Breakthrough Victoria Fund
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Typical investment: research translation/pre-seed $150,000; venture capital $1-5 million; growth capital $10-15 million. Breakthrough Victoria is becoming Innovation Victoria.
Breakthrough Victoria Pty Ltd (Victorian Government)
public · regional
Deadline: Open all year — Rolling. Investment enquiries are submitted through the Breakthrough Victoria website and assessed on a commercial basis.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health, deeptech, climate, agri, ai, manufacturing
- Stage: pre-seed, seed, Series A and growth
- Locally registered entity required
Companies with a substantive Victorian presence or willing to establish one, in the fund's priority sectors: health and life sciences, agri-food, clean economy, digital technologies and advanced manufacturing.
How to apply
- Submit an investment enquiry through the Breakthrough Victoria website.
- Initial screening call and assessment of the Victorian nexus.
- Due diligence including technical, commercial and financial review.
- Investment committee approval.
- Documentation and funding, usually alongside co-investors.
What you will need
- Pitch deck and business plan
- Financial model
- Cap table
- IP position summary
- Details of co-investors and round structure
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://breakthroughvictoria.com/
"Typical investment size: $1-5 million ... Breakthrough Victoria is becoming Innovation Victoria"
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
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