# Henslow

> Henslow is a VC fund in Melbourne backing EdTech, FinTech and Payments. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://henslow.com/

Henslow is an independent advisory firm that supports growing companies and their stakeholders through every phase of the business evolutionary life cycle.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| InternMatch | InternMatch is a global EdTech platform and community focused on employment and career outcomes, bridging the employment gap since 2016. At our core, we're in the business of creating opportunity and sharing experience. We partner with leading companies, start-ups and education providers across the globe, to provide university students andcareer changers with professional internships, training and mentorship - gaining vital real-life, hands-on industry experience and significantly improving their career prospects. Through human connection, backed by our InternMatch cloud-based technology we are creating employment opportunities for 10,000+ people and counting. | $6.7M | Series A | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| PayRight | PayRight is an Australian payment plan provider developed for merchants to accelerate return-on-effort and for making things more affordable to consumers, by spreading the cost of purchases over time, without ever paying interest. It provides merchants a buy now, pay later flexible payment option to offer their customers, intended for bigger ticketitems that are more considered purchases rather than smaller impulse-driven buys.The company practices responsible for lending and performs extensive identification and credit checks to ensure a customer’s repayment capability. Merchants are paid upfront and in full on the same day and include a diverse mix of broad-reaching products and services such as direct sales businesses, home improvement, education, photography, dental, and health and beauty.PayRight was founded in 2016 by brothers Piers Redward and Myles Redward. The company has set its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. | $27M | Series D | Jul 30, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DOMA Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doma-303a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Escala Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/escala-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Henslow invest in?

Henslow invests primarily in EdTech, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Series A and Series D stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Henslow last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Henslow closed in Jul 2022. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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