# Rod Cuthbert

> Rod Cuthbert is a seed investor at Qewz (Melbourne) backing Travel and Tourism. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Qewz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qewz)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-cuthbert-84065325/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rodcu
- Website: http://www.Qewz.com

Rod Cuthbert is a seed investor at Qewz in Melbourne focused on Travel and Tourism. Rod Cuthbert is the Non Executive Director at Veltra & Jayride.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Tourism | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Grant | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Byway Travel | Byway Travel provides slow travel trips that take the scenic route to local stays, off-the-beaten-path experiences. | $1.5M | Grant | Jul 06, 2021 |  |
| Magpie Travel | Magpie allows tour and activity operators to manage beautifully written, accurate and up-to-date product information, and publish that content to multiple channels, including their own website and app, in multiple languages. For resellers, it simplifies the process of finding and on-boarding content of the highest quality. | $300K | Seed | Feb 16, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovate UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovate-u-k-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Qewz

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Qewz is an online news site that provides readers with every side of the story by highlighting competing views on major news events from quality sources worldwide. Qewz aims to focus on the most important news stories of the day and bring together, in one place, the articles which represent the widest range of opinions and perspectives on thatstory.

2 contacts available at Qewz.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rod Cuthbert | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rod-cuthbert |
| John Lowe | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lowe-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Rod Cuthbert invest in?

Rod Cuthbert invests primarily in Travel, Tourism and Software startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rod Cuthbert last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rod Cuthbert closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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