Alex Waislitz
Founder @ Thorney Investment
Melbourne, Australia
Alex Waislitz is a Series A investor at Thorney Investment in Melbourne focused on Information Technology and Legal. Alex Waislitz was appointed Chairman of the Company on 21 November 2013. Alex Waislitz is the founder and Chairman of the private Thorney Investment Group, one of Australia’s most successful private investment groups. He has extensive business and capital markets experience and has been a member of several public company boards.Alex Waislitzis the current Vice President of the Collingwood Football Club Limited where he has been a director since 1998.He served on the boards of Zoos Victoria Foundation Board and the Victorian State Government Zoological Parks and Gardens between 2010 and 2012. He joined the International Advisory Board of Maccabi World Union in 2012 and is a former member of the International Advisory Board for the MBA program at Ben Gurion University School of Management.Alex Waislitz has established registered charities; the Waislitz Foundation (2013) and more recently the Waislitz Family Foundation (2015). These charities focus on community projects, education, health, indigenous programs and the arts.Alex Waislitz is a graduate of Monash University in Law and Commerce and a Graduate of the Harvard Business School OPM Program.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Alex Waislitz invests in
Stages Alex Waislitz invests in
Countries Alex Waislitz invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$2.3M
- Series A
- $2.6M–$15M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $7.1M–$11M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 3 (25%)
- Legal 2 (17%)
- FinTech 2 (17%)
- Software 2 (17%)
- Health Care 2 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (25%)
- Seed 2 (17%)
- Grant 1 (8%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
Country
- Australia 8 (67%)
- Israel 1 (8%)
- Nigeria 1 (8%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Firmus Technologies
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Firmus Technologies creates the most efficient AI infrastructure: AI Factories designed to operate at the max-q of AI token generation and profitability. With advanced liquid-everywhere data center technology at its core, Firmus innovates across all layers of the AI Factory, from energy grid management and thermal innovations to GPU and networkingtelemetry and control. This holistic approach creates AI Factories that operate at peak efficiency, delivering high uptime, throughput, and profitability with future-proofed designs.At the heart of this infrastructure is AI FactoryOS, Firmus’ pioneering operating system that integrates data intelligence and control across the physical AI Factory.SMC, Firmus' AI-native cloud platform, leverages SHARP-enabled networking and NCP reference architecture, benefiting from the efficiency of our AI Factory infrastructure. SMC empowers customers to train faster, deploy smarter, and scale globally, while maximizing the value of every token generated. | $2B / Private Equity / Aug 07, 2026 | |
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Firmus Technologies
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Firmus Technologies creates the most efficient AI infrastructure: AI Factories designed to operate at the max-q of AI token generation and profitability. With advanced liquid-everywhere data center technology at its core, Firmus innovates across all layers of the AI Factory, from energy grid management and thermal innovations to GPU and networkingtelemetry and control. This holistic approach creates AI Factories that operate at peak efficiency, delivering high uptime, throughput, and profitability with future-proofed designs.At the heart of this infrastructure is AI FactoryOS, Firmus’ pioneering operating system that integrates data intelligence and control across the physical AI Factory.SMC, Firmus' AI-native cloud platform, leverages SHARP-enabled networking and NCP reference architecture, benefiting from the efficiency of our AI Factory infrastructure. SMC empowers customers to train faster, deploy smarter, and scale globally, while maximizing the value of every token generated. | $220.7M / Private Equity / Sep 16, 2025 | |
Elenium Automation
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Elenium Automation provides self-service automation technologies for airport check-in. It aims to improve passenger experience by reducing queues and increasing the speed with operational efficiency. | $7.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 02, 2021 | |
Superhero
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Superhero operates as a share-trading startup. | $11.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 26, 2021 | |
RedEarth Energy Storage
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Red Earth was founded by Chris Winter, Charlie Walker and Bruce Ebzery. Chris was founder of ASX-listed RedFlow Ltd, Bruce is a former Energex executive and Charlie is an experienced CEO and CFO of ASX-listed tech companies. Together with their extended highly seasoned team within the solar battery industry, their mission is to provide Australiansa better and scalable choice when it comes to energy freedom. | $8.8M / Series B / Oct 11, 2021 | |
HelpMum
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Helpmum is a mobile healthcare service to reduce maternal & infant mortality through e-learning, vaccination tracker, and kit distribution. | $50K / Grant / Aug 01, 2021 | |
BabyQuip
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Founded in May 2016, BabyQuip is the world's leading baby gear rental service, delivering clean, quality baby gear items—from car seats to strollers and more—to families who don't want to haul bulky gear while traveling. BabyQuip Cleaning, offers exceptional cleaning services for baby gear for local families and businesses, particularlyfor car seats, strollers, and high chairs. BabyQuip has served over 125,000 families in the US, Canada and beyondAs a managed marketplace, the BabyQuip platform enables its community of over 1500 independent contractors, called Quality Providers, the opportunity to build a business renting and cleaning baby gear on the BabyQuip platform. Mostly moms, the Quality Providers benefit from an active and supportive community, ongoing training, and leads generated from both online advertising and through strategic partnerships. | $1.3M / Seed / Jul 25, 2021 | |
Propic
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Propic vision is to intelligently connect people and the services provided by the Real Estate industry. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 09, 2021 | |
Artrya
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Artrya uses artificial intelligence to deliver faster and more accurate diagnoses of Coronary Artery Disease. Left undiagnosed, patients remain at risk, incorrect treatment regimes are administered and cost burdens on health systems escalate. With ageing populations and the demand for medical services rising globally, significant delays inreporting can leave patients in critical situations. | $15M / Series A / May 25, 2021 | |
Immediation
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Immediation is a technology for dispute resolution and legal practice. | $2.6M / Series A / Dec 09, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About Thorney Investment
Thorney Opportunities Ltd is an investment company. The Company's principal activity is making investments in listed securities. The Company is focused on producing absolute returns for shareholders over the medium to long-term. Its primary focus is on the selection of investments, which enable it to be a catalyst towards unlocking the valuein the companies that it identifies. The Company's investment manager is Thorney Management Services Pty Ltd.
Thorney Investment Contacts
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Alex Waislitz
Founder
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Alex Waislitz
Founder and CEO
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Peter Landos
Chief Operating Officer
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FAQ
What does Alex Waislitz invest in?
Alex Waislitz invests primarily in Information Technology, Legal and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Alex Waislitz's check size?
Alex Waislitz typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$2.3M at Seed, $2.6M–$15M at Series A and $7.1M–$11M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alex Waislitz participates in.
When did Alex Waislitz last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alex Waislitz closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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