Giant Leap Fund
Venture Capital Seed Fund Est. 2016
USD 13M
Estimated FUM
- Type
- Venture Capital
- HQ
- Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Founded
- 2016
- Focus
- Climate / Industrial Tech
About
Giant Leap is Australia's first venture capital fund which is 100% dedicated to investing in exceptional, rapidly scalable impact businesses. We are investing $13 million into businesses that blend financial returns with deep social and environmental impact.
Giant Leap is backed by leading Australian funds manager, Impact Investment Group, which manages over $400 million in assets. It is bolstered by Venture Partners (seasoned entrepreneurs and early-stage investors) and guided by Advisors (with early-stage tech and start-up experience, and who've led venture capital investments across the world).
We believe that investing in businesses that do good is simply good business.
We like to meet entrepreneurs and founders, and see their presentations. We recommend you read about what we're looking for before you contact us.
Investment Focus
Focus Areas
Stages
Seed Series A Series B
Focus
Climate / Industrial Tech
Specialist
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
Australia
Coverage
Country-focused Regions
Oceania
Coverage is a guide only.
Location
Headquarters
Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Office Presence
1 country
Australia
3 known offices
Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia (HQ)
Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
Footscray, VIC, Australia
Deals & Activity
Tracked Deals
25
Most common deal types
Unknown (23) Buyout (2)
Deals by domain
Cpg 7
Saas 2
Credit 2
Consumer 1
Recent tracked deals
Musichealth
2000
Seermedical
Buyout - Saas
Clttoolbox
Buyout - Saas
Projectindi
Perxhealth
Moregooddays
Meetmodo
Mindsethealth
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