures | 2 |
Archangel Ventures | 2 |
EVP | 2 |
GTR Ventures | 1 |
Catalio Capital Management | 1 |
Black Sheep Capital | 1 |
Agriculture Victoria | 1 |
Investec | 1 |
Artesian VC | 1 |
Melbourne Angels | 1 |
Tank Stream Ventures | 1 |
Churchill Asset Management | 1 |
Enabling Future | 1 |
Riverlane Capital | 1 |
BridgeLane Capital | 1 |
Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
- EverYoung AI — Everyoung AI is a pioneering organization in the field of Aged Care, utilizing advanced AI technology to enhance the quality of life for seniors. They are committed to building evolutionary AI solutions and have a vision to revolutionize Aged Care with new technology. Everyoung AI is inviting interns to join their team and contribute to theirmission of redefining Aged Care through innovative AI solutions. Their goal is to make Aged Care more personalized, efficient, and accessible, and they are dedicated to nurturing fresh talent in pursuit of this meaningful cause.
Archangel is an early stage venture capital fund based in Australia. We work with great founders and investors to build game changing companies together.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
- Restoke — Your restaurant, Your rules. Automate your process and let your team deliver
- Build Club — Build Club is a home for big dreams and top builders where the world's top AI builders gather. The company is a team of a global network of engineers, researchers, and founders building at the frontier of AI.
- Primary — Primary is the modern operating system for treasury management. We empower startups & innovative corporates to grow by reducing complexity around treasury, payments and cash flow.Primary is used by leading founders and finance teams that value safety, control and efficiency. Our product simplifies access to best-in-class yield instruments,enables monitoring of real-time cash positions across multiple banking partners and improves cash forecasting capabilities. We are powering the secure, smart and transparent treasury to help all companies meaningfully extend their runways.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- CorePlan — CorePlan is drilling management platform for mining, exploration and drilling companies to digitise their drill program operations. Move from pen, paper and spreadsheets to digital plods, drill planning, rig management, safety compliance and more using our cloud based software.
- Nexl — Nexl believes that CRM systems should be easy-to-use, affordable, and fully automated. They made it their mission to enable law firm's around the world to take back control over their business development efforts and enable them to grow at their full potential.
- InvestorHub — We provide comprehensive access to listed capital raises for institutional, family office and high net worth investors.
GTR Ventures is the world’s first investment platform dedicated to trade and supply chain.In exclusive partnership with Global Trade Review (GTR), the world’s leader in global trade and trade finance intelligence, publishing, news and events, GTR Ventures enjoys a presence in London, Singapore, and Hong Kong. GTR has a proprietary network of over25,000 decision makers in trade finance, treasury and insurance.Our vision: to pioneer investments in fintechs for trade and champion trade finance as an alternative asset class that has been shown to be low risk, stable, and liquid. Leveraging our trusted brand, influence and global platform of over 20 events across 6 continents, innovative companies in trade finance (or #tradetechs) who join GTR Ventures as our partners and portfolio are able to engage the world’s most powerful trade finance community, as well as investors who appreciate trade finance as an asset class.With this vision in mind, we have defined four promising areas investors can consider looking into, namely: Trade Finance, Trade Insurance, SME Finance and Supply Chain Finance, and Physical Trade.GTR Ventures engages key public and private sector stakeholders in the trade universe. Together we champion trade and trade finance as an asset class and mobilise private capital into trade. Trade just got smarter.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Supply Chain Management
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore, United Kingdom, China
Portfolio highlights
- Octet — Octet's flexible working capital solutions, including Trade and Debtor Finance help to power your business growth. You can also pay your suppliers in Australian Dollars & up to 15 global currencies.
- Havona Technology — Havona Technology is a post-trade platform designed initially for participants within the US$5 trillion global commodities services market. Its platform facilitates fully end-to-end digital trade from T+0 through to settlement. The principle product empowers principal parties, their counterparts and collaborators, including financial institutions,to exchange legally compliant, cryptographically secure electronic transferable records from T+0 through to trade settlement. Made by traders for traders, to derisk complexities of post-trade transactions, especially for physical, soft commodity trades.
- XDC Trade Network — XDC Trade Network is a cutting-edge blockchain technology company that provides trade document digitization and liquidity solutions for traders to allows borrowers to raise capital with the trade documents.
Catalio Capital Management was created by George Petrocheilos and Dr. Jacob Vogelstein to invest in breakthrough biomedical technology companies created or referred by Catalio Capital Management, an elite group of world-renowned, serial scientist-entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, France, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Aviceda Therapeutics — Aviceda Therapeutics is a late-stage, pre-clinical biotech company developing drugs for treating glyco-immune diseases. The company focuses on the next generation of immunomodulators by harnessing the power of glycobiology to address the innate immune system and chronic non-resolving inflammation specifically and profoundly. A combination ofcutting-edge technologies and deep biological insights form Aviceda’s engine of transformative product creation.Aviceda uses its cell-based high-throughput screening (HTS) platform to rapidly screen, select, and optimize ligands based on maximum affinity and specificity for each different type of innate immune cell. . The company's products are for eye diseases, fibrosis, neurology, and oncology, for eye diseases like AVD-104, AVD-302, AVD-401 for dry eye, diabetic retinopathy, and retinoblastoma respectively AVD-601, AVD-701 and AVD-801 for oncology, neurology, and fibrosis respectively.
- Orasis Pharmaceuticals — Discover how Orasis Pharmaceuticals is reshaping vision possibilities with innovative treatments for presbyopia.
- Superluminal Medicines — Superluminal Medicines is a generative biological and chemical company accelerating new possibilities in drug discovery and development. Its platform creates candidate-ready compounds with speed using a comprehensive combination of deep biology and chemistry expertise, machine learning, and proprietary big data infrastructure.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kleecks — Kleecks | Next-generation Enterprise Optimisation Platform
- Beamible — Get the most for and from your workforce. Deconstruct work down to its individual components so it can be reconstructed to better meet the needs of the business and the employees. Reduce turnover and burnout, enable flex and drive efficiency with Beamible.
- Brainfish — Brainfish is the world's first AI-powered help center + content platform that instantly answers any customer question.
Agriculture Victoria works in partnership with farmers, industries, communities, and other government agencies to grow and secure agriculture in victoria.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture, AgTech, Sustainability
- Seed, Grant
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Rocket Seeder — Rocket Seeder is an accelerator for early stage startups in the Food and Agriculture sector in Australia. We help innovators and founders take their startups to the next level by providing them with the tools and guidance they need to scale.
- Farmers2Founders — Farmers2Founders supports accelerating the commercialisation of agrifood tech and innovation solutions that deliver real industry impact.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Energy
- Funding Round, Debt Financing, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Qwello — Qwello is an Electric Vehicle charge point developer and operator with operations in Europe. Qwello deploys charging infrastructure across major European cities by partnering with local municipalities through public concession contracts, providing both infrastructure and charging services.
- Voltera — Voltera’s customers are companies that have a pressing need to power EVs at scale. They are challenged by the fact that charging infrastructure does not exist in the right place, at the right time, or of the right type necessary to support planned EV deployments. They're also challenged by the complexity of siting, building, owning, andoperating EV charging infrastructure without disrupting operations or investing significant time and upfront capital.
- Onyx Renewable Partners — Onyx guides your every step toward a cleaner future. Established in 2014, Onyx offers clean energy, solar, and decarbonization solutions throughout the United States.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
- Ohmie Go — EV charging solutions, shared electric vehicles, shared e-bikes & e-scooters delivered to residents as a premium managed service and amenity - An intelligent way to get EV ready with one seamless experience.
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
- Apop Imaging — Apop Imaging develops and commercialises novel imaging, diagnostic and therapeutic tools to improve patient outcomes based on our proprietary calcitonin receptor antibody technology.
- Alkira Software — Deliver interactive content and answer customer queries at scale using conversational AI. TalkVia offers quick and easy NO CODE voice and chat solutions for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and web based chatbots.
Tank Stream Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in strong teams solving core human problems!. We support founders with an almost obsessive vision to disrupt existing industries, create new ones and improve lives through technology.We like Founders with a problem solving vision as opposed to a solution driven one. We seetechnology as an enabler rather than an end in itself.We like to get involved as early as we can and are flexible in terms of geography – we’ve made investments from Hobart to Stockholm, with a strong concentration in Australia and the US.Through Tank Stream Labs, Australia's leading entrepreneurial community and co-working space, we are surrounded by entrepreneurs, thought leaders and ingenious opportunities every single day.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Biteable — Make on-brand videos with the leading online video maker. Biteable is the leading solution for creating concise, engaging, on-brand video content.
- Flare — Flare is a free HR software offering paperless onboarding, employee benefits, and employee management. Level up your operations and book a free demo today.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
Churchill is a leading capital provider for private equity-owned, middle market companies. We provide first lien, unitranche, second lien and mezzanine debt, in addition to equity co-investments, secondary solutions and private equity fund commitments.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Pet, Dental
- Debt Financing, Private Equity
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Proto Axiom — Early-stage funding to growth capital, we guide scientific breakthroughs from proof-of-concept to commercial success. Our hands-on approach to support Australian research is a first-in-country model.
- Mosaic Dental Collective — Mosaic Dental Collective provides administrative and business operations support to dental practices. They are a multi-specialty group where doctors make decisions and are supported by an experienced professional management team.
- Heartland Veterinary Partners — Heartland Veterinary Partners is high quality and fast growing veterinary support organizations.
Enabling Future (EF) is a sector agnostic, family office backed Venture Capital firm head quartered in Dubai. EF provides seed and early stage funding to entrepreneurs who challenge conventional wisdom and look to create true disruption. Our goal is to enable entrepreneurs to build companies of the future. We provide our portfolio companies withcapital, experience, strategy and network.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United Arab Emirates, United States, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- NÜWATER — NÜWATER was born out of a desire to combat the harmful impact that plastic bottles have on our environment today. With approximately 8 million tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean every year, NÜWATER is a recyclable alternative to plastic bottled water. We'd like to put the UAE at the forefront of driving sustainability, to ensure ourfuture generations live in a cleaner, healthier, plastic free world. NÜWATER is sourced from an artesian spring 500 meters underground, one of the deepest springs in the world. Filtered through rich volcanic rock, NÜWATER supplies the body with essential minerals for life. In comparison to desalinated water - a process that is highly energy intensive, removes all the minerals and produces toxic waste in the process. We are proud to say our manufacturing process is 100% Carbon Neutral. We aim to be a Carbon Net Positive company by 2023. see less
- Trifacta — Trifacta has joined Alteryx to help customers and partners bring even more value to their businesses, powered by breakthrough data analytic insights.
- Volt Lines — Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit.
Long-term owner-operators of great Australian businesses.
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Investment focus
- Life Science, Biotechnology, Venture Capital
- Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Proto Axiom — Early-stage funding to growth capital, we guide scientific breakthroughs from proof-of-concept to commercial success. Our hands-on approach to support Australian research is a first-in-country model.
The BridgeLane Group is a privately-owned asset management firm specialising in the agricultural, real estate and innovation sectors. A significant global player in agriculture with a multi-decade record in large scale farming, the Group has a proud history in residential property development, comme
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Health Care
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- Australia, Germany
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- Agerris — Agerris is a field robotics and AI start-up for the agriculture industry, based on technology created at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, the University of Sydney, where they have been developing air and ground robotic solutions for the agriculture industry since 2005.
- Sprout Stack —
- Evrima Technologies — Our clinical trial recruitment and management services put participants first. Trusted, timely clinical trial results are a good thing - for everybody.
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