Blackbird Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Surry Hills, Australia, that invests in technology startups across Australia and New Zealand from seed to late-stage. It supports companies in software, hardware, space technology, AI and robotics, telecommunications, healthcare, and related sectors, backing ambitious founders through early development and growth.

Artesian is a global alternative investment firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Sydney. It engages in equity and debt investments across the globe, including venture capital and impact-focused strategies, and has grown from credit relative-value management to seed and early-stage funding as well as later-stage growth investments, with offices in New York, London, Singapore, Shanghai, Melbourne and Sydney. The firm partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs to back technology-driven startups and has launched China-focused venture funds, including a fund with a cornerstone investment from Hostplus, with plans for a Southeast Asia initiative. Its focus spans technology, climate, agrifood, health, artificial intelligence and robotics, education and gender equality, with an emphasis on transformational impact alongside financial returns and sustainable ecosystem development.

Main Sequence Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Eveleigh, Australia. Founded in 2017 by CSIRO and supported by the Australian National Science Agency, the Australian Federal Government, and private investors, it invests in deep tech startups across Australia. The firm focuses on bridging research and commercialization, backing early-stage companies from seed to Series B in areas such as space exploration, climate technology, healthcare, industrial productivity, AI, decarbonisation, and biotech. It emphasizes hands-on involvement and leverages CSIRO's research capabilities and Australia’s public research network, including universities and industry agencies, to support portfolio companies. Main Sequence Ventures seeks to enable global competitiveness and long-term growth by translating world-leading research into scalable technologies and jobs.

AirTree Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies in Australia and New Zealand. It provides more than capital, offering a strong network, resources, and strategic guidance to help founders move from idea to growth, acting as an ecosystem builder across the region. The firm focuses on software and technology enabled sectors and supports companies through hiring, fundraising, and strategic navigation. Its portfolio includes Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable, and Linktree. AirTree emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders to accelerate innovation and regional economic growth.

Investible is a venture capital firm based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2014, that backs seed and early-stage technology companies. It focuses on climate tech, smart cities, food and agriculture, transport, industrial, and clean tech sectors across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia, and its portfolio includes more than 100 early-stage companies across 11 countries and 20 sectors. The firm supports portfolio companies by connecting them with capital, expertise, and networks to help them grow and scale globally. Its operations include offices in Sydney and Singapore, reflecting an international footprint.

Skip Capital is a Sydney-based venture capital firm investing across the technology and infrastructure sectors, with a focus on long-term growth. The firm backs early to late-stage ventures and funds in high-growth tech areas such as artificial intelligence, software as a service, data, internet of things, robotics, health tech, energy, education, fintech, and infrastructure. It pursues opportunities in enterprise infrastructure, sustainability, and decarbonization, aiming to support scalable, financially transparent growth and durable returns. Founded in 2017–2018 in Australia, Skip Capital seeks to align capital with innovative companies that solve global problems and create sustainable value.

Antler is a global venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Singapore that invests in technology companies and incubates startups across diverse sectors. It supports founders from day one with a worldwide community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, and expansion support, complemented by capital to help launch and scale ventures. Through regional funds and programs, Antler backs early-stage ventures across geographies, facilitating collaboration among founders and providing resources to help teams recruit, validate ideas, and enter markets.

Carthona Capital is a Sydney-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that makes early-stage investments and often supports portfolio companies with follow-on capital. It participates on a deal-by-deal basis using its own capital in collaboration with institutional investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, and it pursues opportunities globally from Australia. Although generally sector-agnostic, it has a stated emphasis on fintech. The firm backs pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds and typically aims for exits through trade sales or initial public offerings within roughly three to seven years.

Right Click Capital is a venture capital firm based in Sydney, Australia, that backs early-stage technology startups in Australia, New Zealand, and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2003, the firm focuses on pre-seed and seed investments, providing capital, strategic guidance, and access to a wide network to help startups mature and attract the next round of funding.

Square Peg Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2012 and based in Sydney, Australia, with additional offices in Melbourne, Singapore and Tel Aviv, backing early-stage technology companies. It focuses on areas such as artificial intelligence, fintech and software-as-a-service and invests across Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Israel, North America and beyond. The firm emphasizes long-term, founder-friendly partnerships, offering mentorship, strategic guidance and ongoing funding to help portfolio companies scale globally.

Flying Fox Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm based in Melbourne that backs early-stage technology startups in Australia and New Zealand. The firm supports a diversified portfolio across industries and stages from pre-seed to seed, and engages in community-building and educational initiatives such as the Flying Fox Angel School. The team comprises experienced investors and operations professionals, including co-founders Rachael Neumann and Kylie Frazer, who bring expertise in scaling companies, fundraising, and legal matters, complemented by operations support to foster community and smooth operations.

OIF Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Sydney. It invests in early-stage technology companies across sectors including AI, fintech, EdTech, B2B SaaS, marketplaces, software, hardware, cybersecurity and construction tech, focusing on disruptive, high-growth ventures. The firm provides capital plus hands-on support, including strategic guidance, mentorship, talent acquisition, access to networks, and assistance with international expansion and subsequent funding to help founders scale and realize their vision.

Grok Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm based in Surry Hills that funds technology-enabled businesses, with a global focus on climate technology and infrastructure companies.

Uniseed is an Australia-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 as a collaboration among the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland, later expanding to include UNSW, the University of Sydney, and CSIRO with private investors. It targets early-stage investments in biotechnology and technology arising from Australian research bodies. Uniseed provides seed capital, expert guidance, and access to a network of specialists to support researchers and startups through commercialization strategy, intellectual property management, and partner development. The firm pursues a long-term, partner-focused approach aligned with its research partners to advance viable startups and sustain research commercialization, with a disciplined investment process and a track record across its partner ecosystem.

OneVentures is a Sydney-based venture capital firm that backs technology and healthcare companies across Australia. It invests across early and growth stages, providing growth equity, growth credit and venture equity to portfolio companies. The firm emphasizes a hands-on partnership, offering strategic guidance, operational know-how, and access to an international network to help companies scale and reach key milestones. OneVentures targets sectors including software, healthcare, life sciences, cleantech, edtech, SaaS and TMT, and seeks opportunities addressing large-market problems. ESG considerations are integrated into investment decisions. By combining practical experience with global connections, OneVentures aims to accelerate growth while guiding portfolio companies through their next phase of development.

Reinventure is the corporate venture capital arm of Westpac Banking Corporation, investing in early-stage fintech and related technology startups across the Asia-Pacific region. Backed by Westpac, it deploys around $150 million to support founder-led companies through strategic partnerships, industry expertise, and hands-on operational guidance designed to accelerate growth. The firm focuses on scalable ventures at the intersection of payments, data, AI and financial services, aiming to shape the future of the financial landscape.

Brandon Capital Partners is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm that invests in life sciences, healthcare and technology companies across Australia and New Zealand, including in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare devices and supplies, digital health and healthtech. Founded in 2007, it pursues seed and early-stage investments and operates with offices in California and Sydney, supporting entrepreneurs to build scalable businesses and deliver value to founders and investors.

Icehouse Ventures is a New Zealand-based venture capital firm, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Auckland, that backs Kiwi founders and helps them build globally scalable companies. It invests across stages from pre-seed to pre-IPO in New Zealand, supported by an experienced team and a broad co-investor network to provide capital and strategic guidance. Since inception it has invested over $800 million in more than 390 companies, contributing to New Zealand’s startup ecosystem.

Rampersand is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that backs early-stage technology companies in Australia and New Zealand. The firm focuses on sectors such as enterprise software, data and artificial intelligence, fintech, cybersecurity, mobile and B2B/B2C platforms, and other frontier technologies. It targets late seed to Series A rounds, investing roughly $0.15 million to $3 million, and provides strategic support to help portfolio companies scale to regional and global leadership. Rampersand has worked with founders across Australia, New Zealand, Silicon Valley, Israel, Europe and Asia to help startups grow beyond initial traction.

Tidal Ventures is a founder-led venture capital firm based in Sydney, Australia, that backs early-stage technology companies, with emphasis on B2B software, fintech, cybersecurity, big data, and cleantech. The firm combines capital with strategic guidance, operational support, and access to a network of experienced operators, aiming to help founders achieve product-market fit, scale teams, recruit talent, and progress toward subsequent rounds. Its hands-on approach reflects its operators' background, and it typically engages a selected portfolio of companies each year to build long-term partnerships while managing downside risk. The team also pursues opportunities with global reach, including investments in both Australia and the United States.

Horizons Ventures is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm that funds technology-driven startups across seed, early, and late stages. The firm backs companies developing artificial intelligence, fintech, healthcare technology, software as a service, digital services, and other scientific innovations, while providing strategic guidance to help founders scale operations. Its portfolio spans software platforms, consumer applications, and emerging technologies, and the firm emphasizes engagement with founders to shape business direction. Horizons Ventures evaluates market trends to guide its investments and supports portfolio companies with capital and strategic resources.

Accel is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 1983 that backs early and growth-stage technology companies across software, enterprise, consumer internet, fintech, security, and related sectors. It builds a global community of entrepreneurs, providing not only capital but operational resources, mentorship, and access to a broad network of peers to help with product development, talent recruitment, and market expansion. Its portfolio includes category-defining companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and others, reflecting a track record of supporting rapid growth and transformation across multiple geographies.

BetterLabs is a Perth-based corporate venture fund and venture studio that fuels Australia’s startup ecosystem. It provides Seed and Series A funding of $200,000 to $3,000,000 and actively builds startups through its Venture Studio, offering practical experience and comprehensive support to its portfolio companies. The company focuses on areas such as Third Age, Next-Gen Insurance, and Clean Tech, and aims to strengthen Western Australia’s innovation landscape while contributing to the broader Australian entrepreneurship ecosystem.

King River Capital is a venture capital firm based in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia, with an additional office in San Francisco. It specializes in backing early to growth‑stage software and AI‑driven technology companies that address critical problems, with an investment focus on Australia and the United States. The firm typically targets Series A through Series C rounds and seeks to build a diverse portfolio of about 15 to 20 companies, with average investments around A$10 million over three to four years. King River Capital emphasizes supporting ambitious teams building innovative solutions that can scale internationally, and it aims to foster enduring partnerships with entrepreneurs, operators, and partners across its cross‑border ecosystem.

The Growth Fund is an investment firm that partners with founders and management teams of Australian and New Zealand businesses to accelerate growth. Based in Sydney, the firm targets companies headquartered in Australia or New Zealand and supports initiatives such as founder succession, expansion, and buy-outs, while maintaining an industry-agnostic approach that excludes property and direct commodity exposures. It collaborates with boards and project teams to unlock strategic opportunities and seeks to back strongly performing businesses across the region.

Virescent Ventures is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm that backs climate and cleantech innovations. Founded in 2022, it focuses on deep tech software and hardware and invests across sectors including clean energy, mobility, food and agriculture, and the circular economy. The firm provides capital to companies from early-stage to growth stages and supports founders pursuing sustainable, scalable solutions to reduce emissions. It emphasizes combining technical advancement with viable business models and leverages networks to help portfolio companies scale. Investments have targeted areas such as hydrogen production, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, soil carbon sequestration, and other climate tech solutions.

Marbruck is a venture capital firm based in Darlinghurst, Australia, that sources, invests in, and provides ongoing guidance to early- and growth-stage technology companies. It manages a global portfolio of 30+ companies and leverages its operational experience and a network of partner investors to support portfolio firms through the high-risk, high-reward stages of growth.

Folklore Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups in Australia and New Zealand. It focuses on software, healthcare, robotics and automation, decentralization, and related information technology sectors, providing early capital and practical support to founding teams. The firm is described as a collaborative group of investors, founders, and builders committed to supporting tech founders from the outset, helping translate founder vision into scalable businesses.

Bailador Technology Investments is an Australian growth capital investment firm based in Sydney that backs technology-focused companies in Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 2010, the firm targets sectors including information technology, software, SaaS, online education, telecommunications, applications and services, and supports portfolio companies with follow-on funding, board representation, and introductions to larger international growth funds. It assists management with fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, and pre-IPO preparation, and takes an active governance role to help portfolio companies scale.

Breakthrough Victoria is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm established in 2021. It focuses on funding companies across health and life sciences, advanced manufacturing, digital technologies, agri-food, and the clean economy, supporting them from early development to commercialisation and growth.

Scalare Partners is a venture capital firm based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2020. The firm specializes in investing in technology-based companies and focuses on supporting exceptional founders who are poised to create significant global disruptions. Scalare Partners emphasizes long-term collaboration with its portfolio companies by fostering a network that connects founders, advisors, and investors, thereby enhancing the potential for success and innovation within their investments.

Jelix Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Darlinghurst, Australia, that invests in technology startups in Australia and New Zealand. It targets deep technology areas such as automation, artificial intelligence, climate tech, developer tools, and software as a service, with a focus on ventures that can achieve global scale and disrupt traditional markets. The firm supports startups led by experienced entrepreneurs and sector insiders, emphasizing teams with a clear path to rapid growth. Founded in 2016, Jelix Ventures positions itself as a partner to founders seeking practical expertise and networks to accelerate product development, market entry, and commercial traction across the Australasian region.

Saniel Ventures is a private venture capital firm based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that focuses on technology companies and high-growth ventures. The firm partners with founders through a long-term, patient approach, offering guidance, resources, and a collaborative environment to help scale category-defining businesses. It was founded in 2000 by Leigh Jasper.

Paspalis is a venture capital firm based in Darwin, Australia, active in Northern Australia and globally. It backs innovative companies across seed, early, and later stages, with a focus on opportunities that benefit the Northern Territory, and it often leads investments in global innovations.

Alium Capital is a Sydney-based private investment firm founded in 2016 that concentrates on technology opportunities across Australia. It pursues mid-market investments and employs a multi-strategy approach across private, secondary, and public markets, with a focus on liquidity and disciplined risk management. The firm backs technology and innovation companies, engaging closely with management teams to drive value creation and pursue market leadership in areas such as AI, cloud, cybersecurity, health and biotech. Its experienced team leverages extensive financial markets relationships and a track record of exits to generate long-term, outsized returns while maintaining a disciplined approach to capital allocation.

Founded in 2003, Cygnet Capital is a venture capital firm based in Armadale, Australia. The firm seeks to make minority investments in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage software companies.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital platform founded by Rocket Internet that invests in early-stage technology companies worldwide. It operates as a globally oriented, stage-agnostic investor, partnering with exceptional founders across sectors and providing support from the initial growth phase through scale. The firm targets high-potential, rapidly expanding ventures and emphasizes impact and feasibility in evaluating opportunities. It is led by investment partners Cedric Asselman, David Sainteff, and Fabricio Pettena.

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm with offices in London, San Francisco and Geneva. It provides early-stage and growth-stage investments to technology-driven companies across software, fintech, healthcare, AI, data, entertainment, and related sectors, spanning seed to expansion rounds. The firm offers strategic support through due diligence, deal structuring and ongoing guidance to portfolio founders, leveraging a broad network of industry relationships to connect entrepreneurs with customers, partners and investors. With a history dating back to 1996, Index emphasizes long-term collaboration with ambitious teams to help them scale, enter new markets and turn bold ideas into global businesses.

TEN13 is a venture capital firm based in Fortitude Valley, Australia. It funds early-stage technology companies through a network-driven approach, with investments typically from 300k to 2m AUD in pre-seed to Series A rounds. The firm focuses on sectors including financial technology, product-led growth, creator tools, health and wellbeing, and API infrastructure. It operates a large community of investors and professionals to provide founders with access to capital, strategic guidance, and a global network. TEN13 seeks to fuel ambitious founders by offering curated investment opportunities and industry insights, supported by international deal flow and hands-on support.

Black Sheep Capital is a Brisbane-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that focuses on early-stage technology startups across Australia. The firm emphasizes an inclusive approach with investment partners to create and grow opportunities where all participants can benefit, a philosophy described as the 'Everyone Wins' approach. This collaborative strategy has contributed to a growing and diverse portfolio of technology investments.

Scale Investors is an Australian-based angel investor group established in March 2013. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on technology companies led by women or with significant female influence at the executive level. The group aims to invest between $0.25 million and $0.7 million per round, typically leading early-stage rounds with valuations under $4 million. Scale Investors seeks exits through sales, management buyouts, or private equity within five years.

AfterWork Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2019. It focuses on early-stage investments in technology and software companies. The firm emphasizes a founder-friendly approach, aiming to respect founders' time and effort by offering a transparent, value-adding investment process designed to reduce unnecessary due diligence and facilitate progress at every stage.

In-Q-Tel, also known as IQT, is a not-for-profit venture capital firm based in Tysons, Virginia. It identifies and supports venture-backed startups developing technologies that address mission needs of U.S. government agencies, with a focus on enhancing national security and public safety. IQT accelerates the development and deployment of innovations in areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, communications, data analytics, and related advanced technologies, translating early-stage breakthroughs into practical applications for defense, intelligence, and federal missions. The firm collaborates with portfolio companies and government partners to align technology capabilities with mission requirements, facilitating rapid transfer from innovation to government use. Over its multi-decade history, IQT has built a global network and a portfolio of dozens of companies valued at more than a billion dollars, reflecting its role as a specialized investor that bridges commercial innovation and government needs.

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995, focused on growth-stage software, internet, and data services companies. It partners with high-growth technology and software businesses to accelerate revenue growth and long-term value creation, offering capital, operational guidance, and an extensive network to support scale from product-market fit to IPO and beyond. The firm has a track record across sectors including Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI, DevOps, and Healthcare, and as of its latest disclosures manages over $75 billion in assets with a portfolio that spans hundreds of companies. Headquartered in New York City, Insight Partners maintains offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto.

Shearwater Capital is a venture capital firm based in Australia that backs technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on software-as-a-service, business software, and B2B payments. The firm targets opportunities in Australia and New Zealand and funds early and growth-stage startups.

Brisbane Angels is an angel investing network based in Brisbane, Australia, formed in 2006. It brings together experienced private investors who actively fund early-stage technology startups in the region, with a focus on South East Queensland. The group supports founders seeking seed funding and growth capital by providing hands-on management advice, valuable business networks, and access to investment analytics and co-investment opportunities. Members are typically active or semi-retired former senior executives who contribute strategic guidance and an extended network to help portfolio companies pursue global opportunities. Brisbane Angels aims to connect ambitious founders launching global companies with informed investors, fostering a community that supports early-stage innovation and scalable growth.

The South Australian Venture Capital Fund is a venture capital firm based in Adelaide, Australia. It targets early-stage ventures across B2B software, space, clean energy, cybersecurity, defense, agrifood, health and medtech sectors, providing funding to help them accelerate growth and scale into national and global markets, thereby stimulating economic activity and job creation.

Macdoch Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Woollahra, Australia. It concentrates on early-stage investments, particularly late seed, in Australia and New Zealand, with theses focused on networked businesses such as platforms and marketplaces, as well as select SaaS and other technology sectors. The firm backs technology-enabled startups that have a product and paying customers and supports founders through growth, leveraging a hands-on approach. Its track record includes investments in Canva and Qwilr during their early stages, illustrating a history of partnering with founders at pivotal moments. Macdoch Ventures seeks to help extraordinary teams build a better future through technology by funding and guiding companies across B2B, software, marketplaces, and broader tech opportunities.

InterValley Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The firm specializes in investing in innovative companies across several sectors, including healthcare, life sciences, agtech, automation, food tech, fintech, and edutech. InterValley Ventures focuses on supporting high-potential startups and growth-stage companies that are developing transformative solutions within these industries. By concentrating on forward-thinking technologies and market opportunities, the firm aims to drive growth and innovation, ultimately contributing to improvements in quality of life and the creation of sustainable value.

Qualgro is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that backs technology companies across data, artificial intelligence, software, and related fields. It emphasizes data analytics, SaaS, fintech, and digital platforms, including marketplaces, B2B models, education, and healthcare. The firm typically targets Series A and Series B rounds and growth capital, investing in Southeast Asia and the broader Asia-Pacific region, with activity extending to India, Australia, and New Zealand. Qualgro supports entrepreneurs pursuing regional or global growth ambitions and seeks opportunities in enterprise-focused tech across Southeast Asia and beyond.