# Jeremy Colless

> Jeremy Colless is a seed investor at VentureCrowd (Sydney) backing Video and Advertising. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VentureCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturecrowd)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremycolless
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/artesianvc
- Website: http://www.artesianinvest.com

Jeremy Colless is a seed investor at VentureCrowd in Sydney focused on Video and Advertising. Jeremy Colless is managing partner of Artesian Capital Management an alternative investment fund manager spun out of ANZ in 2004. As well as being a principal investor in early stage ventures in Australia and China, Artesian partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and universities to create early stage venture capitalco-investment funds such as the $10M Sydney Angels Sidecar Fund and Newcastle-based Slingshot Venture Fund. Prior to founding Artesian in 2004, Jeremy spent 18 years trading global bond/credit markets for investment banks including SG Warburg and Lehman Brothers in New York and Hong Kong.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 1 | 50% |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |
| Content Discovery | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NewsMaven | NewsMaven provides personalised recommendations on what to read next. Think of them like Google Adsense for news content. So, each time someone comes along to your content based site they provide a recommendation on other articles that might be of interest to that user. | $39K | Seed | Jun 06, 2013 |  |
| NewsMaven | NewsMaven provides personalised recommendations on what to read next. Think of them like Google Adsense for news content. So, each time someone comes along to your content based site they provide a recommendation on other articles that might be of interest to that user. | $40K | Pre-Seed | Jun 06, 2013 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About VentureCrowd

VC Fund · Sydney, Australia

VentureCrowd is an alternative investments crowdfunding platform providing investors unique access to fractional equity, property and credit investment opportunities.

5 contacts available at VentureCrowd.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Bartzis | Development Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-bartzis |
| Jeremy Colless | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-colless |
| Norman King | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norman-king |
| Rob Nankivell | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-nankivell |
| Tim Heasley | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-heasley |

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## FAQ

### What does Jeremy Colless invest in?

Jeremy Colless invests primarily in Video, Advertising and Content Discovery startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Jeremy Colless last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jeremy Colless closed in Jun 2013. 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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