# Stuart Waite

> Stuart Waite is a seed investor at Exit Velocity backing Software and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Exit Velocity
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwaite/
- Website: https://x.com/stuartwaite
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourexitvelocity

Stuart Waite is a seed investor at Exit Velocity in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and Apps. Stuart Waite - Managing Partner @ Exit Velocity

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $60k–$500k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 4 | 80% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ELANATION | A mobile SaaS start-up revolutionising sports education for youth, globally. Problem worth solving: Fifty percent of children can no longer access extra-curricular sport on a regular basis. The modern family is juggling between double working parents, increased sport fees, travel time and more. This growing health problem is costing families$600B in health expenses per year. Solution: Democratised access to extra-curricular sports content and skills. We unite kids, coaches and content on a daily basis using the latest in mobile, IoT and Ai technology. Our north star: Give 1 billion children access to 1 million skills. Awards: - No.1 Founder in Asia Pacific, 2018 - Winner, People's Choice Wild Card TechCrunch Disrupt, San Francisco 2017, USA - Winner, People's Choice, National Internet of Things Summit, October 2016, Australia - Winner, StarUP, National Internet of Things Summit, October 2016, Australia - Winner, Best Lifestyle Consumer Technology, Overseas Talent and Entrepreneurship, Beijing 2016 - Winner, Australian Best Startup, Overseas Talent and Entrepreneurship Conference, APAC, July 2016 - Winner, Start Up China, Winner of Chengdu Innovate, Chengdu China, 2016 | $500K | Seed | Dec 06, 2016 |  |
| Oovvuu | Oovvuu owns and operates an artificial intelligence (AI) platform which matches ad-funded videos with articles anywhere in the world almost instantaneously. It provides Compass, a tool to match and place video content from broadcasters such as Reuters and The Associated Press into news articles, without editors having to spend time finding andpairing the content. Gregory Moore, Richard Sutton, and Ross McReath founded Oovvuu in 2014. Its headquarters is in Sydney in Australia. |  | Seed | May 01, 2016 |  |
| Rapporr | Rapporr is a private mobile messaging application designed principally for desk-free workers to enable more effective team communication. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2016 |  |
| SkyGrid.io | SkyGrid provides enterprise level IoT platform to run enterprise applications. The company designs and develops cloud based infrastructure and tools for developers to create applications that can connect to any device on the could server. | $60K | Seed | Feb 01, 2016 |  |
| GeoInteractive | GeoInteractive is a deep tech company specializing in developing a smart mapping system to automate the job of condition inspections.The technology is used for inspections of difficult but critical underground infrastructure. It is providing objective and accurate underground maps that will assist in operations and maintenance for wastewaterutilities.Robert Lee established the company in Sydney, New South Wales in 2013. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Investible](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investible) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [muru-D](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investment-advantaged-software-pty-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RCL Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rcl-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sydney Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sydney-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SYD Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syd-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Exit Velocity

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Exit Velocity.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stuart Waite | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stuart-waite |

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## FAQ

### What does Stuart Waite invest in?

Stuart Waite invests primarily in Software, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Stuart Waite's check size?

Stuart Waite typically joins rounds of $60k–$500k 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 Stuart Waite participates in.

### How do I contact Stuart Waite?

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### When did Stuart Waite last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stuart Waite closed in Dec 2016. Shizune tracks 5 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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