# Phil Blythe

> Phil Blythe is a seed investor at King River Capital backing Software and Renewable Energy. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [King River Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/king-river-investments)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-blythe-8642152

Phil Blythe is a seed investor at King River Capital in Melbourne focused on Software and Renewable Energy. Phil Blythe - Entrepreneur In Residence @ King River Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orkestra | Orkestra is a renewable energy software platform that provides tools to assist energy companies in the planning, selling, and optimization of new energy deployments. | $1.3M | Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Impact Ventures UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impact-ventures-uk) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [luxem](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luxem) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rampersand](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rampersand) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tidal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tidalvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About King River Capital

VC Fund · Surry Hills, Australia

King River Capital invests in high-growth software and AI-driven technology businesses that are solving critical problems. The firm aims to cultivate a diverse, energized ecosystem of entrepreneurs, operators, and partners that will build the world’s iconic companies and create a better future. It invests typically in the Series A through Series Crounds. King River Capital (KRC) was founded in 2019 as a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in exceptional teams that are building innovative companies in Australia and the US.It is headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia.

3 contacts available at King River Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Barter | Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-barter |
| Phil Blythe | Entrepreneur In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phil-blythe |
| Zebediah Rice | Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeb-rice |

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## FAQ

### What does Phil Blythe invest in?

Phil Blythe invests primarily in Software and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Phil Blythe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Phil Blythe closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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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