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Overview

OIF Ventures is a leading Australian venture capital firm that champions exceptional founders, driven by purpose, who add material value to their customers, markets, and communities. They invest in early stage companies with innovative, high-growth and disruptive technologies and have deep conviction in the power of technology founders and give their all to make them succeed. Founded in 2016, OIF Ventures is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.

Total investments
47
Lead investments
21
Investments · 12mo
9
Active investors
7

Sector focus

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Investment portfolio

  • DataMasque

    Participated · Series A · Jun 2026

    DataMasque provides a platform that creates synthetically identical customer data by masking personally identifiable information while preserving relationships and values within datasets. The company says its approach maintains data consistency across systems to avoid breaking analytics when data is de-identified in different clouds. It has added capabilities to de-identify unstructured data, including call transcripts, emails and logs, to broaden usable enterprise information for AI and analytics. DataMasque reported six-fold ARR growth and a tripling of headcount since its 2023 $2.3 million seed round, and more than 95% of its revenue now comes from production deployments. The startup is pursuing expansion into key markets including Australia and plans to enhance its platform for regulated sectors such as financial services, telecommunications and government. It also cited a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS as part of its ecosystem positioning.

  • Omniscient Neurotechnology

    Led · Series D · Jun 2026

    Omniscient Neurotechnology develops AI-driven brain analysis tools that apply connectomics to map and interpret individual brain networks. Its flagship Quicktome platform provides insights across a range of neurologic conditions, including cranial surgery, neuro-oncology, stroke, and mental illness. The company says its technology supports personalized brain medicine aimed at transforming care for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, and other disorders. Omniscient plans to expand commercially and pursue new clinical applications, with stated ambitions to enter markets such as brain-computer interfaces, stroke, and movement disorders. The company is led by CEO Stephen Scheeler and has attracted long-term investor support through multiple funding rounds. No operating metrics were provided in the article.

  • Advanced Navigation

    Participated · Series C · Mar 2026

    Advanced Navigation develops multi-sensor navigation solutions and AdNav Intelligence software that fuse inertial hardware and onboard intelligence to provide resilient positioning, navigation, and timing when GPS is degraded or unavailable. Its multi-sensor architecture supports applications across land, air, sea, and space, and the company reports more than 100,000 systems deployed worldwide. Advanced Navigation generates over 80% of its revenue from the United States and Europe and has worked with customers including Anduril, NOAA, Hanwha, BHP, Rheinmetall, and Intuitive Machines. The company has experienced triple-digit growth over the past year and serves mission-critical sectors such as defense, mining, marine operations, and space exploration. Going forward, it plans to expand engineering and operations globally, establish Centers of Excellence, pursue targeted acquisitions in adjacent technologies, and maintain its headquarters, core R&D, and manufacturing in Australia.

  • Appetise

    Participated · Series A · Feb 2026

    Appetise (formerly MenuAid) runs a two-sided business: a free meal-planning and shopping app used by households, and Appetise Insights, a subscription analytics product sold to FMCG brands. By making the consumer tool free, the company sacrificed roughly NZ$400 k in subscription revenue to amass behavioural data across the entire shopping journey, creating what it claims is the largest food and beverage behavioural panel in Australia and New Zealand. The platform now has more than 110,000 active users, whose anonymised data underpins a B2B revenue stream that has reached NZ$3.5 million and tripled in the last six months. Around 70% of current growth comes from Australia, where over 70 brands—including Kraft Heinz and Lee Kum Kee—license the insights. The dataset enables brands to identify whitespace, refine category management and understand purchase drivers earlier than sales-scan or survey methods. Fresh capital will fund deeper Australian penetration, further development of the insights platform and preparatory work for a U.S. launch, which requires localisation for imperial measurements, retail structure and terminology. Management believes the free-utility/paid-data model can continue to scale as brands seek real-time intent signals.

  • Kasada

    Participated · Equity · Feb 2026

    Kasada is a New York–based cybersecurity company founded in 2015 by CEO Sam Crowther that specializes in protecting websites, mobile apps, and APIs from automated threats and AI-driven abuse. Its platform distinguishes legitimate users from bots without relying on CAPTCHAs, preserving friction-free digital experiences while preventing fraud and revenue loss. The technology allows businesses to enforce how humans, AI agents, and other automated traffic interact with their digital properties. Kasada positions itself as an end-to-end solution for fraud prevention and agentic defense, continually expanding product capabilities to stay ahead of emerging threats. The company plans to use new capital to accelerate market expansion and deepen its product roadmap across fraud prevention. Although detailed operating metrics were not disclosed, the firm has attracted a roster of specialized cybersecurity investors, underscoring market confidence in its growth trajectory. Kasada’s future plans include entering new geographic markets and broadening platform functionalities to safeguard additional digital channels.

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