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Active investors writing cheques at this stage, from the Cut Through Venture investor database.
This page lists investors in the Cut Through Venture investor database who write angel and pre-seed cheques into Australian startups. It covers angel syndicates, pre-seed funds, university and accelerator programs, and individual angels who have told us they are actively deploying.
Angel and pre-seed is the busiest end of the Australian market by deal count. In the State of Australian Startup Funding 2025 the median angel and pre-seed round was $1.0M, and the first half of 2026 lifted that to a record $1.3M, with founders raising their first cheque at a median company age of about one year. Investors report this stage is also the most competitive, with 59% saying pre-seed and seed deals got harder to win in 2025.
Use the filters to narrow by sector and cheque size, then read the latest quarterly and annual reports for benchmarks before you approach anyone on the list.
77 Partners is a Brisbane-based venture capital fund that backs pre-seed and seed companies. It focuses on frontier technology and its recent deals span climate and energy, education, healthtech and vertical software, with backing from Silicon Valley firm Bee Partners. Recent investments include Fleetyr and Edexia AI.
View profileAfterWork Ventures is a Sydney-based angel network that invests from pre-seed through to later growth rounds. It is sector agnostic, backing the right team over any specific vertical, and its recent deals span vertical software, marketplaces, fintech and healthtech, drawing on a community of 100+ tech operators. Recent investments include Enrola and Lyka Pet Food.
View profileAirTree Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund that invests from pre-seed through to growth-stage rounds. Its recent deals span fintech, healthtech, education and vertical software, and it announced a $250 million seed fund alongside a $400 million growth fund in 2025. Recent investments include High Earth Orbit Robotics and Gridsight.
View profileAlium Capital is a Sydney-based growth and private equity investor that invests from pre-seed through to later-stage rounds. Founded in 2016, it invests in private, secondary and public technology companies across Australia and New Zealand, with recent deals spanning consumer tech, education, fintech and vertical software, and has recorded nearly 40 exits since inception. Recent investments include Quantum Brilliance and Atmo Biosciences.
View profileAngelLoop is a Brisbane-based angel network that backs pre-seed and seed companies. It operates as a Queensland not-for-profit connecting entrepreneurs with angel investors rather than investing directly, with engagement spanning vertical software, healthtech, life sciences and biotech, and marketplaces. Recent investments include ProSeek Bio and Gelomics.
View profileArchangel Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund that invests from pre-seed through to later growth rounds. It backs companies across Australia and South East Asia, with recent deals spanning healthtech, vertical software, education and fintech, and is currently deploying its 2026 Fund. Recent investments include Sophiie and Refresh.
View profileArtesian is a Sydney-based venture capital fund, founded in 2004, that invests from pre-seed through to growth rounds. It manages roughly $1.5 billion across debt and venture platforms, with recent deals spanning life sciences and biotech, cybersecurity, space and defence, and healthtech, and has backed more than 600 ventures under founders Jeremy Colless and Matt Clunies-Ross. Recent investments include Elita and Strong Room AI.
View profileAura Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund, founded in 2013, that invests from pre-seed through to growth rounds. It takes a thesis-driven approach across Australia and South East Asia, with recent deals spanning marketplaces, vertical software, consumer tech and fintech. Recent investments include Isaacus and Haast.
View profileAussie Angels (Ventari) is a Sydney-based angel network that historically backed pre-seed and seed companies. It has been folded into Ventari, a fund administration and syndication platform supporting 60+ funds and syndicates across Australia and New Zealand with more than $75 million in assets on its platform, rather than investing directly itself. Recent investments include Sophiie and Nitrosend.
View profileAustralian Medical Angels is a Melbourne-based angel network that backs pre-seed through to Series A companies. It brings together more than 1,000 clinician investors focused on healthcare and medtech, with recent deals spanning life sciences and biotech, healthtech and fintech, and it recently launched the $40 million Medical Angels Venture Fund I. Recent investments include HAMR Energy and Coviu.
View profileBetterLabs is a Perth-based corporate venture fund that invests from pre-seed through to Series A. Backed by the RAC of Western Australia, it manages a $23 million fund with recent deals spanning vertical business software, fintech, hardware and robotics, and marketplaces, and also runs its own venture-building studio. Recent investments include Loopit and WeMoney.
View profileBlackbird is a Sydney-based venture capital fund that invests from pre-seed through to growth-stage rounds. It backs companies across Australia and New Zealand, with a portfolio valued at more than $10 billion across 100+ companies, and recent deals spanning hardware and robotics, consumer brands, healthtech and vertical software. Recent investments include OpenDebt and Heidi Health.
View profileBlack Nova VC is a Sydney-based venture capital fund that invests from pre-seed through to Series A. It focuses on B2B SaaS with a minimum cheque size of $100,000, and its recent deals span cybersecurity, healthtech, vertical business software and marketplaces across a portfolio of more than 40 companies. Recent investments include Refresh and Zabidou.
View profileBlack Sheep Capital is a Brisbane-based angel network, founded in 2013 by Dan Gavel, that backs pre-seed through to Series A companies. It writes cheques from $100,000 to $500,000 depending on stage, with recent deals spanning horizontal and vertical business software, fintech and consumer tech, and its 22 active investments have collectively raised more than $290 million. Recent investments include Visaible.ai and Haast.
View profileBoson Ventures is a Melbourne-based venture capital fund that invests from pre-seed through to Series A. It focuses on deep tech, including biotech, medtech, new materials and robotics, only investing in ESVCLP-eligible Australian companies, with recent deals spanning vertical business software, fintech and hardware and robotics. Recent investments include Kite Magnetics and Hello Clever.
View profileBreakthrough Victoria is a Melbourne-based government-owned investment fund, launched in 2021, that invests from pre-seed through to growth capital rounds. Owned by the Victorian Government, it provides patient capital across advanced manufacturing, clean economy, digital technologies and health and life sciences, with recent deals spanning hardware and robotics, climate and energy, education and life sciences and biotech. Recent investments include GonGlobal and Amber Electric.
View profileBrisbane Angels is a Brisbane-based angel network that backs pre-seed and seed companies. It describes itself as Australia's largest angel investing group, connecting members with high-growth Queensland and Australian startups, with recent deals spanning hardware and robotics, consumer tech, vertical business software and healthtech. Recent investments include Avarni and Obzervr.
View profileCo Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, backing pre-seed and seed companies. It focuses on vertical and horizontal business software, education and training, and marketplace startups, and operates as a collaborative platform connecting founders, investors and operators rather than a traditional fund. Recent investments include Parachute and Teacher's Buddy.
View profileCP Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, backing pre-seed through Series A companies globally. It invests across vertical business software, hardware and robotics, fintech and consumer tech, typically writing cheques of $100,000 to $500,000. Recent investments include LeadStory and MGA Thermal.
View profileElectrifi Ventures is an angel network based in Sydney, backing pre-seed and seed climate technology companies. It draws on a network of more than 350 climate-focused angel investors and invested $200,000 in MGA Thermal's $14.15 million pre-Series B round. Recent investments include MGA Thermal and National Renewable Network.
View profileEmpress Capital is a venture capital fund based in Canberra, backing pre-seed and seed companies. It focuses on AI-first Australian and New Zealand founders building vertical business software, and operates through three arms covering investing, advisory and venture building. Recent investments include Mary Technology and agentsy.
View profileEuphemia is an angel syndicate based in Sydney, backing pre-seed through Series A companies. It invests across consumer tech, climate and energy and horizontal business software, and has deployed more than $95 million across 120 companies since being founded by Dom Pym. Recent investments include Heatseeker and Trace.
View profileFlying Fox Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Melbourne, founded in 2017 and backing pre-seed through Series B companies. It invests across horizontal and vertical business software, life sciences and biotech, and fintech, drawing on a large angel investor community and a $20 million fund with more than 100 portfolio companies. Recent investments include Operata and Safewill.
View profileFolklore is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, backing pre-seed through Series B companies. It invests across healthtech, vertical and horizontal business software and fintech, and follows a long-term partnership model supporting Australian and New Zealand founders from first cheque onward. Recent investments include Arkeus and Hullbot.
View profileGalileo Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, founded in 2020 and backing pre-seed and seed companies. It invests across vertical business software, healthtech, AI infrastructure and hardware and robotics, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and San Francisco and typical cheques of $200,000 to $500,000. Recent investments include Relevance AI and Isaacus.
View profileGiant Leap is an impact fund based in Melbourne, founded in 2016 and investing from pre-seed through to Series B. It backs hardware and robotics, marketplace, education and consumer brand companies across climate, health and social-impact themes, and holds an AFSL for its 30 plus portfolio companies. Recent investments include Teacher's Buddy and indi.
View profileGrok Ventures is the family office of Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes, based in Sydney and investing from seed through to Series B and beyond. It focuses on fintech, climate and energy, consumer brands and life sciences, and pivoted to a climate technology investment mandate around 2021. Recent investments include Fleet and Spriggy.
View profileInhouse Ventures is an angel network based in Sydney, backing pre-seed and seed companies. It focuses on education and training and vertical business software, operating as a platform that connects Australian founders and investors with a 24-hour application review process. Recent investments include Shopfront and EdTripper.
View profileInvestible is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, founded in 2018 and investing from pre-seed through Series A with capacity to follow on. It backs marketplace, vertical and horizontal business software and fintech companies from offices in Sydney and Singapore, and runs Club Investible, a syndicate of more than 250 co-investors. Recent investments include Apate AI and PlasmaLeap Technologies.
View profileIP Group is a university-linked investor based in London, founded in 2001 and backing seed through Series B companies. It commercialises intellectual property from universities across hardware and robotics, life sciences, cybersecurity and climate and energy, and expanded into Australia in 2017 with $100 million committed alongside the Group of Eight universities. Recent investments include amsl aero and Hysata.
View profileJelix Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, backing pre-seed through Series A companies across Australia and New Zealand. It invests in hardware and robotics, climate and energy, and vertical and horizontal business software, operating as a corporate authorised representative serving wholesale and sophisticated investors only. Recent investments include PropHero and Quantum Brilliance.
View profileLarsen Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund investing across the full range from pre-seed and seed through to Series A and Series B and beyond. Its recent deals span education, fintech, hardware and robotics, and consumer brands, and it is associated with investor Andrew Larsen's family office. Recent investments include Go1 and Bare.
View profileM8 Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund backing pre-seed, seed and Series A companies. Its recent deals span healthtech, life sciences and biotech, and horizontal business software, and the fund was co-founded in 2024 by Emily Rich and Alan Jones. Recent investments include Elita and Hola Health.
View profileMacdoch Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund investing from pre-seed and seed through to Series A and Series B and beyond. Its recent deals span marketplaces, horizontal business software, fintech and climate and energy, and it operates as part of the broader Macdoch Group family office. Recent investments include Farmbot and Brainfish.
View profileMain Sequence is a Sydney-based venture capital fund, founded in 2017, investing from pre-seed and seed through to Series A and Series B and beyond. Its recent deals span climate and energy, hardware and robotics, space and defence and AI infrastructure, and it spun out of CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, raising a $450 million third fund in 2022. Recent investments include Kinoxis Therapeutics and Avarni.
View profileMelbourne Angels is a Melbourne-based angel network founded in 2007, backing pre-seed, seed and angel-stage companies. Its recent deals span hardware and robotics, consumer tech, vertical business software and horizontal business software, and it is an invite-only membership group making around 20 investments a year of $100,000 to $500,000 each. Recent investments include Bitwise Agronomy and Aurtra.
View profileMelt Ventures is a Newcastle-based venture capital fund investing from pre-seed and seed through to Series A and strategic rounds. Its recent deals span climate and energy and hardware and robotics, and it describes itself as the first early-stage Advanced Manufacturing Fund in Australia, co-founded by Trent Bagnall and Steph Hinds. Recent investments include MGA Thermal and Allegro Energy.
View profileNewSouth Innovations is a Sydney-based university-linked investor backing companies from pre-seed through to Series A. Its recent deals are concentrated in hardware and robotics, and it operates as the commercialisation and technology-transfer arm of UNSW Sydney, supporting spinouts from university research. Recent investments include Diraq and Hullbot.
View profileNo Brand Holdings is a Sydney-based family office backing companies from pre-seed and seed through to Series A. Its recent deals span fintech and vertical business software, and it says it backs mission-driven leaders building online platforms and network-effect businesses over a long-term horizon. Recent investments include Pearler and InsightWise.
View profileOIF Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund investing across the full range from pre-seed and seed through to growth stage. Its recent deals span marketplaces, vertical business software, education and fintech, and it manages over $500 million in assets through a network of 150 investors. Recent investments include Advanced Navigation and Mary Technology.
View profilePerth Angels is a Perth-based angel network founded in 2010, backing pre-seed, seed and angel-stage companies. Its recent deals span hardware and robotics and vertical business software, and it describes itself as the only Western Australian angel group with global and national network affiliation, having funded more than 40 companies. Recent investments include Shopfront and Electro.Aero.
View profilePipeline Capital is a Gold Coast-based venture debt provider investing from pre-seed and seed through to Series B and beyond. Its recent deals span hardware and robotics, vertical business software, marketplaces and cybersecurity, and it combines capital with mentorship and strategic support for entrepreneurs. Recent investments include GreaseBoss and Console Group.
View profilePossible Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund backing pre-seed, seed and Series A companies. Its recent deals span climate and energy, life sciences and biotech, space and defence and healthtech, and it rebranded from Inventures Collective around June 2024. Recent investments include Heidi Health and Arlula.
View profilePurpose Ventures is a Perth-based venture capital fund backing pre-seed, seed and angel-stage companies. Its recent deals span education, healthtech, life sciences and biotech and hardware and robotics, and the fund, worth $55 million and industry-agnostic, is led by General Partners Derek and Kylie Gerrard. Recent investments include Evatto and Coursebox.
View profileRampersand is a venture capital fund based in Melbourne, founded in 2013, investing from pre-seed through Series B+. Its recent deals span fintech, marketplace, horizontal business software and life sciences and biotech, and it has deployed over $100 million across 4 funds since inception. Recent investments include Parachute and Cuttable.
View profileReinventure Group is a corporate venture capital firm based in Sydney, investing from pre-seed through Series B+ and strategic investment stages. Its recent deals span horizontal business software, cybersecurity, compliance and digital identity, vertical business software and fintech, backed by around $150 million with Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner. Recent investments include Kasada and Instant.
View profileSalus Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, investing from pre-seed through Series B+. It runs a $40 million fund focused on sovereign and national-security capabilities, with deals spanning vertical business software, space and defence, hardware, robotics and sensors and healthtech. Recent investments include High Earth Orbit Robotics and Arkeus.
View profileScalare Partners is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, investing from pre-seed through Series A. It backs Australian founders across vertical business software, fintech, education and training and horizontal business software with a mentorship-driven model, and is publicly traded on the ASX. Recent investments include Masterremit and Jeddle.
View profileScale Investors is an angel network based in Melbourne, backing companies from pre-seed through Series A. It describes itself as Australia's first angel network focused on women-led startups, with deals spanning education and training, life sciences and biotech, marketplace and hardware, robotics and sensors. Recent investments include Baymatob and ProSeek Bio.
View profileShearwater Capital is a growth and private equity investor based in Sydney, founded in 2018, backing companies from pre-seed through Series B+. It invests roughly $100 million of its 3 founder-partners' own capital across hardware, robotics and sensors, vertical business software, life sciences and biotech and horizontal business software. Recent investments include Parallel and Factory.
View profileSide Stage Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, founded in 2023, investing from pre-seed through Series A. It runs a $15 million fund across consumer brands, healthtech, AI models and data infrastructure and horizontal business software, co-founded by Markus Kahlbetzer and Ben Grabiner. Recent investments include Kantoko and Fabra.
View profileSkip Capital is a family office based in Sydney, investing from pre-seed through Series B+. It is the private investment fund of Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar and Kim Jackson, with deals spanning hardware, robotics and sensors, consumer brands, vertical business software and fintech. Recent investments include Alloy and MicroTau.
View profileSparkLabs Cultiv8 is an accelerator based in Orange, New South Wales, founded in 2017, running pre-seed and seed stage programs. It focuses on agri-food technology spanning climate and energy, hardware, robotics and sensors, consumer brands and vertical business software, and has accelerated 53 global startups within the NSW Department of Primary Industries ecosystem. Recent investments include PyxGlobal and Carbon Friendly.
View profileSquare Peg is a venture capital fund based in Melbourne, founded in 2012, investing from pre-seed through Series B+. The firm manages billions of US dollars in assets under management, backing deals across fintech, life sciences and biotech, healthtech and vertical business software in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Israel. Recent investments include Alloy and Constantinople.
View profileStartmate is an accelerator based in Sydney, founded in 2010 by Niki Scevak, investing from pre-seed through Series B+. It runs cohort-based programs across marketplace, vertical business software, horizontal business software and climate and energy, with a portfolio of over 350 companies valued at a combined $4.5 billion. Recent investments include EstiMate AI and GlowBack.
View profileStoic Venture Capital is a university-linked investor based in Sydney, founded in 2019, investing from pre-seed through Series B+. It describes itself as Australia's first university-focused venture fund, backing life sciences and biotech, hardware, robotics and sensors and climate and energy with cheques of roughly $100,000 to $1 million. Recent investments include Kinoxis Therapeutics and Ena Respiratory.
View profileSydney Angels is an angel network based in Sydney, backing angel, pre-seed and seed companies through to Series A. It invests across horizontal and vertical business software, fintech and hardware and robotics, and runs more than 100 members across regional chapters alongside its Sidecar Fund. Recent investments include Mary Technology and Keeyu.
View profileTall Order Ventures, formerly Skalata Ventures, is a venture capital fund based in Melbourne, investing from pre-seed through Series B+. It describes itself as a first-cheque fund backing AI-native founders across vertical business software, horizontal business software, education and training and marketplace sectors, and is raising Fund III with cheques up to $1 million. Recent investments include Enrola and Viewa.
View profileTech Labs Capital is a venture capital fund based in Melbourne, backing companies from angel and pre-seed through seed stage. It focuses exclusively on B2B SaaS companies, providing capital alongside mentorship and board involvement, with recent deals in horizontal business software and cybersecurity. Recent investments include Avertro and Projectmanda.
View profileTechstars is an accelerator based in Boulder, Colorado, running seed and pre-seed programs through to Series A across its global cohorts. Founded in 2006 by David Cohen, its portfolio spans AI infrastructure, hardware and robotics, horizontal business software and healthtech, and includes 29 unicorns such as Uber, Twilio and DigitalOcean. Recent investments include Manifest and VetNotes.
View profileTEN13 is a venture syndicate based in Brisbane, investing from angel and pre-seed through seed, Series A and Series B+ rounds. Founded by Steve Baxter and Stew Glynn, it has deployed more than $125 million since 2019 across deals spanning vertical business software, education, marketplaces and consumer brands. Recent investments include Bower and AutoGrab.
View profileTenacious Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Melbourne, backing companies from angel and pre-seed through seed and Series A. It focuses on agrifood and climate technology, with deals spanning climate and energy, life sciences and biotech, hardware and robotics and horizontal business software. Recent investments include Nbryo and SwarmFarm Robotics.
View profileTidal Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, investing from angel and pre-seed through seed, Series A and Series B+ rounds. It focuses on AI companies reshaping how work gets done, backing vertical and horizontal business software, healthtech and AI infrastructure across Australia and the US. Recent investments include Operata and Checkbox.
View profileTrampoline Syndicate is an angel syndicate based in Sydney, backing companies at the angel and pre-seed stage. It has more than 250 wholesale investors voting deal by deal on each opportunity, with deals spanning life sciences and biotech and consumer tech, and has completed 16 deals to date. Recent investments include Spoony App and Magnetica.
View profileTwynam Agricultural Group is a family office based in Sydney, investing from angel and pre-seed through seed and Series A. Founded by the Kahlbetzer family, it runs the Twynam Earth Fund targeting early-stage climate technologies, with deals across climate and energy and hardware and robotics, and has made more than 37 investments. Recent investments include PlasmaLeap Technologies and Smart Paddock.
View profileUniseed is a university-linked investor based in Brisbane, investing from angel and pre-seed through seed, Series A and Series B+ rounds. Founded in 2000 and jointly owned by nine Australian universities plus CSIRO, it has backed more than 70 companies across life sciences and biotech, hardware and robotics, climate and energy and vertical business software. Recent investments include Ferronova and DeteQt.
View profileUniversity of Melbourne is a university-linked investor based in Melbourne, backing companies from angel and pre-seed through seed, Series A and Series B+ rounds via its research commercialisation office. It co-launched the $15 million Genesis Pre-Seed Fund with Breakthrough Victoria and backs deals across life sciences and biotech, horizontal business software, hardware and robotics and healthtech. Recent investments include Kali Healthcare and PredicTx Health.
View profileUniversity of Melbourne Genesis is a university-linked fund based in Melbourne, backing companies from angel and pre-seed through seed and accelerator stages. Launched in 2024 as a $15 million pre-seed fund with Breakthrough Victoria, it targets research spinouts across climate and energy, life sciences and biotech, horizontal business software and AI infrastructure. Recent investments include Fluent and exteRNA.
View profileUNSW Founders is an accelerator based in Sydney, backing companies at the angel, pre-seed, seed and accelerator stages. Founded in 2018 and based at the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre, it has supported more than 140 companies across hardware and robotics, life sciences and biotech, climate and energy and AI infrastructure. Recent investments include VOQO AI and GonGlobal.
View profileWollemi Capital (TreeArc Investment Group) is an impact fund based in Sydney, investing from angel and pre-seed through seed and Series A. Founded in 2021 by Tim Bishop and Paul Hunyor, it raised a $220 million round backed by Commonwealth Bank of Australia and invests across climate and energy, vertical business software, healthtech and hardware and robotics. Recent investments include Vexev and ExoFlare.
View profileA pre-seed or angel round is the first outside capital a startup raises, usually before meaningful revenue. In Australia it is typically funded by individual angels, angel syndicates, accelerators and dedicated pre-seed funds, often on a SAFE or convertible note rather than a priced equity round.
The median angel and pre-seed round in Australia was $1.0M in 2025 and rose to a record $1.3M in the first half of 2026, according to Cut Through Venture deal data. Founders typically raise their first cheque when the company is around one year old.
Start with the angel syndicates and pre-seed funds listed on this page, filtered to your sector. Most Australian angel groups accept applications through their websites and run regular pitch sessions, and accelerator programs such as Startmate and Antler are a common entry point for first-time founders.
