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Active investors backing this sector, from the Cut Through Venture investor database.
This page lists investors from the Cut Through Venture investor database that back Australian consumer product companies outside food and beverage, from personal care and apparel to home and wellness brands.
Consumer products are less common in Australian venture than software, and many brands raise from angels, family offices and equity crowdfunding rather than institutional VC. Use the filters to narrow by stage, and read the latest reports for sector funding trends.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 profileMandalay Venture Partners is a Melbourne-based venture capital fund backing seed-stage companies. Its recent deals span hardware and robotics, vertical business software, life sciences and biotech, and consumer brands, and its focus is sustainable agriculture and food-tech, with a first fund targeting $50 million backed by cornerstone investors NRMA and St Baker. Recent investments include Nbryo and Restoke.
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 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 profileGandel Invest is a family office based in Melbourne, investing from seed through growth equity and Series B rounds. It backs marketplace, vertical business software, consumer brand and fintech companies as part of the Gandel family's broader investment activities. Recent investments include pay.com.au and EatClub.
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 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 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 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 profileAthletic Ventures is a Sydney-based angel network that backs seed and Series A companies. It is made up of 500+ current and former elite athletes who invest together, with recent deals spanning consumer brands, marketplaces and healthtech, and it runs an education program called AV College+. Recent investments include Splose and Bare.
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 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 profileCarthona Capital is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, investing from seed through to Series B and beyond. It backs companies across fintech, climate and energy, and hardware and robotics, and has raised a third fund of roughly $360 million from super funds, family offices and high net worth investors. Recent investments include Safewill and BuildPass.
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