# Allen & Buckeridge

> Allen & Buckeridge is a VC fund backing Telecommunications and Chemical. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2010
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.a-b.com.au

Allen & Buckeridge is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Telecommunications and Chemical. Working on something fresh. Also, Partner @Acceleprise & columnist @TheNextWeb.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.9M–$3.8M |
| Series C | $12M–$19M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Telecommunications | 2 | 33% |
| Chemical | 1 | 17% |
| Hardware | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Australia | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Roger Allen | Director, Co-Founder, and Chairman | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-allen |
| David Landers | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-landers |
| Helen Liu | Director and Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helen-liu-2 |
| Roger Buckeridge | Director & Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-buckeridge |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BT Imaging | BT Imaging is the market leader for electrical-inspection equipment used in the manufacturing of silicon blocks, silicon solar wafers and silicon solar cells. | $3.8M | Series A | Aug 23, 2010 |  |
| RPO | RPO, Inc. develops, designs, and manufactures waveguides for the consumer electronics market. The company’s products include digital waveguide touch systems, which is a touch screen solution applied in various products, including gameplayers, cellphones, PDAs, GPS systems, automotive control displays, multimedia players, and tablet personalcomputers, as well as in ATM’s and gambling machines. It also manufactures polymer optical waveguides on wafer and panel substrates. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. It has a research and development facility in Canberra, Australia; and pilot assembly operations in Sydney, Australia. | $19.3M | Series C | Nov 09, 2009 |  |
| BT Imaging | BT Imaging is the market leader for electrical-inspection equipment used in the manufacturing of silicon blocks, silicon solar wafers and silicon solar cells. | $2.9M | Series A | Jun 24, 2008 |  |
| Fultec Semiconductor | Fultec Semiconductor operates as a circuit protection semiconductor company. It offers transient blocking device for the over-voltage and over-current protection of telecommunication and data communication systems. The company's products offer wide bandwidth circuit protection against lightning, power induction, power cross, and short circuitevents. Its products have applications, such as telecom, datacom, sensors, automotive, and power distribution. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. As of October 13, 2008, Fultec Semiconductor, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bourns, Inc. | $12.4M | Series C | Mar 02, 2006 |  |
| RBN | RBN is a designer and developer of optical networking solutions for Outside Plant Remote Terminals, Central Offices and Enterprise environments. They develop technology solutions that address service provider problems around cost, capacity and expansion of new services. | $9.5M |  | Apr 21, 2004 |  |
| Wedgetail Communications | Wedgetail Communications develops security technology for all classes of network devices. | $11.5M | Seed | Jan 01, 2001 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Uniseed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniseed-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Uniseed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniseed-pty) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Applied Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/applied-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BASF Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basf-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crescendo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crescendo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fuse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuse-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Allen & Buckeridge invest in?

Allen & Buckeridge invests primarily in Telecommunications, Chemical and Hardware startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Allen & Buckeridge's check size?

Allen & Buckeridge typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$3.8M at Series A and $12M–$19M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Allen & Buckeridge participates in.

### How do I contact Allen & Buckeridge?

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### Who are the partners at Allen & Buckeridge?

The team at Allen & Buckeridge includes Roger Allen (Director, Co-Founder, and Chairman), David Landers (Executive Director) and Helen Liu (Director and Chief Financial Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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