# Jelix Ventures

> Jelix Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 58 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 58
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last fund: Sep 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18191088/
- Website: http://jelix.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jelixventures/

Jelix Ventures is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Software and Information Technology. Jelix Ventures invests in world class Australian and New Zealand tech startups with sector insiders. Jelix invest in visionary young technology companies to accelerate growth and focus on globally scalable businesses positioned to disrupt traditional markets with innovative technology, led by tenacious entrepreneurs. Jelix is led by startup sectorinsiders, both experienced investors and entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $653k–$5.9M |
| Series A | $1.9M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 26% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 9% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 9% |
| SaaS | 4 | 7% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 7% |

81 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 29 | 50% |
| Series A | 10 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 3% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 32 | 55% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrea Gardiner | Founder and CEO | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-gardiner |
| Kym Hooper | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kym-hooper |
| Ian Gardiner | Investment Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-gardiner |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Syenta | Enabling the transition to 2.5D and 3D chiplet stacking and increasing the performance of semiconductor chips to meet the growing demand. | $25.9M | Series A | Mar 23, 2026 |  |
| Bitwise Agronomy | Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential. | $655.1K | Seed | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Syenta | Enabling the transition to 2.5D and 3D chiplet stacking and increasing the performance of semiconductor chips to meet the growing demand. | $5.7M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| PropHero | Our mission is to make property investment simple, stress-free and data-driven. PropHero helps you find, buy and manage the best investment properties using an online platform and propriertary AI algorithms. | $15.9M | Series A | Feb 19, 2025 |  |
| Quantum Brilliance | Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing. | $20M | Series A | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Fugu | Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age |  | Seed | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| Fugu Carbon | Fugu Carbon is a machinery manufacturing company that helps in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology from air. |  | Seed | Jul 08, 2024 |  |
| Gelomics | Gelomics operates as a biotechnology company. Gelomics provides 3D cell culture technologies. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 04, 2024 |  |
| Tability | Tability empowers teams to stay focused and accountable with a goal-tracking software designed for OKRs, KPIs, and projects. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales. |  | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Hatch | Hatch is a recruiting platform that allows businesses to recruit people in a variety of professions. They assist individuals and teams in presenting their true selves so that they may discover their actual match and connect from the start. Hatch simplifies best practice, unbiased hiring so that every candidate has a fair chance.Hatch isheadquartered in Australian Capital Territory, Australia and was founded in 2017. | $4.6M | Seed | Feb 18, 2024 |  |

10 of 58 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Jelix Ventures invest in?

Jelix Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 58 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jelix Ventures's check size?

Jelix Ventures typically joins rounds of $653k–$5.9M at Seed and $1.9M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jelix Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Jelix Ventures?

Public channels for Jelix Ventures include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 Jelix Ventures?

The team at Jelix Ventures includes Andrea Gardiner (Founder and CEO), Kym Hooper (Chief Financial Officer) and Ian Gardiner (Investment 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 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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