# John Mullen

> John Mullen is a seed investor in Sydney backing Apps, FinTech and Lending. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johmullen/?originalSubdomain=au

John Mullen is a seed investor in Sydney focused on Apps and FinTech. John Mullen is the Chairman at Telstra.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Lending | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cohabit | Cohabit is a digital platform offering data access for building buyers, owners, and managers. | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| Grapple | Grapple provides financing and B2B payment solutions. They work capital financing manageable and accessible by eliminating slow processing times, onerous onboarding practices, and outdated systems. They enable businesses to access the money in their unpaid invoices. | $4.6M | Angel | May 20, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does John Mullen invest in?

John Mullen invests primarily in Apps, FinTech and Lending startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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 John Mullen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Mullen closed in Jul 2025. 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?

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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