Scalare Partners
Venture capitalSydney · Pre-Seed–Series A
Investment thesis
Scalare Partners focuses on backing bold founders at the early stage, aiming to help Australian startups grow and compete globally. As a publicly listed firm, it seeks to give everyday investors access to early-stage startup investing, letting them grow alongside the founders it backs. It invests from its own balance sheet, which it says frees it to support ideas it believes in rather than only those chasing the highest returns, and to build long-term partnerships on the right terms. Mentorship is central to its model, with a team that has built, scaled, and sold startups offering founders honest, experience-based guidance and hands-on support.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 31 of 52 portfolio companiesSaaS ×17Fintech ×10AI & Machine Learning ×9Future of Work ×6Enterprise Software ×5EdTech ×4HR Tech ×3Cybersecurity ×2
HQs:Australia×12United States×7United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×63 founders×24+ founders×2
Investments · 52 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12016 · 12 dated
Coursera is an online learning platform offering courses, certificates, and career programs from universities and companies such as Google.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketplacesSaaSMountain View, US
Daphne Koller(Co-Founder & President)Andrew Ng(Director)Richard Levin(Chief Executive Officer)
BoardDan Avida(Director)Scott Sandell(Director)inJohn Doerr(Director)in
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersFelicis VenturesG SquaredGSV VenturesKleiner PerkinsLearn Capital+9 more
Austin, US
Luan D. Dang(Executive Officer)Alan S. Knitowski(Executive Officer, Director)Luan Dang(Executive Officer, Promoter)Matt Aune(Executive Officer)Randall Crowder(Executive Officer, Director)Prokopios Tsirigakis(Director)
Co-investorsFirsthand CapitalFirsthand Technology Value Fund
Palo Alto, US
BARRY MCCARTHY(Director)ANDREW RACHLEFF(Director)DANIEL CARROLL(Executive Officer, Director)ADAM NASH(Executive Officer, Director)MIKE VOLPI(Director)RICK FOREMAN(Executive Officer)
ANNA is an all-in-one business account and mobile app for UK sole traders, freelancers, and small businesses that combines banking, invoicing, expense tracking, and bookkeeping.
FintechSaaSCardiff, GB
Co-investorsYellow Rocks!
AsiaVerify provides real-time, registry-sourced corporate data across 14 Asian jurisdictions, with AI-powered translation and entity resolution for running KYB, UBO, and AML checks.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
The Australian Technologies Competition (ATC) is a technology competition and awards program that has run since 2010, connecting entrants with investors, mentors, and industry leaders.
Deep Tech
BetterX is a white-label and API platform that lets financial professionals—advisors, OTC desks, and trading teams—offer digital asset services including custody, trading, onboarding/KYC, and compliance reporting without building the technology in-house.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Cloutly is a review and reputation management platform that automates review collection via SMS, email and video prompts, uses AI to respond to reviews and web chats, and provides competitor benchmarking, review widgets and staff performance tracking.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Ethixbase360 provides a third-party risk management platform combining automation and expert-led due diligence, covering domains such as anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions and trade, modern slavery, human rights, sustainability, and cyber risk.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Fishburners is a startup community and membership organization for tech founders in Australia, offering networking, mentorship, workspace ("Residency"), and connections to investors and accelerators from idea stage through Series A.
Future of Work
FrankieOne provides customer onboarding and identity verification solutions for financial institutions and fintech companies, offering KYC, KYB, AML, and biometric capabilities designed to balance compliance requirements with user experience.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Simon Costello(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inAaron Chipper(Technical Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAirTree VenturesAngel Collective Opportunity FundGreycroftMantis CapitalReinventure GroupTidal Ventures+1 more
FreeGuides provides a QR-code-based digital guest experience platform for hotels and hostels, giving guests access to a digital compendium, an AI receptionist ("Eli"), local tips, self-guided walking tours, group chat, events with ticketing, and bookable activities in over 100 auto-translated languages.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Inhouse Ventures runs an online marketplace that matches Australian startup founders with investors, VCs, and industry leaders to support building, scaling, and fundraising.
AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketplacesHealdsburg, US
Jeddle offers JeddAI, an AI assistant that gives instant curriculum-aligned feedback on Years 7–12 student work.
AI & Machine LearningEdTech
MyPass provides a workforce compliance platform with a worker-verified digital Skills Passport, real-time compliance dashboards, duplicate worker detection, and certificate validation with issuing authorities.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsOneVentures
PictureWealth is a financial advice service that connects individuals to advisers and financial planning tools covering retirement, investments, superannuation, estate, tax, and insurance.
FintechWellness & FitnessPerth, AU
David Pettit(Co-Founder | Exec Director)Marko Sekez(Co-Founder | CTO | Exec Director)Allan Maitland(CEO | Exec Director)Luke Taylor(COO)
Planet Startup is a CFO studio offering fractional CFO-as-a-Service and internal finance team support to seed to Series B tech startups and scaleups, helping them with financial planning, capital raising, and global expansion.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of Work
Marc Orchard(CEO / Co-Founder)
Remitly is an international money transfer service that enables customers to send money across borders to multiple countries.
FintechSeattle, US
Matthew B Oppenheimer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Joshua Hug(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matt Oppenheimer(Founder)inHilton Hewitt(Executive Officer)Andrew Larson(Executive Officer)
BoardWilliam Bryant(Director)
Co-investorsDN CapitalPrime VenturesQED InvestorsStripesTechstarsThreshold Ventures+7 more
ReviewTrackers offers online reputation management software that helps businesses collect, monitor, and analyze customer reviews across platforms to improve local SEO, listings accuracy, and customer engagement.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales TechChicago, US
Daniel Reed(Director)inMax Tetrault(Director)Christopher Campbell(Executive Officer, Director)Todd Paul(Director)Chris Campbell(Director)
BoardChristopher Abele(Director)
Co-investorsAmerican Family VenturesCSA Partners LLCSymphony Alpha VenturesTrestle PartnersPeakSpan Capital Partners
Slipstream Clear is a modular Transport Management System for road freight and logistics providers, offering real-time visibility, job allocation, route optimisation, and compliance automation.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS
Tank Stream Labs operates flexible coworking and private office spaces across Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, serving startups, small and medium enterprises, and large enterprise teams.
Future of WorkPropTechSydney, AU
Co-investorsInvestible Climate Tech Fund
Tech Ready Women runs accelerator programs, training, and community networks that teach female founders tech and business skills such as pitching, business modelling, customer validation, and financial literacy.
EdTechFemTechFuture of Work
The Founders Union is a curated guide and free membership community for Australian startup founders, connecting them with partners, tools, and perks matched to each stage of their journey.
Future of WorkSaaSSydney, AU
Vital4 is an AI-powered compliance platform that automates AML screening, KYC identity verification, and continuous watchlist, sanctions, PEP, and adverse media monitoring using contextual entity extraction to reduce false positives.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSMarietta, US
Kristin Stafford(Executive Officer, Director)Amy Barbieri(Executive Officer)Stacey Fitzgerald(Executive Officer)Dawn Marchland(Executive Officer)Patrick Deeb(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsValor Ventures
Zondii makes a handheld device that measures the micron value of wool fibre on-farm, giving woolgrowers instant results at shearing time to inform breeding, classing, and culling decisions.
AgTechHardwareIoT
Exits · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioCourseraNYSE: COURFortiveNYSE: FTVPhunwareNASDAQ: PHUNWealthfrontNASDAQ: WLTH
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPhunware · proactiveinvestors.com · Aug 6, 2026
Fishburners · startupdaily.net · Aug 3, 2026
Remitly · simplywall.st · Jul 18, 2026
Catalyser · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
The Founders Union · startupdaily.net · Nov 2, 2025
Tank Stream Labs · sharecafe.com.au · Jul 17, 2025
Australian Technologies Competition · startupdaily.net · May 8, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Scalare Partners made?
- Scalare Partners has 52 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Scalare Partners invest at?
- Scalare Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Scalare Partners focus on?
- Scalare Partners focuses on Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Scalare Partners located?
- Scalare Partners is headquartered in Sydney, AU.
- Who does Scalare Partners co-invest with?
- Scalare Partners most often shares deals with AirTree Ventures, DN Capital, Felicis Ventures, among 34 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamCarolyn Breeze interviewed on Ausbiz TV about Scalare Partners ASX Launch
Scalare Partners · Carolyn Breeze
Carolyn Breeze: CEO of Scalare Partners
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