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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Venture Capital startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uniseed Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania | ||
Black Sheep Capital | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania | ||
Talu Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania | ||
Blue Sky Private Equity | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania | ||
Full Circle Venture Capital | Early Stage Venture | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania |
At SeedRound we track over 200,000 investors and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these firms. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, LP’s and funding organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top Venture Capital Early Stage Venture investors in Brisbane. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Venture Capital Investors & Funds (Brisbane)
Uniseed Ventures
Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff of these organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 – $500,000 were made from this fund. A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme’s essets and commitments in July 2011. With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed’s equity position. On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million). Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network. The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Industries: Finance, Venture Capital
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Black Sheep Capital
Black Sheep Capital is making its mark as a preferred investment capital provider due to their ‘Everyone Wins’ approach. Their philosophy is to work with their investment partners to create and grow opportunities where they can all enjoy success. Through this approach, they have been able to create a diverse portfolio of investments that continues to grow.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Industries: Financial Services, Property Management, Venture Capital
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Talu Ventures
Talu Ventures Pty Ltd is a venture capital firm specializing in seed/startup, early, mid, and late venture, and growth capital investments. It prefers to make investments in life sciences and technology sectors. It prefers to invest in companies based in Australia and the United States.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Industries: Angel Investment, Mobile, Venture Capital
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Blue Sky Private Equity
Blue Sky Private Equity invests in Australian companies to support their growth. Blue Sky is Australia’s leading diversified alternative asset manager. Blue Sky specializes in managing investments across the four major alternative asset classes: private equity, private real estate, real assets and hedge funds. Founded in 2006, Blue Sky has since grown to have more than $3.9 billion in fee-earning assets under management and an 11-year investment track record of delivering returns to our investors of 15.0% p.a.1 (net of fees as at 31 December 2017). Blue Sky has a world-class team, a global investor base, offices across Australia and the United States and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:BLA).
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Industries: Angel Investment, Asset Management, Crowdfunding, Finance, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Venture Capital
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Full Circle Venture Capital
Full Circle is an entrepreneur-led venture capital firm focusing on providing Series A funding to high-growth technology startups, creating smart connections between LPs and founders. Focusing on providing Series A funding to high-growth technology startups, Full Circle is an entrepreneur-led venture capital firm that builds value-added partnerships between investors and founders. Full Circle connects both sides of the VC equation, helping realise value held at both the limited partner and portfolio level.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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