# Seek Investments

> Seek Investments is a VC fund in Melbourne backing EdTech and Education. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seek-investments
- Website: https://seekinvestments.com

SEEK Investments is a growth equity investor across the Work and Learning domains globally, with over ~A$2 billion of funds under management. SEEK Investments targets tech-enabled growth companies that operate in large addressable markets with: attractive industry structures, sustainable business models, differentiated value propositions, alignedmanagement teams. SEEK Investments is an active, value adding partner that supports management teams in high impact areas such as: Strategy, Capital allocation incl M&A, Executive hiring.The team has a collective 150+ years in founding, growing and advising high growth businesses. The team is led by Andrew Bassat, CEO and Executive Chairman. Andrew is also the Co-Founder, Director and former CEO of SEEK Limited.SEEK Growth Group is the Manager of the SEEK Growth Fund which together operate as SEEK Investments.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 5% |
| Education | 1 | 5% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 5% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 5% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jason Lenga | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-lenga |
| Andrew Bassat | Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder of SEEK | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-bassat-d6c5 |
| Damien Wodak | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damien-wodak-b5e2 |
| Michael Ilczynski | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-ilczynski |
| Ronnie Fink | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ronnie-fink |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gizmo | Gizmo develops educational software that utilizes generative AI learning to engage learners for better learning. The software generates quizzes from a user’s class notes, which can either be copied and pasted into the platform or the AI can pull out information from PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, web pages, or even a YouTube video, allowing themto adapt the study material faster and learn more. | $22M | Series A | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Humanly.io | Humanly’s conversational AI engages with every single candidate. By automating the repetitive candidate screening and selection tasks, you reclaim valuable time. And by creating visibility into the interview, you make more confident and equitable hiring decisions using clear-cut evidence. The company was founded in 2019 and is Co-Headquartered inSeattle, Washington , and Sacramento, California. | $25M | Series B | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Cadmus | Vericus develops a teaching and learning software tool that assures authenticity in written assessment called Cadmus. |  |  | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Sonder | One app. One go-to. One support system.Sonder is the trusted wellbeing partner for some of the world’s most innovative organisations as they reimagine how to care and support their people.With a clear purpose of breaking down barriers to help, providing the right support to people at the right time. Acknowledging that there are often multiplefactors at play, and wellbeing comprises of cultural, social, environmental and vocational factors, all which play a part in getting to the root cause of issues, and on a path to wellness.The heart of Sonder's solution is a technology-driven platform supported in real time by medical and mental health experts - experts that are available every minute of every day. Their mission is to get the right outcome across any wellbeing or safety issue.Trusted by major corporations, education providers and Government to enhance wellbeing across the world, Sonder is on a mission to create a better world, accepting differences and supportive of others. A world where it's OK to ask for help, for anything, at any time of the day or night.It takes humans to help other humans. That’s why Sonder combines a human first, tech supported approach. | $25.1M | Series C | Mar 10, 2025 |  |
| Sonder | One app. One go-to. One support system.Sonder is the trusted wellbeing partner for some of the world’s most innovative organisations as they reimagine how to care and support their people.With a clear purpose of breaking down barriers to help, providing the right support to people at the right time. Acknowledging that there are often multiplefactors at play, and wellbeing comprises of cultural, social, environmental and vocational factors, all which play a part in getting to the root cause of issues, and on a path to wellness.The heart of Sonder's solution is a technology-driven platform supported in real time by medical and mental health experts - experts that are available every minute of every day. Their mission is to get the right outcome across any wellbeing or safety issue.Trusted by major corporations, education providers and Government to enhance wellbeing across the world, Sonder is on a mission to create a better world, accepting differences and supportive of others. A world where it's OK to ask for help, for anything, at any time of the day or night.It takes humans to help other humans. That’s why Sonder combines a human first, tech supported approach. | $10.5M | Series B | Jan 25, 2024 |  |
| Employment Hero | Employment Hero operates as an online human resource platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Its cloud-based HR platform combines HR software, financial services, scheduling, and payroll tools, as well as employee benefits, providing growing companies with an intuitive, affordable way to manage essential employee information and HRprocesses. The company aims to become the employment platform of choice for employers and employees in Australia and beyond, by providing free, easy-to-use HR software that employers love to use, and access to far greater benefits for all employees.Employment Hero was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney New South Wales. | $166.6M | Series F | Oct 18, 2023 |  |
| HiBob | Hibob was founded in 2015 to modernize HR tech. Hibob's intuitive and data-driven platform, bob, was built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Since its launch, bob has achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, and become the HRIS of choice for more than 1,000 modern, midsize and multinationalcompanies who understand that a powerful, agile HR tech suite is mission critical and a key driver of organizational success. Fast-growing companies across the globe rely upon bob to help HR and managers connect, engage, develop and retain top talent. | $150M | Series D | Sep 19, 2023 |  |
| Sonder | One app. One go-to. One support system.Sonder is the trusted wellbeing partner for some of the world’s most innovative organisations as they reimagine how to care and support their people.With a clear purpose of breaking down barriers to help, providing the right support to people at the right time. Acknowledging that there are often multiplefactors at play, and wellbeing comprises of cultural, social, environmental and vocational factors, all which play a part in getting to the root cause of issues, and on a path to wellness.The heart of Sonder's solution is a technology-driven platform supported in real time by medical and mental health experts - experts that are available every minute of every day. Their mission is to get the right outcome across any wellbeing or safety issue.Trusted by major corporations, education providers and Government to enhance wellbeing across the world, Sonder is on a mission to create a better world, accepting differences and supportive of others. A world where it's OK to ask for help, for anything, at any time of the day or night.It takes humans to help other humans. That’s why Sonder combines a human first, tech supported approach. | $23.4M | Series B | Sep 15, 2022 |  |
| HiBob | Hibob was founded in 2015 to modernize HR tech. Hibob's intuitive and data-driven platform, bob, was built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Since its launch, bob has achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, and become the HRIS of choice for more than 1,000 modern, midsize and multinationalcompanies who understand that a powerful, agile HR tech suite is mission critical and a key driver of organizational success. Fast-growing companies across the globe rely upon bob to help HR and managers connect, engage, develop and retain top talent. | $150M | Series D | Aug 17, 2022 |  |
| Florence | Florence is an online marketplace that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers looking for extra work. Our online platform takes an intelligent approach to managing the healthcare staffing crisis. Florence is built with the needs of nurses and healthcare providers at the forefront. It operates as a marketplace that cuts out themiddleman and empowers healthcare operators to find the right staff with the right skills at the right time. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England. | $36M | Series B | May 30, 2022 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SEEK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seek-ltd) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [OneVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Seek Investments invest in?

Seek Investments invests primarily in EdTech, Education and E-Learning startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Seek Investments?

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### Who are the partners at Seek Investments?

The team at Seek Investments includes Jason Lenga (Managing Director), Andrew Bassat (Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder of SEEK) and Damien Wodak (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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