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Salus Ventures
Venture capital · Australia · Asia Pacific
Salus Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests primarily at the seed stage in mission-driven founders. It focuses on commercial and dual-use technologies with application in large government markets.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
In its own wordsdual-usenational securityaerospaceautonomyartificial intelligencecybersecurity
Your fit with Salus Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsSalus Ventures lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (50%), Cybersecurity (17%) and Space & Defense (13%). 33% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Archangel Ventures, IQT and 8VC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Salus Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 17% |
| Series B | 17% |
| 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 | 6 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 33th | 13 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 87th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 85th | 50% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Archangel Ventures | 3 |
| IQT | 3 |
| 8VC | 2 |
| Beaten Zone Venture Partners | 2 |
| OIF Ventures | 2 |
| Silent Ventures | 2 |
| 1Flourish Capital | 1 |
| AfterWork Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1292%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company18%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 50% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 17% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 13% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Archangel Ventures
Compare Salus Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Salus Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 Aug 2025 | Seed | |
| 12 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Salus Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Salus Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkeus builds AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company discovers alternatives to critical minerals and develops new materials through simulation and lab synthesis. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| ExoFlare provides real-time biosecurity risk assessments for intensive agri industries | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Gallatin applies AI to solve defense logistics problems by connecting and analyzing data across the entire supply chain. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
Space & DefenseCybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| HEO delivers non-Earth imaging at scale, providing high-volume imagery and insights across key low-Earth orbit satellites | Space & Defense | Sept 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| The company develops and provides artificial intelligence models and architectures for various applications, including security operations and customer support. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Nov 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Lumina Corp builds integrated photonics on a thin-film lithium tantalate platform, delivering high-performance optical devices | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| OneMRI provides full-body MRI scans for preventative health in Australia | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Phantm provides packaging data software for EPR and APCO reporting | Food & AgricultureIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Q-CTRL develops and provides infrastructure software for quantum technology, including quantum computing and quantum sensing | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2026Series C+ | Portfolio page | |
| Saronic Technologies designs and builds autonomous vessels for maritime use | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Syenta develops and manufactures high-bandwidth interconnects for AI computing using its Localized Electrochemical Manufacturing technology | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Aug 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- salus.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 13
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