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Black Sheep Capital
Venture capital · Australia · Asia Pacific
Black Sheep Capital is an early stage venture investor that backs founders building scalable technology companies. It provides hands-on support to portfolio companies from first investment onward.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordstechnologyaisaase-commercemarketplaceregtech
Your fit with Black Sheep Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsBlack Sheep Capital lists 26 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (18%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Enterprise Software (15%). 83% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside Airtree, Archangel Ventures and Full Circle Venture Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Black Sheep Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Black Sheep Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 26. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 62th | 26 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 60th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 8th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 18% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 15% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Airtree | 3 |
| Archangel Ventures | 3 |
| Full Circle Venture Capital | 3 |
| January Capital | 3 |
| Reinventure | 3 |
| TEN13 | 3 |
| Aura Ventures | 2 |
| First Light Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2492%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company28%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Black Sheep Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Black Sheep Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 18 Aug 2025 | Seed | |
| 23 May 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Black Sheep Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Black Sheep Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
26 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Amber provides renewable energy services, including wholesale electricity and battery automation, to residential customers. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Appetise provides a meal planning and smart shopping solution for users | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Beamible helps organizations diagnose, analyze, and reimagine how work gets done in an AI-augmented workforce | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
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| Curious Thing AI provides voice AI assistants for businesses to support customer conversations | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Dataro turns donor data into clear, ranked actions so nonprofit fundraising teams can decide who to focus on, who to engage, and what to do next. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Go1 provides an AI-powered learning and development solution for employee training | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Haast does the manual compliance work that slows a team down, such as reviewing content and communications before they go live and monitoring a digital footprint after | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Ignition automates agreements, billing, and payments for businesses. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Layerlicensing operates an IP licensing marketplace for video games | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Llama Life provides a task management tool to help users focus and work through their to-do lists | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Notiv develops an AI-powered meeting recorder and notetaker for teams | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| OneMRI provides full-body MRI scans for preventative health in Australia | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Preve provides a platform for physical therapists to manage their work, including charting, clinical notes, treatment plans, and home rehab exercises. | Healthcare & Biotech | May 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| ProfitPeak connects marketing measurement with product performance to show which products and creatives actually drive sales, where stockouts are costing revenue, and what to scale next. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Propell provides small business loans to Australian small businesses | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Sendle provides parcel delivery services for small businesses, including domestic and international shipping options. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- blacksheepcapital.com.au
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 23 May 2025
- Companies checked
- 26
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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