# Gandel Invest

> Gandel Invest is a VC fund in Malvern backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Malvern, Australia
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gandel-invest
- Website: http://gandelinvest.com.au/

Gandel Invest is a VC fund in Malvern focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Gandel Invest makes strategic, non-controlling investments in growing businesses.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$9M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$29M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $5.4M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 24% |
| Internet | 6 | 18% |
| Food and Beverage | 5 | 15% |
| Travel | 4 | 12% |
| Blockchain | 4 | 12% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 35% |
| Series A | 8 | 24% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 9% |
| Series B | 2 | 6% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 16 | 47% |
| Singapore | 5 | 15% |
| Israel | 2 | 6% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Gandel | Investment Manager | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-gandel |
| Tony Gandel | Managing Director & Founder | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-gandel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Swan AI | Swan AI is an AI-powered GTM platform that deploys autonomous agents to identify and engage high-intent leads. It analyzes visitor behavior and buying signals to qualify prospects in real time. The platform helps businesses convert website traffic into sales meetings and pipeline growth. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| EatClub | EatClub operates a digital platform that connects consumers with restaurants offering time-based promotions to manage excess food inventory and demand fluctuations. The platform enables restaurants to create dynamic offers that are visible to users through a mobile application, allowing customers to purchase discounted meals for dine-in, takeaway,or delivery. EatClub provides participating venues with tools to control pricing, manage offer timing, and track redemption data. The service supports restaurants in adjusting demand during slower trading periods while giving users access to reduced-price dining options. Its model focuses on optimizing food sales through real-time offer distribution and in-app payment processing. | $11.7M | Series A | May 16, 2025 |  |
| upcover | upcover is an AI-native Commercial Insurance Broker / MGA and a CB Insights Top 50 Global Insurtech, HQed in Australia.We have assisted thousands of Small, Mid-market and Technology Businesses with world class coverage and risk management solutions via our team of product specialists, our risk advisors, and upcover's extensive network80+ local and global underwriting partners. | $11M | Series A | Feb 10, 2025 |  |
| Demether | Demether is a DeFi protocol that works to enable zero-cost access to TVL for blockchains. |  | Angel | Jul 08, 2024 |  |
| LightLink | EVM-compatible, optimistic-rollup Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain offering a gasless Enterprise Mode. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| Singularity | Portal Gate operates as a compliant on-chain gateway to privacy and anonymity. | $2.2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| Good Pair Days | Imagine you walked into your bottleshop and the friendly clerk knew who you were right away and remembered all your preferences. What you liked, what you didn't like, and remembered all the previous bottles that he or she had sold you and what you had rated them after you finished them. They then used all this info to select a number ofnew bottles which you hadn't tried before, that they thought you would love. Not only that, but they handed you a card for each bottle with the story behind the makers, sommelier written tasting notes and food pairings, and its very own individually constructed matching recipe. But just before you walked out of the store, they had a look had a quick look at your customer file and saw that you had tried a bunch of new regions, wine styles, production methods and even shared notes with friends over the last month, so they rewarded you with points to redeem for free bottles on your next visit. |  | Series B | Jul 26, 2023 |  |
| Singularity | Portal Gate operates as a compliant on-chain gateway to privacy and anonymity. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 19, 2023 |  |
| Reebelo | Reebelo operates as an online marketplace specializing in refurbished and pre-owned electronics. The company offers a selection of certified devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops, aiming to provide alternatives to new products through a sustainable approach. Reebelo manages quality assurance processes to ensure device functionalityand condition. The platform facilitates buying and selling while providing warranties and customer support related to its products. The company serves both individual consumers and businesses seeking refurbished technology solutions. | $29M | Series A | Mar 20, 2023 |  |
| Fable Food | Fable Food Co is a meat alternative company known for its meaty food made from mushrooms, which are clean label, minimally processed and made with all natural plant-based ingredients. The products are available in Harris Farm Markets, Coles and Woolworths, as well as Marley Spoon and Dinnerly meal delivery kits, and in various restaurant menusaround Australia, Singapore, and the UK. | $8.6M | Series A | Feb 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Gandel Invest invest in?

Gandel Invest invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Gandel Invest's check size?

Gandel Invest typically joins rounds of $100k–$9M at Seed, $1.2M–$29M at Series A and $5.4M–$6M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gandel Invest participates in.

### How do I contact Gandel Invest?

Public channels for Gandel Invest include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Gandel Invest?

The team at Gandel Invest includes Adam Gandel (Investment Manager) and Tony Gandel (Managing Director & Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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