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Stoic 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.
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.
View profileVirescent 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.
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 profileUniversity 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.
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 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.
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