Sapien Ventures

Sapien Ventures, established in 2015, is a Sydney-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. It specializes in marketplaces, enterprise software, and fintech sectors, with a focus on Australian startups. The firm leverages global networks, Silicon Valley expertise, and local market experience to support the next generation of Australian tech ventures.

Steve Austin

Venture Partner

Ken Cao

Venture Partner (IPO and M&A)

Jim Fitzsimons

Venture Partner

David Gee

Venture Partner

Michael Go

Venture Partner

Victor Jiang

Founder and MD

Daniel Laurence

Venture Partner

Lance Li

Venture Partner

Henry Li

Venture Partner (Data, Platforms)

Christian Oey

Venture Partner

Mario Pegoli

Venture Partner

Sein-Way Tan

Venture Partner

18 past transactions

Curious Thing

Venture Round in 2024
Curious Thing specializes in voice AI technology aimed at enhancing customer engagement through proactive interactions. The company’s AI-driven voice assistants automate both inbound and outbound calls, facilitating open conversations for various applications, including customer check-ins, re-engagement of churned accounts, lead qualification, and feedback collection. By streamlining these interactions, Curious Thing enables businesses to improve revenue, operational efficiency, and the overall customer experience throughout different stages of the customer journey, all while minimizing the need for significant investment or additional staffing.

Waku

Seed Round in 2022
Waku is an award-winning food and beverage platform based in Indonesia, specializing in corporate catering services for businesses and government entities. The company operates over 60 kitchens and offers more than 15,000 menu selections, making it a comprehensive one-stop service for various food needs. Waku serves thousands of customers daily across more than 20 cities, providing a wide range of options including rice boxes, snack boxes, buffets, coffee breaks, vegan and vegetarian meals, in-home fine dining, BBQ, pantry supplies, and frozen food. By connecting businesses with food vendors, Waku ensures that companies, offices, and government institutions receive healthy, nutritious, and hygienic meal solutions.

Feel Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2021
Feel Therapeutics is a digital precision medicine company focused on improving mental health through objective data and passive monitoring. It develops physiological and digital biomarkers alongside therapeutics that aid in the diagnosis, management, and care of mental health conditions. The company's platform includes proprietary medical-grade wearables, such as a wristband equipped with five embedded sensors, which collect biometric data. This data is analyzed using advanced computational methods to create digital biomarkers. By integrating these technologies, Feel Therapeutics aims to provide users with evidence-based insights that enhance their mental well-being and foster the development of lasting positive emotional habits.

AXIchain

Venture Round in 2021
AXIchain is an Australian company focused on enhancing the efficiency of domestic and international supply chains. It provides a comprehensive supply chain management platform that facilitates e-payments, participant authentication, logistics, trade finance, compliance, and content management. AXIchain's solutions are particularly beneficial for farmers, abattoirs, meat buyers, and traders, ensuring product integrity, origin, and traceability throughout the supply chain. The platform aims to simplify trading processes and improve transparency for all participants, enabling clients to trade with confidence and capitalize on new opportunities.

Mystro

Private Equity Round in 2020
Mystro brings together a range of cutting-edge data collection tools into a single secure client onboarding and data storage solution. Natural conversation-style forms that bring data collection to life. Automating and simplifying the document collection process. Mobile-friendly eSignature solution. Custom chatbots and client onboarding workflows. Simple Platform.

HashChing

Venture Round in 2020
HashChing is an online marketplace that connects consumers with local mortgage brokers to access home loan and business loan deals. The platform is designed to empower users by allowing them to share their experiences, whether positive or negative, ultimately aiding in informed decision-making regarding financial products. By providing a cloud-based platform that consolidates information on premium home loan options and related financial details, HashChing enables customers to navigate their financial choices with clarity and transparency.

Alpha Vista

Venture Round in 2020
Alpha Vista specializes in AI-based asset management and financial advisory services, offering innovative investment products for both investors and businesses. The company has developed a comprehensive asset management platform that utilizes advanced market analytics technology to leverage big data and artificial intelligence. This platform aims to mitigate the effects of tail risk events, thereby minimizing the adverse impact of sequencing risks on investment portfolios. By providing these tools, Alpha Vista enables clients to achieve consistent and stable returns on their investments.

Linqto

Funding Round in 2018
Linqto is a global financial technology investment platform focused on linking accredited investors with promising private companies across diverse sectors. Established to democratize access to private market investments, Linqto has positioned itself as a leader in facilitating investment opportunities for a growing community of users in over 100 countries. The platform identifies a wide range of firms poised for successful IPOs, allowing investors to evaluate risks and make informed investment decisions. Through its innovative approach, Linqto is redefining the landscape of technology-driven investments.

UCOT Australia Pty

Initial Coin Offering in 2018
UCOT is a structured ecosystem combining the latest Blockchain technologies and 5G telecommunication, designed for the next generation of smart IoT platform to solve critical issues regarding authentication, security and interoperability across supply chain flows and IoT networks. It will be facilitating businesses to meet challenges with regards to device validation and authorisation. It is also believed to protect the grid network by eliminating reliance on centralised administration.

Civic Ledger

Seed Round in 2018
Civic Ledger is a globally focused company that develops blockchain-based platforms aimed at transforming the management of entitlements and public resources for governments. Established in late 2016, the company leverages blockchain technology and smart contracts to create auditable ecosystems, facilitating better access to shared public data among organizations that may not inherently trust each other. This approach helps eliminate data silos, resulting in enhanced efficiency, reduced costs, and improved customer experiences through greater confidence in data integrity and transaction trust. Civic Ledger has gained recognition for its innovative solutions, including being selected as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in 2021, highlighting its impact and relevance in the digital transformation landscape.

Linqto

Series A in 2018
Linqto is a global financial technology investment platform focused on linking accredited investors with promising private companies across diverse sectors. Established to democratize access to private market investments, Linqto has positioned itself as a leader in facilitating investment opportunities for a growing community of users in over 100 countries. The platform identifies a wide range of firms poised for successful IPOs, allowing investors to evaluate risks and make informed investment decisions. Through its innovative approach, Linqto is redefining the landscape of technology-driven investments.

Studylane

Seed Round in 2017
Studylane is an online learning platform. They enables digital transformation in student recruitment through unique all-in-one technology platform. The online student portal that allows students to search, compare and apply for thousands of courses.

HashChing

Seed Round in 2017
HashChing is an online marketplace that connects consumers with local mortgage brokers to access home loan and business loan deals. The platform is designed to empower users by allowing them to share their experiences, whether positive or negative, ultimately aiding in informed decision-making regarding financial products. By providing a cloud-based platform that consolidates information on premium home loan options and related financial details, HashChing enables customers to navigate their financial choices with clarity and transparency.

Investfit

Series A in 2017
Put simply, Investfit can significantly improve financial outcomes and increase confidence at the same time. Investfit does billions of calculations in real-time to find the investment strategy that produces the best retirement outcomes at the preferred level of confidence. A small investment now can have a massive impact on retirement, so register today and become Investfit.

Global Study Partners

Series A in 2017
Global Study Partners links international students with education providers worldwide. Global Study Partners enables digital transformation in student recruitment through its technology platform. They develop student platforms like outcome.life, unilodgers, future learn, and cohort go.

LivePreso

Series A in 2016
LivePreso is a Melbourne-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in automating the creation of digital content for business-critical meetings. Its platform integrates customer-relevant data from various sources and employs artificial intelligence and business rules to generate interactive, data-driven content in a matter of seconds. LivePreso's offerings support enterprise sales management by providing a cloud-connected suite of applications designed to enhance complex customer engagement processes. This includes tools for developing presentations, account reviews, and other client interaction applications tailored to the specific needs and processes of businesses.

Airtasker

Series B in 2016
Airtasker is an online and mobile marketplace that facilitates connections between individuals and businesses seeking to outsource tasks and local service providers looking for work. The platform allows users to post various tasks for free, ranging from handyman services and home cleaning to administrative tasks and graphic design. Task posters can choose from a pool of rated, verified, and reviewed service providers who are ready to work immediately. Airtasker generates revenue through service fees and brokerage on stored value transactions, making it a trusted community marketplace for both service seekers and providers.

HashChing

Seed Round in 2016
HashChing is an online marketplace that connects consumers with local mortgage brokers to access home loan and business loan deals. The platform is designed to empower users by allowing them to share their experiences, whether positive or negative, ultimately aiding in informed decision-making regarding financial products. By providing a cloud-based platform that consolidates information on premium home loan options and related financial details, HashChing enables customers to navigate their financial choices with clarity and transparency.
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