Sources of Funding for Startups in Australia

Investor Syndicates

(A syndicate is a group of investors that invest together as one entity on a cap table, the syndicate lead, listed below, picks the deal and does the DD. Investors must be wholesale to join.)

• Aussie Angels - Find private lead-investor syndicates you can connect with in Australia & NZ

• Archangel - Early stage investment syndicate based in Australia

• Brisbane Angels - provides emerging companies with seed and startup capital

• Enterprise Angels - Early stage tech investments & angels member group - New Zealand

• Flying Fox Ventures - Early stage tech investment syndicate

• EnergyLab - Angel syndicate for cleantech startups

• Jelix Ventures - Fund-led syndicated investments into early stage Australian tech startups

• Melbourne Angels - Community of peers investing together in the future of Melbourne

• New South Angels - Syndicated investments into UNSW Founders startups

• Perth Angels - A passionate community investing in Australian Startups

• Scale Investors - Network of angel investors, syndicating investments in female founders

• Sun Coast Angels - provides emerging companies with seed and startup capital

• Sydney Angels - Not-for-profit angel syndicate investment membership organisation

• Ten13 - Syndicated investment platform for investors co-invest w Transition Level Investments

Angel Networks & Groups

(Angel networks & groups, often co-invest but do not have the structure in place to invest as one entity, they often share deals and advice among members)

• AirTree Explorer Program - angel investing education and networks

• AngelList - List of 1600+ angel investors in Australia 

• Antler Angel Experience - In-depth access to Antler deal flow

• Angel Loop - The association for organised Angel Investing in Queensland

• Australian Investment Network - Connecting Australian Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors

• Business Angels - Introduction service for start-ups and private angel investors

• Capital Angels - Supporting Capital Region entrepreneurs through investment

• Geelong Angels - Member-based group supporting high growth Australian businesses

• Impact Angel Network - Community of angel investors with special focus on impact startups

• Innovation Bay - Angel club membership

• Pitchblak - Angel investor network investing in startups supported by Pitchblak

• Southern Angels - Network of individual investors in South Australia

• South West Angels - provide funding & mentorship to ventures in Western Australia

• Startmate First Believers - supports aspiring and budding investors in very early-stage deals

Investor Directories - Australia/NZ

• ANZ Angels Twitter List - Aussie / Kiwi investors & syndicates, curated by Dan Brockwell @ Earlywork

• Aussie Startup Funding - A directory of aussie investors

• Artesian’s Airtable -  List of Venture Capital Firms in Australia 

• Kaspa - A free platform with a huge directory which helps you filter & connect to investors

• List of Australian Accelerators, VC's and Angels - Funding/investor list seeded by Airtree

• List of NZ VCs & Angels - NZ Venture Capital Investors Database seeded by Blackbird

• List of Registered ESVCLPs - Early-stage VC funds 

• List of Registered VCLPs - General/later-stage VC funds

• List of Registered AFOFs - VC Fund of Funds

• Sailist - 300+ startup programs open across Australia

• Ventures List - VCs, Accelerators, Angels, Impact Investments, Crowdfunding in APAC

Equity Crowdfunding Platforms

• AgCrowd - Agriculture and energy

• Billfolda - Follow-on investments only, get access to their SaaS platform for listing

• Birchal - Consumer brands

• Equitise - Early-stage & growth technology companies

• Enable Funding - Early-stage ventures

• Impactor - Impact investing; climate change, sustainable supply chain, clean ocean, diversity

• OnMarket - Wide variety of deals, early & growth stage businesses

• VentureCrowd - Investor-led deals only, in early-stage, real estate & alternative investments

Listing Platforms

• Angel Partners - platform connecting Angels to vetted deal flow & education 

• Wholesale Investor - Connect with angels, family offices & high-net worth investors

• KapVista - platform for private opportunities showcasing emerging companies to investors

• Snowball Effect - includes public, private, & wholesale investor offers, & raising assistance

Corporate Venture Capital Funds

• ANZi Ventures (ANZ Bank)

• Reinventure (Westpac-backed, $150M, early-stage FinTech)

• NAB Ventures

• Fairfax Digital Ventures

• Telstra Ventures

• IAG Firemark Ventures

• Salesforce Ventures ($50M Australia, Financial Services)

• Seven West Ventures [CLOSED]

• Coles Nurture Fund ($50M, Food & Beverage)

• Microsoft M12

• Woolworths W23 (new fund, limited details, contact me I can intro)

• X15 Program (CommBank) (supports seasoned entrepreneurs & startups with paid pilot)

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• No-Warm-Intro-Required Investor List by @ybelyayeva - An airtable, filterable database of investors who welcome cold outreach.  Also checkout this guide on cold outreach by Yulia

• OpenVC by @StephNass and Lucas Roquilly - All VC firms by thesis

• Gritt by @AdMoCam - Investor database focussed on Angel investors, completely free & filterable

• Active Angels by @Trace_Cohen - Database of active angel investors including contact details 

• Investor Scout: A database of 37,000 investors (paid)

• VC Deals by @vccole2 - Database of investors, deals and vc funding data. 

• JoinOdin by @ry_paddy and @morty_lin - Europe focussed community of investors.

• Genzvcs by @meaganloyst - The biggest community of Gen Z Angels and VCs

• NFX Signal - Thorough and filterable database by Seed Stage venture firm NFX

• The ultimate list of 750+ Seed Funds

• 500+ female angels by @lolitataub