WIND Ventures

We’re a venture capital fund focused on investing in the best Australian and New Zealand technology founders. AirTree's mission is to back founders from the very start with strong conviction. We’re long term partners and we give founders an unfair advantage to turn their audacious visions into reality. We’ve had the privilege of partnering with over 80 of the fastest growing and most impactful tech companies that are transforming a wide variety of industries. In 2022, we launched a new fund with $200 million dedicated to seed stage companies and $50 million to Web3 projects. We're excited to back the next generation of future builders. If that’s you, get in touch. $1.3B Funds Under Management 81 Companies Funded 1000+ Portfolio Jobs Our philosophy It’s never too early to reach out We back the audacious and unrelenting right from the start. Great ideas know no borders We back founders with global ambitions across all industries and sectors. You’re in the driver’s seat It’s your vision, your dream. You know what’s best for your customers and team. We’ll be hands-on when you need, clear air when you don’t. In it for the long haul, through thick and thin It’s easy to be there when you’re on a winning streak. We’ll be your unfair advantage when the chips are down too. Opening up the black box that’s VC Fundraising is a stressful distraction. We’re open, transparent and responsive, so you can focus on building.

Founded in 2018 by Will Ward and a recognized leadership team in TV, film and music management, production and business development, Fourward is dedicated to finding and creating opportunities that make differences in careers and businesses. Collectively, we have decades of experience developing opportunities where they didn’t previously exist – in Hollywood, Nashville and around the world. What really excites us, however, is putting that experience, insight and global access to work creating new paths for our partners. Focus Brings Value It’s all about opportunity. By focusing our efforts on behalf of our clients, we’re able to develop opportunity where it didn’t previously exist and weed out the possibilities that aren’t as strategic. We focus our attention in the following four areas: Film & TV Music Production Strategies & Development A Worldwide Network Living at the nexus of global technology and entertainment, we see the entire field of play – from the talent to the financiers, and from corporations to governments around the world. Through Fourward’s global investment arm, Fourward Investments LLC, we leverage our relationships, networks and know-how to enhance value. We invest in media, entertainment and technology opportunities with a focus on North American and the Asia Pacific region.

We are a group of dedicated investors, entrepreneurs and technologists with decades of experience investing in high growth technology companies. We thrive on working alongside entrepreneurs and management teams as partners executing on a plan. Integrity, transparency and alignment are the guiding values that drive us.

Our mission is to help founders build momentum as bold and courageous product-led companies. We believe in being generous with our knowledge, so we can fill the gaps for our founders and loan them the expertise to scale up big and make it globally their own way. All our companies have a product-first mentality and effortlessly pull others into their vision and story. They make the waves that power the tide. Sydney to New York, our expertise is global and personal Founders like us for our broad operational experience and the money we offer, but they choose us because of our individual approach. Our team are operators and technologists at heart. We relish the challenges of company building and are there in any time zone to advise on strategy, product, resourcing, and more. There's no generic formula for success. And there's no one way of working with us. The seed stage has never mattered more The Australian technology ecosystem is thriving, but at the critical earliest stages of the founder journey, support is lacking. We’re here to change that. Along with access to our team, resources, playbooks, and advice, our companies can call upon #ten, Tidal’s Expert Network of tech founders and executives. We want our founders to access the best expertise. And who better than like-minded people who have been there before at some of the world’s best businesses. Our values guide every decision and define every relationship We are on a mission to be the premier seed fund in Australia & New Zealand by empowering and investing in outstanding founders who shape the future of industries. Conviction is our currency A clear view of a market and its dynamics can truly create the future. We cultivate themes to match market, team, model, and opportunity. Invest in growing, together Learning requires an open mindset. Candid feedback requires personal care. Sharing our truths helps us learn and grow as a team. Own your outcomes Autonomy requires accountability and adapting quickly. We support conviction over consensus and guide each other's actions. Think like a founder Founders balance customer focus with strong execution. We are bold, scrappy, yet measured in how we build and refine. United in diversity Our competency begins with first principles. Our unique perspectives end with optimal outcomes.

Seedstars Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in high-growth companies active across Sub-Saharan Africa. Early-stage entrepreneurs across the region are creating innovative online and offline models responding to critical products and service needs. They enjoy large market opportunities and boast high growth rates, and yet still have scarce access to capital and support compared to other regions of the World. Capitalizing on Seedstars’ pioneering presence in African entrepreneurship ecosystems since 2012, Seedstars Africa Ventures is profoundly an African investor bringing smart capital for entrepreneurs and providing them access to pan-African and international support. Seedstars Africa Ventures is anchored by and part of LBO France, regulated under the AMF. The partnership has benefitted from investments from EIB Global with EU support under the ACP trust fund - UE compartiment in the text. Our blended entrepreneur-focused approach, backed by major corporate and institutional investors, is what helps us create prosperous partnership opportunities and paths to exit for the companies we support.

Our partners possess knowledge and experience that has generated more than $1 billion in value across all of their associated companies. Link Equity Partners, LLC is a venture capital firm dedicated to investing in Internet and technology companies with a capital-efficient road to profitability. Our success is rooted in our ability to identify unique business opportunities and to partner with our portfolio companies to drive rapid growth through application of cutting-edge Internet traffic generation techniques in combination with sophisticated mathematical modeling and behavioral analysis. Our competitive intelligence assets give us insight into 1million+ consumers'​ online activity. Resources like our startup incubator Cogo Labs allow our companies to succeed quickly while bypassing many of the struggles early stage startups face. Cogo's employees are data scientists, engineers, and analysts with deep understanding of how to identify and reach a target audience enabling us to identify new investments or turbocharge existing ones. We are the Link between conception and realization...