{"id":875,"date":"2021-01-13T01:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T01:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:29:54","slug":"top-12-venture-capital-firms-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/top-12-venture-capital-firms-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 12 Venture Capital Firms in Australia [2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venture Capital (VC) firms are the lifeblood of start-ups in Australia. <strong>A VC firm basically raises capital and provides funding to start-ups and small businesses with long term growth potential.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the last decade, Australia has seen exponential growth in the number of startups being launched and quite a few of them have gone on to become world-renowned names. This new wave of Aussie startups and their success has been made possible by the millions of dollars being invested in them by venture capital firms. VC firms are different from Angel Investors or startup accelerators, you can also read our list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/top-angel-investors-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">top 12 Angel Investors in Australia<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/top-startup-accelerators-and-startup-incubators-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top 11 Startup Accelerators in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we have a closer look at the <strong>top 12 Australian venture capital firms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>1. Blackbird Ventures<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-888\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-888 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.09.00-PM-copy-620x302.jpg\" alt=\"Black Bird Venture Capital Firm - Supercharge Australia's most ambitious founders\" width=\"620\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.09.00-PM-copy-620x302.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.09.00-PM-copy-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.09.00-PM-copy-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.09.00-PM-copy-940x457.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.09.00-PM-copy-1028x500.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.09.00-PM-copy.jpg 1891w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the top venture capital firms in Australia. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/blackbird.vc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Black Bird Ventures<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blackbird.vc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Blackbird Ventures<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raised $500 million for its fourth round of fund in August 2020, making it the largest in Australia\u2019s venture capital history. This round of funding takes the group&#8217;s total committed capital to $1.24 billion, making it the largest VC firm in Australia and New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blackbird Ventures is a Venture Capital Sydney based firm founded in 2012. Their website states that \u2018Blackbird is a venture capital firm whose mission is to invest in wild hearts, with the wildest ideas, right at the beginning.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their portfolio list includes some of the best known Australian startups that have grown to become global phenomenons like Canva, Zoox, SafetyCulture and Culture Amp.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>2. Brandon Capital<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1099\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1099 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Brandon-Capital-Partners-2-620x349.png\" alt=\"Brandon Capital Partner logo and moto\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Brandon-Capital-Partners-2-620x349.png 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Brandon-Capital-Partners-2-940x529.png 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Brandon-Capital-Partners-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Brandon-Capital-Partners-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Brandon-Capital-Partners-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Brandon-Capital-Partners-2-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Brandon-Capital-Partners-2-889x500.png 889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venture Capital Australian firm Brandon Capital. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandoncapital.com.au\/\">Brandon Capital<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandoncapital.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brandon Capital<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia&#8217;s largest life sciences investment firm, and the current covid pandemic has brought forth the importance of biotechnology startups in Australia. &#8220;Biotech is recession-proof, and we have companies where COVID has created an opportunity,&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/business\/small-business\/biotech-is-recession-proof-brandon-capital-s-nave-on-australia-s-sunrise-industry-20200910-p55uf1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brandon Capital Partners&#8217;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> managing director, Dr Chris Nave.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brandon Capital has its headquarters in Sydney. This Venture Capital Sydney based firm started with a $30 million fund in 2007 and has grown to more than $700 million in capital under management.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3. Telstra Ventures<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-880\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-880 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-1.53.21-PM-copy-620x250.jpg\" alt=\"Telstra Venture home page with the moto - Invest in the future of the extraordinary \" width=\"620\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-1.53.21-PM-copy-620x250.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-1.53.21-PM-copy-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-1.53.21-PM-copy-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-1.53.21-PM-copy-940x379.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-1.53.21-PM-copy-1190x480.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-1.53.21-PM-copy.jpg 1905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backed by Telstra, Telstra venture is a leading venture capital firm. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/telstraventures.com\/\">Telstra venture<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/telstraventures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telstra Ventures<\/span><\/a> is<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> backed by the telecom giant Telstra and one of the largest private equity firms Harbor West. This venture capital firm went on an investment spree in 2019, where they backed four startups in two and a half weeks. The firm mainly focuses on technology start-ups with high growth potential.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The technology innovation market remains strong, we review over 1000 companies a year and our track record of introducing our investee companies into the Telstra eco-system has returned some $300 million in revenues to our portfolio companies.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/technology\/telstra-ventures-goes-on-start-up-investment-spree-20190530-p51sp7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telstra Ventures managing director<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mark Sherman<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has invested over US$350 million in 60+ companies, generated more than US$200+ million in revenue for their portfolio companies and managed 17 liquidity events.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<section id=\"final-cta\" class=\"long-block light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i style=\"position: absolute;\" class=\"icon fa fa-arrow-circle-right pull-left\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<article style=\"margin-left: 90px;\" class=\"pull-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/contact-us\/\" class=\"js-quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Kickstart your App business<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\" class=\"thin\">Our experienced App consultant can show you how<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-md-4 text-right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"white-space: initial !important;\" href=\"\/contact-us\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-lg\">Book FREE Consultation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<h2>4. Square Peg Capital<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-884\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-884 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.05.44-PM-copy-620x310.jpg\" alt=\"Square Pef Venture web page with their moto - we back outstanding enterepreneurs solving important problems in a different way.\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.05.44-PM-copy-620x310.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.05.44-PM-copy-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.05.44-PM-copy-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.05.44-PM-copy-940x470.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.05.44-PM-copy-1001x500.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.05.44-PM-copy.jpg 1889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melbourne based venture capital firm Square Peg. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squarepegcap.com\/\">Square Peg<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squarepegcap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Square Peg<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raised $350 million ahead of closing its fourth fund in 2020, making its total assets under management cross over the $1 billion mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Venture Capital Melbourne-based firm, Square Peg and was founded in 2012. Since its inception, the VC firm has backed some of the most successful Australian tech startups, the likes of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canva<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airwallex.com\/au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Airwallex<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athena<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly invests in technology-based start-ups in early-stage or growth stage. It is one of the leading venture capital firms in Australia that has invested in nearly 38 innovative start-ups. The investments are largely backed up by Hostplus and AustralianSuper.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>5. GBS Venture Capital Firm Australia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-883\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-883 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.02.26-PM-copy-620x297.jpg\" alt=\"GBS Venture capital firm moto - To help talented people build great life science technology companies \" width=\"620\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.02.26-PM-copy-620x297.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.02.26-PM-copy-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.02.26-PM-copy-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.02.26-PM-copy-940x450.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.02.26-PM-copy-1044x500.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.02.26-PM-copy.jpg 1916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top venture capital firm in Australia, GBS Venture. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbsventures.com.au\/\">GBS Venture<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbsventures.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GBS Venture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Capital firm was founded in 1996 and has assisted medical development and life science-based start-up firms. They have recently started investing in medical devices and diagnostics related firms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part is that their experience in life sciences has made them take up a board-level role in developing portfolio firms. GBS invests in private or public companies whether at a start-up stage or later stages of company development. Their investors include major Australian superannuation funds. This Venture Capital firm manages over $400 million funds and has actively invested in nearly 332 firms since its initiation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>6. Carthona Capital<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-886\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-886 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.07.39-PM-copy-620x298.jpg\" alt=\"Carthona Capital's web page and it's moto - A hands-on proactive, and thematic venture capital investor. \" width=\"620\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.07.39-PM-copy-620x298.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.07.39-PM-copy-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.07.39-PM-copy-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.07.39-PM-copy-940x451.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.07.39-PM-copy-1041x500.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-11-at-2.07.39-PM-copy.jpg 1893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A leading venture capital firm in Australia &#8211; Carthona Capital. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carthonacapital.com\/\">Carthona Capital<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carthonacapital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthona Capital<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, founded in 2014, is one of the leading VC firms in Australia which is active in seed funding. They have raised over $220 million so far and have invested in nearly 61 firms since their inception.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthona Capital invests by pooling its own capital in collaboration with a few high worth family businesses and institutions. This venture capital firm likes to invest very early, and their initial investment into a business is usually at the Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A stages. Carthona\u2019s portfolio list includes companies like Abra, credible, Hint Health and many more successful startups.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>7. AirTree Ventures<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-890\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-890 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.49.21-PM-copy-620x284.jpg\" alt=\"AirTree venture capital firm's webpage with its moto\" width=\"620\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.49.21-PM-copy-620x284.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.49.21-PM-copy-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.49.21-PM-copy-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.49.21-PM-copy-940x431.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.49.21-PM-copy-1091x500.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.49.21-PM-copy.jpg 1912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the topmost venture capital Australian firm- AirTree. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/airtree.vc\/\">AirTree<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/airtree.vc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AirTree Ventures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Private Limited is a venture capital Sydney firm, founded in 2014. They are another venture capital firm that focuses on investments in seed and early-stage ventures. They <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/10\/21\/sydneys-airtree-ventures-closes-275m-fund-as-aussie-unicorns-gather-pace\/?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA5l5d83gEaO-QRIo5X69C7TPUnwN4ZmZpgpEEvhQuWGRtBgRS9ESr38SrF955NXTRAo-QY0pRFkbfvGicgWFZC3mprRoLUoY2K6p4Ksk8cm33OpBPWpysp7VdefSTC3QLi5s_TVdkGxhoKasUuVzlhiF4b5RMajTxgTbAP4MmKN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raised $270 million in 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coming off a\u00a0 $250 million round of fundraising in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AirTree Venture is one of the leading VC firms in Australia that focuses on technology and software-based firms.\u00a0 They have partnered with several prominent artificial intelligence firms like Hyper Anna, Seconds and Prospa. And some names in their high profile investment portfolio includes Canva,\u00a0 Athena, Secure Code Warrior and Thematic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>8. One Ventures<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-891\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-891 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.51.15-PM-copy-620x264.jpg\" alt=\"One Venture capital firm's webpage. \" width=\"620\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.51.15-PM-copy-620x264.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.51.15-PM-copy-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.51.15-PM-copy-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.51.15-PM-copy-940x400.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.51.15-PM-copy-1174x500.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.51.15-PM-copy.jpg 1893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A leading venture capital firm in Australia- One Venture. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/one-ventures.com.au\/\">One venture<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-ventures.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">One Ventures<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is another one of those venture capital firms that has grown to prominence in the last decade. This VC firm was founded in 2006, in Vancouver. Rather than just investing, they even work with these start-ups to trigger their growth and assist in promoting these firms to Global Marketplaces<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Ventures mainly focuses on start-up funding in healthcare and technology-based sectors. They manage over $400 million in funds and have invested in twenty-five start-ups since its inception. One of its most recent investments is in the Aussie e-bike subscription startup Zoomo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>9. Reinventure Group Venture Capital Firm<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-893\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-893 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.52.27-PM-copy-620x250.jpg\" alt=\"Reinventure Group's webpage. \" width=\"620\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.52.27-PM-copy-620x250.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.52.27-PM-copy-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.52.27-PM-copy-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.52.27-PM-copy-940x379.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.52.27-PM-copy-1190x480.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.52.27-PM-copy.jpg 1901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A leading venture capital firm- Reinventure Group. Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/reinventure.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Reinventure Group<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reinventure.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reinventure Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a venture capital Australia investment fund that was launched as Westpac groups investment arm. Founded in 2014 this venture capital firm invests in seed and early-stage fintech ventures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reinventure Group manages over $150 million in funds. Being backed by one of the top 20 banks in the world gives it the potential to raise more funds when needed. The VC firm boasts of some notable names in its portfolio of 29 startups they have invested in so far (i.e Society one, Basiq, Coinbase and Valiant).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>10. Ellerston Ventures<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-895\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-895 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.11.50-PM-copy-620x299.jpg\" alt=\"Ellerston Ventures's webpage. \" width=\"620\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.11.50-PM-copy-620x299.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.11.50-PM-copy-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.11.50-PM-copy-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.11.50-PM-copy-940x453.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.11.50-PM-copy-1037x500.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.11.50-PM-copy.jpg 1894w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the top venture capital firms in Australia- Ellerston Ventures. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ellerstoncapital.com\/our-fund\/venture-capital\/\">Ellerston Ventures<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ellerstoncapital.com\/our-fund\/venture-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellerston Ventures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been active in start-up funding since 2016. This venture capital firm <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">focuses on investing in technology companies in the early expansion stage of development, as well as qualifying pre-IPO companies in other sectors (for example, healthcare and consumer staples) that meet the ESVCLP investment rules.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ellerston Ventures manages over $100 million funds and has invested in nearly 11 firms since its foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part about this VC firm is that you can avail various tax incentives if they invest in your firm.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>11. MH Carnegie<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-897\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-897 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.13.02-PM-copy-620x289.jpg\" alt=\"MH Carnegie's webpage. \" width=\"620\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.13.02-PM-copy-620x289.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.13.02-PM-copy-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.13.02-PM-copy-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.13.02-PM-copy-940x438.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.13.02-PM-copy-1074x500.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-2.13.02-PM-copy.jpg 1903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A leading venture capital firm- MH Carnegie. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/mhcarnegie.com\/\">MH Carnegie<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mhcarnegie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">MH Carnegie<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is another top <\/span><b>Australian venture capital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> firm Founded in 2010. This VC firm manages over $900 million and has invested in 23 firms since its inception. The firm focuses on medical and real estate firms and is specialized in expansion capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The VC firm has its headquarters in Paddington NSW. The firm was founded by venture capitalist and philanthropist Mark Carnegie<\/p>\n<h2>12. H2 Ventures<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1101\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1101 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/H2-ventures-620x307.jpg\" alt=\"H2 Ventures moto- invest in exceptional founders \" width=\"620\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/H2-ventures-620x307.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/H2-ventures-940x465.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/H2-ventures-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/H2-ventures-768x380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/H2-ventures-1536x760.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/H2-ventures-1010x500.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/H2-ventures.jpg 1893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the top venture capital firm H2 Ventures. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/h2.vc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">H2 Ventures<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/h2.vc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H2 Ventures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an early-stage Australian VC firm was founded in 2011 and has invested in 5537 firms so far. It has over $10 million in funds under management. The venture capital Australian firm is focused mainly on investing in and developing financial technology and artificial intelligence-based firms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The venture capital firm is an early-stage investor, and its portfolio list comprises of companies like Spriggy, Birch, Equitize, and Simply Wall St, to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wrapping Up<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>These are some of the best venture capital firms in Australia. But we understand that this is a dynamic list and if you think we have missed an important mention, then please let us know.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that In 2019, mobile-first companies had a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">combined valuation of $544 billion, which is 6.5x higher than those without a mobile focus? If you have an idea for an App or would like to launch an App for your business, then get in touch with us for a chat with the most experienced and innovative <a title=\"App development company in Australia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elegantmedia.com.au\/\"><strong>App development company in Australia<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture Capital (VC) firms are the lifeblood of start-ups in Australia. 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