Antler Australia
Venture capitalSydney · Pre-Seed–Growth · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
Antler is an inception-stage venture capital firm that backs founders at the earliest point — often pre-team, pre-product, or pre-revenue. Through its twice-yearly residency it supports co-founder matching, idea validation, and business building, then invests at Pre-Seed. In Australia it maintains an active portfolio of over 100 companies balanced across sectors, and provides follow-on funding programmatically up to Series A locally, with the global Antler Elevate fund backing companies through Series A-C. The firm is explicitly business-model and industry agnostic, operating across enterprise SaaS, fintech, insurtech, deeptech, health, and consumer, and offers ongoing coaching, network access, and international scaling support via its global presence.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 37 of 50 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×24SaaS ×12Fintech ×9Consumer ×8Developer Tools ×4Enterprise Software ×4AdTech ×3Cleantech ×3
HQs:Australia×1Canada×1Germany×1Denmark×1Finland×1Ireland×1
Investments · 50 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path3Square builds a "Decision OS" that automatically captures engineering decisions—the rationale, trade-offs, and alternatives—within existing developer workflows, creating an organisational memory that supplies context to human and AI decision makers.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Jono CaseleyAndy Lockey
Co-investorsAntler
Abel Studios produces on-demand audio entertainment for kids and families, including podcasts, audiobooks, and original fiction and non-fiction shows, with a catalogue of over 600 episodes in 5 languages.
ConsumerMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsAntler
Co-investorsAntler
Ad Auris provides automated text-to-audio narration that converts written stories into branded audio, with custom narration voices, RSS-based auto-narration, and one-line website distribution plus optional publishing to Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsAntler
Adaptive provides a trust layer for running AI agents in production, giving each agent a unique identity, sandboxed ephemeral sessions, fine-grained authorization, just-in-time access, and full audit logging across agent harnesses, browsers, and infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAntlerBeresford VenturesHustle FundCongruent VenturesConnecticut InnovationsSeraphim Space+1 more
Adeu.ai builds AI-native legal automation tools for businesses, integrated into platforms like Outlook, Word, Teams, Slack, and Claude Desktop.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechHelsinki, FI
Mikko Korpela(CTO)inJanne Mäkelä(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAntlerInnovestor Ventures
Adrenaline Interactive provides in-game advertising technology that places real brands into mobile games through proprietary reskinning software, serving both game publishers seeking new revenue and advertisers wanting to reach players.
AdTechGaming
Carson Mathews(CEO)
Co-investorsAntlereLab VenturesMichigan Rise
Co-investorsAntler
AdviseWell is an AI operating system for Australian financial advice firms that turns client meeting and discovery data into compliant file notes, paraplanner requests, ROAs, and Statements of Advice, with source-cited outputs built on each firm's own templates and brand voice.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSydney, AU
Co-investorsAntler
Affinity Labs is a venture studio that co-builds software companies with individual expert creators, using each creator's audience as day-one distribution.
ConsumerCreator EconomySaaS
Co-investorsAntler
Agenta is an open-source platform for AI teams to experiment with prompts and models, evaluate their performance, and collaborate on debugging and optimization.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAntlerInreach Ventures
Agentio is an AI infrastructure platform that enables brands to buy creator media at scale.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechNew York, US
Arthur Leopold(Co-Founder and CEO)inJonathan Meyers(Co-Founder and CTO)in
BoardSarah Tavel(Benchmark director)inEurie Kim(Forerunner managing partner / Series B investor)
Co-investorsAlleyCorpAntlerBackwards CapitalCraft VenturesForerunner VenturesProtagonist+2 more
Co-investorsAntler
Co-investorsAntler
Aiden offers an AI assistant for housing companies and property managers that automates tenant communication across channels such as WhatsApp, email, and phone, available multilingually and around the clock.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsAntlerBlu Venture InvestorsKima VenturesRSCM
Co-investorsAntler
World's first eSIM store providing digital SIM cards to eliminate high roaming charges.
ConsumerRetail TechSingapore, SG
Ahmet Bahadır Özdemir(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inAbraham Burak(Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsAntlerCVC Asia Pacific (Japan) Kabushiki KaishaEndeavor CatalystKPN VenturesLG Technology VenturesPeak XV Partners+2 more
SellerNet is an online marketplace for buying and selling businesses, connecting sellers with verified buyers through features like Hometax-based revenue verification, NDA-protected listings, standard contracts, and escrow payments.
B2B MarketplacesFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAntler
Co-investorsAntler
AIRMO develops satellite-based methane measurement technology for detecting methane emissions with precision and global coverage.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyIoTSpace TechWeßling, DE
Co-investorsAntlerE2MC VenturesPi LabsTechstarsAnanda Impact Ventures
Co-investorsAntler
Co-investorsAntler
Co-investorsAntler
Alchemyst AI provides a context layer that gives AI agents and applications persistent memory, business data, and operational context through APIs, SDKs, and MCPs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAntler
Alcolase is developing a liposomal enzyme supplement that delivers three enzymes to the stomach to break down alcohol and acetaldehyde before absorption into the bloodstream, aimed at people with ALDH2 deficiency and alcohol intolerance.
BiotechConsumerWellness & FitnessCopenhagen, DK
Co-investorsAda VenturesAntlerElmehøj VenturesDelphinus Venture Capital
Co-investorsAntler
AlertMend is an AIOps platform that triages production incidents across Kubernetes, AWS, VMs, and GPU/ML workloads, using AI to detect failure patterns, run root-cause analysis, and execute approved remediations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAntler
Co-investorsAntlerEQ2 VenturesOui Capital
Co-investorsAntler
Alphaguard provides enterprise infrastructure to deploy, govern, and scale AI agents for compliance and financial crime operations, including sanction screening, AML reviews, fraud investigation, and enhanced due diligence.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Co-investorsAntler
Alpha Impact was a venture-backed fintech platform for cryptocurrency copy trading, letting users learn from and automatically copy successful traders.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAntler
AlphaLoops AI provides an AI-powered distribution platform for asset managers, scoring sales opportunities by product fit, timing, and buyer profile while automating tasks like research, suitability mapping, and CRM maintenance.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSales Tech
Co-investorsAntler
ALPHASHINE provides car detailing services covering interior and exterior cleaning, paint correction, and ceramic coatings, offered through monthly subscriptions and one-time packages.
ConsumerMarketplacesToronto, CA
Co-investorsAntler
Altai is an online casting platform that connects actors, agents, casting professionals and clients, offering end-to-end tools to manage auditions and casting.
MarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Josh(Co-founder)
Alternō develops thermal energy storage systems, including sand-based thermal batteries, to provide low-carbon heat for agricultural, industrial, and residential use.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsAntlerUntroD CapitalADB VenturesTouchstone Partners
Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders from first check through IPO, offering capital, network, and community.
Sector Agnostic
Co-investorsAC VenturesAgaeti VenturesElmehøj VenturesFarvatn VentureModi VenturesPeak+3 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Adaptive · geekwire.com · Aug 18, 2026
Acrux · tipranks.com · Aug 14, 2026
Allspring · fintech.global · Aug 5, 2026
Agentio · prnewswire.com · Jul 13, 2026
Alcolase · thedrinksbusiness.com · May 26, 2026
AIRMO · esgtoday.com · Mar 13, 2026
Airalo · techfundingnews.com · Jan 5, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Antler Australia made?
- Antler Australia has 50 tracked investments.
- What stage does Antler Australia invest at?
- Antler Australia invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What is Antler Australia's typical check size?
- Antler Australia typically writes checks of $3M – $10M.
- What sectors does Antler Australia focus on?
- Antler Australia focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Antler Australia located?
- Antler Australia is headquartered in Sydney, AU.
- Does Antler Australia lead rounds?
- Yes, Antler Australia leads investment rounds.
- Who does Antler Australia co-invest with?
- Antler Australia most often shares deals with Antler, Elmehøj Ventures, Innovestor Ventures, among 35 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
from their channelBalaji Srinivasan: The Network School | The Further, Faster Podcast
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Pavel Fedorov: Disrupting Emerging Market Banking | The Further, Faster Podcast
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Rex Woodbury: The Truth About "Tourist Founders" & Raising $100M | The Further, Faster Podcast
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