Exto Partners
Family officeSeedโLate Stage
Investment thesis
Exto Partners is an alternative funds manager giving high-net-worth clients access to opportunities beyond traditional networks, with a focus on strong risk-adjusted returns.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 15 of 24 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ร6Gaming ร4Media & Entertainment ร4Consumer ร3Crypto & Web3 ร3Developer Tools ร3Enterprise Software ร3SaaS ร3
HQs:Australiaร5Franceร1Swedenร1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founderร52 foundersร23 foundersร1
Investments ยท 24 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathNextEd operates eight private tertiary education businesses and a global student recruitment agency, delivering English language, vocational, and higher education programs to over 25,000 domestic and international students each year.
EdTech
William Deane(Non-Executive Director; founder of Exto Partners)
Airtasker is a community marketplace platform connecting people who need tasks completed with independent workers available to perform those tasks.
MarketplacesAustralia, AU
Tim Fung(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlack Sheep CapitalChannel 4 VenturesFull Circle Venture CapitalSapien Ventures / Sapien GroupiHeartMedia
Big Time is an action RPG set in a time-travel universe where players fight through colliding eras alongside characters from Evermore Academy.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupDigital Finance GroupIOSG VenturesNIVSignum Capital
Dayman Apartments provides fully furnished student accommodation with shared community rooms, courtyard, and monthly events near Macquarie University in Sydney.
ConsumerPropTechSydney, AU
Figaro provides audio intelligence APIs for developers, offering modules for music search by reference audio or natural language, similarity-based track grouping, automatic genre/vocal/language tagging, and artist soundalike/deepfake detection.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMedia & Entertainment
Builds AI-powered tools that help businesses automate workflows and gain insights from their data.
Hey You is an Australian mobile ordering app that lets people browse local cafes and restaurants, place food and coffee orders ahead of time, and pick them up without waiting in line.
ConsumerFoodTechMarketplaces
Co-investorsReinventure Group
Immutable provides a full-stack product suite for building and scaling games, offering infrastructure and player-engagement tools along with digital ownership features.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsGamingMarketing Tech
James Ferguson(Founder)Robbie Ferguson(Founder)in
Co-investorsAirTree VenturesAndromeda CapitalArca FundsArrington CapitalB CapitalBacked+15 more
Mavia is a Web3 mobile strategy game where players build and defend a base, train infantry, vehicle and air units, and battle rival players to loot resources.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesGenblock CapitalMagnus CapitalSublime VenturesTriblockAlameda Research+2 more
An education provider offering industry-focused training and courses across creative, business, and technology sectors.
Develops industrial IoT solutions that provide real-time monitoring and analytics for heavy industries.
Offers retail technology solutions designed to streamline in-store operations and enhance customer purchasing experiences.
Optalert provides IRIS, a cloud-based system for real-time remote monitoring of operator drowsiness using wearable glasses that generate drowsiness scores and risk alerts.
HardwareIoTSaaS
Pacemaker is a DJ app for iPhone and iPad that lets users mix and mash tracks from a library of millions of songs, with an AI DJ feature that suggests matching tracks and transitions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocialStockholm, SE
Daniel WallnerOlof BerglรถfOmar Nasser
Co-investors500 GlobalFirestartrTechstars
TRIBE operates an app-based platform connecting brands with micro-influencers and content creators, allowing brands to run campaigns across many creators at once rather than a single celebrity endorsement.
AdTechCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Jules Lund(Founder)
Co-investorsCardinia VenturesClinton Capital PartnersIndie
Tuned Global provides B2B music streaming technology for enterprises and startups, offering cloud-based backend infrastructure, catalog ingestion, APIs, curation, and AI-driven metadata tagging to help clients launch and operate music, audio, and video streaming services.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Con Raso(CEO & Co-founder)
Co-investorsArtesian
A digital product studio specialising in designing and developing scalable web and mobile applications.
Zetaris offers a data lakehouse platform that lets enterprises query structured, unstructured, and streaming data in place across any environment without duplication or migration, providing a unified, governed layer for AI training, inference, and analytics.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsIn-Q-TelVulpes VenturesReinventure Group
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Tribe ยท kalkinemedia.com ยท Aug 17, 2026
Airtasker ยท startupdaily.net ยท Nov 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Exto Partners made?
- Exto Partners has 24 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Exto Partners invest at?
- Exto Partners invests at the Seed, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- Who does Exto Partners co-invest with?
- Exto Partners most often shares deals with Bitkraft Esports Ventures, Reinventure Group, AirTree Ventures, among 39 tracked co-investors.
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