# Commencer Capital

> Commencer Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Commencer Capital is a capital partner for founders and their emerging companies in Australia and New Zealand.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.6M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 22% |
| Digital Media | 2 | 22% |
| SEM | 1 | 11% |
| SEO | 1 | 11% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Phillips | Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-phillips-fe51 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MadeComfy | MadeComfy is a technology focused property management and hospitality company operating in major Australian cities. We generate higher returns for our property owners in the short and mid-term rental market through data-driven pricing strategies and a customer-centric focus on the guest experience. Our guests enjoy the best parts of hotel stayssuch as professional cleaning standards and easy online booking, paired with the comforts of home like a full kitchen, separate living areas and the convenience of contactless self check-in. | $10M |  | May 04, 2023 |  |
| Presien | Presien is a tool for industrial AI standardization, protecting effortlessly workers in a dynamic environment. |  | Seed | Dec 20, 2022 |  |
| mx51 | mx51 partners with acquirers and payment providers to deliver exceptional merchant experiences. mx51's bank-grade payments as a service platform and scalable cloud-based technology seamlessly connects the world of commerce into payments. mx51 was established in 2016 in Sydney, New South Wales by Magnus Hsu. | $32.5M | Series B | Jul 19, 2022 |  |
| Vitable | Vitable is a D2C company that helps individuals maintain a healthy and balanced diet through an innovative approach. Customers receive personalized vitamin boxes via a flexible subscription model, tailored to their goals, health, and lifestyle: no more standing and guessing in front of hundreds of bottles from the shelf. |  | Series A | May 27, 2022 |  |
| Inkl | inkl works with the world's top publishers, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Economist, Bloomberg, Washington Post and others - to create the world's most efficient news experience - without paywalls, clickbait or ads.We created inkl for people who need to know what's happening around the world but eitherdon't have the time to visit multiple news sites, or don't want to buy multiple news subscriptions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| mx51 | mx51 partners with acquirers and payment providers to deliver exceptional merchant experiences. mx51's bank-grade payments as a service platform and scalable cloud-based technology seamlessly connects the world of commerce into payments. mx51 was established in 2016 in Sydney, New South Wales by Magnus Hsu. | $25M | Series A | May 24, 2021 |  |
| Tiliter | Our agents extract meaningful information from visual inputs - whether from live cameras, uploaded photos, or archived footage and convert it into structured, actionable data.This enables businesses to automate visual tasks, improve quality control, and generate insights from the physical world - without relying on barcodes, QR codes, or manualchecks.Tiliter’s Vision Agents can recognise products, parts, packaging, and behaviours across industries like retail, logistics, and manufacturing. They work in real time or retrospectively, using existing visual data to detect anomalies, verify outcomes, or streamline operations.Cloud-first and designed for ease of integration, our agents are fast to deploy, hardware-agnostic, and scalable. We make it possible for businesses of any size to implement computer vision without needing in-house AI teams or complex infrastructure.Our mission is to make computer vision easy to use and accessible for everyone. | $4.6M | Series A | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| Longtail UX | Longtail UX patented technology makes AI-optimised content discovery achievable for every website - for better user experience and higher conversion rates from the Search channel (SEM & SEO):The users’ specific search queries can be answered comprehensively on the first landing page, with the most relevant content from anywhere on yourwebsiteNow businesses can show users exactly what they were looking for in one click, for 1,000s of search query variations:- The best matching products- The closest store locations- The most relevant articles and reviewsMaking SEO management as simple and powerful as AdWords for SEM, with ROI directly measurable in the clients own web analytics, Longtail UX has never delivered less than 50% uplift on revenue from generic keyword SEO.For SEM, Longtail UX provides the missing link between ultra-targeted Ad and Keyword targeting and the current limitations of static website structures and delivers 20-30% in ROAS from Paid Search through higher conversion rates and superior landing page quality score.Longtail UX landing pages are highly scalable and don't require any changes to the existing website structure.Patent ‘Improvements in website traffic optimization’: AU 2014299245; Patent pending in US, EU and further markets. “Improvements in landing page generation”, Patent pending in AU, US, EU, among others.Longtail UX was founded in 2013 and is Australian-owned and based in Sydney. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 14, 2020 |  |
| Vamp | Vamp is a global influencer marketing and content creation platform that connects brands like Adobe, Estée Lauder and Nestlé to its vetted community of creators, for beautifully effective campaigns. A trusted Business Partner of Facebook, Creative Marketing Partner of TikTok and Creative Partner of YouTube, Vamp provides brands with anomni-channel, self-serve solution for reaching their customers on social media. Vamp’s creators deliver premium, mobile-first content, turning marketing goals into reality. Whether it’s published in social feeds, transformed into ad-ready units or placed into targeted paid media campaigns, their content outperforms industry standards.Founded in Australia in 2015, Vamp now has global presence having completed campaigns in 65 countries. It has teams in Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, London, Jakarta and Tokyo. | $8.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 28, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Commencer Capital invest in?

Commencer Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce and Digital Media startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Commencer Capital's check size?

Commencer Capital typically joins rounds of $4.6M–$25M 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 Commencer Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Commencer Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Commencer Capital?

The team at Commencer Capital includes David Phillips (Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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