# Skalata

> Skalata is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Software and Information Technology. See 88 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 88
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 80%
- Fund size: $18M
- Last fund: Sep 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skalata-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/skalataventures
- Website: https://www.skalata.co/

Skalata is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Software and Information Technology. Skalata is Australia’s leading seed-stage venture capital firm. With decades of experience, we help startups navigate the seed stage, while paving the way for sustainable growth. Like other VCs, we provide capital and networks. What sets us apart is time. Skalata invests more time, more one-on-one coaching, and more hands-on support than any otherVC in Australia. We help founders build the capabilities for long-term success.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $135k–$2.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$406k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 9% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 9% |
| Education | 5 | 6% |
| Apps | 4 | 5% |

113 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 61 | 69% |
| Seed | 22 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 1% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 64 | 73% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rohan Workman | Co-Founder and CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rohan-workman |
| Maxine Lee | COO | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxine-lee |
| Paul Mann | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-mann |
| Stephen Tung | Limited Partner / Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-tung-d0f4 |
| Tom Smalley | Investment Director | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-smalley-584f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enrola | Enrola provides AI sales agents that engage leads through personalized SMS conversations. The platform qualifies, nurtures, and follows up with leads, handles objections, books calls, and syncs conversation data and lead statuses with existing CRM systems. It also provides lead alerts, conversation summaries, and sales recommendations forfollow-up. | $2.1M | Seed | Aug 07, 2026 |  |
| Cor | Cor develops Obi, a voice-enabled AI bot that simplifies client onboarding and user activation within software products. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| BarterAds Pty Ltd | BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 03, 2025 |  |
| Termina | Termina operates as an energy tech startup. | $3M | Seed | May 23, 2025 |  |
| TALY | TALY is a platform that is designed to find, manage and retain employees from both perfromance and personality for business development. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Preplocal | Preplocal is a B2B food distribution platform that specializes in the distribution of both dry and temperature-controlled goods. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Viewa | Viewa is an augmented reality(AR) content publishing platform that brings print media such as magazines to life in 3D. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| Enrola | Enrola provides AI sales agents that engage leads through personalized SMS conversations. The platform qualifies, nurtures, and follows up with leads, handles objections, books calls, and syncs conversation data and lead statuses with existing CRM systems. It also provides lead alerts, conversation summaries, and sales recommendations forfollow-up. | $800K | Pre-Seed | Oct 04, 2024 |  |
| WhyHive | WhyHive offers AI-driven text analysis tools for researchers to efficiently analyze survey data and open-ended text responses. | $406.4K | Pre-Seed | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| LoveHeart | LoveHeart assists educators in understanding children's growth and creating appropriate plans. | $2.3M | Seed | Aug 19, 2024 |  |

10 of 88 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Skalata invest in?

Skalata invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 88 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Skalata's check size?

Skalata typically joins rounds of $135k–$2.3M at Seed and $125k–$406k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Skalata participates in.

### How do I contact Skalata?

Public channels for Skalata include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Skalata?

The team at Skalata includes Rohan Workman (Co-Founder and CEO), Maxine Lee (COO) and Paul Mann (Chief Financial Officer), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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