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Funder directory / Australia

AI investors in Australia (2026)

31 funders based in Australia. Filter by stage, sector or business model below. Contact details are part of Pro.

King River Capital

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B+ · Growth

King River Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies across stages ranging from pre-seed to growth. It targets sectors such as artificial intelligence, fintech, Web3 and crypto, consumer, …

AICrypto and blockchainFintechConsumerHealthMarketplaces

Virescent Ventures

Venture capitalAustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B+ · GrowthB2B / B2C

Virescent Ventures is a climate tech venture capital firm that invests in founders, technologies, and businesses addressing major sources of emissions. Born out of the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, the firm backs deep…

ClimateMobilityFoodIndustrialDeep techSoftware and SaaS

Black Sheep Capital

Venture capitalAustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B+B2B / B2C

Black Sheep Capital is an Australian venture capital firm that partners with founders building scalable technology companies. They invest across pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, providing hands-on support and stra…

AISoftware and SaaSFintechRegtechMarketplacesConsumer

Carthona Capital

Venture capitalThe Rocks, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series AB2B / B2C

Carthona Capital is an Australian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups. The firm typically makes initial investments at the pre-seed, seed, or Series A stages and provides follow-on funding as por…

FintechAISoftware and SaaSDeep techConsumerMarketplaces

First Avenue Ventures

Venture capitalMelbourne, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Growth

First Avenue Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Melbourne that invests in early-stage and growth-stage technology companies globally. The firm provides capital, operational support, and network access to foun…

FintechSoftware and SaaSAIDeep techClimateConsumer

Main Sequence

Venture capitalEveleigh, AustraliaSeed · Series A · Series B+

Main Sequence is an Australian venture capital firm founded by CSIRO that invests in deep tech startups and spinouts connected to publicly funded R&D. The firm focuses on challenges across space, decarbonisation, heal…

Deep techAIHealthClimateIndustrialFood

Salus Ventures

Venture capitalAustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series B+B2B

Salus Ventures provides early capital for innovators developing commercial technologies with dual-use potential at the intersection of enterprise and national security. They invest primarily at the seed stage across a…

AISoftware and SaaSDeep techIndustrialMobilityHealth

Climate Tech Partners

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaSeed · Series A

Climate Tech Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate technology companies to accelerate decarbonisation. It primarily targets Series A startups, as well as Seed stage companies, developi…

ClimateDeep techSoftware and SaaSIndustrialMobilityAI

Eastend Ventures

Venture capitalAdelaide, AustraliaPre-seed · SeedB2B

Eastend Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm backing early-stage technology companies based in South Australia, Western Australia, and Queensland. They provide capital, co-investment syndicates, and hands-on…

AISoftware and SaaSFintechHealthIndustrialDeep tech

Jelix Ventures

Venture capitalBondi Junction, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series A

Jelix Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to backing founders across Australia and New Zealand. Sector agnostic with a focus on areas such as deep tech, AI, climate, developer tools, and vertical…

GeneralistDeep techAIClimateSoftware and SaaS

Scale Investors

Venture capitalMelbourne, Australia

Scale Investors is an Australian venture capital firm dedicated to backing women-led startups. It provides investment across multiple sectors including health, software, artificial intelligence, and marketplaces.

HealthAISoftware and SaaSInsurtechFoodEducation

Sprint Ventures

Venture capitalBrisbane, AustraliaSeed · GrowthB2B

Sprint Ventures is a Brisbane-based early and growth-stage venture capital firm investing in Australian technology companies. The firm provides financial, human, and social capital to support high-growth businesses sc…

FintechPaymentsAISoftware and SaaSClimateMedia

Aera VC

Venture capitalAustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series AB2B

Aera VC is an early-stage venture capital fund backing climate, deeptech, and AI companies. Regulated in Singapore, the firm invests across the United States, Asia-Pacific, and globally.

ClimateDeep techAISoftware and SaaS

Boson Ventures

Venture capitalMelbourne, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series A

Boson Ventures is an Australian deep-tech venture capital firm backing pre-seed to Series A companies. It focuses on biotech, medtech, new materials, and advanced manufacturing, with AI and robotics as horizontal enab…

HealthIndustrialDeep techAI

Galileo Ventures

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaPre-seed · SeedB2B / B2C

Galileo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Australia and the United States. It provides pre-seed and seed funding to technology startups, writing initial cheques for emerging founders in areas su…

AISoftware and SaaSDeep techMarketplacesInsurtech

Rampersand

Venture capitalMelbourne, AustraliaPre-seed · SeedB2B

Rampersand is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in Australian and New Zealand founders globally. It provides inception, pre-seed, and seed funding with a focus on AI-native software, deep tech, and vert…

AISoftware and SaaSDeep techClimateHealth

SparkLabs Cultiv8

AcceleratorOrange, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B+

SparkLabs Cultiv8 is an Australian accelerator and venture capital firm focused on agri-food technology. It nurtures and backs startups developing innovations to improve agricultural productivity, sustainability, and …

FoodClimateAI

Square Peg

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaSeed · Series A · Series B+ · Growth

Square Peg is a venture capital firm that backs technology founders early and repeatedly across APAC and Israel. It operates venture capital and growth funds focusing on sectors such as AI, fintech, and SaaS.

AIFintechSoftware and SaaS

TEN13

Venture capitalBrisbane, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series AB2B / B2C

TEN13 is an Australian network-driven venture capital firm and syndicate that invests in early-stage technology companies. It backs startups globally from Pre-Seed to Series A and beyond with initial cheque sizes rang…

Software and SaaSAIFintechHealth

77 Partners

Venture capitalBrisbane, AustraliaPre-seed · SeedB2B

77 Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm backing Australian founders at the pre-seed and seed stages. Backed by Silicon Valley firm Bee Partners, it invests in FrontierTech ventures leveraging AI, IoT, robot…

AIDeep techIndustrialClimate

Alium Capital

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaGrowth

Alium Capital Management is an investment manager focused on private, secondary, and public technology and innovation companies in Australia and New Zealand. It provides growth and later-stage capital to companies acr…

AIHealthSoftware and SaaSDeep techIndustrial

Artesian

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaSeed

Artesian is an alternative asset manager specializing in venture capital and debt investments. It backs early-stage companies across strategic sectors including energy, agrifood, health, AI, defence, and frontier tech…

ClimateFoodHealthAIDeep tech

Brisbane Angels

Business angel networkBrisbane, AustraliaSeed

Brisbane Angels is an angel investing group connecting early-stage startups with angel investors across Australia. The network focuses on high-growth technology companies seeking seed funding.

Software and SaaSAIFintechHealthDeep tech

Archangel Ventures

Venture capitalAustraliaPre-seed · SeedB2B / B2C

Archangel Ventures is an Australian early-stage venture capital firm that provides first institutional funding to technology startups. They invest in pre-seed and seed companies across Australia and allocate follow-on…

GeneralistAISoftware and SaaS

InterValley Ventures

Venture capitalMelbourne, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed · Series A

InterValley Ventures is an Australian venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology companies. It allocates at least 80% of its capital within Australia and facilitates entry for its portfolio companies …

Deep techAI

Right Click Capital

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed

Right Click Capital is a Sydney-based venture capital firm backing early-stage technology founders across Australia and New Zealand. The firm provides pre-seed and seed capital along with strategic guidance and networ…

Software and SaaSDeep techAI

EVP

Venture capitalBondi Junction, AustraliaSeed · Series AB2B

EVP is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B and AI-first software companies. The firm backs founders whose products are validated and primed for exponential growth.

Software and SaaSAI

H2 Ventures

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaPre-seed · SeedB2B / B2C

H2 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founding teams from day zero across Fintech, Data, and AI. Founded in 2013, the firm provides funding, mentoring, networks, and operational guidance, …

FintechAI

Tidal Ventures

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaSeed · Series AB2B

Tidal Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founder-led technology and AI-native companies. The firm focuses on seed and Series A stages across Australia and the United States.

AISoftware and SaaS

Empress Capital

Venture capitalSydney, AustraliaPre-seed · Seed

Empress Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in artificial intelligence startups across Australia and New Zealand. The firm provides capital, strategic guidance, and product execution support to AI…

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