# Top 50 Community Startup Investors in Oceania in October 2023

## Investible
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

## Macdoch Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Our mission is to support Australia & New Zealand’s late seed stage founders. Since 2011, we have partnered with extraordinary founders building companies using technology to build a better future.We are looking for late seed stage founders who have a product and paying customers, in businesses across Australia & New Zealand. Our currentthesis surrounds networked businesses (like platforms and marketplaces) and select SaaS, but we do engage more broadly.We have been active seed investors since 2011. We invested in Cliff, Mel and Cameron when Canva was just starting to offer paid subscription plans. We partnered with Dylan and Mark at Qwilr based on their first public beta. Peter and Tony at Mable had 350 carers on their Sydney-based marketplace when we first partnered with them.

## Blackbird Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.

## Sydney Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps

Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners.

## Artesian VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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.

## SEEK
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Human Resources, Recruiting, Software

SEEK is a diverse group of companies that have a unified purpose to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organizations succeed. The Group encompasses a strong portfolio of employment, education, and volunteer businesses which span across Australia, New Zealand, China, South East Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Africa, andBangladesh. SEEK makes a positive impact on a truly global scale, operating in a total of 18 countries with market-leading positions in 14 countries. It creates world-class product technology solutions to address the needs of job seekers and hirers and facilitate the matching between job seekers and hirers across our online employment marketplaces. Online Education Services (‘OES’) offers leading online education and SEEK Learning offers trusted advice in relation to career-related education. SEEK’s commitment to having a positive impact on society is reflected through the diverse range of initiatives which its businesses across the globe partake in to support the communities they operate within. In Australia and New Zealand SEEK Volunteer is each country’s largest single source of volunteering opportunities offering not-for-profit organizations free access to post volunteer opportunities. This free marketplace is something SEEK is exceptionally proud of. Over its 20 years of operation, SEEK continues to innovate within the markets it operates in. It provides a culture of excellence and acceptance in our workplaces and celebrates the diversity of employees that contribute to the success of the organization.

## Enterprise Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.

## New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

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## Seven West Media
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Internet

Seven West Media is the leading, listed national multi-platform media business based in Australia. We comprise Seven Television, the leading free to air capital city television network; Pacific Magazines, the country's second largest magazine group by readership; Yahoo!7 one of the nation’s most successful internet platforms, as well asWestern Australia's leading newspaper, The West Australian and associated WA regional newspapers and radio stations. Seven West Media was created through the acquisition of Seven Media Group by West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited (WAN) as approved by WAN shareholders on 11 April 2011.

## Rampersand
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Marketing, Enterprise Software

Rampersand is an early-stage venture capital firm. We invest in the best Australian technology founders, teams and companies and are committed to helping them become major national, regional and global leaders.The rampersand team has worked with successful startups and technology firms in Australia, Silicon Valley, Israel, Europe and Asia. Ourpartners have seen numerous companies from the early stages through to successful exits including BEA Systems (acquired by Oracle for US$7.2bn), Jajah (acquired by Telefonica), Snaptu (acquired by Facebook), Onavo (acquired by Facebook), StepStone (acquired by Axel Springer) and Amobee (acquired by Singtel for over US$300m).As you can see, we have done it before and know that companies need more than just capital to succeed.

## Melanie Perkins
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Social Entrepreneurship

Melanie Joy Perkins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Canva. She attended University of Western Australia.

## INP Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Financial Services, Biotechnology

INP Capital is a global private-market investor with international offices in Canada, Australia, China, UK and Germany. We back and invest in entrepreneurs looking to change the world. We are committed to building long-term relationships with our investors, investment partners and colleagues.

## Singtel Innov8
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series C, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Analytics

Singtel Innov8, the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, invests in and partners with innovative tech start-ups worldwide. It has a fund size of US$250 million and its own set of decision making, approval and funding processes. Beyond funding, Singtel Innov8 is a gateway for start-ups to tap on the resources and expertise of the Singtel Group,while enabling the Group to gain access to emerging technologies. Singtel Innov8 focuses its investments on technologies and solutions that can lead to quantum changes in network capabilities, next generation devices, digital services and enablers to enhance customer experience. Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel Innov8 also has offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv.

## Skalata
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Education, Apps

Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future.

## HATCHER+
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Hatcher+ is a data-driven venture capital firm that uses AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide.

## TEN13
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

TEN13 is Australia's leading Venture Capital Syndicate.

## Lisa Kate Miller
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Automotive, Electric Vehicle

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## Acorn Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Acorn Capital Specialist Emerging & Microcap Investment Management. We research and invest in the most attractive Australian based emerging or microcap companies.

## Lars Rasmussen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Video

Lars Rasmussen is a co-founder and 'Chief Espresso Officer' at Weav Music, Inc in Brooklyn, New York. Formerly, he was a director of engineer at Facebook London where he headed up the Facebook Workplace team. Formerly, he was a member of Google's technical staff, based in the Sydney office, and with his brother the 

## Tim Fung
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Pet, Insurance

Tim is a director and a founding member of the Tank Stream Ventures Investment Committee.Tim is a technology investor and entrepreneur with extensive experience in web start-ups, business development, marketing and finance. He is a co-founder and CEO of Airtasker, an online and mobile services marketplace that has raised over $1.5m in venturecapital.Tim is a co-founder at Tank Stream Labs and before this, was a founding team member and investor in amaysim – a mobile virtual network startup, where he played a key role in raising significant venture capital from a range of HNW individuals and institutional investors.Prior to this, Tim spent five years as a corporate advisor and investment banking executive at Macquarie Bank. He is also an investor and advisor at several web startups, including online custom clothing business Joe Button, and motorsport event management group, Circuit Club.

## Andrew Bogut
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D
- Focus: Sports, eSports, Gaming

Andrew Bogut

## Mark Livings
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Content Marketing, Information Technology, Software

Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.

## AfterWork Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

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

## Salesforce Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

100% invested in enterprise cloud companies.

## Elomida Visviki
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Messaging

Elomida Visviki is CEO and Co-founder at Weav and Cute Little Apps Ltd. She used to work at TEDxAthens ad Ambassador and Vice President at NGO Aniksi.

## Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming

Rabobank emerged from several small agricultural cooperative banks, founded by Dutch farmers in the late nineteenth century. Food & Agriculture (F&A) is in our DNA, from which we built a unique position in the F&A sector as a key financier and international player, attributes which we leverage for the benefit of our stakeholders andportfolio companies. We recognise and understand the food security challenges lying ahead of us and how Innovation in F&A supply chains is key to the solution, which is why we are dedicated to committing capital to the space.

## Clinton Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Clinton Capital Partners is a VC advisory business that specialises in raising capital and growing shareholder returns, for early stage technology companies and their investors. In addition, we invest our own funds to align company, investor and advisor. We have completed >70 successful transactions, and crystallised 14 liquidity events.Clinton Capital Partners has a long and established track record of growing companies, raising capital, conducting mergers, and creating liquidity events. When raising capital, we feel early-stage companies underestimate the time involved, the distraction to the underlying business, and the importance of identifying the “right culturally aligned” investors for their journey.

## Finistere Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Farming

Finistere Ventures is an agricultural technology and life sciences venture capital investor. Founded in 2005, the company partners with other entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to build innovative companies that have the potential to transform modern agriculture, increase food security, improve nutrition, and enhance sustainability. Their appliedexperience as operators, and pioneering role in Ag Tech, is actively utilized to benefit its portfolio companies and Partners. Finistere has global access to the best new technologies from centers of Ag Tech excellence in the U.S., Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada through its venture partner networks. Finistere’s locations in San Diego and Palo Alto, California keeps them connected to the centers of mainstream venture investment and the world’s leading innovation ecosystem.

## AirTree Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.

## Right Click Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm

## Cameron Adams
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Farming, Software, Recycling

Prior to Fluent, Cameron spent almost 4 years at Google, first working as lead designer on Wave and then creating future concepts for browsing social content.
Prior to that he ran his own successful design consultancy, has authored four books on web design and regularly speaks at conferences around the world.

## Alberts Impact Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Music, Energy, Events

We back pioneers who share our vision for a better tomorrow.

## Cliff Obrecht
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Cliff Obrecht is the Co-Founder and COO at Canva. He attended University of Western Australia.

## OIF Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses.

## Icehouse Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand.

## K1W1
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.

## Leigh Jasper
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction

Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne.

## Robert Phillpot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction

Co-founder Rob Phillpot is senior vice president of product and engineering, responsible for product vision, strategy and management. He has been instrumental in developing the company’s business on a global scale and ensuring that Aconex solutions deliver a superior customer experience to buyers and users. Before founding Aconex in 2000 with CEOand director Leigh Jasper, he managed document control, quality and trades on a site team at Brookfield Multiplex. Prior to Brookfield Multiplex, Mr. Phillpot was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Australia. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Planning and Design degrees with Honors and a Master of Building degree from the University of Melbourne.

## Flying Fox Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.

## Investec
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Energy

Welcome to Investec. Find out more about us, our businesses, sponsorships and career opportunities.

## RACV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Grant, Series A
- Focus: Social, Travel, Leisure

RACV is there for members with emergency roadside assistance, car and home insurance, home assist, travel services & car loans.

## Folklore Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Information Technology

Folklore is a team of investors, founders, and builders committed to supporting Australian and New Zealand tech founders. We are a first cheque to forever investment firm, and we believe in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start.

## Bombora
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Marketplace

Bombora is a unique portfolio of actively managed high growth pre-IPO and listed equities. We have generated returns of c.25% per annum over the past 8 years

## OC Funds Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B
- Focus: Software, Lifestyle, Marketing

OC Funds Management

## BioScience Managers Limited
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Health Care, Pet, Medical

BioScience Managers Pty Ltd (formerly IB Managers) is a leading life sciences investment firm, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 2003, BioScience Managers offers a global, multi-disciplinary team, bringing an international perspective together with the track record, networks and expertise required to convert that perspectiveinto informed, high return investment decisions.We operate a high value-add model, providing assistance and support to portfolio companies via our global team and international network of independent industry advisors. With combined experience of over 170 investments, more than 40 IPO’s/ reversals in Europe, the USA and Australia, and a diverse skillset specific to the bio-based industries, we aim to provide investee companies with significant value-add over and above capital invested.Alongside our funds management business, Phillip Bioscience Advisory provides specialist corporate advisory services to healthcare and life sciences companies.

## Integral Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care

Integral Capital Partners operates a family of partnerships that invests in expansion-stage private and growth-stage public companies in

## Reinventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Reinventure is pioneering Founder-First Corporate Venture Capital. They champion founders who have the vision, ambition and hustle to transform an industry across Asia-Pacific and beyond, propelling them with the support of a top 20 bank globally.With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner,Reinventure is focused on uncovering, investing in and nurturing scalable early businesses in FinTech and adjacent areas that will be the future of the industry.

## Total Sport and Entertainment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Social

We are Australia's leading, full service sports and entertainment agency specialising in marketing, events, sponsorship and creative.

## Ellerston Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Ellerston Capital is a specialist investment manager with a distinctive approach to portfolio construction and investment selection.

## Breakthrough Lab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1

Breakthrough Lab are successful start-up founders who have operated businesses from pitch deck to exit.Breakthrough Lab manages Australian technology focused venture capital investments.We are a team of successful start-up founders who have operated businesses from pitch deck to exit. As venture capital fund managers we are dedicated toachieving market-beating returns for both our investors and the founders we back.

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