# Alex Farrugia

> Alex Farrugia is a seed investor at Paspalis (Darwin) backing Recruiting and Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Paspalis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paspalis-innovation-and-investment-fund)
- Location: Darwin, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexlfarrugia/
- Website: https://paspalis.com.au/alex-farrugia/

Alex Farrugia is a seed investor at Paspalis in Darwin focused on Recruiting and Health Care. Alex Farrugia

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recruiting | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Go Locum | Go Locum uses artificial intelligence to ease the recruitment process by automating credentialing and matching healthcare professionals to job possibilities in regional and remote areas. | $234.6K | Seed | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| Equatorial Space | Equatorial Space is a rocket propulsion and launcher startup that aspires to make space launch as safe and affordable as commercial air travel.We will achieve that goal by simplifying the most failure-prone and expensive part of launch vehicles - their propulsion. Our rocket systems are non-explosive, eco-friendly, and halve the componentrequirements while being potentially reusable. This safe and efficient combination is made possible thanks to our proprietary solid fuel composition with a wide range of civilian and military applications.Equatorial Space won the MBRSC Innovation Cup in Dubai in 2018, and graduated from The Hangar by NUS Enterprise programme in Singapore in 2019. We have been featured in a number of regional and international publications including Channel NewsAsia, Nikkei Asian Review and South China Morning Post prior to incorporation of an American C Corporation to foster our growth.In 2021, Equatorial Space secured a place in the inaugural batch of the Q Station Accelerator, backed by the US Space Force and the Air Force Research Lab in Albuquerque, NM, and Techstars Los Angeles.The Company maintains presence in Singapore, Australia and the United States | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 05, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Farquhar VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farquhar-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Paspalis

VC Fund · Darwin, Australia

Paspalis is a leading venture capital investor in Northern Australia. We invest in innovative companies, both locally and globally, looking to do business in the Northern Territory.

3 contacts available at Paspalis.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Farrugia | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-farrugia-9a32 |
| Geoff Thomas | Investment Committee member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoff-thomas-4cd9 |
| Harley Paroulakis | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harley-paroulakis |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Farrugia invest in?

Alex Farrugia invests primarily in Recruiting, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alex Farrugia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Farrugia closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 2 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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