Southern Cross Venture Partners

Southern Cross Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that backs promising entrepreneurs to build successful companies with global potential. The firm focuses on technology, energy, and resources sectors at the seed, early, and growth stages. With a presence in the United States, Australia, and Asia, Southern Cross assists entrepreneurs by catalyzing the right connections, bringing lessons of experience, acting as a trusted partner, and sharing in the vision to build great companies.

The firm manages three funds: the $170 million Southern Cross Fund No. 1, the $40 million Southern Cross IIF Fund, and the $120 million Southern Cross Renewable Energy (REVC) Fund. These funds are co-invested with the Australian Government and Softbank China Venture Capital (SBCVC), each providing up to $75 million of the Fund’s committed capital. The REVC Fund, established in 2012, focuses on renewable energy investments.

Southern Cross Venture Partners seeks entrepreneurs who can succinctly express the purpose and vision of their companies, target large, growing markets ripe for disruption, and offer technology-based solutions with differentiated and defensible products or services. The firm encourages entrepreneurs with exciting opportunities to reach out with an executive summary or pitch presentation.