Top 30 Video Games Startup Investors in Australia in October 2023

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• Raleon — Create engaging experiences that convert more users and increase loyalty, powered by Raleon's engagement platform.
• move.ai — Move.ai provides motion capture platforms and tools to enable augmented and extended reality productions using AI and computer vision.
• Omada — Get in on the action with Omada, the ultimate and insanely fun Sports Prediction Community.

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• Josef — Automate lawyer-client conversations, document drafting and providing legal services. Josef is a software platform with a chatbot interface.
• Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
• SafeStack — SafeStack Academy is the New Zealand online cyber security, privacy and secure development training company.

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• HypeLab — HypeLab is a web3 ad network that helps clients acquire new users in a scalable way. It serves both images and video creatives and uploads assets directly on the self-service advertiser portal. HypeLab is located in San Francisco, California.
• Hyper — Hyper is an avatar-based social network. We're building the metaverse.
• Xixiang Ecological Chain Collection — Xixiang Ecological Chain Collection is a Web3 digital collection platform that includes encrypted art production, promotion, and collecting, as well as IP permission.

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• Mercu — Connect with your deskless and frontline workforce via the chat apps they use. Get Mercu, the smarter, automated communication and enablement platform.
• Kismet — Find the best disability or healthcare service to support your journey
• Citadel — A cloud platform for AWS compliant with CDR, PCI, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA standards, providing security for your application, data, and customers.

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• mod.io — Support mods on PC, console and mobile with mod.io, a platform which makes it easy to grow, manage and integrate UGC in-game, using our API, SDK and plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine and more.
• move.ai — Move.ai provides motion capture platforms and tools to enable augmented and extended reality productions using AI and computer vision.
• Karta — Karta brings your brand into the Metaverse. Karta create branded environments, experiences and events within virtual worlds like Fortnite, Roblox, The Sandbox and others.

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• UPCLUB — UPCLUB is a blockchain social NFT project that is using NFT members to build a cultural experience and entertainment.
• Xverse — Xverse is the most advanced and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet. Earn BTC, trade Ordinals, and connect to Web3 apps powered by Stacks. Download for iOS, Android and Chrome.
• Silent Protocol — Silent Protocol is the first protocol enabling pseudonymous full-stack privacy for smart contract assets and web3 applications at scale.

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• mod.io — Support mods on PC, console and mobile with mod.io, a platform which makes it easy to grow, manage and integrate UGC in-game, using our API, SDK and plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine and more.
• Jam.gg — Piepacker is a free cloud gaming platform to hangout and plays premium retro games with your friends online. Piepacker combines the video with a series of licensed popular retro-style games that friends can easily play together. It is simpler than organizing a discordant group but more interactive than just streaming. So far, the platform has seenlong sessions and participation. It was selected by TechCrunch in their top 12 favorite startups of the YC20 batch.
• Area9 Lyceum — Area9 is a Danish-owned group, which has two main business areas: Learning Technology, and High-Technology Computer Science for optimizing the humans value for companies in call centers, legacy systems migration and process optimization. Area9 Innovation, the computer science company, supplies technology globally to large companies such as banks,insurance companies and drug manufacturers in close collaboration with their strategic partner Cognizant. The new learning company, Area9 Lyceum, brings together all of the Group’s learning activities and IP rights including Area9’s majority shareholding in Area9 Learning, which is the adaptive learning company in the business segment.

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• FirstMate — FirstMate is a software company that designs and develops software tools for NFT creators.
• Rocket Pool — Your friendly decentralised Ethereum staking protocol
• Mountain Protocol — At Mountain Protocol, we believe that everyone deserves access to the "risk-free rate" through a secure, regulated, and enterprise-grade product that elevates the world finance industry. Our yield-bearing stablecoin, USDM, provides permissionless composability, regulatory compliance, and an enterprise-grade setup with a seamless userexperience. Backed by US Treasuries and custodied by Fidelity in a bankruptcy-remote setup.

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• Immutable — Zero gas fees, instant trades and scalability for games, applications, marketplaces, without compromise.
• Blockfolio — Blockfolio offers mobile portfolio tracking and management for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.Blockfolio is the network for mobile cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and management. Millions of people trust Blockfolio to stay connected to the pulse of the industry through market data, news, and direct updates from leaders of top cryptoprojects. Blockfolio is committed to providing free access to our users and token team partners.
• Plair — Plair is a decentralized gaming ecosytem that rewards players for participating in the Plair platform. Plair intends to establish and grow a community space where gamers can not only engage with one another through online and offline events and tournaments, but where they will have access to tools that will allow them to earn a sustainable livingand forge a career path in video game play. The Plair platform will reward and empower every member of the video gaming community, both socially and financially.

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• Zeller — Leading EFTPOS Terminal provider for thousands of Australian businesses. Zeller helps you accept card payments, manage your finances, cash flow & more.
• Immutable — Zero gas fees, instant trades and scalability for games, applications, marketplaces, without compromise.
• FrankieOne — FrankieOne helps banks and fintechs make better decisions using a single API and dashboard to manage KYC/AML and fraud.

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• c8apps — c8apps develops mobile sports games for the fantasy sports and team management genres. c8apps was formed by two passionate sports fans/developers who met while studying Computer Science at university. The c8apps portfolio consists of 3 x Top 10 ranking games and the #1 ranked sports game in Australia. Their titles are TradeChamp, Frantic FC(Soccer), Footy Coach (AFL), and League Coach (NRL).The goal of c8apps is to create a fun and social experience for millions of sports fans around the world.

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• iFood — IFood is an online food delivery portal that develops an innovative system so users can order deliveries on the internet with no hassle.It aims to revolutionize the world of food for a more practical and enjoyable life. In an innovative technology environment and the challenge of strong growth with the delivery partners, restaurants, andcustomers.Eduardo Baer, Felipe Ramos Fioravante, Gabriel Pinto, Guilherme Bonifacio, and Patrick Sigrist founded it on May 15, 2011 and is headquartered in Jundiaí, Brazil as a subsidiary of Movile Internet Móvel.
• Fuel Games — Zero gas fees, instant trades and scalability for games, applications, marketplaces, without compromise.
• Flink Food — Flink is a developer of an online platform used to offer and deliver multi-category grocery products. Its application offers a wide selection of convenience items like fresh herbs, fruits, bread, essentials, and home supplies among others that enable people to get necessaries delivered to the door within ten minutes while saving transit costs.Thecompany was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

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• Tiliter — Tiliter's tech increases supermarket efficiency reduces loss and gives your shoppers a more convenient checkout experience.
• GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.
• iluminr — iluminr simplifies the work of agility-building by providing teams with the context, capability, and connectivity to conduct efficient wargaming and gameday response.

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• CellFE — CellFE is a company developing a microfluidics based device to deliver gene-editing molecules. CellFE developed microfluidic device and process that can efficiently deliver gene-editing molecules into the human cells.
• rabbit — Revolutionizing human-machine interaction
• Vayu Robotics — Vayu Robotics is an AI robotics company that develops and commercializes automotive sensing, autonomous vehicles, and robotics technology.

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• Instabase — Instabase combines the latest AI breakthroughs with industry expertise to create real business value for your business.
• Silo — Silo is a platform that automates the perishable supply chain. More time, more opportunity, less waste.
• Concordia — Concordia is a modular risk and collateral management protocol that unifies and enables multi-chain collateralization of digital assets.

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• CMR Surgical — Welcome to CMR Surgical. Transforming surgery. For good. Our aim is to make the benefits of minimal access surgery available to everyone who needs it.
• Enflame — Suiyuan Technology is a provider of neural network solutions for artificial intelligence. Its products are deep learning high-end chips developed for cloud data centers, and are positioned on artificial intelligence training platforms. The chip will adopt a unique and innovative architecture independently developed, featuring high computing power,high energy efficiency ratio, programmable, low cost, and support for mainstream machine learning frameworks. It is designed and optimized for cloud AI training.
• Broken String Biosciences — Our platform accelerates the characterisation of novel gene editing technologies to unlock the next wave of cell & gene therapies.

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• JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
• REALas — REALas provides Australia's most accurate price predictions on properties listed for sale. This includes auctions and private sales. Nationally, on average we've predicted within 5% of the sale price over the past 12 months.Visit https://REALas.comREALas started with a conversation between friends who were determined to givebuyers more realistic price predictions to guide their bids at auctions or offers at private sales.In 2011, we set out to develop the smartest property price prediction service in Australia. An international search led us to some incredibly talented data scientists, right here in Australia, at RMIT University.Using the latest research in data science, lots of property data, local market knowledge from property experts, and input from buyers - we developed our proprietary algorithm.And so, REALas was born.Fast forward to today, REALas has been rigorously tested across the Australian market. Nationally, on average we’ve predicted within 5% of the sale price over the 12 month period beginning Sep 16 to Aug 17. And we have not stopped there. Our algorithm continues to adapt as the market changes.In 2016, ANZ acquired REALas so we can continue in our pursuit to provide the most accurate predictions in the Australian property market, and supports us in the work we do from afar.REALas will continue to keep it real for property buyers so they don’t waste their time out there.
• GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.

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• OP3N — Founded in 2021 as a subsidiary of EST Media Holdings, OP3N is the global Web3 superapp that serves as a one-stop-shop for all communication, connection and commerce with on-chain interactions in a simple unified interface. With a mission to create a more frictionless, decentralized and democratized creator economy on a global scale, OP3Nconsolidates the tools needed to mint, share and engage with digital goods and digital tokens into one vertical stack. OP3N’s leadership team leverages its cross-industry expertise from the entertainment, gaming and tech ecosystems, to lay the foundations for a new era of community-driven, inclusive entertainment while bringing everyone together on a journey into Web3. OP3N is co-led by media executive, artist, and serial entrepreneur Jaeson Ma, who has a successful track record launching companies including EST Studios, Stampede Ventures, East West Ventures, and 88rising, and who’s raised capital and advised on transactions totaling over $1 billion; and Eric Tu, an award-winning development executive who’s worked with major brands including Nike, Beats by Dre and Google, and as an Executive Producer with Bjork, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar and more. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit: https://op3n.world.OP3N’s portfolio of projects includes a partnership with Tokyo fashion label AMBUSH; an intergalactic children’s book from Grimes; a partnership with entertainment icon Simon Fuller to produce an innovative musical film with the global pop group Now United; and the “Maybe You’re the Problem” music video from the singer-songwriter Ava Max, directed by the celebrated music video director Joseph Kahn.
• Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
• Superplastic — Superplastic is a character-based product and entertainment company. It creates limited edition art toys, apparel, games, and animation based on characters created in collaboration with some of the greatest artists in the world. Superplastic is founded on the principle that effort and scarcity are intrinsic components of value. The companyappropriates the tools of mass media and mass production to create limited edition works of art for a limited audience. It was established in 2017 and is based in Burlington, Vermont.

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• Vark — ActEvolve develops Blitz Freak, a multi virtual reality game. It began operation in 2017, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
• Rebel Wolves — Rebel Wolves is a new studio, but our team has years of experience working on some of the most critically acclaimed video games of all time.
• Wanmi Culture — Wanmi Culture is a full-case marketing service provider that focuses on brand new media full-case services.

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• GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.

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• Zitcha — Zitcha builds own-branded, high-performance, Retail Media Businesses by connecting Retailers and Brands to all marketing channels in one omnichannel platform, onsite, offsite and in-store.
• DataMasque — Simply mask your sensitive data while maintaining its function for testing, development, training and analytics. DataMasque makes it safe to explore, implement and harness the opportunities that data provides, free from privacy concerns or compromise.
• Dataweavers — Dataweavers WebOps | Automation of Customer Experience Ecosystems | Move from people-based Infrastructure Hosting to an end-to-end automated ecosystem.

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• GAMURS Group — GAMURS Group is a leading gaming, esports, and entertainment media network - we own and operate a network of digital publications and social media communities.
• VycoLend — The first decentralized Crypto money market built on BTC with advanced security features for pro traders
• SynergyXR — SynergyXR is a no-code, cloud platform that lets companies design, onboard, sell, and support across all XR devices without writing a single line of code

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• 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.
• Aerotruth — Aerotruth is a B2B SaaS solution which automates the document on-boarding process for banks, financial institutions and fintechs
• Curious Thing AI — Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more.

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• Blakthumb — Blakthumb is an Operating System software for cannabis and food producers. We make your operations so simple and intuitive, it's like running on autopilot.
• Layer — Layer matches brands and games to drive mutual audience growth and grow revenue.

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• Glider — Receive more payments, more often by transforming how your business requests & collects customer bill payments. Automated collections, agent assited & more.
• TANGGapp — Send money to the Philippines with the best exchange rates! Money transfers are received in minutes. Get full transparency on your transaction - no FX markups or secret costs. Download TANGapp today and get started!
• Smileyscope — Smileyscope solves paediatric problems using VR keeping kids calm and still during needles, allowing clinicians to do their job safely

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• Cyble — Cyble is a leading threat intelligence provider that obtains and processes data from the dark web and OSINT to mitigate external cybersecurity risks
• Hype — One hub for all your channels and followers. Audience insights and monetization tools to grow your brand.
• Verisoul — Verisoul helps ensure your users are real, unique, and trusted.

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• BookMeBus — Travelling or planning your trip across Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand? Find the best deals on bus, taxi and ferry tickets on BookMeBus.com. Book now!
• PoweredLocal — Wish you could uncover who's walking into your locations? PoweredLocal converts your real world visitors into a digital profile, complete with contact information, and sends this data into your existing marketing and CRM platforms. In real time.
• Freight Exchange Pty Ltd — Multi-Carrier Shipping Software | TMS | FMS | ERP

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• GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.

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• Luda — Lifting people through play
• Spectarium — Spectarium is a remote-first, ambitious new company creating best-in-class cross-platform action RPGs. Spectarium designs at the cutting edge of gaming, always looking for new methods to improve players' gaming experiences.
• Series.AI — Series.AI is a creative company that specializes in the development of games using artificial intelligence.

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• Triggr — SaaS Platform, Real-Time Sales Notifications and Top Quality Contact Data to Help Your Sales Team Close More Deals.
• Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
• GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.