Self Funded — An Index of Australian Venture & Techv0.1 · last sync 2026-05-14
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AirTree Ventures

Sydney · est. 2014 · A$2B AUM

AirTree is a Sydney-based venture capital firm backing Australian and New Zealand founders building iconic technology companies, with around A$2B under management across five active funds.

Website
Stages
Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
Fund size
A$2B
Partners
Daniel Petre, Craig Blair, Jackie Vullinghs, James Cameron, John Henderson
Founded
2014
HQ
Sydney
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Notable investments

  • Canva
  • Employment Hero
  • Linktree
  • SafetyCulture
  • A Cloud Guru
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Timeline

  1. 2014
    AirTree Ventures founded in Sydney.
  2. Jan 2022
    Launches three vehicles totalling A$700M, the firm's largest raise to date.
  3. Feb 2024
    Publishes annual State of AI report tracking 280+ Australian AI startups.
  4. Mar 2025
    Backs Linktree extension into ecommerce and creator commerce.