# Leighton Roberts

> Leighton Roberts is a pre-seed investor at Sharesies (Wellington) backing FinTech and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sharesies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharesies)
- Location: Wellington, New Zealand
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leightonroberts/

Leighton Roberts is a pre-seed investor at Sharesies in Wellington focused on FinTech and Software. Leighton Roberts - Co-founder, Co-CEO and Director @ Sharesies

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$2.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| Career Planning | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marloo | Marloo is an AI-assistant that empowers financial advisers to focus on building client relationships, instead of paperwork. | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Excellent | Excellent develops an employee experience platform for the employee experience movement through learning, community, and certification. They specialize in embedding in teams, helping each individual, connecting the entire organization, adding employee experience design capabilities, and creating a culture of performance. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Co Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/co-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sharesies

VC Fund · Wellington, New Zealand

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5 contacts available at Sharesies.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leighton Roberts | Co-founder, Co-CEO and Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leighton-roberts |
| Adiraj Gup | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adiraj-gupta |
| Ben Crotty | Co-founder and Design Chief | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-crotty |
| Brendan Doggett | Country Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-doggett |
| Brooke Roberts | Co-Founder and Director; Director, Sharesies AU Pty Limited; 3EO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooke-roberts |

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## FAQ

### What does Leighton Roberts invest in?

Leighton Roberts invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Education startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Leighton Roberts's check size?

Leighton Roberts typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$2.7M 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 Leighton Roberts participates in.

### When did Leighton Roberts last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Leighton Roberts closed in Sep 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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