Adventure Capital
VC Fund
Melbourne, Australia
Adventure Capital is a leading Australian early-stage technology venture fund. Adventure Capital is intently focused on advancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem benefiting from Australia’s significant human capital and intellectual property by providing opportunities for innovative, driven and intelligent entrepreneurs to reach their full potential. Adventure Capital’s current fund, the Digital Accelerator LP, is a super-angel style venture fund focused on finding and guiding early-stage tech companies that are capital-efficient, and have global ambition and potential to succeed. Adventure Capital is Founding Investor of the York Butter Factory, a co-working space for high-potential seed-stage companies and next generation building management platform EQUiEM. The Digital Accelerator fund portfolio includes world #1 mobile publishing platform Oomph, leading AdTech DSP/RTB Brandscreen (acquired by Zenovia), social media platform Peazie, retail activation tool suite Myagi, education sales and marketing augmentation and optimization solutions provider doMore, and breakout technology businesses 121cast and Axiflux.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Adventure Capital invests in
Stages Adventure Capital invests in
Countries Adventure Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $120k–$1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (67%)
- SaaS 2 (33%)
- Mobile 2 (33%)
- E-Commerce 2 (33%)
- Apps 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (83%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
Country
- Australia 4 (67%)
- United States 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Darcy Naunton
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
David Carlick
Chairman & Venture Partner
|
Chairman & Venture Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
|
Safwan Shah
Group Executive
|
Group Executive | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Stuart Richardson
Founder & Managing Partner
|
Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantreeco removes the friction of B2B commerce in hospitality. The e-commerce killer. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Sep 12, 2016 | ||
| Myagi is a maker of an online workforce training platform that aims to build a retail training network that boosts sales. | $1M / Seed / Apr 20, 2015 | ||
| Oomph helps publishers and advertisers dynamically convert assets into exceptional digital experiences across all channels. | Seed / Feb 15, 2015 | ||
| Donesafe is Compliance Software with a difference. Donesafe is built on a highly scalable infrastructure that can support the needs of small, medium and large organisations. Donesafe is also modular, so it can be easily customised to meet your specific organisations needs.Donesafe was built out of necessity. Our founders had all felt thefrustration as business owners of using compliance software that was overly complex, expensive and that users did not want to use. | Seed / Jan 01, 2014 | ||
| Omny Studio is an all-in-one on-demand audio management solution that helps content creators grow their audience, reduce production costs and monetize. Our software-as-a-service enables radio stations and podcasters to focus on publishing high-quality content for listeners. | $250K / Seed / Nov 13, 2012 | ||
| See all 6 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Adventure Capital invest in?
Adventure Capital invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Adventure Capital invest in?
Adventure Capital typically joins rounds of $120k–$1M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Adventure Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Adventure Capital took part in.
How do I contact Adventure Capital?
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Who are the partners at Adventure Capital?
The team at Adventure Capital includes Darcy Naunton (General Partner), David Carlick (Chairman & Venture Partner) and Safwan Shah (Group Executive). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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