# Laura Faulconer

> Laura Faulconer is a pre-seed investor in Sydney backing Finance and FinTech. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-faulconer/

Laura Faulconer is a pre-seed investor in Sydney focused on Finance and FinTech. Laura Faulconer has built a career in entrepreneurship support, architecting and delivering major initiatives aimed at accelerating commercialisation of IP-anchored advanced technologies. Trained as a biomedical engineer, she has worked at the intersection of research translation, commercial development and fundraising with deep experience inmedical devices and health technologies.Before joining WNT, she was CTO for The Actuator/STC Australia where she designed and launched a seed-to-Series A accelerator for regulated medical devices, forming the basis for a dedicated $75M (AUD) seed investment fund. While there, she designed and launched Australia's largest and longest-running medical device startup competition, with ongoing support from major corporates, governments and publicly funded research organisations. She scaled this program from state-based to national and laid the groundwork for international expansion. She has also held roles including Associate Professor of Science at Monash University, in Global Challenges: science + entrepreneurship = impact; Marketing & Business Development Officer at MiniFAB, a contract point of care diagnostics manufacturer; Director of Innovation Projects at COIN, a not-for-profit entrepreneurship support initiative cultivating an emerging nanobiotechnology cluster.She is an experienced entrepreneur, and is passionate about mentoring and enabling fellow entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$1.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $135k–$3.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 18% |
| FinTech | 1 | 9% |
| Cannabis | 1 | 9% |
| Consumer | 1 | 9% |
| Internet | 1 | 9% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Seed | 2 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CalcTree | CalcTree brings engineering teams, designs and calculations together. In traditional engineering design and construction, projects all begin with a design process. Architects, civil, mechanical, electrical and geotechnical engineers, as well as contractors and builders all work together to design structures down to the last bolt before a shoveleven touches the ground. This process is slow, expensive and a complete mess both literally and digitally. It’s rife with data fragmentation and complexity, and CalcTree is solving that.Learn about CalcTree's mission, backstory and current investors here: https://www.calctree.com/about | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | May 28, 2025 |  |
| Paytron | PAYTRON is a global fintech based in Sydney, Australia. The company is focused on helping SME businesses and their accountants avoid wasting resources on mundane processes, with a borderless transaction account that moves money efficiently, automates bookkeeping and delivers insights to grow. | $250K | Seed | Sep 30, 2022 |  |
| One Key Access | One Key Access is a platform that provides users with universal access control to physical locations. One Key Access is currently providing couriers with universal access to buildings. | $673K |  | May 02, 2022 |  |
| One Key Access | One Key Access is a platform that provides users with universal access control to physical locations. One Key Access is currently providing couriers with universal access to buildings. | $705.1K | Pre-Seed | May 02, 2022 |  |
| One Key Access | One Key Access is a platform that provides users with universal access control to physical locations. One Key Access is currently providing couriers with universal access to buildings. | $705.1K | Pre-Seed | May 02, 2022 |  |
| Trace | Trace is the first Australian-based consumer subscription service for carbon offsetting, making it simple for anyone to live a carbon neutral life. Trace makes carbon offsetting rewarding and fun through a delightful digital member experience. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| CalcTree | CalcTree brings engineering teams, designs and calculations together. In traditional engineering design and construction, projects all begin with a design process. Architects, civil, mechanical, electrical and geotechnical engineers, as well as contractors and builders all work together to design structures down to the last bolt before a shoveleven touches the ground. This process is slow, expensive and a complete mess both literally and digitally. It’s rife with data fragmentation and complexity, and CalcTree is solving that.Learn about CalcTree's mission, backstory and current investors here: https://www.calctree.com/about | $612.7K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Blakthumb | Blakthumb's platform gives cannabis and food operators the structure and flexibility they need to plan, manage, and analyze production in order to optimize for efficiency. Blakthumb's mission is to help organizations scale their production and manage risk through operational data and insights. Blakthumb assists in reducing errors andconnecting data across business verticals so that informed decisions can be made. | $135K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Vyro | Vyro is Australia's first virtual electric car showroom. You can compare, buy, and finance an electric automobile from the comfort of your own home thanks to the company's flawless internet purchasing experience. | $138.7K | Pre-Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Sapyen | Sapyen is an at home male fertility diagnostic startup built to access fertility and reproductive care from anywhere. They offer male fertility testing from home that includes tests for concentration, motility, morphology, viscosity, and volume. |  |  | Nov 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Brisbane Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brisbane-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LaunchVic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-vic) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [5 Pillars Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/5-pillars-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Epoch Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epoch-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Laura Faulconer invest in?

Laura Faulconer invests primarily in Finance, FinTech and Cannabis startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Laura Faulconer's check size?

Laura Faulconer typically joins rounds of $250k–$1.5M at Seed and $135k–$3.8M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Laura Faulconer participates in.

### How do I contact Laura Faulconer?

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### When did Laura Faulconer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Laura Faulconer closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 11 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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