We back founders building from South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and beyond. Capital, networks, and a team who are invested in your success from first cheque through to exit.
Eastend Ventures Fund 1 has closed at $30 million, with Funds SA as cornerstone investor alongside more than fifty sophisticated investors and family offices from Australia, Singapore and the United States.
Read full storyFunds SA, the South Australian Government's $50 billion investment corporation, committed $5 million to Eastend Ventures Fund 1, taking the fund past $25 million. A rare institutional vote of confidence in a first-time manager.
Read full storyWe've led a US$500,000 seed round in Nitrosend, the AI-native email marketing platform from Adelaide brothers Edward and George Hartley, the team behind SmartrMail, which sent six billion emails before its 2022 acquisition.
Read full storyWe back founders in South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland. These are the markets most Australian VC overlooks, and they keep producing the next generation of Australian success stories.
Our own funds invest at sensible valuations and back companies built for trade-sale outcomes. It's an arbitrage between Australian innovation and international acquirers.
Three states building for global markets. Together they hold close to half of Australia's federally-funded innovation centres yet receive less than 10% of Australia's venture capital.
Defence, space, biotech, and enterprise software. A research-dense ecosystem with strong university and government anchors.
Resources technology, supply chain, industrial software and energy transition. Operators with global customers and international scale.
B2B SaaS, fintech, agritech and health technology. A growing ecosystem with deep founder networks and proven exits.
We also consider select founders in the ACT, Tasmania, the Northern Territory, regional New South Wales and Victoria.
Eastend earns performance fees only when investors receive distributions. Our funds are structured around realised outcomes, not paper valuations.
Our own money is in our own funds, on the same terms as every LP. And in every vehicle we run, the economics keep us on the same side of the table as our investors.
Introductions to customers, co-investors, hires, and advisors. Networks across Australia and internationally, with a focus on US, Canada and UK expansion.
Founders deal with the senior team from first conversation to close. We work through the process alongside founders and structure deals that work for everyone at the table.
We stay close through wins and losses. Operational support, follow-on capital, and board involvement where it adds value to the company and is appropriate for the size of the investment. The relationship doesn't end at signing.
We have built, scaled and exited tech companies across four countries. We help founders prepare for international expansion, build relationships with potential acquirers, and support the exit process when the company is ready.
AI fault prediction analytics for defence, resources and logistics. Experienced technical founder with international market pull.
AI-powered product-market fit insights. Ex-Atlassian product lead and Cisco Labs founder. Roll-up to US entity in progress.
All-in-one estimating and project management for builders. Repeat founders, 200+ paying customers and over $1M ARR in 10 months.
Middleware for AI applications: secure context, connected data, persistent memory. Anchor customer in US healthcare.
AI-powered grant management. Faster, fairer assessment of grant applications for government departments and foundations. Adelaide HQ with traction across the UK and US.
AI game stats, video engagement and merchandise platform. Second-time founder addressing 400M+ amateur players globally.
AI-native email and SMS for an AI-first world. Exited founders rebuilding the category they came from.
If you're building from South Australia, Western Australia, or Queensland, we want to hear from you.
Learn moreBoth closed to new investors. EVF0, the pilot, has already returned an exit. EVF1, South Australia's first ESVCLP, anchored by a $50 billion superannuation investment manager, is deploying now. Fund 1 in full →
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Dedicated funds we design and run for universities, government and private groups. Your mandate, our team and platform.
Available to wholesale and sophisticated investors only.
A founding partnership and operations team based in our markets, independent investment and LP advisory committees for the funds we run, and a Venture Partner network with reach across Australia and international markets.