BlueChilli
VC Fund
Sydney, Australia
BlueChilli is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Education and Software. BlueChilli helps founders build products, gain pilots, secure investment, and establish their first team. BlueChilli is the largest Australian startup accelerator and has been around for more than six years. Established in Australia in 2012, the accelerator provides entrepreneurs with an engineering team to build their pilot products.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 56%
Last updated:
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Industries BlueChilli invests in
Stages BlueChilli invests in
Countries BlueChilli invests in
Contacts
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Luther Poier
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Cheryl Gledhill
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Chris Ball
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Claire Sawyers
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Filipa C. Araujo
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 11 (44%)
- Software 5 (20%)
- E-Learning 4 (16%)
- Information Technology 3 (12%)
- Training 2 (8%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 14 (56%)
- Seed 7 (28%)
- Grant 1 (4%)
- Series C 1 (4%)
- Funding Round 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Luther Poier
CFO
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CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Cheryl Gledhill
Head of Product
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Head of Product | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Chris Ball
Head of Partnerships
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Head of Partnerships | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Claire Sawyers
Chief Product Officer
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Chief Product Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Filipa C. Araujo
Future Minds Accelerator Program Director
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Future Minds Accelerator Program Director | Total investments: 23 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Gheorg
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gheorg is an AI-powered mental health platform built exclusively for children aged 4–12, deployed through schools, health systems, and governments, and in 78 countries. Unlike adult-repurposed tools, gheorg is purpose-built for this age group — delivering evidence-based therapy through CBT, ACT, and mindfulness via a clinically designed,child-friendly platform. Every interaction is governed by VERA-MH-P (Validated Ethical Responsive AI for Mental Health — Paediatric) — the world's first patented AI safety framework for children's mental health, with a Lancet Digital Health publication targeted for July 2026. gheorg operates a B2B institutional model, contracting with school districts, health systems, and government bodies on annual per-child SaaS agreements across the US, Australia, Singapore, and the UK. The platform currently serves 19,500+ active users across 78 countries and 1,260+ cities, with over 1 million children under institutional contract. Clinical outcomes from a 600+ child pilot include 80% reduction in panic symptoms, 90% improved self-management, and 100% improved behaviour over 10 days. | $250K / Pre-Seed / Nov 03, 2021 | |
Inventorium
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Inventorium is an online and personalised tutoring platform that empowers young individuals to shape their own destinies. | Pre-Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | |
imagineer.me
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imagineer.me helps to develop creative skills by connecting individuals with their visual mind and the imagination. | Pre-Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | |
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Gheorg
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gheorg is an AI-powered mental health platform built exclusively for children aged 4–12, deployed through schools, health systems, and governments, and in 78 countries. Unlike adult-repurposed tools, gheorg is purpose-built for this age group — delivering evidence-based therapy through CBT, ACT, and mindfulness via a clinically designed,child-friendly platform. Every interaction is governed by VERA-MH-P (Validated Ethical Responsive AI for Mental Health — Paediatric) — the world's first patented AI safety framework for children's mental health, with a Lancet Digital Health publication targeted for July 2026. gheorg operates a B2B institutional model, contracting with school districts, health systems, and government bodies on annual per-child SaaS agreements across the US, Australia, Singapore, and the UK. The platform currently serves 19,500+ active users across 78 countries and 1,260+ cities, with over 1 million children under institutional contract. Clinical outcomes from a 600+ child pilot include 80% reduction in panic symptoms, 90% improved self-management, and 100% improved behaviour over 10 days. | Pre-Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | |
BOP Industries
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BOP Industries provides school holiday programmes, events, and master classes for young people wanting to make a change and bring their ideas to life. It is a holographic projection startup bringing magic to technology. | Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | |
Edoome
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The most friendly and easy to use social learning management system that connects teachers with their students for effective communication and collaboration and provides tools to help teachers save time in planning, assessing and keeping track of their students’ progress, unifying everything in just one platform. | Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | |
Catembe
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Catembe provides students with engaging learning experiences that work equally well in the classroom, lecture theatre, or online. | Pre-Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | |
Enrise
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Enrise is an Australian registered charity delivering supported educational services through Need a Tutor. | Grant / Apr 29, 2020 | |
Young Change Agents
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Young Change Agents helps young people see problems as opportunities through entrepreneurship. Its entrepreneurship program is for 10-18-year-olds. It provides them with the tools to think creatively, build skills in critical thinking and communication and empowers them to believe that they are good enough to be entrepreneurs, leaders andworld-changers.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | Pre-Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | |
Future Amp
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Future Amp is a career education platform that specializes in careers, skills, and employability development. | Pre-Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
Future Minds Accelerator
13 deals together
Artesian VC
4 deals together
Black Sheep Capital
4 deals together
MIRIN CAPITAL
3 deals together
Xcelerate
3 deals together
Coca-Cola Amatil
2 deals together
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FAQ
What does BlueChilli invest in?
BlueChilli invests primarily in Education, Software and E-Learning startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at BlueChilli includes Luther Poier (CFO), Cheryl Gledhill (Head of Product) and Chris Ball (Head of Partnerships), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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