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Overview

AirTree Ventures is one of the largest and most active early-stage venture capital firms in Australia and New Zealand, with a portfolio of 100+ companies including Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable, and Linktree. The firm's Explorer Program is its primary community and deal sourcing initiative, designed to cultivate the next generation of angel investors in Australia and New Zealand.

Investment focus

The program's dual function is notable: it trains new angel investors while simultaneously extending AirTree's deal sourcing reach into communities and networks the firm's partners might not otherwise access. By empowering a large network of educated angels, AirTree effectively creates a distributed scouting operation where Explorers identify and co-invest in early-stage companies.

Program details

Use Airtree’s expression-of-interest route to receive notice when a future cohort opens. Before joining or investing, confirm that cohort’s eligibility, dates, participation terms, and investment conditions; published terms and duration have varied by cohort.

Who it is for

Open to aspiring angel investors in Australia and New Zealand. No prior investing experience required.

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Admissions and application

Open to aspiring angel investors in Australia and New Zealand. No prior investing experience required. The program explicitly targets diversity and inclusion, aiming to bring underrepresented groups into early-stage investing. Prospective participants complete an Expression of Interest form.

Benefits

Explorers receive structured investing education, access to the AirTree Explorers angel syndicate with capital to invest, co-investment opportunities alongside AirTree's funds, in-person events in major Australian cities, and a network of 480+ fellow angel investors.

Timeline

The program runs for approximately 8 weeks per cohort. Cohort sessions run on a fixed schedule, for example, the 2025 cohort runs Fridays from August 15 to October 3, 12:00pm-1:30pm AEST.

What came of it

480+ Explorers across 9+ cohorts. The program has established one of the largest structured angel investor networks in Australia and New Zealand. Specific deal outcomes and portfolio returns from Explorer-sourced investments are not publicly disclosed.

How to go about it

  1. Read what it asks for

    Who can apply, how people get in and whether it is open right now.

  2. Have something to show

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  3. Apply the way the program asks

    The program has not published how to apply. Terms and dates change. Check the official page before you act.

What it pays

Free program. Explorers receive structured investing education, access to the AirTree Explorers angel syndicate with capital to invest, co-investment opportunities alongside AirTree's funds, in-person events in major Australian cities, and a network of 480+ fellow angel investors. No separate cash compensation is disclosed.

Questions about this program

Are applications open now?

Airtree reports that Cohort 9 applications have closed. Its official page offers an expression of interest for notification when a future cohort opens; the notification route is not an open application.

Did Cohort 9 require substantial personal capital or decades of investing experience?

For Cohort 9 in 2025, Airtree said participants did not need substantial personal capital or decades of investing experience. Those statements describe that cohort, not confirmed future-cohort rules.

What did Cohort 9 cost?

Airtree described its 2025 Cohort 9 program as free to join; the evidence does not establish fees for a future cohort.

How long does the program run?

Airtree described Cohort 9 as eight weeks and later reported that Cohort 10 ran for six weeks. Duration has varied by cohort, and a future cohort’s schedule is not established.

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