Self Funded — An Index of Australian Venture & Techv0.1 · last sync 2026-05-11
$cat ./funds/folklore-ventures.md

Folklore Ventures

Sydney · est. 2013

Folklore is an early-stage Sydney-based VC backing Australian and New Zealand technology founders for the long term, from first cheque to forever.

Website
Stages
Pre Seed, Seed, Series A
Fund size
Partners
Alister Coleman
Founded
2013
HQ
Sydney
$ls ./funds/folklore-ventures/portfolio

Notable investments

  • Auror
  • HealthMatch
  • Freelancer
  • Vend
  • Ansarada
$git log --reverse --pretty=short ./funds/folklore-ventures.md

Timeline

verified · public sources
  1. 2013
    Folklore Ventures founded in Sydney.
    verified · folklore.vc
  2. Aug 2023
    Closes Fund III at A$70M to back AU/NZ pre-seed and seed founders.
    verified · AFR
  3. Jan 2025
    Joins Folklore-led syndicate into Sydney AI infra startup at seed.
    verified · Capital Brief