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.
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.
View profileUniseed 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.
View profileTribe 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.
View profileTitanium 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.
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 profileRemarkable 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.
View profileRealVC 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.
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 profileInhouse 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.
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 profileCo 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.
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 profileAussie 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.
View profile77 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.
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 profileTall 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.
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 profileSecondQuarter 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.
View profileScalare 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.
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 profilePurpose 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.
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 profileOneVentures 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.
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 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 profileFolklore 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.
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 profileEVP 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.
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 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 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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