# Ben Krasnostein

> Ben Krasnostein is a Series B investor at Sustainable Australia Fund backing B2B and Solar. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sustainable Australia Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sustainable-australia-fund)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkras

Ben Krasnostein is a Series B investor at Sustainable Australia Fund in Melbourne focused on B2B and Solar. Ben Krasnostein is the Founder and Managing Director of Kilara Capital. He previously worked at Pacific Bio as a Non-Executive Director. Ben Krasnostein attended Monash University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| Solar | 1 | 25% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Farming | 1 | 25% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sircel | Sircel mission to eradicate electronic waste from landfill, redirecting the valuable commodities back into the circular economy. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| Tasman Environmental Markets | TEM was established in 2014 to connect business with emission reduction goals and environmentally orientated consumer markets with charismatic, high-impact carbon offset projects.TEM’s principals are specialists in global compliance and voluntary carbon markets, we can help you navigate carbon risk management and offset purchases and integratesophisticated technology solutions. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Wattwatchers | Wattwatchers is a new open platform, low cost energy-saving network for homes and businesses. It combines a suite of Class 1, all-IP, metering, monitoring and control devices with co-developed software interfaces, cloud -service management tools and Energy Service offerings. Systems can be installed in a variety of configurations and operate inreal-time with or without Utility infrastructures. The Wattwatchers AUDITOR series of internet metering devices come in 3G and WiFi versions and can bridge easily to alternative IoT communications platforms e.g. LoRaWAN. | $3.9M | Series B | Sep 26, 2021 |  |
| Climate Friendly | Climate Friendly is in the business of reducing emissions, and all of our activities are focused on achieving large-scale impacts while delivering economic, social, and environmental benefits. |  |  | Feb 12, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Clean Energy Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-finance-corp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Sustainable Australia Fund

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Sustainable Australia Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Krasnostein | Non Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-krasnostein |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Krasnostein invest in?

Ben Krasnostein invests primarily in B2B, Solar and Energy startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ben Krasnostein last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Krasnostein closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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