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Our investors are the operators, early employees and founders of some the best companies in the world

300+ investors from the world's best companies

Co-invest with the best.

We allow our investors to co-invest alongside some of the world's best venture capital firms without the large 10 year commitment of a fund.

We give you the ability to choose your investments from a curated list of opportunities delivered to your inbox over the course of a year.
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We've worked hard to make investing easy.

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We do extensive due diligence into every company before it lands in your inbox. Our investment memo's are built different.
Access to competitive venture capital deals.
Ever miss out on a deal because you were too small a cheque or you were busy managing business as usual?

We help decrease this risk by having an in-house deal team scouting for investments through our 14,000 strong network of founders, VCs, accelerators and community partners across the globe.

By the time a deal memo gets to you we've put in 200+ hours of work (seed deals) to make sure you're getting informed insight to make the best decision.
1 line on the cap table makes it easy for founders and you
$300k - $2m in Seed or Pre-Seed rounds.

When a company is starting to see its first consistent month on month revenue growth emerge and if it's an established team solving a global problem, we will often try to engage earlier to get a seat in these competitive rounds.

Many veteran angels that are well known names in the ecosystem use TEN13 as a supplement to their existing deal flow.

Investors love learning the insights of venture capital to become better angels or future investment managers and leverage the deep dives we go into within each deal memo.
$2m - $10m Series A and Beyond.

We continue backing winners through consecutive funding rounds and always work towards securing pro-rata and information rights in any of our investments. This is generally where a lot of family offices start to see value in our opportunities.


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Simple Investment Management.
Our in house investment team handles the deal from due diligence to growth, following up on investment updates, reporting and working closely with founders to help them succeed.

We have operational experience in high growth companies, founded businesses and have sat on boards of some of the fastest growing companies in Australia.

We keep our investors informed and ready to bring them in if they can provide value to our companies.

Tired of passwords? So are we, we created a email portal to give you access via email from any device in the world, your statements, schedules, historical company updates at your fingertips.
Our Interests
We are technology agnostic, but we do know where we can provide value for companies and where we see the next $100b opportunities. Here a some sectors that get us excited.

Product Led Growth

Create a great product and customers will stay and advocate for it. We love a model driven by a great product led organisation.

This is why we invested in Clipchamp, read our investment notes.

Fintech

There is a saying that every company becomes a Fintech. For us, the ability to clip the ticket on all transactions in large markets and then offer cross-sell of products in adjacent segments.

Mr Yum is bringing insights and digital adoption to restaurants, read our investment notes.

International Impact

Under-looked markets are accelerating adoption into tech with many missing the PC era and transitioning quickly and fast into mobile adoption. We love discovering the gems in these markets.

Chipper Cash is empowering millions of Africans and businesses by providing financial infrastructure the underbanked, read our investment notes.

API Infrastructure

So many industries still operate on legacy infrastructure so the opportunity to enhance insights and product through API integration and partnerships is a sector we are investing in heavily.

Carted
is taking on Amazon, read our investment notes.

Alignment as a model.

“We believe that strong conviction is key to any deal we do.

My own capital often makes up 15-20% of any first round. No 1% or less GP commitments here. ”
Steve Baxter
Partner TEN13, Shark Tank, Founder PIPE Networks.

How does it work again?

Streamlining Venture
Allocate your capital on a deal by deal basis into a list of curated companies.

We've already secured the allocation and negotiated terms. Just review the memo and decide to invest.
Join 500+ Investors Today
  • Start your Application.

    Membership is open and free to join for Sophisticated investors.
  • Review the memo.

    We publish highly detailed deal memos when opportunities are launched that land in your inbox.
  • Start backing companies.

    Allocate in 3 clicks. Then transfer capital and sign the schedule.

    Our min cheque size is $10k per investor in US or AUD depending on round.
  • Track your portfolio.

    We have a centralised Hub for all your statements, portfolio updates, and deal status at your fingertips.
Transparent Fees.
Set up Fee
4% + GST

Deal set-up costs, admin & deal review costs.

Management Fee
2% x 3 yrs + GST

Typical VC funds charge 2% over a typical 10 year fund (20% total)

Carry
20% + GST

TEN13 will retain 20% of profits after returning invested capital & fees.

*Fees above are excl. GST

Get a full service venture capital firm at your fingertips.

“We are building TEN13 to give individual investors and family offices the leverage of a full service Venture Capital firm.

More than being a manager of your capital. It's growing a network you want to co-invest with.”
Stew Glynn
Managing Partner, TEN13

Discover our Portfolio.

We've been actively investing through TEN13 since 2019.

Discover our portfolio here.
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Common Questions

Answer isn't here? Get in touch.
Sophie Robertson
Head of Investor Relations.
Ex-Credit Suisse

Can anyone join TEN13?

TEN13 is for Australian & New Zealand Residents that quality as ‘wholesale investors’.

The majority of our investors qualify as sophisticated investors under the wholesale investor guidelines. To qualify as a sophisticated investor, you must have either net assets of more than A$2,500,000 or a gross income for each of the last two financial years of at least A$250,000 per annum.

To verify your eligibility for TEN13, prospective investors will be asked to supply a current and valid qualified accountant’s certificate certifying that they are a ‘sophisticated investor’ plus other supporting material for regulatory and AFSL requirements.

As a member of TEN13 there's a good chance you will see deals here that you won't see anywhere else.

Can international investors join?

At this stage, TEN13 is only open to Australian investors and entities.

What type of entities can invest through TEN13?

You can elect to invest in TEN13 as an individual, syndicate, company, trust, superannuation fund or a corporate trustee of these vehicles.

These types of entities are all acceptable investment vehicles for deals listed on TEN13.

Please refer to the correspondence you receive from the TEN13 team outlining the documentation required for each entity type.

How much does it cost to join?

If this is where you're looking for the hidden SaaS charge, it's not here.

It costs nothing to join TEN13.  Fees only apply should you decide to invest in any of the advertised deals. Hurray!

Investment Opportunities

What due diligence do you undertake on the deals?

Our team has made over 40 direct early stage investments into companies from around the world.

In doing so, we have developed and refined a data driven, comprehensive standard due diligence process.

Our syndicate leads will also be investing in each deal directly. We come in on deals featured on TEN13 on the same terms as our members, ensuring strong alignment.

How risky are these deals?

The investment opportunities presented by TEN13 are generally early-stage startups. Early-stage investing is, by nature, very risky, and there is a high likelihood that you could lose your investment entirely.

A successful investment, however, can produce large multiples of your initial investment. The possibility of these high outside returns is the main attraction for investors.

We encourage investors to take a portfolio approach when investing in early-stage technology.

If you are new to investing in startups, it’s best to seek professional advice before making any investments.

Where do you source deals?

We source deals from our 14,000 contact strong global network of founders, startups, accelerators, professional investors, venture capital funds, corporate and trade bodies.

As a member of TEN13 there’s a good chance you see deals here, you won’t see anywhere else.

What are you looking for in startups?

We look for:

  1. Global problems solvers.
  2. A Business that will scale.
  3. An amazing founding team or founder
  4. Early proof of traction.
  5. Technical capability is a must.
  6. Customer centric business

Making an investment

Can I request to change deal terms?

No. Deal terms are negotiated by TEN13 on your behalf. We have done a lot of these and seek to get the best outcome for the collective group.

This usually includes things like preferences shares, pro-rata and information rights.

What is the minimum amount I can invest?

This is determined on a deal-by-deal basis. Generally, the minimum investment is $10,000 in the deal currency.

How do I make an investment?

Once you have been approved to join TEN13, you will receive deal notifications when new opportunities are released via email.

Deal notifications feature everything you need to know about the opportunity including:
company overview, founding team, traction / revenue status, deal terms and any other relevant information.

To request an allocation in the deal, simply follow the steps in the deal notification email.  If your request is successful, you will be notified shortly after allocations are drafted.

When I invest, will shares be issued to me?

No.

If you are successful in investing in a deal through TEN13, you will invest via a nominee arrangement in accordance with our Nominee Agreement. In effect, the assets (shares) will be held via 'bare trust' and you will be the beneficial owner.

What documents are required to be entered into?

We have three documents that make up our legal documentation

  1. Nominee Agreement: This is the nominee arrangement and vehicle for holding of shares on your behalf as investors - there are supporting schedules added for each investment completed.
  2. Management Agreement: Facilitating the management rights over each investment via the nominee to TEN13 as managers, this is a similar arrangement to a venture capital manager.
  3. Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA): Given the sensitive nature of the information provided for each deal, we have ensured confidentiality is maintained regarding the information that we share with you via TEN13.

Fees

What are the fees for investing?

There is no fee to join TEN13. Instead, we have pay-to-play model whereby fees are deducted from the Investment Amount (being the amount provided by you) at the time the shares are acquired by TEN13 Nominee.

The fees applicable to each deal are as follows:

  1. Set-Up Fee: 4% of funds Investment Amount
  2. Management Fee: 2% of Investment Amount for 3 years (total 6%) - called up-front
  3. Carried interest “Carry”: 20%: upon exit

When are fees payable?

Once allocations are finalised on each deal, we will share your particular allocation including required fees.

This will be via email from the TEN13 investment team.