# Antler Australia

> Antler Australia is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last fund: Dec 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/antlerglobal
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AntlerAustralia
- Website: https://www.antler.co/australia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antlerglobal/

Antler Australia is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Software and Financial Services. Antler identifies and invests in exceptional individuals and early-stage businesses with the potential to build global companies. The platform supports startups from inception, starting with team formation and business model validation, through to providing an unmatched capital pathway.We invest at the pre-seed stage and look to continueinvesting through Series C, building our relationship with portfolio companies as a long-term investor and supporter. This is particularly evident in our local portfolio growth, having invested in ~50 companies since mid-2019. This is more early-stage bets than any other VC in the country.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $143k–$2.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $135k–$200k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 13% |
| SaaS | 2 | 9% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 14 | 61% |
| Seed | 6 | 26% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 13 | 57% |
| Sweden | 1 | 4% |
| Philippines | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dilan Mizrakli Landgraff | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dilan-mizrakli-landgraff |
| Fridtjof Berge | Co-Founder and COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fridtjof-berge |
| Magnus Grimeland | Founder and CEO | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magnus-grimeland |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Accord | Accord turns millions of conversations into structured, actionable insights for product and game teams. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 03, 2025 |  |
| Auric Essentials | Auric Essentials offers the AromaSphere, a smart diffuser that uses AI and biometric data to create personalised aromatherapy experiences. It enhances mental well-being by tailoring therapeutic (TGA-approved) essential oil blends to improve focus, sleep, energy, and stress reduction in real-time. Auric Essentials operates on a D2C subscriptionmodel, selling the AromaSphere device and recurring essential oil refills. We leverage wellness navigator partnerships and user data to personalise aromatherapy, creating a scalable revenue stream through subscriptions and corporate wellness programs. | $300K | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| ReFresh | ReFresh is a workplace wellbeing and emotional intelligence platform that helps companies improve emotional health, reduce burnout, and boost performance in real time.It captures anonymous emotional signals from workplace systems, turning them into live dashboards that show team wellbeing, burnout risk, and engagement trends. Leaders get earlywarning signs and clear actions to support their teams before problems escalate. | $169.8K | Pre-Seed | Jun 28, 2025 |  |
| Auric Essentials | Auric Essentials offers the AromaSphere, a smart diffuser that uses AI and biometric data to create personalised aromatherapy experiences. It enhances mental well-being by tailoring therapeutic (TGA-approved) essential oil blends to improve focus, sleep, energy, and stress reduction in real-time. Auric Essentials operates on a D2C subscriptionmodel, selling the AromaSphere device and recurring essential oil refills. We leverage wellness navigator partnerships and user data to personalise aromatherapy, creating a scalable revenue stream through subscriptions and corporate wellness programs. | $626.6K | Pre-Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Auric Essentials | Auric Essentials offers the AromaSphere, a smart diffuser that uses AI and biometric data to create personalised aromatherapy experiences. It enhances mental well-being by tailoring therapeutic (TGA-approved) essential oil blends to improve focus, sleep, energy, and stress reduction in real-time. Auric Essentials operates on a D2C subscriptionmodel, selling the AromaSphere device and recurring essential oil refills. We leverage wellness navigator partnerships and user data to personalise aromatherapy, creating a scalable revenue stream through subscriptions and corporate wellness programs. | $650K | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Auric Essentials | Auric Essentials offers the AromaSphere, a smart diffuser that uses AI and biometric data to create personalised aromatherapy experiences. It enhances mental well-being by tailoring therapeutic (TGA-approved) essential oil blends to improve focus, sleep, energy, and stress reduction in real-time. Auric Essentials operates on a D2C subscriptionmodel, selling the AromaSphere device and recurring essential oil refills. We leverage wellness navigator partnerships and user data to personalise aromatherapy, creating a scalable revenue stream through subscriptions and corporate wellness programs. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| Pinatubo Interactive | Pinatubo Interactive is a developer of an AI platform designed for adventure games. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Geniepay | Geniepay offers embedded B2B payment terms to help enterprise sales teams improve performance. | $143.3K | Pre-Seed | Oct 30, 2023 |  |
| Skipped | Skipped is a network of many retailers powered by AI that allows its users to continue selling even when products are out of stock. | $141.5K | Pre-Seed | Oct 13, 2023 |  |
| Yesterday | Yesterday transform recruitment by automating the screening process. Founded by Millie Marconi and Katharine Suy, the company harness today's technology to eliminate the hassle of sifting through resumes. With the platform that makes data-driven hiring decisions, save time, and find the perfect talent faster. Say goodbye to manual comparisons,lengthy screening calls and a big HELLO to streamlined recruitment. Welcome to the future of hiring with Yesterday. | $144.8K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Brisbane Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brisbane-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Carthona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carthona-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LvlUp Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lvlup-ventures-db25) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Perth Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/perth-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sputnik ATX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sputnik-atx) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Antler Australia invest in?

Antler Australia invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Antler Australia's check size?

Antler Australia typically joins rounds of $143k–$2.7M at Seed and $135k–$200k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Antler Australia participates in.

### How do I contact Antler Australia?

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### Who are the partners at Antler Australia?

The team at Antler Australia includes Dilan Mizrakli Landgraff (Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer), Fridtjof Berge (Co-Founder and COO) and Magnus Grimeland (Founder and CEO). 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 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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