Australian startup investors, curated

Tall 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.

Taronga Group is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, investing from seed through Series A and Series B+ rounds. Founded in 2015 by Avi Naidu and Jonathan Hannam, it focuses on 'RealTech' investing across vertical and horizontal business software, hardware and robotics, and climate and energy. Recent investments include Kraken Technologies and Plante.

Tech 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.

Techstars 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.

TEN13 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.

Tenacious 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.

Tenmile is a venture capital fund based in Perth, investing from seed through Series A and Series B+ rounds. Launched by Andrew Forrest's Tattarang in 2022 with $250 million in committed capital, it backs health technology companies across life sciences and biotech and healthtech. Recent investments include AdvanCell and Mindset Health.

Tidal 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.

Tin Alley Ventures is a university-linked venture fund based in Melbourne, investing from seed through to accelerator and Series B+ stages. Created by the University of Melbourne with Tanarra Capital, it manages $125 million backing deep tech spinouts across horizontal business software, climate and energy, life sciences and biotech and AI infrastructure. Recent investments include Apromore and Proxima Bio.

Titanium Ventures is a venture capital fund based in San Francisco, investing at Series A and Series B+ stages. Formerly Telstra Ventures, it has operated for more than 12 years with additional offices in Sydney, Melbourne and London, backing hardware and robotics, education, horizontal business software and climate and energy companies. Recent investments include Samsara and Silicon Quantum Computing.

Touch Ventures is an ASX-listed investment company based in Sydney, backing companies from seed through Series A and Series B+ rounds. It provides growth capital of $3 million to $10 million across marketplaces, vertical business software, cybersecurity and fintech, investing both locally and offshore. Recent investments include Sendle and Ordermentum.

Tractor Ventures is a venture debt and revenue-based finance provider based in Melbourne, founded in 2020 to offer non-dilutive capital to Australian and New Zealand tech companies. It offers Growth Capital, Lines of Credit, R&D Advances and Venture Debt, and has disbursed more than $150 million to over 280 companies without taking equity or board seats.

Trampoline 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.

Tribe Global Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Brisbane, investing from seed through Series A. It backs Australian and New Zealand B2B technology companies in established industries, spanning hardware and robotics, vertical business software, healthtech and education. Recent investments include SwarmFarm Robotics and Paperly.

TWIYO is a family office and private investment firm based in Gold Coast, backing companies at seed stage. Founded in 2020 by Ryan Barnes and Stuart Cook as a CFO-style advisory business, it is B-Corp certified and invests across vertical business software and consumer brands. Recent investments include HOPR and Lifesize Plans.

Twynam 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.

Uniseed 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.

University 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.

University 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.

University of New South Wales is a university-linked investor based in Sydney, backing companies from seed through accelerator, Series A and Series B+ stages via its Barker Street Ventures platform. Over the past decade, UNSW-linked ventures have attracted a cumulative $5.6 billion in capital, with deals spanning marketplaces, vertical and horizontal business software and hardware and robotics. Recent investments include High Earth Orbit Robotics and JumpStart Fertility.

UNSW 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.

Virescent Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, investing from seed through Series A, Series B+ and strategic rounds. Launched by Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation, it manages more than $500 million and backs companies across hardware and robotics, climate and energy and life sciences and biotech. Recent investments include MicroTau and Amber Electric.

Wollemi 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.

Wunala Capital is a growth and private equity firm based in Sydney, providing late-stage capital at Series B and beyond. It manages the Wunala Capital Emerging Opportunities Fund, offering bridge and pre-IPO financing across horizontal business software, fintech, life sciences and biotech and space and defence. Recent investments include Send Payments and Marketplacer.