# Paul Naphtali

> Paul Naphtali is a seed investor at Rampersand (Melbourne) backing Software and FinTech. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rampersand](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rampersand)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulnaphtali
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/napper
- Website: https://x.com/napper
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/paul.naphtali

Paul Naphtali is a seed investor at Rampersand in Melbourne focused on Software and FinTech. Paul Naphtali is the Co-founder, Managing Partner at rampersand. Paul Naphtali attended Monash University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 31% |
| FinTech | 3 | 23% |
| Payments | 2 | 15% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 15% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 46% |
| Series A | 3 | 23% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 7 | 54% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JigSpace | JigSpace develops an AI-powered 3D visualization and augmented reality platform that enables businesses to create and share interactive “Jigs” for explaining complex products and processes. The company provides tools for spatial presentations, product demonstrations, training, and sales enablement, helping organizations improve understanding,engagement, and communication. | $13M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 12, 2024 |  |
| mx51 | mx51 partners with acquirers and payment providers to deliver exceptional merchant experiences. mx51's bank-grade payments as a service platform and scalable cloud-based technology seamlessly connects the world of commerce into payments. mx51 was established in 2016 in Sydney, New South Wales by Magnus Hsu. | $32.5M | Series B | Jul 19, 2022 |  |
| Cake Equity | Cake Equity is the best cap table and equity management software to help startup founders accelerate team motivation through equity ownership. We combine essential equity tools with an intuitive, modern interface and transparent pricing to make equity management straightforward. Our core differentiator: we're built to help teams understand andfeel connected to their ownership stake, turning equity into a powerful motivator for company success. | $2M | Seed | Mar 12, 2022 |  |
| Cake Equity | Cake Equity is the best cap table and equity management software to help startup founders accelerate team motivation through equity ownership. We combine essential equity tools with an intuitive, modern interface and transparent pricing to make equity management straightforward. Our core differentiator: we're built to help teams understand andfeel connected to their ownership stake, turning equity into a powerful motivator for company success. | $2.2M | Seed | Mar 11, 2022 |  |
| JigSpace | JigSpace develops an AI-powered 3D visualization and augmented reality platform that enables businesses to create and share interactive “Jigs” for explaining complex products and processes. The company provides tools for spatial presentations, product demonstrations, training, and sales enablement, helping organizations improve understanding,engagement, and communication. | $4.7M | Series A | Apr 26, 2021 |  |
| Surreal | Surreal is an entertainment for helping professionals focus on the growth of their business | $2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| AmazingCo | AmazingCo is an experiences and activities creator. Through its platform, it makes it easy for people all across the globe to discover and enjoy amazing real world experiences, helping people spend their time in a more connected way. | $979K | Seed | Jul 27, 2018 |  |
| Assembly Payments | The world’s most flexible payments platform. Assembly is the only end to end solution with unlimited ways to accept, manage and disburse payments. Built for businesses frustrated by the complexity and limitations of existing systems, Assembly delivers extraordinary experiences and unlocks new business value, removing the headaches of fraud,security, compliance, and customer service. | $10M | Series A | Jun 15, 2016 |  |
| Stackla | Stackla is a social content marketing platform that puts user-generated content at the heart of brand marketing. With an AI-powered user-generated content (UGC) platform and asset manager, Stackla sits at the core of the marketing stack, actively discovering and recommending the best visual content from across the social web, as well as internaland external resources, to fuel personalized content experiences at scale.More than 500 global brands, agencies, media companies, and nonprofits use Stackla to curate and publish the best content from across the social web. Founded in 2012, Stackla has offices in San Francisco, New York, Sydney, and London. | $4M | Series A | Feb 29, 2016 |  |
| Assembly Payments | The world’s most flexible payments platform. Assembly is the only end to end solution with unlimited ways to accept, manage and disburse payments. Built for businesses frustrated by the complexity and limitations of existing systems, Assembly delivers extraordinary experiences and unlocks new business value, removing the headaches of fraud,security, compliance, and customer service. | $2M |  | Jun 24, 2015 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cultivation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivation-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Investible](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investible) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Reinventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reinventure) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Flying Fox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fox) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LAUNCH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Macdoch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/macdoch-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Rampersand

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

Rampersand invest in the best Australian technology founders, teams and companies and are committed to helping them become global leaders.

5 contacts available at Rampersand.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Martin Casey | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-casey |
| Paul Naphtali | Co-founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-naphtali |
| Abhishek Maran | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhishek-maran-d81d |
| Hunter Watkin | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hunter-watkin |
| Scott Dommett | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-dommett |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Naphtali invest in?

Paul Naphtali invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Paul Naphtali last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Naphtali closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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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