Eastend Ventures is an Adelaide-based venture capital firm and Australia's first Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership (ESVCLP). The firm backs early-stage B2B technology companies in South Australia, Western Australia, and Queensland, regions that collectively receive less than 10% of Australia's venture capital despite holding nearly half the country's federally funded innovation centres.
Eastend Ventures backs B2B technology companies in South Australia, Western Australia, and Queensland, with selective consideration of the ACT, Tasmania, Northern Territory, and parts of New South Wales and Victoria.
The firm invests from angel through growth stage across sectors including defence analytics, resources technology, construction SaaS, AI infrastructure, grant management, sports tech, and marketing infrastructure.
The fund targets founders building toward exits of roughly $200M to $500M on a five-year timeline, prioritizing a return for the fund's investors over waiting for a billion-dollar outcome.
Eastend Ventures closed Fund 1 at $21M, fully subscribed, structured as an Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership (ESVCLP).
Funds SA, the South Australian government's investment corporation, anchored the fund with a $3.5M cornerstone commitment. More than 50 sophisticated investors and family offices from Australia, Singapore, and the United States also participated.
The fund has deployed roughly $5.6M across seven companies to date.
Leadership
Investment Strategy
Eastend Ventures writes initial checks of roughly $70K to $350K into early-stage companies.
The firm runs a founding partnership and operations team based in its target markets, an independent Investment Committee and Limited Partner Advisory Committee, and a Venture Partner network spanning Western Australia, the ACT, Queensland, and the APAC/US corridor.
Notable Investments
Australia
