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Flying Fox Ventures
Venture capital · Melbourne, Australia · Asia Pacific
Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investor that backs Australian and New Zealand startups. It also runs the Flying Fox Angel School, which teaches companies and individuals about startup investing.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsearly stageaustralianew zealandangel investingstartups
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Or find every investor that fitsFlying Fox Ventures lists 52 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (19%), Healthcare & Biotech (13%) and Education (11%). 80% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside Startmate, Airtree and Investible.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Flying Fox Ventures, 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 Flying Fox Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 52. 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 | 50% |
| Series A | 50% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 85th | 52 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 60th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 12th | 19% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Startmate | 8 |
| Airtree | 5 |
| Investible | 4 |
| TEN13 | 4 |
| Black Nova Venture Capital | 3 |
| Blackbird | 3 |
| Giant Leap | 3 |
| Main Sequence | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5096%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company24%
- 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 Flying Fox Ventures 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 Flying Fox Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Flying Fox Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Flying Fox Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
52 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops a football game where players can create their player and compete against others worldwide. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Accord turns millions of conversations into structured, actionable insights for game teams | GamingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Adatree simplifies access to the Consumer Data Right ecosystem for businesses of all shapes and sizes. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Agscent develops a nanosensor system that decodes volatile organic compounds in breath to provide information about health, metabolism, and biological state. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
| Amaka connects apps to accounting systems, automates data entry, and helps keep books accurate with AI workflows | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| AuditCover provides tax audit insurance to accountants and taxpayers | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Butter provides travel insurance policies to cover various losses and emergencies during trips. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Castlepoint automates records classification and provides data governance capabilities to help organizations manage information and risk | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Chemist2U delivers medication and provides pharmacy essentials to customers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Contactile develops and manufactures tactile sensors and robotic systems for real-world applications | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company allows users to pre-order ready-made meals from local cooks and food businesses. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| CounterCurrent helps the shipping industry cut operating expenses and meet their emissions reduction targets by finding more fuel-efficient routes through the ocean. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| FUL Foods produces and sells a naturally blue spirulina drink called BLUwater. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Edsemble offers a baby and kids book subscription service with expert-crafted books and parenting support | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Eugene offers at-home genetic tests for pregnancy and preventive health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Everlab provides personalized health and longevity testing and treatment plans to individuals across Australia. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a multilingual personal AI assistant for aged care clients, carers, and managers. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gega Elements is building advanced refining capability for germanium and gallium, vital elements powering next-generation semiconductors across AI, electric vehicles and space, as well as fibre optic networks. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- flyingfox.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 20 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 52
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