Fundraising FoxSydney · Pre-Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Also known as Carthona
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Investment thesis
Carthona describes itself as a hands-on, proactive and highly thematic venture capital investor. It typically makes initial investments at the pre-seed, seed or Series A stages and then follows on strongly, deploying larger amounts of capital as businesses mature, in one case backing a company across eight separate financing rounds. The firm works closely and actively with its portfolio companies. It is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment and emphasises its social and environmental responsibility.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.
Team · 9 people
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What they invest in
from 27 of 35 portfolio companiesSaaS ×14AI & Machine Learning ×13Fintech ×13Consumer ×5Enterprise Software ×5PropTech ×4IoT ×3LegalTech ×3
HQs:Australia×10United States×10Switzerland×1
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 32022 · 42021 · 12019 · 210 dated
Abra provides a digital asset platform for private and institutional clients, offering services across decentralized finance, asset management, and credit with a focus on security and regulatory compliance.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Bill Barhydt(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAccelerator VenturesAngel Collective Opportunity FundArbor VenturesBitfuryBlockchain CapitalDigital Currency Group+14 more
Air Trading develops AI-based, self-optimizing trading systems for financial markets.
AI & Machine LearningFintech
Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersSurge
Ajust provides a complaint resolution platform where consumers can search for guidance on resolving issues with businesses using templated resolution guides developed from actual consumer complaints.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerLegalTechSaaSSydney, AU
Tom Kaldor(Founder)
Aption operates a platform enabling founders, executives, and employees to pool their illiquid startup equity holdings and exchange them for diversified positions in other private companies.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesFintech
Co-investorsMotivate Venture Capital
Briefcase provides direct indexing solutions for financial advisers and family offices, enabling customized portfolio strategies that align with client values while managing tax efficiency and tracking market benchmarks.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSydney, AU
Josh Persky(Founder & CEO)inSean Doherty(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsBek VenturesEarlybird Venture CapitalEntrepreneur FirstTiny Supercomputer Investment Company
BuildPass builds a construction technology platform focused on safety management, serving builders and subcontractors.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechPropTechSaaSAustralia, AU
Matt Perrott(Founder)inAaron Vanston(Founder)inCaylie McDonaldin
Co-investorsGlitch CapitalMighty PartnersPreston-Werner VenturesHorizonMassive Tech VenturesRecursive Ventures
Cascade is a strategy execution platform that helps organizations turn long-term corporate strategy into actionable goals across teams, with AI-powered executive summaries and reporting to track progress.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Tom Wright(Founder)in
Co-investorsOneVenturesA16Z SpeedrunAda VenturesArchetypeBlitzscaling VenturesCoinbase Ventures+5 more
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Cherre provides a data management platform for real estate owners, operators, and investors, offering data ingestion, normalization, and validation workflows that connect information from multiple sources into a Universal Data Model.
Data & InfrastructurePropTechSaaSNew York, US
BENJAMIN HIZAK(Executive Officer, Director)LEONARD DANIEL SALMANSON(Executive Officer, Director)JAMES PETTIT(Director)in
Co-investorsDreamit VenturesEvolution VenturesGlilot Capital PartnersHighsage VenturesIntel CapitalNavitas Capital+3 more
CIM develops property operations software for managing building portfolios.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnterprise SoftwareIoTPropTechSaaS
David Walsh(Founder, Co-CEO)inDavid Wright(Co-CEO, Director)
Co-investorsInvestible Climate Tech Fund
CNaught makes carbon credit procurement accessible to companies of all sizes by providing a transparent, science-backed platform to help buyers navigate and purchase high-integrity carbon credits, addressing a previously opaque market.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Co-investorsBow CapitalFJ LabsMarketplaceRecall Capital
CoverRight helps Medicare-eligible seniors in the U.S. find, compare and enroll in health insurance plans, combining online technology with licensed advisors to provide personalized plan recommendations.
Digital HealthHealthtechInsurTechBrooklyn, US
Richard Chan(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDean Dorrell(Director)in
Co-investorsBlueTree Venture CapitalFairbridge ParkHypothesisMotley Fool Ventures
Credible operates an online marketplace where consumers compare prequalified rates for personal loans, student loan refinancing, private student loans, mortgages, mortgage refinancing, and insurance from multiple lenders and providers side-by-side without affecting their credit score.
FintechInsurTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Stephen Dash(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDean Dorrell(Director)inSoulaimane Htite(Director)
Co-investorsMarathon Venture PartnersRedbus VenturesDocuSignPear VC
Destinus develops the Hornet Block 2, a mobile canister-launched dual-role system that intercepts subsonic aerial threats and conducts precision strikes against maritime and ground targets.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareRobotics
Mikhail Kokorich(Founder)in
Co-investorsblueworld.groupCathexis VenturesConny & Co.NazcaOne Way VenturesSoma Capital+4 more
Driva is an Australian online platform that matches consumers with pre-qualified car and personal loan rates by comparing offers across multiple lenders and checking applications against lender policies.
ConsumerFintechMarketplacesSydney, AU
William Brown(Founder)
Hubble has created a Bluetooth connection to space and is building a global, battery-efficient, and cost-effective network using satellite technology.
Advanced ManufacturingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsHardwareIoTSpace TechLas Vegas, US
Alex Haro(Founder)inBen Wild(Founder)inJohn Kim
Co-investorsConvective CapitalInfinite CapitalMarin Digital VenturesNew North VenturesPi CampusPioneer+16 more
InDebted provides cloud-based debt collection software that uses machine learning to automate collections decisioning and improve customer engagement for enterprise clients.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Josh Foreman(Founder & CEO)inEllie Tahzib(Chief Operating Officer)inPierre Bergamin(Chief Technology Officer)inPierre Vercueil(Chief of Staff & Executive Director, UAE)in
Co-investorsMassMutual VenturesAirTree VenturesCrane Venture PartnersOneVenturesPerennial PartnersPremier Capital Partners+2 more
Josef is an AI platform that enables legal and compliance teams to create self-service tools for answering FAQs, generating documents and contracts, and automating workflows.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Tom(Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder)Sam(Co-Founder and COO)Kirill(Co-Founder and former Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsFlying Fox VenturesLegalTechOIF VenturesOur Innovation Fund
LendUs is an Australian mortgage broker that helps property investors compare and secure investment home loans across major and specialist lenders.
FintechPropTech
Life360 is a family safety mobile application that enables families and friends to share real-time location information, receive driving safety alerts, and check in with loved ones to maintain peace of mind about their whereabouts and well-being.
ConsumerHealthtechIoTSan Francisco, US
Chris Hulls(Founder)inAlex Haro(Founder)inLauren Antonoff(Executive Officer, Director)inRussell Burke(Executive Officer)in
BoardRyan Swagar(Director)Chris Cheever(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalAmerican Family VenturesApplied AngelsBand of AngelsBessemer Venture PartnersBMW i Ventures+18 more
Pathzero offers a climate intelligence platform that helps financial institutions and companies manage carbon emissions data from ingestion to disclosure, including a private markets disclosure network connecting asset owners with fund managers.
Climate TechFintechSaaSSydney, AU
Carl Prins(Founder)inCharbel Ayoub(Founder)inAlex De Muelenaere(COO / CFO)in
Co-investorsAntlerAntler AustraliaBlack Nova VCDarcy Naunton
Paytron (now OFX) offers a global business account platform for cross-border payments, multi-currency accounts in 30+ currencies, corporate cards, and spend and expense management with AI-driven approval and error detection.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSydney, AU
Francois Henrion(Co-Founder)inJaco Veldsman(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALx15ventures (Commonwealth Bank)
Marketplace for hourly venue rentals for meetings, productions, and events
San Francisco, US
Eric ShoupinRaymond Chammas(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Bendett(Founder)Rony Chammas(Founder)
BoardPaul Holland(Director)inGeorge Chammas(Director)
Co-investorsConvivialité VenturesFoundation CapitalFull In PartnersGFR FundGlobal BrainGV (Google Ventures)+4 more
Replica Studios was an AI voice technology company that provided synthetic voice generation capabilities for creative projects.
AI & Machine LearningGamingBrisbane, AU
Co-investorsFlying Fox VenturesTechstarsThe Venture Reality Fund
SafeStack is an application security (AppSec) program management platform that helps software teams embed secure development practices across the SDLC, using frameworks like OWASP SAMM and NIST SSDF.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Laura Bell Main(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesJelix VenturesNZ Growth Capital Partners
SafeWill is an Australian online platform for creating and updating wills without the cost or complexity of traditional legal services.
ConsumerFintechLegalTechSaaSSydney, AU
Adam Lubofsky(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlying Fox VenturesKing River CapitalMighty PartnersReinventure Group
Salad operates a peer-to-peer cloud computing network where users share spare computing resources for rewards while businesses run workloads like AI and gaming applications on the affordable, distributed infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
Bob Miles(Founder)
Co-investorsKickstartLeft Lane CapitalOrigin VenturesRoyal Street Ventures Management Company, LlcNeuberger BermanStripes+2 more
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Salad Africa is an agriculture-focused fintech that provides financing to smallholder farmers and agribusinesses, including interest-free crop production financing and invoice factoring, to move staple food crops from farm to market.
AgTechFintechFoodTechDover, US
Co-investorsTechstarsLeft Lane CapitalNeuberger BermanOrigin VenturesStripesWellington Management
Salt Lake City, US
Robert Miles(Executive Officer, Director)Adrian Stalder(Director)
BoardDerek Urben(Director)inJeffrey Stowell(Director)
Co-investorsLeft Lane CapitalOrigin Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CoverRightDaedaleanLayerpoweredReplicaSmart Farm SystemsZero Latency VR
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 1Paytronacq. by OFX Group
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDestinus · eu-startups.com · Jul 14, 2026
Hubble Network · geekwire.com · Sep 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Carthona Capital made?
- Carthona Capital has 35 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Carthona Capital invest at?
- Carthona Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Carthona Capital focus on?
- Carthona Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Carthona Capital located?
- Carthona Capital is headquartered in Sydney, AU.
- Does Carthona Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Carthona Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Carthona Capital co-invest with?
- Carthona Capital most often shares deals with AirTree Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, DCM Ventures, among 42 tracked co-investors.
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