Simon Cant
Co-founder and Managing Partner @ Reinventure
Sydney, Australia
Simon Cant is a seed investor at Reinventure in Sydney focused on FinTech and Software. Simon Cant is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Reinventure. Founded in 2013, Reinventure is a corporate venture fund with $100m under management bringing together the best of independent venture capital and corporate venturing with Westpac as the primary investor. To date, the portfolio has 16 ventures which are focused on Fintech and adjacentareas. Simon is also the founding President of FinTech Australia, the industry’s peak representative body, and a member of the Australian Treasurer’s FinTech Advisory Group.Simon has built his career in venture and innovation including advising leadership and innovation teams at Westpac, NAB, Suncorp, Fairfax, News, APN and Tennis Australia as well as being a founding team member at Social Ventures Australia, Tinshed Angel Group, ninemsn and Austlii, where he was involved in pioneering legal expert systems. Prior to joining Austii, Simon was a solicitor with Allens.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Simon Cant invests in
Stages Simon Cant invests in
Countries Simon Cant invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $394k–$4.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
- Blockchain 1 (33%)
- Cryptocurrency 1 (33%)
- Infrastructure 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Country
- Australia 1 (33%)
- New Zealand 1 (33%)
- United Kingdom 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world. | $4.5M / Jun 26, 2021 | ||
| Mycelium is a market-leading technology company leveraging blockchain technology to make financial markets more efficient. We build financial market infrastructure on public blockchains that is open, transparent, and accessible. We specialise in data provision and financial smart contracts. Mycelium has two core products leveraging financial smartcontracts: Perpetual Swaps and Perpetual Pools.We believe that the growing use of blockchains in financial technology will benefit everyone, and are committed to realising this vision. | $4.5M / Seed / Jun 26, 2021 | ||
| Dunedin startup CodeLingo has Founded in 2016. CodeLingo looks to address the problem of technical debt by enabling software development teams to scale the processes they use to improve code quality, such as code reviews and real-time crash debugging, streamlining their manual quality assurance process. | $393.9K / Seed / Jan 15, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Reinventure
Reinventure is pioneering Founder-First Corporate Venture Capital. They champion founders who have the vision, ambition and hustle to transform an industry across Asia-Pacific and beyond, propelling them with the support of a top 20 bank globally. With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner, Reinventure is focused on uncovering, investing in and nurturing scalable early businesses in FinTech and adjacent areas that will be the future of the industry.
Reinventure Contacts
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Danny Gilligan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
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Simon Cant
Co-founder and Managing Partner
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Guy Wallace
Investment Analyst
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Lauren Capelin
Head of Venture Community
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Nell Hardie
Head of Talent
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FAQ
What does Simon Cant invest in?
Simon Cant invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Simon Cant invest in?
Simon Cant typically joins rounds of $394k–$4.5M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Simon Cant's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Simon Cant took part in.
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When did Simon Cant last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Simon Cant closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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