Southern Cross Venture Partners is a Sydney-based venture capital firm. It backs entrepreneurs building companies focused on technology, energy, and resources at the seed, early, and growth stages. It usually makes initial investments of $2 to $5 million. It has made 47 investments and has had ten exits. The company has two funds: the Renewable Energy Venture Capital Fund (REVC) and the 11F fund, which have raised more than $350 million.
Southern Cross Venture Partners is present in the United States, Australia, and Asia, through partnerships with SBCVC (Softbank China Venture Capital).
Timeline
Funded Companies
Wireless networking semiconductor company and subsidiary of ON Semiconductor.
Mocana is a San Francisco-based developer of cybersecurity software solutions to protect Internet of Things devices and industrial infrastructure.
GreenSync is a Melbourne, Australia-based energy technology company connecting energy resources to create dynamic energy grids.
Autopilot is a an enterprise cloud computing and software development company.
Wave Computing is a Campbell, California-based artificial intelligence company.
People
Bob Christiansen
Managing Director
Dr Mark Bonnar
Managing Director
John Scull
Managing Director
Jonathan Whitehouse
Chief Financial Officer
Further reading
Southern Cross Venture Partners Opens Silicon Valley Office
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January 29, 2008