# Jolimont Capital

> Jolimont Capital is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Hardware and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2009
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jolimont-capital-pty-ltd
- Website: http://www.jolimontcapital.com.au

Jolimont Capital is a private equity firm that provides early- and later-stage venture investments to firms in the technology sector. It was founded in 2003 by Charles Gillies and Lex McArthur and is based in Victoria.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Gillies | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-gillies |
| Carol Sullivan | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carol-sullivan |
| Lex McArthur | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lex-mcarthur |
| Teresa Engelhard | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/teresa-engelhard |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RPO | RPO, Inc. develops, designs, and manufactures waveguides for the consumer electronics market. The company’s products include digital waveguide touch systems, which is a touch screen solution applied in various products, including gameplayers, cellphones, PDAs, GPS systems, automotive control displays, multimedia players, and tablet personalcomputers, as well as in ATM’s and gambling machines. It also manufactures polymer optical waveguides on wafer and panel substrates. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. It has a research and development facility in Canberra, Australia; and pilot assembly operations in Sydney, Australia. | $19.3M | Series C | Nov 09, 2009 |  |
| Redfern Integrated Optics | Redfern Integrated Optics develops and manufactures optical transmitters based on proprietary PLANEX (Planar External Cavity Laser) technology, which enables high performance at low cost for various applications.RIO planar ECL consists of a gain chip and a planar waveguide circuit (PLC) with Bragg grating which forms a laser cavity. This hassignificant advantages such as; very narrow spectral linewidth, low phase noise and RIN, optimized chirp, low wavelength sensitivity to temperature and bias current, and low power consumption. | $8.4M | Series C | Jul 13, 2005 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Advent International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advent-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Allen & Buckeridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-buckeridge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [GE Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ge-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JIF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-asia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neo Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Jolimont Capital invest in?

Jolimont Capital invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Electronics startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Jolimont Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Jolimont Capital?

The team at Jolimont Capital includes Charles Gillies (Managing Partner & Co-Founder), Carol Sullivan (Chief Financial Officer) and Lex McArthur (Managing Partner & Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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