VC Directory
6 venture capital firms headquartered in Australia. Browse investor profiles, investment stages, sector focus and check sizes.
Australia's venture market is small enough that a company raising here will meet most of it, and distinct enough that the firms are not interchangeable. Sydney and Melbourne hold the whole bench in this directory, and the mandates usually cover New Zealand as well, which is why these funds tend to describe themselves as investing across Australia and New Zealand rather than one country.
AirTree Ventures and Square Peg Capital are the two largest names and the two with the widest range. AirTree invests from pre-seed through later rounds across enterprise software, consumer and marketplaces from Sydney. Square Peg invests from seed through growth from Melbourne and runs an unusual geographic footprint for a fund this size, covering Australia, Israel and Southeast Asia, which gives it a view of enterprise and fintech companies most local investors do not have.
The early end is covered by Folklore Ventures, founded by former Atlassian operators and investing at pre-seed through Series A in business software, developer tools and fintech, and by Our Innovation Fund, which invests at the same stages with a community-driven sourcing model. Both are in Sydney.
The two specialists are the reason this market punches above its weight in categories that are hard to fund anywhere. Main Sequence Ventures was spun out of CSIRO, the national science agency, and invests in deep technology, robotics, agriculture, biology and climate companies built on research that takes years to commercialise. Giant Leap, in Melbourne, is the country's first dedicated impact fund, investing at seed and Series A where a measurable social or environmental outcome sits alongside the financial one.
The practical constraint is the same one Canada has: the local growth bench is thin, so companies here typically raise early rounds at home and later rounds from the United States or Asia. Ask an investor how many of those handoffs they have run. Each profile below carries stage focus, sector focus, check size where disclosed, and the investors on the team.
Learn which startups AirTree Ventures invests in, what size check sizes they write, and who their partners are (e.g. Daniel Petre).
Folklore Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing in ambitious founders across Australia and New Zealand. Founded by former Atlassian leaders, the firm brings deep operator experience to help portfolio companies scale.
Giant Leap is Australia's first dedicated impact venture capital fund, investing in startups that deliver measurable social or environmental impact alongside strong financial returns. The firm focuses on purpose-driven technology companies.
Main Sequence Ventures is a deep tech venture capital firm spun out of CSIRO, Australia's national science agency. The firm invests in startups built on breakthrough science and technology, bridging the gap between research and commercialization.
Our Innovation Fund (OIF) is an Australian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies across ANZ. The firm leverages a strong community of investors and operators to support portfolio companies.
Square Peg Capital is one of Australia's largest venture capital firms, investing in ambitious founders across Australia, Israel, and Southeast Asia. The firm backs companies from seed through growth stages with a focus on technology-driven businesses that can scale globally.
This directory profiles 6 venture capital firms headquartered in Australia, covering pre-seed and seed funds, Series A investors, growth-stage firms and corporate venture arms.
The right firm depends on your stage and sector rather than on fund size. Every profile on this page lists stage focus, sector focus and check size where the firm discloses it, so the practical approach is to filter to the stage you are raising and then read the sector focus and portfolio.
Not usually. Most firms headquartered in Australia invest across their wider region, and several invest globally. Being local still helps with warm introductions and with access to the firm's portfolio network.