Rampersand
Rampersand is a seed‑focused venture capital firm backing early‑stage technology founders in Australia and New Zealand with “abnormal potential”. Since launching in 2013, Rampersand has raised more than A$100m across multiple funds and invested in 30+ companies, including Sendle, Expert360, JigSpace, Cake Equity and other high‑growth software and AI‑driven businesses. The firm is often the first institutional investor, leading or co‑leading pre‑seed and seed rounds, then staying closely involved as a hands‑on partner through product, go‑to‑market, capital raising and scaling from Australia and New Zealand to global markets.
- Sector
- Venture capital (pre-seed/seed, vertical AI, hard tech)
- Business model
- Venture fund (seed stage)
- Founded
- 2013
- Founders
- Paul Naphtali
- Headquarters
- Melbourne
- Offices
- Melbourne, Sydney, San Francisco
- Markets
- Australia, New Zealand
Sources: rampersand.vc, curiositycentre.com
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my cast this week was the latest edition of Superfluid, which is written by the VC investor Abby from Rampersand.”
Will RichardsCo-Founder, Overnight Success The Startup Retro · Uber shuts down Car Next Door, Sitemate… · 28:09 ▶ we got Rampersand, who invested, and Weirpakeh both did investment notes for this business, which I love to see as a bit of a nerd in this space.”
Will RichardsCo-Founder, Overnight Success The Startup Retro · Coinbase hire, Canva rival, raises: Fund… · 19:33 ▶ We have some wonderful investors, Blackbird, Rampersand, Folklore. They each have built their own founder communities. And so that's an amazing resource that we draw on too.”
And certainly the other funds have made strides in that respect. Rampersand were above 30%. All the funds generally across the board were of 20%.”
Yolanda RedrupSenior Journalist & Rich List Editor, The Australian Financial Review The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · Yolanda Redrup discusses some of the cat… · 13:38 ▶ Portfolio on Day One
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