Most active investors in Australia and New Zealand
Investors ranked by the venture rounds, buyouts and stakes FundComb has recorded for them in the last 12 months, from investors' own pages and the press. Every deal links to its sources.
As at 8 Nov 2026 · How this is counted · All venture rounds
157 investors · based anywhere · ranked by deals · Clear
| Rank | Investor | Type | Deals | Led | US$ in rounds | Exits | Rounds / buyouts | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Waterman Capital | Private equity | 2 | 1 | – | – | 0 / 2 | Oct 2026 |
| 36 | Mubadala Investment Company | Institutional | 2 | – | 630m | – | 1 / 1 | Oct 2026 |
| 36 | Ellerston Capital | Institutional | 2 | – | 53.7m | 1 | 2 / 0 | Dec 2025 |
| 36 | Salus Ventures | Venture capital | 2 | – | 44m | – | 2 / 0 | May 2026 |
| 36 | Monash Ventures | Venture capital | 2 | – | 19m | – | 2 / 0 | Mar 2026 |
| 36 | Altered Capital | Venture capital | 2 | – | 16.2m | – | 2 / 0 | Sep 2026 |
| 36 | Bioshore Ventures | Venture capital | 2 | – | 11.7m | – | 2 / 0 | Aug 2026 |
| 36 | Alceon Private Equity | Private equity | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 / 1 | Sep 2026 |
| 36 | Direct Capital | Private equity | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 / 1 | Sep 2026 |
| 36 | Galileo Ventures | Venture capital | 2 | – | – | – | 2 / 0 | Aug 2026 |
| 36 | Perennial Partners | Private equity | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 / 0 | Jul 2026 |
| 62 | Dragoneer Investment Group | 1 | 1 | 5.4bn | – | 0 / 1 | Jun 2026 | |
| 62 | BGH Capital | Private equity | 1 | 1 | 1.7bn | – | 0 / 1 | Jun 2026 |
| 62 | Conviction Partners | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 1.5bn | – | 1 / 0 | Jun 2026 |
| 62 | Spark Capital | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 1.5bn | – | 1 / 0 | Jun 2026 |
| 62 | General Atlantic | Private equity | 1 | 1 | 656m | – | 0 / 1 | Nov 2025 |
| 62 | Menlo Ventures | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 400m | – | 1 / 0 | Aug 2026 |
| 62 | Ally Bridge Group | Private equity | 1 | 1 | 315m | – | 1 / 0 | Jul 2026 |
| 62 | General Catalyst | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 240m | – | 1 / 0 | Oct 2026 |
| 62 | Potentia Capital | Private equity | 1 | 1 | 164m | – | 0 / 1 | Jan 2026 |
| 62 | DST Global | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 50m | – | 1 / 0 | Jun 2026 |
| 62 | OpenAI Startup Fund | Corporate | 1 | 1 | 45m | – | 1 / 0 | Oct 2026 |
| 62 | Forerunner Ventures | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 40m | – | 1 / 0 | Nov 2025 |
| 62 | Playground Global | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 26m | – | 1 / 0 | Apr 2026 |
| 62 | Touring Capital | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 23m | – | 1 / 0 | Jan 2026 |
| 62 | Base10 Partners | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 16m | – | 1 / 0 | Apr 2026 |
| 62 | Blueprint Equity | Private equity | 1 | 1 | 14.3m | – | 1 / 0 | Feb 2026 |
| 62 | Nash Capital | Private equity | 1 | 1 | 14m | 1 | 1 / 0 | Aug 2026 |
| 62 | Shearwater Growth Equity | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 9.3m | – | 1 / 0 | Apr 2026 |
| 62 | Black Nova Venture Capital | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 2m | – | 1 / 0 | Jan 2026 |
| 62 | Purpose Ventures | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | 1.2m | – | 1 / 0 | May 2026 |
| 62 | Accel-KKR | Private equity | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 / 1 | Mar 2026 |
| 62 | Advent International | Private equity | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 / 0 | Aug 2026 |
| 62 | Allegro Funds | Private equity | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 / 1 | May 2026 |
| 62 | CDH Investments | Private equity | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 / 0 | Mar 2026 |
| 62 | CVC Capital Partners | Private equity | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 / 1 | Sep 2026 |
| 62 | Forbion | Venture capital | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 / 0 | Nov 2025 |
| 62 | Insight Partners | Private equity | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 / 0 | Sep 2026 |
| 62 | Mercury Capital | Private equity | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 / 0 | Mar 2026 |
| 62 | New Mountain Capital | Private equity | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 / 1 | Apr 2026 |
| 62 | Roc Partners | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 / 1 | Aug 2026 | |
| 62 | 01A | Venture capital | 1 | – | 1.5bn | – | 1 / 0 | Jun 2026 |
| 62 | IVP | Venture capital | 1 | – | 1.5bn | – | 1 / 0 | Jun 2026 |
| 62 | Wellington Management | Institutional | 1 | – | 1.5bn | – | 1 / 0 | Jun 2026 |
| 62 | Accel | Venture capital | 1 | – | 400m | – | 1 / 0 | Aug 2026 |
| 62 | Balderton Capital | Venture capital | 1 | – | 400m | – | 1 / 0 | Aug 2026 |
| 62 | Baillie Gifford | Private equity | 1 | – | 320m | – | 1 / 0 | Jun 2026 |
| 62 | Abingworth | Venture capital | 1 | – | 315m | – | 1 / 0 | Jul 2026 |
| 62 | Sanofi Ventures | 1 | – | 315m | – | 1 / 0 | Jul 2026 | |
| 62 | SV Health Investors | Venture capital | 1 | – | 315m | – | 1 / 0 | Jul 2026 |
How this is counted
- Deals are the venture and growth rounds, buyouts and sponsor stakes FundComb has recorded since November 2023, each from a public page that names the investor. A deal counts once for every FundComb investor named in it.
- Counts follow what is public and readable. Accelerators publish every company in each cohort, so they lead raw counts; many private equity firms post a fraction of their deals; and much of the Australian and New Zealand startup press does not allow us to read it. Comparing deals led, one stage or one investor type is fairer than one count across all investors.
- Led counts deals the investor led, co-led or made alone, as the source says.
- US$ in rounds adds up the size of the rounds and deals the investor took part in, not its own cheque, which sources rarely give. One very large round lifts it; the cell's tooltip says how many deals disclosed a size.
- Exits are sales by the investor: the company sold or listed, or a stake sold (a minority holding sold to another investor, or part of a holding with the rest kept). Each investor's profile says which. A stage filter hides them, because a sale has no stage.
- Dates are when a deal was announced or closed. A deal dated only by month counts from the middle of that month, and one dated only by year from the middle of the year.
- Head office is the one the investor's profile shows. Where a new profile has none yet, the country and investor type the deal sources give it are used when two-thirds of them agree; an investor with neither shows only under "Based anywhere", which also adds global investors, counted on the deals recorded here.