Aura Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Sydney, Australia
Countries of investment
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Philippines
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Artificial Intelligence
- B2B SaaS
- Compliance Technology
- Logistics
- Enterprise Software
- Fintech
About
Aura Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital firm focused on backing the creators of category-defining technology companies. Their focus spans AI, B2B software, logistics, and compliance technology across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. Founded in 2013 by Calvin Ng and Eric Chan as the venture arm of Aura Group, the firm supports founders from pre-seed through Series A.
Aura Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital firm focused on backing the creators of category-defining technology companies. Their focus spans AI, B2B software, logistics, and compliance technology across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. Founded in 2013 by Calvin Ng and Eric Chan as the venture arm of Aura Group, the firm supports founders from pre-seed through Series A.
Investment Thesis
Aura Ventures is a pre-seed to Series A venture capital firm deploying capital across AI, B2B SaaS, compliance technology, logistics, and enterprise software. They invest as thesis-driven seed specialists, studying structural shifts unfolding over the next decade and backing companies positioned against those shifts, with cheques from $500K to $4M. The firm differentiates itself as one of the few early-stage funds bridging the Australia–New Zealand market with Southeast Asian ecosystems, operating from Sydney, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Manager's Experience
Founded in 2023 by Cheryl Mack (Founder & CEO) as Australia's first VC fund dedicated to women-led scaleups. Fund I targeting AUD $30M. Focused on backing female founders building high-growth Australian companies at Series A and beyond. Portfolio building across technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors.
Aura Ventures Contacts Information
Primary contact
Team
Calvin Ng-Co-founder & Managing Director
Eric Chan-Co-founder
Portfolio
Shippit
Catapult
Gamurs
Jigspace
Hatch
Sahha AI
and Haast