Antler Australia
Venture capitalSydney · Pre-Seed–Growth · 13 people tracked
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22,303 people in our graph share verified history with the Antler Australia team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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 · 13 people
from the firm's website & curatedFounder mafia
5 people who came through Antler Australia went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 38 of 51 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×26SaaS ×16Fintech ×9Consumer ×8Enterprise Software ×7Developer Tools ×5AdTech ×3Cleantech ×3
HQs:United Kingdom×2Norway×2Singapore×2Australia×1Canada×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 24 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×123 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with education data
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ×2UCL ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 27 founders with career history
RBC Capital Markets ×2Roambee ×2
2 hold an MBA (of 26 with degree data)
Investments · 51 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 Caseley(Co-Founder & CEO)inAndy Lockey(Co-Founder & CTO)
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
Abivo builds AI-driven accounts receivable software that handles overdue invoice outreach with a customer-focused, human-like approach.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Pratheek Adi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntler
Co-investorsAntler
Acrux provides tools to help teachers reduce administrative burden and prevent burnout in the classroom.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Dr. Leanne Russell(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAntler
Adaptive builds Exo, a runtime security layer for AI agents that authenticates each agent, isolates sessions in ephemeral sandboxed environments, enforces per-tool authorization guardrails, and logs all actions without exposing secrets.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Ronak Massand(Founder)in
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
Janne Mäkelä(Founder & CEO)inMikko Korpela(CTO)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 provides software for financial advice firms that automates document workflow and compliance capture across fact-finding, strategy development, and statement of advice generation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSydney, AU
Co-investorsAntler
Aesty is a mobile app offering AI-powered virtual try-on, styling, and color analysis, letting users visualize outfits from their own wardrobe, plan looks, and shop for missing items.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerRetail Tech
Andrei Rychkov(Founder)in
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-investorsAntlerFuel Ventures
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
Akrem Abayed(Founder)in
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
Amanda is a real-time moderation AI for live streaming and interactive media platforms that automatically detects and blocks harmful content, coordinated harassment, and repeat offenders in chat at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSocial
Hege Tokerud(CEO & Co-founder)inGard Støe(CTO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAntlerSpintop VenturesFirda
Aiden provides AI technology to property management companies for automating tenant and owner request processing and customer service.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
KasiaNick
Co-investorsAntlerBlu Venture InvestorsKima VenturesRSCM
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
A marketplace platform that connects sellers with verified buyers for direct transactions, offering 6 months of free exposure and no commission fees for peer-to-peer sales.
B2B MarketplacesDirect to ConsumerFintechMarketplacesSaaS
Co-investorsAntler
AirDodge develops U-Space (UTM) software services compliant with EU regulation 2021/664, delivering the four core services required for drone operations in U-Space airspace.
Deep TechIoTMobility & TransportationRoboticsSaaS
Umar Chughtai(Founder)inSerhii(Co-founder)
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
Alchemyst AI builds a context engine for AI applications, offered to businesses with voice and research capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Anuran R.(Founder)inUttaran
Co-investorsAntler
Alcolase is a biotech company developing science-based solutions for people with alcohol intolerance, a genetic condition affecting hundreds of millions of people, particularly in East Asia.
BiotechConsumerWellness & FitnessCopenhagen, DK
Mikkel Precht(Founder)in
Co-investorsAda VenturesAntlerElmehøj VenturesDelphinus Venture Capital
AlertMend builds production operations (AIOps) software that observes cloud infrastructure across Kubernetes, VMs, and cloud, correlates metrics, logs, and traces to propose an evidence-backed root cause, and runs remediation only after human approval with rollback and audit trails.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Arvind Rajpurohit(Co-Founder & CEO)inDinesh Agrawal(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsAntler
Co-investorsAntlerEQ2 VenturesOui Capital
Allihoop operates coliving communities offering furnished studio apartments with shared spaces and community events, targeting young professionals and global talents.
ConsumerPropTechStockholm, SE
Milad Barosen 🌍(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntler
Alphaguard provides workflows and tools for financial crime compliance, including third-party risk screening, AML, and fraud investigation.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaS
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 & Web3FintechSingapore, SG
Austin Chaird(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntler
AlphaLoops provides an AI-driven account and contact prioritization tool that reads a company's CRM alongside public intelligence sources to produce ranked lists of sales targets, each with scoring rationale and source citations.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSales TechLondon, GB
Fred Johnson(Founder)inTyson Bradford(Founder)inEric(Co-founder)Tys(Co-founder)
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 a casting platform built for actors, agents, casting teams, and clients to collaborate across locations and time zones in a single space.
MarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Josh Algie(Co-founder)inRenee Currie(Co-founder)
Co-investorsAntlerBlack Nova VCSkalata
Alternō develops thermal energy storage systems available both as plug-and-play solutions for quick deployment and custom-engineered systems for large-scale projects.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Hai Ho(Co-founder & CEO)inNam Nguyen(Co-founder & CTO)
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
Magnus Grimeland(Founder)in
Co-investors1982 VenturesAC VenturesAgaeti VenturesElmehøj VenturesFarvatn VentureModi Ventures+4 more
ALT is an AI-powered fashion search platform that aggregates real-time inventory from 250+ international and home-grown fashion brands, enabling users to search and discover products more efficiently than traditional fashion retail apps.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech
RashidaAbbas
Co-investorsAntler
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
Alphaloops · venturenomix.com · Feb 13, 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 39 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
from their channelSteve Hind: How AI Agents Are Disrupting Customer Experience & Brands | The Further, Faster Podcast
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Alex Konrad: "No One Cares About Your Startup" | The Further, Faster Podcast
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Balaji Srinivasan: The Network School | The Further, Faster Podcast
Antler Global
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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