# Adam Gandel

> Adam Gandel is a seed investor at Gandel Invest backing E-Commerce, CRM and Apps. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gandel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gandel-invest)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Adam Gandel is a seed investor at Gandel Invest focused on E-Commerce and CRM.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| CRM | 1 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 3 | 75% |
| Israel | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EngageRM | EngageRM is an australian-based customer engagement specialist, with market-leading CRM platforms, insights and expertise. |  | Series A | Oct 22, 2021 |  |
| Pushas | PUSHAS is Australia's Premium Sneaker Marketplace helping Australians buy and sell their most hyped and coveted sneakers. In early 2017, their Sydney-based team set out to serve the wider sneaker community in Australia. With this mission in mind, they created PUSHAS: Australia's Premium Sneaker Marketplace offering legit checks, flatshipping, and the best service of any sneaker marketplace in the world.From the beginning, they vowed that they would be in this for the long haul. This means they are happy and willing to cop short-term losses (hence their low fees and amazing service), if it means they may fulfil their mission and build up the PUSHAS family. they truly believe that many people fail to create anything meaningful as they lack the discipline to play the long game. Nothing inherently extraordinary can come from chasing selfish short-term gain, money or fleeting status. Because of this ethos, they are coming up. They're slowly but surely gaining notoriety and building an immensely loyal cult following of PUSHAS.Now, PUSHAS is more than a platform. PUSHAS are the select few who, bound by their love of sneakers, now share this way of life. These PUSHAS all around Australia are together forging what it means to be a PUSHA. | $890.1K | Pre-Seed | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| SkyBuys | SkyBuys provides a digital platform for contactless transactions and participation for the $100Bn global duty free & travel retail market. The award winning tech platform provides value adding opportunities to engage, develop and acquire customers. The business was founded at Stone & Chalk in Sydney and accelerated at Airbus BizLab inHamburg.SkyBuys have projects with two of the top 5 world leading travel retail and duty free groups (Heinemann & Lagardere) and 2021 trials scheduled with new global concessionaires for the trans-Tasman travel bubble.SkyBuys will be working with our newest partner, Lagardere Travel Retail Pacific, on a project for the trans-Tasman region, which will include both Australian and New Zealand airports and off-airport opportunities. This will be a major step forward for SkyBuys and the industry.Recognised by major players in the aviation industry; accelerated and sponsored by Airbus and a finalist in the Lufthansa/SAP aviation technology challenge.SkyBuys team supporting the founder include experienced professionals with a selection transitioning to the company’s board post-raise, under the stewardship of ex-LVMH executive and board director, as Chairman.To work with innovative brands and retailers to reimagine the duty free & travel retail experience. Delivering convenience, value and choice whenever and wherever you travel. To create the world’s most open, inclusive, efficient platform for duty free & travel retail shopping, experience and loyalty.Seamless retail experience and service for both retailer and customer, establishing a meaningful long term connection with the customer that goes beyond the individual travel experience. SkyBuys reaches customers first and extends marketing campaign opportunities, from in-flight to in-store and at all moments during their journey.SkyBuys tech has won awards and accolades from Airbus, Lufthansa & SAP, Accenture, VISA & Unilever among other industry programs). Our mobile commerce platform allows retail brands to track and influence online product discovery to in-airport and downtown sales. | $363.2K | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Better Juice | Better Juice was founded in 2017 by a team of prestigious food industry professionals: a biochemist and microbiology academician with extensive experience in product development. The company is supported by The Kitchen FoodTech Hub – Strauss Group’s incubator, whose goal is to nourish promising food-tech ventures that can disrupt the global foodsystem – making it more productive, more affordable, more sustainable and healthier. ​ Better Juice gives consumers what they are looking for: simple ways to reduce sugar in their diets. Popular juices such as orange and apple juice have 6 teaspoons (25 grams) of sugar per 1-cup serving (250 ml). Grape juice has up to 14 teaspoons. The Better Juice solution lets industrial juice producers lower or eliminate sugar in one simple step. | $8M | Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CapitalX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitalx) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [iAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iangels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maverick Ventures Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maverick-ventures-israel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neome](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neome) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OIF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/our-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Gandel Invest

VC Fund · Malvern, Australia

Gandel Invest makes strategic, non-controlling investments in growing businesses.

2 contacts available at Gandel Invest.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Gandel | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-gandel |
| Tony Gandel | Managing Director & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-gandel |

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## FAQ

### What does Adam Gandel invest in?

Adam Gandel invests primarily in E-Commerce, CRM and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Adam Gandel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Adam Gandel closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 4 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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