Our VC fund enables us to further support the next wave of innovative Australasian technology companies.

Paloma Capital VC Fund 1

Our first fund is a $10m ESVCLP fund investing in pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds across a portfolio of 12-15 ventures in Australia and New Zealand.

Combined portfolio value

$250 Million

Invest at the ground floor in a portfolio of world-class technology companies emerging from Paloma's venture studio.

Authsignal
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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Authsignal provides drop-in MFA solutions to secure customer access and customer journeys in high-risk applications

Founder(s)

Justin Soong
Chris Fisher

Year Founded
2022
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
Visit site
authsignal.com
Blue Dwarf
Paloma Venture
Incubation
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Transforming the regulatory compliance landscape for space missions.

Founder(s)

Kelly Yeoh
Scott Tibbits

Year Founded
2024
Fund
Visit site
bluedwarf.space
Buddy
Paloma Venture
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Buddy is a recycled scrap metal trading marketplace and operating system.

Founder(s)

Lisa Kagan
Stuart Kagan

Year Founded
2023
Fund
Visit site
tradebuddy.io
Chemcloud
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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Chemcloud is providing digital solutions to the $14b Australian chemicals industry.The company’s primary product is a platform that makes it easy to discover, buy, and sell chemicals.

Founder(s)

David Wright
Hector Williamson

Year Founded
2021
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
Evermed
Fund 1
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Online prescription management, dispensary, and delivery

Founder(s)

James Sanders

Year Founded
2021
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
Visit site
evermed.com.au
Grounded Packaging
Fund 1
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Grounded is a tech platform that helps companies across the world source their packaging needs, with a focus on transitioning to sustainable packaging.

Founder(s)

Ben Grant
Josh Kempton

Year Founded
2019
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
LandmarksID
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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Accurate location insights to help brands and marketers learn more about their customers

Founder(s)

James Fogelberg

Year Founded
2018
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
Visit site
landmarksid.com
Marmalade
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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Marmalade helps companies manage cash flow by streamlining B2B payments and providing seamless invoice financing

Founder(s)

Luke Trickett
Richard Johnson

Year Founded
2019
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
Planna
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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Town Planning and Report Automation Software for Architects

Founder(s)

Scott Bidmead
Thomas Ellwood

Year Founded
2024
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
Runn
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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Runn is resource management software for the modern workforce. Runn helps companies manage the complex interplay of people, projects, deadlines and profits.

Founder(s)

Tim Copeland
Nicole Tiefensee
Rowan Savage

Year Founded
2018
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
Visit site
runn.io
Sherlok
Fund 1
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Sherlok provides Australian mortgage brokers with automated repricing, refinancing, and customer retention tools.

Founder(s)

Adam Grocke

Year Founded
2020
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
Visit site
sherlok.com.au
Spinaway
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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Spinaway connects people who have laundry to do with people who love to do laundry, via an easy-to-use app.

Founder(s)

Andrew Clarke

Year Founded
2022
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
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Squeeze
Paloma Venture
Incubation
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Squeeze is an opinionated accounting platform for the modern SME. Utilising AI and standardised reconciliation to save accountants time and give them the ability to serve more clients.

Founder(s)

Greg Sheehan

Year Founded
2024
Fund
Visit site
withsqueeze.com
T-Shirt Ventures
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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T-Shirt Ventures builds health tech solutions that help people create and live the life they want. TSV currently has a focus on the NDIS program and is positioning itself to launch products over a wider set of programs in Australia.

Founder(s)

Tom Blinksell
Jonathan Salgo

Year Founded
2017
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1
WHEN
Paloma Venture
Fund 1
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WhenFertility is a health tech company focused on helping couples navigate their fertility journey.

Founder(s)

Maz Cootes
Brett Barnes

Year Founded
2023
Fund
Capital VC Fund 1

A word from our founders

Our partnership with Paloma has been invaluable. The venture studio model has enabled us to accelerate our business faster than we ever imagined.

David Wright
Co-founder, Chemcloud

A word from our founders

Our partnership with Paloma has been invaluable. The venture studio model has enabled us to accelerate our business faster than we ever imagined.

David Wright
Co-founder, Chemcloud

A word from our founders

Runn was little more than an idea when we first approached Paloma, and they have subsequently become a strategic partner, critical to our success.

Tim Copeland
Founder, Runn

A word from our founders

We wouldn’t be where we are without Paloma.

Tom Blinksell
Co-founder, T-Shirt Ventures

A word from our founders

Paloma have done an excellent job of supporting Afterpay with creativity, agility and technical proficiency. I would enthusiastically recommend Paloma to any business looking for a genuine partner to work with.

Nick Molnar
Co-founder, Afterpay

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Paloma Capital is owned and operated by a team of entrepreneurs who have founded, scaled and sold technology companies in ANZ and the USA.

1.0

Our informational edge

The hands-on nature of our venture partnerships means that we have a far deeper understanding of the companies and founders that we invest in than traditional VC firms. Given that we work alongside founders in the trenches, we essentially invest with the informational edge of a co-founder.

2.0

Invest at the ground floor

We make investments at the pre-seed, seed and Series A stages, with capital concentrated at the Series A stage in companies that we have the highest conviction in. Our investment model provides  access to early stage companies that are otherwise unavailable to invest in, with appropriate levels of diversification.

3.0

A track record of success

Our venture studio model has been baked into Paloma since our inception in 2016. We have consistently invested in venture creation since day zero. We have a strong portfolio of ventures with a remarkable success rate. Paloma Capital sits on top of that strong foundation.

4.0

Co-investment rights

Paloma earns sweat equity in the companies that we help build through our venture studio. The preemptive rights associated with this equity are made available to Paloma Capital at no cost - a unique benefit of combining our agency, venture studio, and venture capital businesses.

Invest at the ground floor in a portfolio of world-class technology companies emerging from Paloma's venture studio.

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