Airtree Ventures

Australia
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About Airtree Ventures

Airtree Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Australia, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionAustralia
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Ambitious ANZ founders building iconic, scalable tech companies

ANZ-focused
venture + growth
enterprise AI
agentic software
AI-native services
pre-founder talent
physical AI
robotics + AI

Bullish Signals

One of ANZ's biggest venture fundsexternal
Actively hiring, operationally expandingexternal
Co-invested with NVIDIA, Atlassian, Insightlinkedin
Backed $1M→$100M ARR in 18 monthslinkedin
Series D participation signals late-stage reachlinkedin
Fund V: $250M Seed + $400M Growth announcedtwitter
Airwallex added to portfoliotwitter
Stanford campus presence — global network buildingtwitter
Internal AI automation: Claude, agents, deal toolstwitter
ANZ: 6 decacorns from $34B VC investedtwitter
Pathfinders Cohort 2 open: pre-founder talent pipelinetwitter
Frontier program: $250K SAFE, compute, communitytwitter
Backing Atrium: relationship tools for modern worktwitter
Sharing Open Source VC Claude automation coursetwitter
Partnership with 10x10gives: not-for-profit founder supporttwitter
Alloy Robotics: AI agents for robotics debugginglinkedin
Portfolio spans robotics, drones, defence, medical, maritimelinkedin
Non-technical founders scaling via AI tooling nowtwitter
Physical AI + robotics: CES 2026 inflection pointtwitter

Contrarian Signals

ANZ-regional focus limits global scopeexternal
Large fund size may compress seed ownershiptwitter

Founder Do's

Connect via ANZ ecosystem
Show high-agency operator profile
Demonstrate exceptional intensity + rare focus
Show fast ARR growth trajectory
Non-technical builders welcome in AI-native era
Apply to Pathfinders if age ≤23 or exploring
Domain expertise + decade-long conviction wins

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch without strong growth metrics
Don't hire sales before repeatable motion
Don't fundraise seeking approval — show strength

Key GPs & Partners

EL
Elicia
Partner
founder-ledenterprise AIfast mover
VJ
VullinghsJ
Partner
open-source thinkerAI-nativeoperator mindset
JH
John Henderson
Partner
ecosystem builderdecacorn trackerANZ champion

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$650M
Saves0

Key People

Kelland Reilly, Helen Norton, Jackie Vullinghs

EliciaPartner
VullinghsJPartner
John HendersonPartner

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