# Simon Horne

> Simon Horne is a pre-seed investor at AngelLoop (Brisbane) backing Fitness and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AngelLoop](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angeloop)
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/hornesimon

Simon Horne is a pre-seed investor at AngelLoop in Brisbane focused on Fitness and Software. Simon Horne, CEO at Angel Loop Simon is an angel investor and manages Australia's largest not-for-profit angel investor network angelloop.org. previously he had 15 years of international entrepreneurial experience having started businesses in Asia. the most successful one was the Silicon Valley startup Bluejeans where he joined as an employeeand helped formulate the idea, assisted with the initial funding, and was part of the foundation team in 2009/10. the cloud-based video conferencing platform raises USD175mil from valley VC firms including accel partners, new enterprise associates, battery ventures & Norwest venture partners. it employs over 600 people and exited to Verizon for USD500mil in June 2020.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Wellness | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coach Welly | Coach Welly is a Sunshine Coast based technology start-up solving the problem of health personalisation at scale for gyms, corporates and insurers by offering an AI-powered connected wellness ecosystem that engages, supports and rewards people for healthy behaviours.Gyms, corporates & health insurers want healthier, engaged members andemployees. (for a variety of different reasons). But members need personalised support to succeed with healthy behaviours and it is very difficult and expensive to provide personalised support and engagement at scale.Coach Welly solves this problem and enables health insurers, corporates and gyms to deliver personalised engagement, support & rewards with AI-powered experiences, at scale.Coach Welly is not just another fitness app, but rather a connected digital wellness ecosystem that integrates with all areas of a personal health and wellness experience, enabling true personalisation for the user and powerful business intelligence and validated health data for insurers, corporates and gyms.Coach Welly not only aggregates data from every connected source, but also facilitates the daily measurement of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) using just the camera on your phone, unlocking the power of biometrically validated health data without needing a wearable device. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Brisbane Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brisbane-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About AngelLoop

VC Fund · Oakland, United States

Angeloop provides a social and business intelligence platform for Startups and Investors to leverage those networks to their full extent.

2 contacts available at AngelLoop.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aneesh Seth | Co-Founder (CTO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aneesh-seth |
| Simon Horne | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-horne-26bc |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Horne invest in?

Simon Horne invests primarily in Fitness, Software and Wellness startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Simon Horne last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Horne closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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