# David Simons

> David Simons is a Series D investor at Future Fund (Melbourne) backing GPS and Drones. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Future Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-fund)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnsimons/

David Simons is a Director of Private Equity at Future Fund, the A$129.6bn sovereign wealth fund of Australia. He joined Future Fund in 2008 and helps manage A$24 billion of commitments to private equity funds, co-investments and other direct investment opportunities globally. He leads the due diligence effort for new manager appointments and sitson a number of Advisory Boards. David has 16 years’ experience in private equity and, prior to joining Future Fund, he spent 6 years making direct investments for a PE fund in Australasia. David holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Masters of Commerce from the University of Auckland.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GPS | 1 | 50% |
| Drones | 1 | 50% |
| Hardware | 1 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series D | 1 | 50% |
| Series E | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Swift Navigation | Swift Navigation was founded in 2012 to make GPS positioning technology more accurate and affordable. Today Swift Navigation has gained a reputation for defining a new category of GNSS systems as the industry’s first low-cost, high-accuracy real-time kinematics (RTK) receiver. Its GPS and GNSS positioning products are available at a fraction of theprice of the competition and deliver 100 times better accuracy than the GPS in a cell phone. Swift Navigation’s technology benefits a multitude of industries and applications—including autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), precision agriculture, robotics, surveying, and space. With its innovation and technology honored by Inc.’s and Forbes 30 Under 30 lists, Swift Navigation is enabling a world where fields farm themselves, drones fly safely and autonomous transportation can take you home. Swift Navigation provides an end-to-end GNSS solution with a line of Piksi, Multi, and Duro / Duro Inertial receivers, Starling, Positioning Engine, and Skylark Cloud Corrections Service. | $50M | Series E | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Swift Navigation | Swift Navigation was founded in 2012 to make GPS positioning technology more accurate and affordable. Today Swift Navigation has gained a reputation for defining a new category of GNSS systems as the industry’s first low-cost, high-accuracy real-time kinematics (RTK) receiver. Its GPS and GNSS positioning products are available at a fraction of theprice of the competition and deliver 100 times better accuracy than the GPS in a cell phone. Swift Navigation’s technology benefits a multitude of industries and applications—including autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), precision agriculture, robotics, surveying, and space. With its innovation and technology honored by Inc.’s and Forbes 30 Under 30 lists, Swift Navigation is enabling a world where fields farm themselves, drones fly safely and autonomous transportation can take you home. Swift Navigation provides an end-to-end GNSS solution with a line of Piksi, Multi, and Duro / Duro Inertial receivers, Starling, Positioning Engine, and Skylark Cloud Corrections Service. | $100M | Series D | Oct 18, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EPIQ Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epiq-capital-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TELUS Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Buckley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buckley-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Future Fund

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

Future Fund is an investment fund connected to the Australian Government.

5 contacts available at Future Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Simons | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-simons-2 |
| Gordon McKellar | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gordon-mckellar |
| Justin Ginnivan | Director, Infrastructure and Timberlands | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-ginnivan |
| Raphael Arndt | Chief Investment Officerd | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raphael-arndt |
| David Neal | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-neal-cc64 |

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## FAQ

### What does David Simons invest in?

David Simons invests primarily in GPS, Drones and Hardware startups, most often at Series D and Series E stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Simons last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Simons closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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