Breakout Ventures

Blackbird is an Australia and New Zealand venture capital firm backing ambitious technology companies from the earliest stages through later growth. It invests across software, deep tech, climate, fintech, health and other technology-led sectors, with portfolio companies including Canva, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, Zoox and Halter.

Corporate venture arm of Applied Materials investing globally in deep tech and the materials-to-systems stack across stages; stage-agnostic and invests up to $100M per year.

DCVC is a US-based deep tech venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs using AI and advanced technologies to tackle climate, health, industrial, defense, space and related challenges, investing from seed through growth.

Delphinus Venture Capital is an Aarhus-based venture capital firm investing in research-driven startups across food, health, defense, and energy sectors from pre-seed to scale-up.

Andreessen Horowitz backs bold entrepreneurs who move fast, think big, and are committed to building the next major franchises in technology. Founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the firm provides entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights in innovation, executive and technical talent, market intelligence, policy and regulatory affairs, business development, and marketing and brand-building.

Grok Ventures is the private investing vehicle of Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian and one of Australia's most successful technology entrepreneurs. Grok Ventures invests in fast-growing technology-enabled businesses with world-class management teams who are solving big problems. Grok particularly likes food and energy companies. We have private, patient, long-term capital, with the flexibility to participate from early-stage or seed financing through to late stage funding rounds (although we prefer to be involved earlier).