# Apex Capital Partners

> Apex Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/419098/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/vynokur
- Website: https://www.apexcapital.com.au/

Apex Capital Partners is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Apex Capital is an investment firm which provides venture capital to exceptional founders who are revolutionising the financial services landscape. They have a strong track record of successfully establishing, investing in and growing businesses that have sought to provide innovative products and services to the financial services sector. Theirentrepreneurial backgrounds give us a unique perspective on what it takes to start and scale a business in financial services.Apex Capital was established over a decade ago and is wholly owned by its principals, each of whom have a wealth of experience from having worked across multiple continents with leading global firms in financial services, as well as having developed and operated their own start-up businesses.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.3M–$12M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$38M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 9 | 41% |
| FinTech | 6 | 27% |
| Apps | 3 | 14% |
| Finance | 2 | 9% |
| Insurance | 2 | 9% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 32% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 27% |
| Seed | 3 | 14% |
| Series B | 3 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 13 | 59% |
| China | 1 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Israel | 1 | 5% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Vynokur | Principal & Co-Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-vynokur |
| Ilan Israelstam | Principal | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilan-israelstam |
| Jason Gellert | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-gellert |
| David Nathanson | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-nathanson-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FrankieOne | FrankieOne is a compliance orchestration platform that connects 350+ identity verification and fraud detection data sources into a single API for KYC, KYB, AML, and fraud prevention. | $15.3M | Series A | Nov 28, 2022 |  |
| FrankieOne | FrankieOne is a compliance orchestration platform that connects 350+ identity verification and fraud detection data sources into a single API for KYC, KYB, AML, and fraud prevention. | $14.7M | Series A | Oct 12, 2021 |  |
| Immutable Systems | Immutable develops blockchain-based eSport games designed to familiarize users with blockchain technology in a fun and user-friendly environment. Its eSports games use ethereum blockchain to transform digital asset ownership in the video-gaming industry. Immutable provides scalable blockchain infrastructure for video games, enabling organizationsto bring transparency in the opaque world of in-game economies. | $53.5M | Series B | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Zeller | Zeller enables business owners to accept payments, manage their finances, and pay recipients fast.Finding integrated financial solutions to help the business thrive often requires weaving together multiple products from different providers. While a small group of large enterprises enjoy the privilege of financial solutions tailored for theirspecific needs, the vast majority of Australian businesses are underserved due to a lack of innovation, disparate providers, opaque pricing, and restrictive contracts. Zeller combines the tools for the business needs to accelerate cash flow. From accepting payments, to managing finances, to paying recipients fast; by bringing every tool together into one connected ecosystem, they help reduce the time spent on finding providers, completing long applications, onboarding, and getting set up. They do this through a simple, fast online sign-up process, and no contract necessary. | $37.9M | Series A | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Honey Insurance | Honey Insurance is Smarter home insurance helping you prevent avoidable accidents. | $11.8M | Seed | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| Athena | Athena Home Loans aims to revolutionize the home loan process, providing a high level of service and savings to help customers reach financial freedom faster. Athena offers competitive interest rates and aims to keep these rates low for both new and existing customers, unlike traditional banks that may only offer low rates to new borrowers. Theentire loan application and management process is digital. Borrowers can apply online, get approvals quickly, and manage their loans through Athena's digital platform without the need for in-person meetings. | $70.5M | Series D | May 11, 2021 |  |
| Zeller | Zeller enables business owners to accept payments, manage their finances, and pay recipients fast.Finding integrated financial solutions to help the business thrive often requires weaving together multiple products from different providers. While a small group of large enterprises enjoy the privilege of financial solutions tailored for theirspecific needs, the vast majority of Australian businesses are underserved due to a lack of innovation, disparate providers, opaque pricing, and restrictive contracts. Zeller combines the tools for the business needs to accelerate cash flow. From accepting payments, to managing finances, to paying recipients fast; by bringing every tool together into one connected ecosystem, they help reduce the time spent on finding providers, completing long applications, onboarding, and getting set up. They do this through a simple, fast online sign-up process, and no contract necessary. | $19.4M | Series A | Mar 15, 2021 |  |
| Beforepay | Beforepay understands that traditional pay cycles are a form of financial stress. So we set out to find a better way, giving Australians the control and confidence that comes with managing your own money, on your terms.That’s why we created Pay On Demand™ - a service that allows you to access the money you have earned at work, when you choose todo so. After all, it is yours!The app also automatically predicts when your bills are due, shows you how much is OK for you to spend, and automatically creates budgets for you, effortlessly. | $3.1M | Series A | Sep 14, 2020 |  |
| Zeller | Zeller enables business owners to accept payments, manage their finances, and pay recipients fast.Finding integrated financial solutions to help the business thrive often requires weaving together multiple products from different providers. While a small group of large enterprises enjoy the privilege of financial solutions tailored for theirspecific needs, the vast majority of Australian businesses are underserved due to a lack of innovation, disparate providers, opaque pricing, and restrictive contracts. Zeller combines the tools for the business needs to accelerate cash flow. From accepting payments, to managing finances, to paying recipients fast; by bringing every tool together into one connected ecosystem, they help reduce the time spent on finding providers, completing long applications, onboarding, and getting set up. They do this through a simple, fast online sign-up process, and no contract necessary. | $4.3M | Seed | Jun 30, 2020 |  |
| Arbor Fintech | Arbor is a 360 degree financial wellness platform helping users to save, invest and cut debt through an easy to use and free to download app. Our purpose is clear, to improve our users financial wellness.Arbor integrates with the user's existing banks which means they don't even have to change banks!Users create personal saving goalsto enhance the saving, investment or debt freedom experience, tracking their progress effortlessly through the app | $3.3M | Seed | Dec 20, 2019 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Apex Capital Partners invest in?

Apex Capital Partners invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Apex Capital Partners's check size?

Apex Capital Partners typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$12M at Seed and $1.4M–$38M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Apex Capital Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Apex Capital Partners?

Public channels for Apex Capital Partners include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Apex Capital Partners?

The team at Apex Capital Partners includes Alex Vynokur (Principal & Co-Founder), Ilan Israelstam (Principal) and Jason Gellert (Principal). 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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