Daniel Gavel
Director & Founder @ Black Sheep Capital
Brisbane, Australia
Daniel Gavel is an entrepreneur and investor who has founded a number of businesses including early stage investment firm Black Sheep Capital, leading Queensland property developer Golden State Property, and venture capital firm Full Circle Venture Capital.Dan started out in financial advisory, growing his own practice before exiting the industryin 2013 and establishing Black Sheep Capital to invest in early-stage tech companies and other assets. Today, Black Sheep Capital is one of Australia’s most active angel and seed investors, and has funded a wide range of startups including Airtasker, Sendle and Go1.Dan plays an active role backing and mentoring startups, and contributing to the development of Australia’s innovation eco-system. He brings his commercial acumen and strong corporate networks to his investment activities, and believes strongly in the power of collaboration in helping new ventures grow to their full potential.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Daniel Gavel invests in
Stages Daniel Gavel invests in
Countries Daniel Gavel invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $128k–$4.9M
- Pre-Seed
- $502k–$705k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (50%)
- Machine Learning 2 (33%)
- CRM 1 (17%)
- SaaS 1 (17%)
- Mobile 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (33%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| PREVE seems to be focused on enhancing the physio experience through technology. PREVE is the leveraging AI, you're likely streamlining processes, improving communication, and personalizing care. | $2.2M / Seed / May 23, 2025 | ||
| Modo is a mindful productivity platform that enables overburdened and overwhelmed people to be present and focused on what matters. The company's software tool employs psychology, behavioral science, and user experience methodologies to help clients organize their ideas and discover clarity in the midst of daily living, resulting in long-termadvantages in both productivity and mental health.Modo was established in 2022 in Naarm, Melbourne by Peter Haasz. | $502.1K / Pre-Seed / Oct 12, 2022 | ||
| Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more. | $4.9M / Seed / May 15, 2022 | ||
| Llama Life is a platform that offers task timers to increase focus and attention, shortcut facilities to plan the day quickly and easily, preset lists to create templates, soundscapes to replace the unwanted noises, simple report management and workflow integration, enabling people to increase their productivity and manage their daily to-do listsby creating meeting agendas, keeping everyone on track during Zoom meetings and running large workshops, taking online classes as well as writing their masters thesis. | $704.5K / Pre-Seed / Apr 11, 2022 | ||
| Valiant is an online business loan marketplace in Australia. Its proprietary technology enables business owners and advisers to explore products and lenders that they have the highest probability of being funded. The company is driven by a mission to make sense of the madness and empower the small business owner and their advisers to find the bestloan option available. Valiant was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia. | $4M / Series A / Sep 03, 2018 | ||
| We operate Australia’s first predictive sports analytics platforms, Fantasy Insider and Stats Insider. The platforms elevate the sporting experience through data-driven sports content and discussion, match/ladder projections for the casual fan, deep projections for punters and fantasy sports players, and in-game simulations for secondscreen viewing, with detailed data for AFL, NRL, Cricket and Soccer. Using our predictive models, we simulate the performance of every player and team providing users with predictions on: the value of a player in their fantasy team, the best selections for their tipping contest, the profitability of a bet, or just a prediction on how their favorite team will go that weekend. | $128K / Seed / Nov 01, 2015 |
Co-Investors
About Black Sheep Capital
Black Sheep Capital is making its mark as a preferred investment capital provider due to their 'Everyone Wins' approach. Their philosophy is to work with their investment partners to create and grow opportunities where they can all enjoy success. Through this approach, they have been able to create a diverse portfolio of investments that continues to grow.
Black Sheep Capital Contacts
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Daniel Gavel
Director & Founder
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Paul Osborne
Director
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FAQ
What does Daniel Gavel invest in?
Daniel Gavel invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Daniel Gavel invest in?
Daniel Gavel typically joins rounds of $128k–$4.9M at Seed and $502k–$705k at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Daniel Gavel's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Daniel Gavel took part in.
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When did Daniel Gavel last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Gavel closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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