FirstGen Capital

FirstGen Capital is a boutique Venture Capital firm providing seed and early stage investment capital to start up businesses in Australia & New Zealand. Our mission is to invest in entrepreneurial teams with “first generation” technologies and business ideas which have the potential to contribute to a socially connected and sustainable future.

At FirstGen Capital we believe that Venture Capital can, and should, have a positive impact on the way we live and connect with each other every day – we call this Positive Venture Capital. We are therefore drawn to investment opportunities in the Internet & Social Media, Clean Technology and Life Sciences sectors.

FirstGen Capital combines the capabilities of a Venture Capital and a Venture Technology firm. This gives us the ability to partner with you where your business needs it most. Whether you have an existing business in need funding to drive growth initiatives or you have an idea which requires a significant investment in developing and commercialising a key piece of technology – we have partnership solution which will work for you.

As an Venture Capital partner, we look to provide much more than just venture capital funding or venture technology – our goal is to create value for each of our portfolio companies through the open exchange of knowledge, skills, resources and experience. We focus on partnering with your management teams to identify and develop “value creation” opportunities across five core areas:

• Team Building & Organisational Culture 
• Strategic Direction 
• Operational Excellence 
• Social Responsibility 
• Finance & Acquisition

So, if you have a social or sustainable start up requiring seed or early stage funding or technology development, we want to hear from you.