RCF Innovation

Moat investments is the Investment vehicle of professional investor Cyril Jinks . His Family Office Solely focuses on emerging profitable industrial services and technology businesses with a large addressable market , a point of difference and improving unit economics . Particularly interested in technology and high returning services business who are founder led .

We connect entrepreneurs with corporates and investors to solve the world's greatest challenges with technology. We help entrepreneurs design and build their pilot products in exchange for equity. We also typically invest up to $50,000 from our partners and VC fund(s) and provide training through our program supported by a team of full time entrepreneurs in residence (EIR). We are a team of 50 people with deep knowledge in achieving product-market fit, raising capital and establishing pilots. We have substantial expertise in development for web and mobile, as well as experienced senior people in product management and marketing. We are privately backed by some of the most respected family offices in Australia and the US. We invest in non-coding entrepreneurs who hold deep domain knowledge in their chosen industry (we look for founder-market fit) and we look for companies which have strong operational models. We then help our startups raise follow-on funding from our investor community and venture capital funds as well as help them hire their own engineering teams. We typically invest up to $250,000 in selected later stage companies on a follow-on basis. By connecting with our corporate partners to set up pilot trials, we help startups gain commercial traction.

Talu Ventures is an early stage technology investor in Australia, with a particular focus on biotechnology, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Talu was founded in 2012 by three of the partners of CM Capital. Talu's founders have dedicated their careers to the IT and biotech industries and they understand the challenges of building companies from the ground up. In collaboration with Talu's Industry Advisors, portfolio companies can draw upon more than a century of leadership roles within a broad spectrum of successful companies. Talu has been the lead investor in more than 90 percent of its investments.

The Foundry invests in health, wellness and beauty brands based in Australia. The Foundry was set up by Michael Da Gama Pinto, the former CFO of Swisse Wellness, an Australian health supplements brand sold in 2015 for US$1.5bn. The Foundry has an experienced management team with expertise in product expansion, both into local and offshore markets, including China.

Nine Entertainment Co (NEC) is Nine’s listed parent company and operates a media network spanning broadcast, streaming, publishing and digital out of home.

River City Labs is a coworking space and accelerator program for technology startups based in Brisbane, Australia. RCL is a leading provider of start-up related programs in Australia, including: River Pitch, a quarterly event bringing together pre-screened startups and investors; the RCL Accelerator, and Startup Catalyst. The RCL Accelerator, powered by muru-D (an accelerator with programs in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth), has graduated 28 Queensland startups including Travello, Maxwell MRI and Punta. Startup Catalyst takes start-ups, investors, corporates, tech-savvy youth, and innovation leaders to international start-up hotspots including Silicon Valley, London, Berlin, Israel, and Asia. River City Labs was founded by Steve Baxter in 2012, before being taken over by the Australian Computer Society in September 2018.

Southern Cross Venture Partners backs promising entrepreneurs to build successful companies with global potential. The funds are currently focused on technology, energy and resources (including renewable technology) at the seed, early and growth stages. We are uniquely placed to help entrepreneurs looking to expand globally, with presence in the United States, Australia and Asia, through partnerships with SBCVC (Softbank China). We assist our entrepreneurs by catalysing the right connections, bringing the lessons of experience, acting as a trusted partner and sharing in the vision of our entrepreneurs to build great companies.

Arowana is an investment holding group that invests in, builds and operates businesses across AI infrastructure, renewable energy, electric vehicles, education, circular economy and enterprise software. Its venture exposure includes the Vivarium venture studio.

PieLAB Venture Partners, now operating as PieLAB Capital, partners with established, profitable Australian small and medium-sized businesses through long-term ownership, across sectors, and prefers never to sell the businesses it invests in. It began in 2016 with a fund that invested in businesses providing services to the real estate sector, and now invests through the evergreen PieLAB Council Capital Fund.

Focusing on providing Series A funding to high-growth technology startups, Full Circle is an entrepreneur-led venture capital firm that builds value-added partnerships between investors and founders. Full Circle connects both sides of the VC equation, helping realise value held at both the limited partner and portfolio level. We look for software companies with revenue and strong growth that need venture capital to expand their business.

A venture capital firm investing in early and growth-stage Australian B2B technology companies that are scaling to the UK or USA.