# Simon Cant

> Simon Cant is a seed investor at Reinventure (Sydney) backing FinTech and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Reinventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reinventure)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simoncant
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/simoncant
- Website: https://x.com/simoncant

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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $320k–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 33% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tracer DAO | 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 | 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 |  |
| CodeLingo | 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. | $320K | Seed | Jan 15, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Apollo Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baires DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baires-dao) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Asset Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-asset-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Efficient Frontier](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/efficient-frontier-efrontier-io) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Reinventure

VC Fund · Sydney, Australia

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.

5 contacts available at Reinventure.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Danny Gilligan | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danny-gilligan |
| Simon Cant | Co-founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-cant |
| Guy Wallace | Investment Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-wallace |
| Lauren Capelin | Head of Venture Community | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauren-capelin |
| Nell Hardie | Head of Talent | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nell-hardie |

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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 is Simon Cant's check size?

Simon Cant typically joins rounds of $320k–$4.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Simon Cant participates in.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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