Innovation Bay
We have two distinct communities for founders, Canopy (for early-stage founders), and Summit (for later-stage founders & CEOs). Our communities enable founders to form lasting peer relationships, and tap into valuable collective wisdom.
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Breakthrough Victoria
Provides long-term capital to innovation businesses that will improve people’s lives and benefit Victoria’s economy, and bring together commercial and government partners.
Curtin Invest Angel Syndicate
Australian Business Growth Fund™ (ABGF)
Bupa Ventures
The corporate investment arm of Bupa, Bupa Ventures invests at the Seed – Series A stage with the ability to follow-on in future rounds. It supports and invests in start-ups that are focused on developing innovative models of healthcare that enable better health outcomes.
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation
Offers debt finance, equity finance and guarantees for compelling proposals in seven priority areas of the Australian economy.
Venture Capital Limited Partnerships (VCLP)
The Venture Capital Limited Partnership program offers tax benefits to fund managers and eligible foreign investors to help stimulate venture capital investment. Benefits include an exemption for eligible foreign investors from capital gains tax on their share of a fund’s returns from eligible venture capital investments.
Australian Venture Capital Fund of Funds (AFOF)
The Australian Venture Capital Fund of Funds (AFOF) program encourages investment in a portfolio of early stage venture capital limited partnerships (ESVCLPs) and venture capital limited partnerships (VCLPs). It offers tax incentives and provides diversification and flexibility for the fund and its investors.