Grand Prix Capital
VC Fund
Bondi, Australia
Grand Prix Capital (GPC) is a private venture capital and investment firm specialized in rapid growth, start-up, private and microcap listed businesses. The GPC name and logo point to their mission - to make the businesses they deal with winners in an environment where speed of execution is often of tantamount importance.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
Last updated:
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Industries Grand Prix Capital invests in
Stages Grand Prix Capital invests in
Countries Grand Prix Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $168k–$1.7M
- Series A
- $1M–$2.7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (29%)
- Marketplace 4 (29%)
- Hospitality 3 (21%)
- Travel 2 (14%)
- E-Commerce 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (50%)
- Angel 3 (21%)
- Series A 2 (14%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (7%)
Country
- Australia 10 (71%)
- Singapore 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Les Szekely
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 24 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betterx is a technology company focused on infrastructure to support Web3.0 and Digital Assets. | $1.7M / Seed / Mar 17, 2025 | ||
| Programa is an all-in-one platform for professional designers, brands, renovators, and homeowners.Programa’s project management software seeks to solve workflow problems for the A&D industry to help them run projects more efficiently, and to seamlessly integrate with brands to make quoting and procurement far easier. | $1.5M / Seed / Aug 02, 2021 | ||
| Funding.com.au is an online lending marketplace for real estate-backed short-term mortgages Founded in 2015, after seeing a unique gap in the market for short-term mortgage solutions – that the big banks traditionally didn’t focus on | Seed / Dec 10, 2019 | ||
| 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. | $2.7M / Series A / Sep 01, 2018 | ||
| VenueNow is Australia's favourite way to find, compare and book the perfect venue for your upcoming meeting or event. Find the space that ticks every one of your event boxes, from over 10,000 hand-picked spaces from restaurants, function centres, stadiums, warehouses, hotels and uniquely hidden spaces around the country. We've workedwith companies like Woolworths, Jetstar, PwC, Virgin and Goldman Sachs to find the perfect space for their conferences, end of financial year parties, Christmas events and client presentations. And for our venue partners? We have sent over $500 Million in enquiries in the last few years. | Seed / May 01, 2018 | ||
| Fully configurable, all-in-one booking software. All the tools you need to manage and sell your products online, with one simple platform to manage and grow your distribution. | $2M / Mar 07, 2018 | ||
| Fully configurable, all-in-one booking software. All the tools you need to manage and sell your products online, with one simple platform to manage and grow your distribution. | $2.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 07, 2018 | ||
| Bluethumb is Australia’s premiere online art marketplace, disrupting the traditional gallery system by allowing Australian artists to sell their art directly to buyers. Art lovers can unearth original one-off artworks at affordable prices.Unlike other online galleries, Bluethumb connects Australian artists with Australian art lovers on an equalplatform. Any artist can quickly set up a gallery page and sell on their site, so they have some of the best-established artists in the business exhibiting alongside complete newcomers to the scene with everything in between.Technology and innovation in the art world is what Bluethumb is all about. In 2014, The Bluethumb – art unearthed app was awarded Best Shopping App in the Australian Mobile & App Design Awards. | $1M / Series A / Apr 10, 2017 | ||
| Founded by ex-Yahoo execs, Noga Edelstein and Elke Keeley, UrbanYou (formerly UrbanOutsource) is Australia's leading platform for household services on-demand. In 60 seconds, customers can book a pre-approved cleaner or gardener for a time suitable to them. | $500K / Seed / Oct 15, 2015 | ||
| Shippit makes multi-carrier connectivity and carrier allocation simple, so you can offer more delivery options and sustainable, cost-effective shipments. | Angel / Jan 01, 2015 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Grand Prix Capital invest in?
Grand Prix Capital invests primarily in Software, Marketplace and Hospitality startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 14 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 Grand Prix Capital invest in?
Grand Prix Capital typically joins rounds of $168k–$1.7M at Seed and $1M–$2.7M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Grand Prix Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Grand Prix Capital took part in.
How do I contact Grand Prix Capital?
Public channels for Grand Prix Capital include 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 Grand Prix Capital?
The team at Grand Prix Capital includes Les Szekely (Managing Director). 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 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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