Partnering with the extraordinary
A strategic growth investor in lighthouse technology, passionate about scaling great products and leaders to deliver Revenue Bearing Relationships TM
Our Story
Telstra Ventures is a strategic growth investor in technology companies that are commencing scale.
We are one of Australia’s largest Venture Capital funds and have invested over US$450 million in 70 companies, generated more than US$280 million in revenue for our portfolio companies and managed 25 liquidity events.
We provide venture capital investment via a “Strategic Growth Investment” approach. This offers entrepreneurs access to genuine revenue growth and shortens the time to reach global scale. We support and accelerate this through investment capital, leadership and our heritage.
We’re backed by our strategic investors Telstra, one of the 20 largest telecommunications providers globally, and HarbourVest, one of the world’s largest private equity funds.
Our Focus
Cloud
Data, SAAS &
Infrastructure
Security
Behavioural
analytics &
next-generation
security models
Network
5G, SDN, IoT
Consumer
Marketplace, DTC
& Sports
Media
Blend Broadcast
and IP & Data &
efficacy
Mobile
Consumer & Mobile
Apps
Our Difference
Access to Talent & Capital
We actively source and place Board and Executive positions for our portfolio companies through our network of relationships with founders, CxOs, Board Members, and Executive Search professionals. Additionally, through our extensive networks in VC and corporate partners, we access, source and place capital with our portfolio companies. They also benefit from our governance and ability to get executive sponsorship at the most senior levels of the Global 2000 corporates to ensure the adoption of new technologies.
Revenue Bearing Relationships™
Grow with our Strategic Platform
Our association with Telstra and our partner ecosystem provides our companies a “Strategic Platform” for growth. This enables them to build revenue bearing commercial relationships and investment connections across Australia, New Zealand, China, Asia and Europe. Tapping into this ecosystem also allows access to large IT buyers via Telstra, its customers, our partners and our portfolio of investees.
We also provide our portfolio partners premium access to Telstra’s annual business expo ‘Vantage’ which attracts over 7,000 invite-only attendees.
Portfolio Testimonials
George Kurtz
Co-Founder & CEO CrowdStrike
It has been a wonderful relationship, we appreciate the partnership with Telstra. They have been with us from the early days and we have learnt a lot from them. They have helped us to enhance our product and give us new ideas.
Rehan Jalil
Founder & CEO Elastica
Telstra Ventures was instrumental in helping Elastica better understand the needs of Australian enterprises and establish a strategic reseller partnership with Telstra.
Lawrence Lee
Co-Founder & CEO Algoblu
Telstra Ventures is one of the most professional and committed venture investors in China that comes with deep understanding on local practices. Moreover, they have dedicated international resources to develop our business together!
Jeromy Wells
CEO Whispir
Our own experience as a Telstra Ventures portfolio company has proven the Strategic Venture Capital model to be a very capital efficient way to build our brand and scale our revenues.
Shiwei Xu
Co-Founder Qiniu
We appreciate Telstra Ventures’ relationship with us. They are very entrepreneur friendly and willing to find the best path together with their experiences and networks. They are savvy in enterprise business and technology, a true Venture Capital in China.
Aaron Levie
CEO Box
Partnering with Telstra Ventures was incredibly instrumental for our international expansion, especially as we launched in Australia. They’ve been an amazing group to work with and I highly recommend them when looking for strategic growth support.
Marcus Tan
Founder & CEO HealthEngine
Telstra Ventures has been incredibly supportive of the business over the last 6 years, helping us connect with world-class investors which have joined our register. They are engaged and always willing to help.
Josh Leslie
CEO Cumulus
Telstra Ventures has accelerated introductions to customers in markets we’re only just starting to explore, like China
Gus Robertson
CEO NGINX
Partnering with Telstra Ventures early on provided NGINX the support we needed to grow our business. Their dedication has been an important factor of our global footprint.
