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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 cybersecurity, compliance, data privacy and digital identity companies.
Cybersecurity is a smaller sector by capital but a consistent one. It raised $18M in Q2 2026 with a median deal size of $9M, above the market median, and was one of the three sectors that led NSW performance in 2024 alongside fintech and climate tech per the NSW Venture Capital Report 2024. Investors also named cybersecurity among the sectors attracting strong interest in the State of Australian Startup Funding 2024.
Filter by stage to find funds with security expertise, and read the latest reports for sector trends.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 profileInterValley Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, founded in 2019 and backing seed through Series B companies. It invests across life sciences, hardware and robotics, cybersecurity and consumer tech, and is affiliated with Mizuho Financial Group to help portfolio companies expand into Japan. Recent investments include QuintessenceLabs and Quantum Brilliance.
View profileFuture Now Capital is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, founded in 2020 and backing seed through Series A companies. It invests across cybersecurity, fintech, and horizontal and vertical business software, operating as a corporate authorised representative of Non Correlated Capital. Recent investments include Finder and EncompaaS.
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 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 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 profileBeachhead Venture Capital is a Sydney-based venture capital fund that backs seed and Series A companies. It is sector agnostic, writing $200,000 to $1 million cheques into businesses with existing products, teams and customers, with recent deals in cybersecurity and vertical business software. Recent investments include Factory and Biza.io.
View profileTouch 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 profileIAG Firemark Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of IAG, based in Sydney and backing seed through growth-stage strategic investments. It focuses on cybersecurity, space and defence, vertical business software and fintech, and launched a second $75 million fund as part of the Firemark Collective. Recent investments include Sonder and Myriota.
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 profileFive V Capital is a growth and private equity investor based in Sydney, investing from seed through to growth rounds. It backs horizontal business software, fintech, cybersecurity and space and defence companies, with its venture arm writing $1 million to $10 million cheques into Series A and B software companies. Recent investments include Ordermentum and Lyrebird Health.
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 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 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 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 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.
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