Our Innovation Fund
Venture capitalSeed–Series B · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
OIF Ventures backs technology founders with deep conviction, positioning itself as a hands-on partner that works alongside companies to help them succeed. The firm emphasizes shared momentum and active support from a base of over 150 investors who are themselves founders and operators. A key part of its value proposition is connecting portfolio companies with an extensive network of top-tier US venture capital firms, having facilitated access to over $1 billion in US capital. The firm manages more than $500 million in assets and focuses on unlocking founder potential through partnership.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's websiteFounder mafia
2 people who came through Our Innovation Fund went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 29 of 53 portfolio companiesSaaS ×16AI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×10Cybersecurity ×6Fintech ×6HR Tech ×5Construction Tech ×4Cloud Computing ×3
HQs:Australia×6United States×4Brazil×1Israel×1
Investments · 53 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAdvanced Navigation develops navigation and positioning systems using inertial, photonic, and quantum sensing technologies for autonomous systems across defense, space, climate science, and commercial applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechIoTRoboticsSpace Tech
Chris Shaw(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAirTree VenturesAlpha Intelligence CapitalBrick Mortar VenturesIn-Q-TelKohlberg Kravis RobertsMain Sequence Ventures+2 more
Co-investorsInvestible Climate Tech FundOIF Ventures
Assignar develops cloud-based operations software for self-perform general contractors and subcontractors working on infrastructure projects, covering both office and field workflows.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDenver, US
Sean McCreanor(CEO & Co-Founder)Marko Tomic(CTO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsMultiplier CapitalOIF VenturesTola CapitalFifth Wall
Atomi is a video-first education platform offering curriculum-aligned videos, interactive quizzes, and AI-powered personalized feedback for high school students, teachers, and schools.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
Bookipi offers an all-in-one business management platform for freelancers and small businesses, combining invoicing, CRM, appointment scheduling, proposals, contracts, timesheets, and an AI website builder in a single workflow.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsOIF VenturesTen13
Circle In is a digital-first employee benefits platform offering on-demand expert advice, personalized content, and manager guidance for caregiving employees at every life stage.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
D-ID develops an AI video creation platform that produces professional avatar videos and interactive visual agents for enterprise communication and customer experience.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSTel Aviv-Yafo, IL
Sella Blondheim(Founder)inEliran Kuta(Founder/CTO)inGil Perry(Founder)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalConnecticut InnovationsMarubeni Ventures Inc.Mindset VentureOIF VenturesY Combinator+2 more
DataMasque provides data masking and synthetic data solutions that generate "synthetically identical" customer data for development and operations.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Grant(CEO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsOIF VenturesWavemaker Partners
Dataweavers is a Microsoft Azure-native platform company that provides infrastructure, DevOps, security, and platform operations management for enterprise organizations running complex digital platforms and headless commerce systems.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsFive V CapitalOIF VenturesOneVentures
Eftsure provides a platform for verifying suppliers and protecting business-to-business payments, with tools for vendor management, payment verification, segregation of duties, and audit reporting.
CybersecurityFintechSaaS
Co-investorsLevel EquityOIF Ventures
Enboarder provides an AI-driven platform for employee onboarding and cross-functional HR journeys, helping enterprise customers like Deloitte, ING, and Cisco reduce time-to-productivity and attrition.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSAustin, US
Brent Pearson(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid Jacobson(Director)James Butler(Director)
BoardWilliam Szczerbiak(Director)
Co-investorsGreycroftNext Coast VenturesEscalate Capital PartnersFlucas VenturesGolub GrowthOIF Ventures+1 more
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
estateXchange operates an online platform for managing deceased estates and related death benefit and life cover claims, letting professional estate representatives and institutions share and verify documentation in one place.
FintechLegalTechSaaS
Factor House builds enterprise tooling for real-time streaming data infrastructure, including Kpow (a UI and API for Apache Kafka) and Flex (for Apache Flink), unified in the Factor Platform for streaming observability.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMelbourne, AU
Derek Troy-West(Co-founder)Kylie Troy-West(Co-founder)
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesAlice Anderson FundFlying Fox VenturesLaunchVic BasecampLighter CapitalOIF Ventures
Fortiro provides an automated document fraud detection and verification platform that analyzes content, visual, metadata, and digital forensic properties of documents such as payslips, bank statements, tax documents, and invoices to generate a fraud risk score.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Sean Quagliani(Founder)inDavid Weber(Founder)in
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
Futurerent provides property-based cash advances to Australian real estate investors, offering upfront funds against future rental income without a credit impact.
FintechPropTech
Godfrey Dinh(Founder)inAlvin Singhin
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
Getro is a network-based recruiting platform that helps companies hire faster by leveraging employee referrals and professional networks.
HR TechMarketing TechSaaSBoulder, US
Evan Walden(Founder)
Co-investorsAcadian Ventures Management, LlcBlindspot Ventures Management CoEmbedded CapitalMotive PartnersOIF VenturesSamaipata+4 more
Go1 is an online learning platform that aggregates training content from over 250 providers into a single subscription for learning and development leaders.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Andrew Barnes(Founder/CEO)inChris Eigeland(Founder and CEO)inVu Tran(Founder)Chris Hood(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsAfterWork VenturesAirTree VenturesBlack Sheep CapitalFull Circle Venture CapitalFundersClubM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+10 more
End-to-end platform for fitness businesses focused on growth and member engagement.
Co-investorsBailador Technology InvestmentsOIF VenturesTractor Ventures
Instaclustr, part of NetApp, provides a managed platform, enterprise support, and consulting for open source data technologies, helping enterprises run their data layer more reliably and efficiently.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsBailador Technology InvestmentsLevel EquityOIF VenturesSignificant VenturesSydney Angels
Co-investorsLegalTechOIF Ventures
Kasada provides a bot defense and fraud prevention platform that detects and blocks automated bot attacks, account takeover, scraping, and human fraud without relying on CAPTCHAs.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Sam Crowther(Founder)
Co-investorsIn-Q-TelMain Sequence VenturesOIF VenturesTen ElevenReinventure Group
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
Platform addressing PR industry complexity and scaling publisher relationships.
Co-investorsOIF VenturesVolition Capital
Mary Technology applies AI to convert unstructured legal documents into structured data, positioning itself within the legal technology space.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTech
Co-investorsOIF VenturesSydney Angels
Mastt builds AI and software tools for construction project management, using agentic AI to automate manual reporting and administrative work for project teams.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSSydney, AU
Doug Vincent(CEO, Co-founder)inJamie Cerexhe(Co-founder)Raman(Co-founder)inIan(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsInvestible Climate Tech FundOIF VenturesSignificant Ventures
Matrak is a materials and task coordination platform for construction supply chains, connecting head contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, logistics providers, and installers on a single real-time system.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsOIF VenturesSuperSeed Ventures
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
Neara offers a physics-enabled digital twin platform that models electrical utility networks—poles, lines, structures, and vegetation—in real terrain and weather conditions.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsOIF VenturesPolipo VenturesSquare Peg CapitalTCV
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
Pagaleve offers a "buy now, pay later" payment method in Brazil that lets consumers split purchases into Pix installments without a credit card, usable across thousands of partner stores.
E-commerceFintech
Henrique Weaver(Founder)in
Co-investorsEntrée CapitalFounder CollectiveMSW CapitalOIF VenturesSaison CapitalSalesforce Ventures+1 more
Citizen-centric revenue optimisation platform improving government revenue and payment experiences.
Co-investorsOIF Venturesx15ventures (Commonwealth Bank)
Rosterfy provides a platform for recruiting, onboarding, and managing volunteers, with automated tools to deliver personalized onboarding experiences.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Shannan Gove(Founder)in
Co-investorsBailador Technology InvestmentsOIF Ventures
Sitemate builds AI-powered field data capture software that converts voice notes, photos, weather, and location data into structured, compliant records such as safety permits, quality inspections, daily reports, timesheets, and fleet logs.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesOIF VenturesShearwater CapitalSydney Angels
Syenta develops high-resolution interconnect technology for chip-to-chip connections using Localized Electrochemical Manufacturing, enabling higher bandwidth between compute and memory in AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesJelix VenturesNSW Clean Technology Innovation GrantsOIF VenturesPlayground GlobalSalus Ventures
Co-investorsOIF Ventures
Visionary Machines develops passive optical 3D spatial sensing technology, powered by its Pandion system, for drone detection, tracking, classification, autonomous navigation, and surveillance across air, land, and sea.
Deep TechDefense TechRobotics
Co-investorsFolklore VenturesIn-Q-TelOIF VenturesSalus VenturesSignificant VenturesThorney Investment Group
XM Cyber provides a continuous exposure management platform that discovers, prioritizes, and validates attack paths across on-premises and cloud environments for IT security and risk management teams.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsKarma VenturesKickstart InnovationOIF Ventures
Zitcha offers a retail media operating system that connects retailers' merchant, trade, media, and finance teams with brands and agencies, using AI to plan, execute, and measure ad campaigns.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningRetail Tech
Troy Townsend(Founder)in
Co-investorsOIF VenturesVMG Partners
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioInstaclustracq. by NetApp
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Fortiro · tradingview.com · Aug 11, 2026
Advanced Navigation · forbes.com.au · Jun 29, 2026
Visionary Machines · afr.com · Jun 21, 2026
DataMasque · asiatechdaily.com · Jun 15, 2026
Getro · usnews.com · Jun 5, 2026
Neara · dlapiper.com · Feb 17, 2026
Rosterfy · kearneygroup.com.au · Dec 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Our Innovation Fund made?
- Our Innovation Fund has 53 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Our Innovation Fund invest at?
- Our Innovation Fund invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Our Innovation Fund focus on?
- Our Innovation Fund focuses on Cleantech, Sector Agnostic.
- Who does Our Innovation Fund co-invest with?
- Our Innovation Fund most often shares deals with OIF Ventures, Bailador Technology Investments, Blackbird Ventures, among 71 tracked co-investors.
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