# Adam Bendell

> Adam Bendell is a seed investor at Gelteq (New York) backing Retail and Fashion. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gelteq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gelteq)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjbendell
- Website: https://x.com/ajbendell

Adam Bendell is a seed investor at Gelteq in New York focused on Retail and Fashion. Adam Bendell is the current President of US Operations of Gelteq. He previously worked at Cole Haan as a Director of Strategy and Transformation. Adam Bendell attended George Washington University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 100% |
| Fashion | 1 | 100% |
| Cosmetics | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SARELLY SARELLY | SARELLY SARELLY is a gender-neutral and transparent fashion brand, offering affordable luxury to the Hispanic Gen Z community. | $3M | Seed | Jul 25, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaw Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaw-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hyve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyve-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wollef Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jaguar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Morgan Creek Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-creek-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sandbox Studios](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandbox-studios) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Semilla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/semilla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Gelteq

VC Fund · Caulfield, Australia

​Gelteq is a biotechnology company specializing in the formulation, development, and manufacturing of ingestible gel-based delivery systems for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, pet care, and sports nutrition. The company's proprietary gel technology aims to enhance oral delivery by addressing challenges such as swallowing difficulties andimproving absorption rates.

4 contacts available at Gelteq.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Szewach | Executive Chairman and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-szewach |
| Adam Bendell | President of US Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-bendell-7926 |
| James Pekarsky | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-pekarsky |
| Nathan Givoni | CEO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-givoni |

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## FAQ

### What does Adam Bendell invest in?

Adam Bendell invests primarily in Retail, Fashion and Cosmetics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Adam Bendell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Adam Bendell closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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