About Southern Cross Venture Partners
Southern Cross Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. It is primarily based out of Sydney, Australia. As of Jun 2017, Southern Cross Venture Partners has invested in 31 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Energy Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Ortto Overall, Southern Cross Venture Partners portfolio has seen 14 acquisitions including key companies like Ortto, Mocana and Quantenna. A lot of funds co-invest with Southern Cross Venture Partners, with names like New Venture Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Southern Cross Venture Partners has team of 5 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
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Series A, Series B & 4 more
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Southern Cross Venture Partners' List of Top Investments
Southern Cross Venture Partners has a portfolio of 31 companies. Their most notable investments are in Bigtincan and Sunverge.Their portfolio spans across United States, Australia and China. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Energy Tech and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 4 more. Here is the list of top investments by Southern Cross Venture Partners:Developer of Lithium Ion battery packs. Its batteries are used in a range of applications, including electric cars, buses, trucks, marine vessels, and industrial equipment.
Key facts about Octillion Power Systems
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Hayward (United States)
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $150M
- Employee Count: 480 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Southern Cross Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Jun 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Ortto
Provider of a platform for marketing automation, analytics, data, and support. The platform offers tools for building customer journeys to drive revenue. It provides features such as email, SMS, push notifications, forms, surveys, and in-app messages. The platform also includes a customer data platform, dashboards, custom reports, and lead scoring.
Key facts about Ortto
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Sydney (Australia)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $35.9M
- Employee Count: 20 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Salesforce Ventures, Southern Cross Venture Partners and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 06, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Mocana
Mocana provides IoT security solution to mitigate IoT vulnerabilities like authorization, secure boot, firmware validation, and data leak prevention during cloud connectivity. Claims to be compatible with several OS/CPU or no OS and code can be embedded into any IoT environment. It is OS independent and provides a common API for various device architecture. Notable clientele includes GE, Schneider Electric, and Avaya. Pivoted from MAM solution provider to IoT security in 2015.
Key facts about Mocana
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $118M
- Employee Count: 50 - 199 as on Mar 01, 2026
- Investors: Intel, ForgePoint Capital and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Mar 04, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Hydrexia
Provider of hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and application technology solutions. The company offers comprehensive solutions across the hydrogen energy industry chain. It provides gas separation and purification technology. The company also offers magnesium-based solid-state hydrogen storage and transportation technologies.
Key facts about Hydrexia
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Brisbane (Australia)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $17.1M
- Employee Count: 32 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Southern Cross Venture Partners, GBS and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 28, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Quantenna
Quantenna is providing semiconductor solutions for wireless networks. It is providing carrier-grade 4x4 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) WiFi home networking chipsets that delivers up to four simultaneous spatial streams and 1.7Gbps of bandwidth in contrast to most 3x3 MIMO wireless chipsets available in the market. Quantenna chipsets have been incorporated in Intel's PUMA video gateway and wireless set-top box.
Key facts about Quantenna
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2018
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $240M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Centerview Capital, Southern Cross Venture Partners and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Aug 14, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Southern Cross Venture Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Southern Cross Venture Partners has invested in 31 companies over the last 19 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Wattwatchers and most recent follow-on round was in Ortto.Southern Cross Venture Partners' Investments by Stage
Southern Cross Venture Partners has made 10 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.04M, 7 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $8.16M and 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.4M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 10 |
Series B | 7 |
Seed | 2 |
Angel | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Southern Cross Venture Partners' Investments by Sector
Southern Cross Venture Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Energy Tech, Environment Tech and Semiconductors. Notably, it has invested in 29 Tech companies, 26 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 21 Software companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 11 |
High Tech | 10 |
Energy Tech | 6 |
Environment Tech | 4 |
Semiconductors | 4 |
Others | 24 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Southern Cross Venture Partners' Investments by Geography
Southern Cross Venture Partners has made most investments in United States (13), followed by Australia where it has made 9 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 13 |
Australia | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Southern Cross Venture Partners' recent investments
Southern Cross Venture Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Southern Cross Venture Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 06, 2017 | Australia | Series C | 9670 | [+2] | |
Apr 26, 2017 | Australia | Series A | 8503 | - | |
Mar 20, 2017 | Australia | Series B | 4557 | [+2] | |
Nov 07, 2016 | Australia | Series A | 2811 | [+2] | |
Jul 12, 2016 | United States | Series A | 6761 | - |
Acquired companies in Southern Cross Venture Partners' Portfolio
14 companies from Southern Cross Venture Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Ortto in Apr 2026 by Canva for $*****.Here are Southern Cross Venture Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 08, 2026 | Feb 13, 2013 | Series A | 3619 | |
Apr 23, 2025 | Feb 21, 2014 | Series A | 7542 | |
Jan 13, 2022 | May 21, 2008 | Series B | 6445 | |
Nov 01, 2020 | Nov 07, 2016 | Series A | 8673 | |
Aug 06, 2020 | Jul 12, 2016 | Series A | 6685 |
Team profile of Southern Cross Venture Partners
Southern Cross Venture Partners has a team of 5 members including 5 Partners located in Australia and United States. Southern Cross Venture Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Southern Cross Venture Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Brisbane | - | ||
Partner | Sydney | - | ||
Partner | Brisbane | - | ||
Partner | Sydney | - | - | |
Partner | Washington, DC | - | - |
Co-investors of Southern Cross Venture Partners
Over the past 19 years, 101 investors have co-invested in Southern Cross Venture Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Southern Cross Venture Partners: Shasta Ventures, Conduit Ventures and 26 others have invested in rounds before Southern Cross Venture Partners. There is 1 company where Shasta Ventures has invested before Southern Cross Venture Partners and 1 company where Conduit Ventures has invested before Southern Cross Venture Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Southern Cross Venture Partners: 32 investors entered a company along with Southern Cross Venture Partners. These include investors like New Venture Partners (2 companies).
- Invested after Southern Cross Venture Partners: A total of 41 investors have invested in Southern Cross Venture Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SBCVC (3 companies), Australian Renewable Energy Agency (2 companies) and Salesforce Ventures (1 company).
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This startup raises series B to plug clean energy into Southeast Asian gridsTech in Asia•Jan 24, 2017•GreenSync, Australian Government, Southern Cross Venture Partners
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Fillr Raises A$5M in Series A Financing from SoftBank China, Southern Cross and ReinventurePR Newswire•Nov 07, 2016•Fillr, SBCVC, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Reinventure Group and 1 other
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Power ResearchViews – Mojo Power Raises USD3.5 Million in FinancingResearch Views•Feb 29, 2016•Mojo Power, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Australian Renewable Energy Agency
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Hydrexia raises A$4.25M in Bridge Round Fundraising - HydrexiaHydrexia•Jul 12, 2015•Hydrexia, Air Liquide, Southern Cross Venture Partners
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Shoes of Prey closes US$5.5 million Series A and adds two significant heavyweights to the family - Startup DailyStartup Daily•Dec 03, 2014•Shoes of Prey, Khosla Ventures, Southern Cross Venture Partners
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Sunverge Energy Completes $15 Million Series B Funding Round PRWeb•Jun 17, 2014•Sunverge, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Total, Next47
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Sunverge Energy Completes $15 M Series B Funding RoundSunverge•Jun 12, 2014•Sunverge, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Total, Next47
