Venture capital firms in Melbourne

The anchor of Melbourne venture capital — co-founded in 2012 by SEEK co-founder Paul Bassat with Barry Brott, Justin Liberman and Tony Holt, and headquartered in Melbourne. Manages more than A$2.5B across early-to-growth technology in Au...

Melbourne-founded (2013) seed-stage firm led by Paul Naphtali and Jim Cassidy, backing ANZ founders in B2B SaaS, AI, climate, health and frontier tech. Screens ~2,000 startups a year and invests in roughly five, typically leading rounds ...

Melbourne seed-stage firm founded in 2018 by Rohan Workman (inaugural director of the Melbourne Accelerator Program) and Maxine Lee. Distinctive for pairing capital with deep hands-on operational coaching, arguably more than any other Au...

Australia's first 100% impact-dedicated venture fund, based in Melbourne and led by managing partner Will Richardson (formerly the venture arm of Impact Investment Group). Backs scalable startups blending financial returns with measurabl...

SYDNEY-HQ (Surry Hills) but with a substantial Melbourne office in Fitzroy. Australia/NZ's largest VC with A$7B+ under management, founded 2012 by Niki Scevak and Rick Baker. Seed-and-early specialist; first backed Canva in 2013 (stake n...

SYDNEY-HQ. One of Australia's top early-stage VCs, backing ANZ founders from seed onward. 100+ portfolio featuring the region's breakout companies — Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable and Linktree. Active across Melbourne...

SYDNEY-HQ. Early-stage Asia-Pacific investor founded 2014 by Trevor Folsom and Creel Price, combining a generalist Early Stage Fund with a dedicated A$100M Climate Tech Fund (2021). 140+ companies across 11 countries and 20 sectors, incl...

SYDNEY-HQ. B2B-software specialist founded 2014, ~A$300M FUM across four fund vintages, writing A$0.5–5M cheques at early Series A. Sector-agnostic within SaaS. Portfolio includes SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit.

SYDNEY-HQ (Surry Hills). Founded 2018/2019, investing in high-growth teams across Australia/NZ and North America at Series A/B. Notable for a cross-border reach into global tech — portfolio has produced 8 unicorns and includes Flipkart (...

SYDNEY-HQ; renamed from Tempus Partners in 2021. Early-stage VC backing ANZ founders building global software and advanced-technology companies (~93% B2B software), expanding into deep tech with its later funds. Portfolio includes Auror,...

SYDNEY-HQ with an active Melbourne office. Australia's largest and most active early-stage VC (A$255M+ FUM) running a high-volume co-investment model across tech, health and clean energy — 60+ companies via its Clean Energy Seed Fund alo...

SYDNEY-HQ community-powered early-stage VC founded 2021 by Alex Khor and Adrian Petersen, with a member community that sources and diligences deals across ANZ including Melbourne. Partner Jessy Wu leads community/investing. Pre-seed to s...

Australia's first large-scale, university-specific VC — a joint venture between John Wylie's Tanarra Capital and the University of Melbourne. The ~A$100M fund invests in high-potential ventures from the University of Melbourne ecosystem ...