# Alex Oppes

> Alex Oppes is a seed investor at Virescent Ventures (Melbourne) backing Energy and Textiles. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Virescent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/virescent-ventures)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Alex Oppes is a seed investor at Virescent Ventures in Melbourne focused on Energy and Textiles. Alex Oppes

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Textiles | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 1 | 50% |
| Philippines | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xefco | Xefco is a company that develops novel textile and coating technologies. It uses a global network of research partners to develop advanced manufacturing solutions and apply cutting-edge materials science, with an emphasis on functional enhancements, sustainable manufacturing, and decreased resource consumption. | $6.8M | Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| Amber Electric | Amber Electric is an energy retailer and technology-driven electricity provider that supplies households with access to real-time wholesale electricity pricing. The company operates by passing through wholesale market prices directly to customers rather than using traditional fixed retail tariffs, allowing electricity costs to fluctuate based onsupply and demand conditions in the energy market. The business provides a digital platform that enables customers to monitor electricity prices in real time and adjust their usage patterns to periods when energy is cheaper and more abundant. It also integrates with home solar systems, batteries, and electric vehicles, allowing users to automate energy consumption, storage, and export decisions to optimize cost outcomes and energy efficiency.Amber develops software tools and automation systems that support dynamic energy management, including smart scheduling features and integration with connected home energy devices. These tools are designed to help customers shift energy-intensive activities and battery charging to periods of lower wholesale prices and higher renewable energy availability. The company also supports distributed energy resources by enabling households with solar panels and batteries to participate more actively in the electricity market. Through this model, excess stored energy can be exported back to the grid during higher price periods, aligning household energy use with grid conditions and renewable generation levels. | $6.6M |  |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breakthrough Victoria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-victoria) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E.ON Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-on-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Investible](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investible) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Main Sequence Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/main-sequence-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pacific Channel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pacific-channel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Voyagers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voyagers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Virescent Ventures

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

Virescent Ventures is a venture capital that invests in cleantech innovation companies.

2 contacts available at Virescent Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Oppes | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-oppes |
| Kristin Vaughan | Climate tech investor and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristin-vaughan-10f7 |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Oppes invest in?

Alex Oppes invests primarily in Energy, Textiles and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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 Oppes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Oppes closed in Apr 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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