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Rampersand
Venture capital · Australia · Asia Pacific
Rampersand is an Australian venture capital firm that invests inception, pre-seed and seed cheques of A$250K to A$2.5M into early-stage technology companies. It runs an ESVCLP-registered fund and typically leads or co-leads rounds, taking board seats and holding back reserves for follow-on.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsaivertical aideep techclimatelife sciencesb2b software
Your fit with Rampersand
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Or find every investor that fitsRampersand lists 19 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Enterprise Software (14%) and Education (11%). 75% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside Investible, Startmate and Airtree.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Rampersand, 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 Rampersand's whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 19. 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 | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 49th | 19 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 64th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Human Resources | 8% | 1% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Investible | 4 |
| Startmate | 4 |
| Airtree | 2 |
| Archangel Ventures | 2 |
| Flying Fox Ventures | 2 |
| Tidal Ventures | 2 |
| Acrew Capital | 1 |
| AfterWork Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers19100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 Rampersand 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 Rampersand| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Series A | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 11 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Rampersand
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Rampersand's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
19 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAKE provides a productivity suite for businesses that includes time and cost tracking, team communication and collaboration, and project and task management tools. | Enterprise SoftwareSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Cake Equity provides equity management and cap table management software for growing companies | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Cuttable creates and optimizes ads for eCommerce teams using AI | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Aug 2025Seed · 3 rounds | Page + round | |
| Expert360 connects clients with independent experts and talent for various business needs | Human ResourcesEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Fourday builds the future of AI collaboration. | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a connected workspace platform for law firms with features like AI notes, daily briefing, and integrations with existing tools. | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Goterra delivers modular waste processing infrastructure powered by AI to process food waste at the source | Food & AgricultureClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| JigSpace creates interactive 3D presentations for sales and training using augmented reality. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Keeyu detects and fixes fulfilment, shipping and returns issues before customers notice. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Mass Dynamics provides a platform for scientists to manage and analyze omics data | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Mentorloop provides mentoring software to easily match people in various organizations and communities. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Orkestra provides financial analysis and management tools for commercial solar projects. | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| PredictHQ provides a platform that offers real-world context for AI and forecasting to help businesses make informed decisions. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides project management and profitability software for agencies and consulting firms. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Quantum Brilliance builds diamond-based quantum chips and products that operate at room-temperature, enabling mass-deployable quantum technology. | Space & DefenseIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Restoke provides AI-powered restaurant management software | Food & AgricultureEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Sapia provides an AI interview platform for enterprise hiring | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Sherlok provides a platform for handling loan applications and monitoring client rates | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Hatch provides an AI communications platform for businesses to manage customer interactions and bookings | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- rampersand.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 11 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 19
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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