# David Kirk

> David Kirk is a Series A investor at Bailador Technology Investments backing Software and Advice. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bailador Technology Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bailador)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kirk-63b2a763/

David Kirk is a Series A investor at Bailador Technology Investments in Sydney focused on Software and Advice. David is the former Chief
 Executive of ASX-listed Fairfax
Media Ltd., where he led the 
successful investment into a
 number of internet businesses
 including Fairfax’s acquisition of
 Trade Me and Stayz. David has been a growth stage investor in technology-based businesses since 1999. He is Chairman of ASX-listed Trade Me Group Limited andKathmandu Holdings Limited, a Director of Forsyth Barr Limited, a privately-owned New Zealand investment firm, and a Director of each of SiteMinder, SMI and Viocorp.Prior to entering the corporate world, David enjoyed a highly successful rugby career, captaining the All Blacks to win the World Cup in 1987. He was awarded an MBE in 1988.David is a Rhodes Scholar with degrees in Medicine from Otago University, and Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Advice | 1 | 14% |
| EdTech | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Big Data | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 3 | 43% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NewOrbit Space | NewOrbit Space is a satellite manufacturing company. We engineer Earth's lowest orbiting satellites, at altitudes of 180km (3x lower than conventional LEO satellites) we enable better imagery resolution and telecommunication services from space. | $18.5M | Series A | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| PropHero | Our mission is to make property investment simple, stress-free and data-driven. PropHero helps you find, buy and manage the best investment properties using an online platform and propriertary AI algorithms. | $15.9M | Series A | Feb 19, 2025 |  |
| DASH Technology | DASH Technology provides financial services. They provide software, platform, and even wealth management space services. They provide advisers and broader wealth services. They provide inquiries through email, phone calls, and online applications. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| DASH Technology | DASH Technology provides financial services. They provide software, platform, and even wealth management space services. They provide advisers and broader wealth services. They provide inquiries through email, phone calls, and online applications. | $13.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 30, 2024 |  |
| Rosterfy | Rosterfy is an end-to-end Volunteer Management Software solution. It helps volunteer managers and their teams better organise their programs, increases visibility of their operation and engage with their volunteers. | $9.8M | Series A | Apr 11, 2023 |  |
| Instaclustr | Instaclustr delivers reliability at scale through an integrated data platform of open source technologies such as Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache SparkTM, RedisTM and ElasticsearchTM. Instaclustr allows companies to focus internal development and operational resources on building cutting edge customer-facing applications. Instaclustr nowhas more than 100 million node hours and 7 PB of data under management across its open source technology suite | $4.3M | Series B | Nov 23, 2016 |  |
| Rosterfy | Rosterfy is an end-to-end Volunteer Management Software solution. It helps volunteer managers and their teams better organise their programs, increases visibility of their operation and engage with their volunteers. |  |  |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Custos Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/custos-family-office) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fifth Wall](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifth-wall-ventures-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Illusian Founder Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/illusian-family-office) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jelix Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jelix-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bailador Technology Investments

VC Fund · Sydney, Australia

Bailador is a growth capital fund that focuses on the IT and media sectors, managed by an experienced team with demonstrated sector expertise. The company supports its portfolio companies in subsequent rounds of funding through their own participation and with introductions to larger international growth expansion funds. It assists in thepreparation and management of fundraising, M&A activity, and pre-IPO processes. The portfolio businesses of the company are DocsCorp, Click Loans Group, Rezdy, Stackla, iPRO Solutions, and SiteMinder.Bailador is an Australia-based company that was founded in 2010 by Paul Wilson and David Kirk.

4 contacts available at Bailador Technology Investments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Kirk | Co-Founder, Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-kirk-2 |
| James Johnstone | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-johnstone |
| Paul Wilson | Co-Founder, Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-wilson-7 |
| Andrea Kowalski | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-kowalski |

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## FAQ

### What does David Kirk invest in?

David Kirk invests primarily in Software, Advice and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Kirk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Kirk closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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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