Top 5 Wine And Spirits VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Australia in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 5 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Wine and spirits startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Wine and spirits companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Wine And Spirits VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Australia in January 2026

Investor	Wine And Spirits Australia investments
AfterWork Ventures	3
Black Sheep Capital	2
January Capital	1
Gandel Invest	1
Artesian VC	1

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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

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

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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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series C
Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

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We partner with exceptional technology companies in the Asia-Pacific region, providing flexible capital solutions to amplify their growth ambitions.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Singapore, Australia, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Agriculture
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

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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.