Michael Cannon-Brookes
Angel Investor @ Grok Ventures
Sydney, Australia
Michael Cannon-Brookes is a Series A investor at Grok Ventures in Sydney focused on Renewable Energy and FinTech. Mike Cannon-Brookes is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company that helps teams organize, discuss and complete shared work. More than 160,000 large and small organisations across the world, including companies like Spotify, NASA, Mercy Ships, Sotheby's and Visa use Atlassian’s collaboration products to helptheir teams work better together.Outside Atlassian, Mike is a technology investor in the areas of software, fintech, agriculture and energy and sits on the board of Zoox. He also cares deeply about giving back and is a board member of Room to Read. A passionate clean-energy evangelist, Mike was a driving force behind Australia getting the world's biggest lithium ion battery and the "Fair Dinkum Power" movement. He serves as an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Michael Cannon-Brookes invests in
Stages Michael Cannon-Brookes invests in
Countries Michael Cannon-Brookes invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$1.9M
- Series A
- $3M–$200M
- Series B
- $14M–$465M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Renewable Energy 4 (13%)
- FinTech 3 (10%)
- Software 3 (10%)
- Machine Learning 3 (10%)
- Financial Services 3 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (27%)
- Series B 8 (27%)
- Seed 4 (13%)
- Series C 2 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (7%)
Country
- Australia 9 (30%)
- United States 6 (20%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
- Hong Kong 1 (3%)
- Singapore 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Loam Bio is a developer of microbial carbon sequestration technology for soil carbon restoration. Crops can be inoculated with symbiotic microorganisms that live in a mutualistic relationship with crops and build organic carbon in the soil, allowing farmers to improve the host plant's fertility and disease resistance while also assisting thesoil around the plant's roots to store carbon more effectively, resulting in proper quality soil for future planting. Loam Bio was established in 2019 by Guy Hudson. | $77.1M / Series B / Feb 13, 2023 | ||
| WeaveGrid operates with utilities and owners of electric vehicles (EV) to allow and speed up transportation electrification. Using machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics, the company's software solution solves several EV-grid integration challenges for utilities in a systems-oriented manner; helps integrate renewable energyresources on the grid; and saves utility customers' money on their bills. | $35M / Series B / Nov 15, 2022 | ||
| AGL is one of Australia's leading integrated energy companies, and the largest ASX listed owner, operator and developer of renewable energy generation in the country. Drawing on over 175 years of experience, AGL operates retail and merchant energy businesses, power generation assets and an upstream gas portfolio. AGL also has one ofAustralia's largest retail energy and dual fuel customer bases. AGL has a diverse power generation portfolio including base, peaking and intermediate generation plants, spread across traditional thermal generation as well as renewable sources including hydro, wind, landfill gas and biomass. AGL is taking action toward creating a sustainable energy future for their investors, communities and customers. | $461.1M / Post-IPO Equity / May 02, 2022 | ||
| Sun Cable builds the systems and infrastructure to deliver competitively priced, dispatchable, renewable electricity. | $151.2M / Series B / Mar 14, 2022 | ||
| Infradebtt is a specialist fund manager providing clients with direct access to infrastructure private debt markets. | $144.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 23, 2022 | ||
| Zoomo is a provider of electric bikes accessed via subscription models to help gig workers in the food delivery industry. Zoomo's high-quality LEV (light electric vehicle) range includes e-Bike, e-Moped, and e-Cargo options.Zoomo plans to use the funding to add new corporate categories such as parcel, mail, and grocery deliveries that itsbikes can be used for as well as other models better suited for individual consumers. | $60M / Series B / Nov 15, 2021 | ||
| Loam Bio is a developer of microbial carbon sequestration technology for soil carbon restoration. Crops can be inoculated with symbiotic microorganisms that live in a mutualistic relationship with crops and build organic carbon in the soil, allowing farmers to improve the host plant's fertility and disease resistance while also assisting thesoil around the plant's roots to store carbon more effectively, resulting in proper quality soil for future planting. Loam Bio was established in 2019 by Guy Hudson. | $30.1M / Series A / Oct 28, 2021 | ||
| 1Password is a secure, convenient password manager, providing businesses and families a safe way to share passwords, credit cards, and documents. It keeps important information secure with AES 256-bit encryption. With 1Password, users can keep all kinds of information easily organized with convenient categories and tags and find what they need witha customizable search.Founded in 2005, 1Password remembers and fills web forms with passwords, credit card information, and addresses—with a single click. It is focused on making security convenient and keeping customers happy. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. | $100.1M / Series B / Jul 27, 2021 | ||
| WeaveGrid operates with utilities and owners of electric vehicles (EV) to allow and speed up transportation electrification. Using machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics, the company's software solution solves several EV-grid integration challenges for utilities in a systems-oriented manner; helps integrate renewable energyresources on the grid; and saves utility customers' money on their bills. | $15M / Series A / May 20, 2021 | ||
| Brighte is a digital payments platform for home energy improvements. It was launched in 2015 by Katherine McConnell, with the mission to help people create energy efficient homes. Brighte offers 0% interest payment plans that remove the upfront cost barrier of big ticket items like solar and batteries for homeowners. On the flipside, vendorsreceive the prompt lump sum payment they need as soon as they complete the job. Brighte is backed by Grok Investments, Airtree Ventures and Skip Capital as well as strategic supporters KPMG, Equifax, IBM and Stone and Chalk. Brighte is a leading Australian fintech company and has been widely recognised for its innovative, distruptive offering in the home improvements market. | $76.1M / Series C / Dec 17, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Grok Ventures
Grok Ventures is an Australia based fund investing globally in technology enabled climate companies and infrastructure.
Grok Ventures Contacts
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Jeremy Kwong-Law
CEO and CIO
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Lucinda Hankin
Director
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Sam Tidswell
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FAQ
What does Michael Cannon-Brookes invest in?
Michael Cannon-Brookes invests primarily in Renewable Energy, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Michael Cannon-Brookes invest in?
Michael Cannon-Brookes typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$1.9M at Seed, $3M–$200M at Series A and $14M–$465M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Michael Cannon-Brookes's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Michael Cannon-Brookes took part in.
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When did Michael Cannon-Brookes last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Michael Cannon-Brookes closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 30 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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