# Rampersand

> Rampersand is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 64 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 64
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last fund: Apr 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulnaphtali
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rampersand_fund
- Website: http://rampersand.vc/

Rampersand is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Rampersand invest in the best Australian technology founders, teams and companies and are committed to helping them become global leaders.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$1.5M |
| Series A | $3.1M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 23% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 9% |
| FinTech | 5 | 8% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 8% |
| SaaS | 4 | 6% |

85 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 39% |
| Series A | 13 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 9% |
| Series B | 5 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 30 | 47% |
| United States | 6 | 9% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Martin Casey | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-casey |
| Paul Naphtali | Co-founder, Managing Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-naphtali |
| Abhishek Maran | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhishek-maran-d81d |
| Hunter Watkin | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hunter-watkin |
| Scott Dommett | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-dommett |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cuttable | Cuttable operates as an automated content agency. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Parachute | Leverage for lean, ambitious law firms. AI-powered drafting, review and verification that gets you back to practicing law | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Cor | Cor develops Obi, a voice-enabled AI bot that simplifies client onboarding and user activation within software products. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Keeyu | keeyu. is a B2B SaaS platform that continuously monitors e-commerce transactions from payment to delivery. Should any issue emerge, our system immediately notifies the customer service team, enabling proactive issue resolution before it impacts the customer, saving them from opening a support ticket. The result is an enhanced post-purchaseexperience, ensuring sales retention and reducing customer complaints.Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and is dedicated to empowering businesses to deliver exceptional post-purchase experiences. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Cuttable | Cuttable operates as an automated content agency. | $2.9M | Seed | Aug 11, 2025 |  |
| Restoke | Complete back-of-house management solution for restaurants | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Cuttable | Cuttable operates as an automated content agency. | $5.5M | Seed | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Hatch | Hatch is a recruiting platform that allows businesses to recruit people in a variety of professions. They assist individuals and teams in presenting their true selves so that they may discover their actual match and connect from the start. Hatch simplifies best practice, unbiased hiring so that every candidate has a fair chance.Hatch isheadquartered in Australian Capital Territory, Australia and was founded in 2017. | $4.6M | Seed | Feb 18, 2024 |  |
| Hatch | Hatch is a recruiting platform that allows businesses to recruit people in a variety of professions. They assist individuals and teams in presenting their true selves so that they may discover their actual match and connect from the start. Hatch simplifies best practice, unbiased hiring so that every candidate has a fair chance.Hatch isheadquartered in Australian Capital Territory, Australia and was founded in 2017. | $4.6M | Seed | Feb 18, 2024 |  |

10 of 64 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Investible](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investible) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Alberts Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberts-impact-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Archangel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Flying Fox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fox) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Common Sense Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/common-sense-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Rampersand invest in?

Rampersand invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 64 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rampersand's check size?

Rampersand typically joins rounds of $1M–$4.6M at Seed, $1.3M–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $3.1M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rampersand participates in.

### How do I contact Rampersand?

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### Who are the partners at Rampersand?

The team at Rampersand includes Martin Casey (Partner), Paul Naphtali (Co-founder, Managing Partner) and Abhishek Maran (Investor), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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