# Matthew Clunies-Ross

> Matthew Clunies-Ross is a seed investor at Artesian VC (London) backing Battery and Wireless. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-clunies-ross-aba30440

Matthew Clunies-Ross is a seed investor at Artesian VC in London focused on Battery and Wireless. Matthew co-founded Artesian in 2004 and is the Chief Investment Officer. Matthew is based in Artesian's Melbourne office.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Battery | 1 | 33% |
| Wireless | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |
| Life Science | 1 | 33% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 2 | 67% |
| India | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zero Cow Factory | Zero Cow Factory is reinventing the meaning of traditional dairy and food industry by producing India's first animal-free milk protein and dairy products (certainly a world's first A2 milk protein) using bioengineering the microbes & precision fermentation. Our patented technology is to reproduce nature identical milk proteins tocraft real dairy products that are ethical, safe, delicious, and identical to cow milk without any animal involved. Our products are free of lactose, antibiotics, hormone, cholesterol and saturated fat. Our technology is also environmentally friendly and there is 99% less land consumption, 98% less water consumption, 84% less CO2e consumption and 65% less energy consumption compared to traditional dairy industry. | $130K | Pre-Seed | Sep 16, 2022 |  |
| Binary Tech | Binary Tech creates off the shelf and bespoke solutions for businesses who need timely, reliable and cost-effective information from assets in the field. | $1.3M | Seed | Feb 04, 2022 |  |
| Sicona Battery Technologies | Sicona develops battery materials for lithium-ion batteries, with a focus on silicon-carbon (SiC) anode materials that improve battery energy density and charging performance. The company designs and commercializes silicon-based anode technologies using abundant silicon metal as a core material for electric vehicles and energy storage applications.In addition to its silicon-carbon anode materials, Sicona develops complementary battery materials and manufacturing processes intended to support large-scale battery production. The company collaborates with research institutions and industry partners to advance battery material technologies and their commercial deployment. Its technologies are intended to improve the performance and efficiency of lithium-ion batteries used in electrification and renewable energy systems. | $2.7M | Seed | Aug 10, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Beachhead Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beachhead-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brinc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brinc-io) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chaos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chaos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Riverstone Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riverstone-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SDGx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sdgx) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Artesian VC

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

5 contacts available at Artesian VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luke Fay | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-fay |
| Matthew Clunies-Ross | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-clunies-ross |
| David Gallagher | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-gallagher-5 |
| David Rohrsheim | Portfolio Manager, South Australian Venture Capital Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-rohrsheim |
| Felix Zhang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felix-zhang |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Clunies-Ross invest in?

Matthew Clunies-Ross invests primarily in Battery, Wireless and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Matthew Clunies-Ross last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Clunies-Ross closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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