# Matthew Pryor

> Matthew Pryor is a seed investor at Tenacious Ventures backing Information Technology and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tenacious Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tenacious-ventures)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmatthewpryor/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jmatthewpryor
- Website: https://x.com/jmatthewpryor

Matthew Pryor is a seed investor at Tenacious Ventures in Melbourne focused on Information Technology and Software. J. Matthew Pryor is the co-founder of Tenacious Ventures. He attended RMIT University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 25% |
| Information Services | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Azaneo | Azaneo develops lightning-fast electric weeding technology. Using only electrons - herbicide free. | $895.5K | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2023 |  |
| Geora | Geora is an open platform for securing and sharing data across agricultural industries. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 26, 2021 |  |
| RapidAIM | RapidAIM is addressing the lack of information of pest threats to food crops. The company’s platform technology of low-power novel sensors plus edge computing offers a service to the agriculture industry of regional pest surveillance, crop border security, and pest forecasts. |  |  | Mar 11, 2021 |  |
| RapidAIM | RapidAIM is addressing the lack of information of pest threats to food crops. The company’s platform technology of low-power novel sensors plus edge computing offers a service to the agriculture industry of regional pest surveillance, crop border security, and pest forecasts. |  | Seed | Mar 11, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alberts Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberts-impact-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flying Fox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fox) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GrainInnovate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graininnovate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IP Group Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ip-group-australia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NAB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nab-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tenacious Ventures

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

Tenacious Ventures is a venture capital firm that supports early-stage agri-food innovators and invests in the food and agriculture sectors.

3 contacts available at Tenacious Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Pryor | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-pryor |
| Sarah Nolet | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-nolet |
| Vela Georgiev | COO & Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vela-georgiev |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Pryor invest in?

Matthew Pryor invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Pryor last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Pryor closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 4 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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