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Education and training

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 edtech, training and workforce learning companies.

Edtech has seen consistent early stage deal flow in Australia, mostly in smaller rounds, as noted in past Cut Through Quarterly reports. Use the filters to narrow by stage, and read the latest reports for sector funding trends.

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Investors backing this sector

UNSW Founders

Accelerator or venture studio
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Sydney

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.

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Uniseed

Venture capital fund
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Brisbane

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.

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Tribe Global Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Brisbane

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.

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Titanium Ventures

Venture capital fund
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San Francisco

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.

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Techstars

Accelerator or venture studio
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Boulder

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.

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Remarkable Tech

Accelerator or venture studio
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Melbourne

Remarkable Tech is an accelerator based in Melbourne, founded in 2016, running programs from pre-seed through Series A. It focuses on disability technology across education and training, healthtech, consumer tech and hardware, robotics and sensors, and has supported over 211 startups with backers including Telstra Foundation and LaunchVic. Recent investments include Rampey and Focus Bear.

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RealVC

Venture capital fund
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Melbourne

RealVC is a venture capital fund based in Melbourne, founded in 2022, backing companies at seed and Series A. It focuses on vertical business software, education and training and fintech, with a mentorship-driven support model for Australian founders. Recent investments include upcover and LiveWire.

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Larsen Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Larsen 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.

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Inhouse Ventures

Angel network or syndicate
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Sydney

Inhouse Ventures is an angel network based in Sydney, backing pre-seed and seed companies. It focuses on education and training and vertical business software, operating as a platform that connects Australian founders and investors with a 24-hour application review process. Recent investments include Shopfront and EdTripper.

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Future Now Capital

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Future 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.

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Co Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Co Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, backing pre-seed and seed companies. It focuses on vertical and horizontal business software, education and training, and marketplace startups, and operates as a collaborative platform connecting founders, investors and operators rather than a traditional fund. Recent investments include Parachute and Teacher's Buddy.

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Brisbane Angels

Angel network or syndicate
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Brisbane

Brisbane 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.

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Breakthrough Victoria

Venture capital fund
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Melbourne

Breakthrough 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.

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Black Nova VC

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Black 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.

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Aussie Angels (Ventari)

Angel network or syndicate
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Sydney

Aussie Angels (Ventari) is a Sydney-based angel network that historically backed pre-seed and seed companies. It has been folded into Ventari, a fund administration and syndication platform supporting 60+ funds and syndicates across Australia and New Zealand with more than $75 million in assets on its platform, rather than investing directly itself. Recent investments include Sophiie and Nitrosend.

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77 Partners

Venture capital fund
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Brisbane

77 Partners is a Brisbane-based venture capital fund that backs pre-seed and seed companies. It focuses on frontier technology and its recent deals span climate and energy, education, healthtech and vertical software, with backing from Silicon Valley firm Bee Partners. Recent investments include Fleetyr and Edexia AI.

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TEN13

Angel network or syndicate
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Brisbane

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.

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Tall Order Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Melbourne

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.

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Square Peg

Venture capital fund
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Melbourne

Square 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.

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Startmate

Accelerator or venture studio
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Sydney

Startmate 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.

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Skip Capital

Family office or private investment
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Sydney

Skip 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.

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SecondQuarter Ventures

Secondaries fund
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Sydney

SecondQuarter Ventures is a Sydney-based secondaries fund, investing at seed through Series B+. It specialises in venture secondaries, providing liquidity to founders and early investors in Australian and New Zealand tech companies, with deals spanning marketplace, vertical business software, horizontal business software and education and training. Recent investments include Sonder and ProcurePro.

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Scalare Partners

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Scalare Partners is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, investing from pre-seed through Series A. It backs Australian founders across vertical business software, fintech, education and training and horizontal business software with a mentorship-driven model, and is publicly traded on the ASX. Recent investments include Masterremit and Jeddle.

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Scale Investors

Angel network or syndicate
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Melbourne

Scale 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.

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Purpose Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Perth

Purpose Ventures is a Perth-based venture capital fund backing pre-seed, seed and angel-stage companies. Its recent deals span education, healthtech, life sciences and biotech and hardware and robotics, and the fund, worth $55 million and industry-agnostic, is led by General Partners Derek and Kylie Gerrard. Recent investments include Evatto and Coursebox.

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OIF Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

OIF 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.

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OneVentures

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

OneVentures is a Sydney-based venture capital fund investing at Series A and Series B and beyond. Its recent deals span healthtech, life sciences and biotech, marketplaces and vertical business software, and it manages $1 billion or more in assets across growth equity, growth credit and healthcare investment pillars. Recent investments include Vaxxas and Employment Hero.

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Main Sequence

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Main 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.

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Jelix Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Jelix 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.

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Investible

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Investible 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.

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Giant Leap

Impact fund
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Melbourne

Giant 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.

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Folklore

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Folklore is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, backing pre-seed through Series B companies. It invests across healthtech, vertical and horizontal business software and fintech, and follows a long-term partnership model supporting Australian and New Zealand founders from first cheque onward. Recent investments include Arkeus and Hullbot.

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Flying Fox Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Melbourne

Flying 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.

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Five V Capital

Growth or private equity
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Sydney

Five 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.

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EVP

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

EVP is a venture capital fund based in Sydney, investing from seed through Series A and beyond. It backs B2B software companies across vertical and horizontal software, fintech and marketplaces, and closed its Fund V at $100 million in 2025. Recent investments include AutoGrab and CorePlan.

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AirTree Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

AirTree 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.

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Artesian

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Artesian 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.

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Archangel Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Archangel 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.

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AfterWork Ventures

Angel network or syndicate
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Sydney

AfterWork 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.

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Blackbird

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Blackbird 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.

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Alium Capital

Growth or private equity
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Sydney

Alium 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.

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Aura Ventures

Venture capital fund
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Sydney

Aura 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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