# Harley Paroulakis

> Harley Paroulakis is a seed investor at Paspalis (Sydney) backing Aerospace and Manufacturing. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Paspalis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paspalis-innovation-and-investment-fund)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 69%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harleyparoulakis/
- Website: https://paspalis.com.au/harley-paroulakis/#:~:text=Harley%20Paroulakis%20serves%20as%20the,growth%20in%20the%20Northern%20Territory.

Harley Paroulakis is a seed investor at Paspalis in Sydney focused on Aerospace and Manufacturing. Harley Paroulakis CEO Paspalis Innovation Investment Fund.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 4 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 19% |
| Logistics | 2 | 13% |
| Transportation | 2 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 6 | 38% |
| Singapore | 6 | 38% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Polybee | Polybee develops autonomous drone systems designed for agricultural applications. They focus on automating yield forecasting and pollination using drones, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. Their technology aims to reduce uncertainty in agriculture by providing solutions for seed companies, vertical farming operations, and greenhousecooperatives. Polybee's innovations are particularly useful in environments. | $4.3M | Seed | Feb 09, 2026 |  |
| Atomionics | Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration. | $12.7M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Transcelestial Technologies | Transcelestial is developing the fastest, long-distance, point-to-point wireless communication network possible. It will be delivered as a space data network for terrestrial and satellite applications, which will use lasers to transfer data at up to 1000x faster than what is currently available. The network will be difficult to jam and will notneed any spectrum pre-allocation or regulation. | $5.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Equatorial Space | Equatorial Space is a rocket propulsion and launcher startup that aspires to make space launch as safe and affordable as commercial air travel.We will achieve that goal by simplifying the most failure-prone and expensive part of launch vehicles - their propulsion. Our rocket systems are non-explosive, eco-friendly, and halve the componentrequirements while being potentially reusable. This safe and efficient combination is made possible thanks to our proprietary solid fuel composition with a wide range of civilian and military applications.Equatorial Space won the MBRSC Innovation Cup in Dubai in 2018, and graduated from The Hangar by NUS Enterprise programme in Singapore in 2019. We have been featured in a number of regional and international publications including Channel NewsAsia, Nikkei Asian Review and South China Morning Post prior to incorporation of an American C Corporation to foster our growth.In 2021, Equatorial Space secured a place in the inaugural batch of the Q Station Accelerator, backed by the US Space Force and the Air Force Research Lab in Albuquerque, NM, and will soon announce securing a place in a prestigious accelerator programme in California.We are in the process of raising a USD 2m Seed Round to achieve TRL level of 7 with a test vehicle that will prove our rocket fuel in a hypersonic flight regime, which will be ready for launch by mid 2022. We plan to conduct a series of static fire demonstrations in the United States at the NASA Stennis Space Centre around the same time. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 05, 2024 |  |
| Equatorial Space | Equatorial Space is a rocket propulsion and launcher startup that aspires to make space launch as safe and affordable as commercial air travel.We will achieve that goal by simplifying the most failure-prone and expensive part of launch vehicles - their propulsion. Our rocket systems are non-explosive, eco-friendly, and halve the componentrequirements while being potentially reusable. This safe and efficient combination is made possible thanks to our proprietary solid fuel composition with a wide range of civilian and military applications.Equatorial Space won the MBRSC Innovation Cup in Dubai in 2018, and graduated from The Hangar by NUS Enterprise programme in Singapore in 2019. We have been featured in a number of regional and international publications including Channel NewsAsia, Nikkei Asian Review and South China Morning Post prior to incorporation of an American C Corporation to foster our growth.In 2021, Equatorial Space secured a place in the inaugural batch of the Q Station Accelerator, backed by the US Space Force and the Air Force Research Lab in Albuquerque, NM, and Techstars Los Angeles.The Company maintains presence in Singapore, Australia and the United States | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 05, 2024 |  |
| Liandra Swim | Liandra Swim is a clothing company that produces swimwear using recycled fabrics and biodegradable packaging. Liandra Swim uses an environment-friendly approach. Liandra Swim fuses Aboriginal Australian Culture with on-trend premium designer swim + resort wear. Swimwear includes seamless designs and striking prints. All bikinis are soldseparately, to allow match styles, prints, and sizes.The prints are inspired by Aboriginal Australian culture. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Aliena | ALIENA was born as a trustful provider of electric propulsion solutions for nowadays small satellites markets. The lack of propulsion systems shorten the lifetime and limits the mission capabilities of small satellites. Moreover, the slow and arduous development of cathode (electron emitter) technology for small power plasma thrusters still hindersthe employment of effective propulsion units onboard such satellites. | $5.6M | Series A | Mar 21, 2024 |  |
| WUNA | WUNA is a secure, quick-access ID platform that empowers users to manage personal information and share it with organisations that need it. |  | Seed | Oct 23, 2023 |  |
| Corrosion instruments | Corrosion instruments is an electronics manufacturing company that produces hardware devices and corrosion instruments. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 10, 2023 |  |
| Liandra Swim | Liandra Swim is a clothing company that produces swimwear using recycled fabrics and biodegradable packaging. Liandra Swim uses an environment-friendly approach. Liandra Swim fuses Aboriginal Australian Culture with on-trend premium designer swim + resort wear. Swimwear includes seamless designs and striking prints. All bikinis are soldseparately, to allow match styles, prints, and sizes.The prints are inspired by Aboriginal Australian culture. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2023 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Farquhar VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farquhar-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IQT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/in-q-tel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Seeds Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seeds-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Beyond Earth Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-earth-technologies) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BHP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhp-billiton-petroleum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Paspalis

VC Fund · Darwin, Australia

Paspalis is a leading venture capital investor in Northern Australia. We invest in innovative companies, both locally and globally, looking to do business in the Northern Territory.

3 contacts available at Paspalis.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Farrugia | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-farrugia-9a32 |
| Geoff Thomas | Investment Committee member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoff-thomas-4cd9 |
| Harley Paroulakis | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harley-paroulakis |

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## FAQ

### What does Harley Paroulakis invest in?

Harley Paroulakis invests primarily in Aerospace, Manufacturing and Logistics startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Harley Paroulakis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Harley Paroulakis closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 16 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?

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