SYD Ventures
VC Fund
Bellevue Hill, Australia
SYD Ventures is a VC fund in Bellevue Hill focused on Software and Mobile Apps. SYD Venture is a startup company that invests in other early-stage startups. Along with funding, the company also offers support services to entrepreneurs it works with. SYD Venture was founded in 2012 by Andrey Shirben and is based in Bellevue Hill, Australia.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries SYD Ventures invests in
Stages SYD Ventures invests in
Countries SYD Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $34k–$100k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (29%)
- Mobile Apps 4 (29%)
- Apps 2 (14%)
- Mobile 2 (14%)
- Analytics 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (86%)
- Angel 1 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (7%)
Country
- Australia 7 (50%)
- United States 4 (29%)
- Israel 3 (21%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrey Shirben
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Yifat Shirben
CMO
|
CMO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curve is a cross-organizational and actionable platform that provides enterprise retailers with accurate sales predictions. The company uses machine-learning-based prediction technology, allowing companies to accurately forecast sales and products, to increase revenue, cut ‘Out Of Stock’ shortages and unsold inventory losses as well as optimizeprofitability.Curve’s Sales Prediction solution provides you with automated demand forecasting insights. They create intelligence that shapes successful business decisions. Their technology is easy-to-use and designed with the business user in mind. The company's decision engine uses machine learning and predictive algorithms to build valuable insights in real-time that can be used to take instant action that positively impacts a brand’s bottom line.Curve was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Seed / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| Avantgard offers proactive national cyber services, creating campaigns to guard prevent invasions before they happen. In contrast to inactive security, active cyber support makes use of cyber intelligence, deception, and active threat hunting to identify malicious activity more and consistently. Leading australian and international knowledge inactive cyber security is brought together by avantgard. The work is carried out within the framework of the country, and cylus one provides a complete and real time view of the entire network with detailed information covering all levels, from the network's overall topology down to the granular level of each and every asset, including trackside devices, interlockings, and management workstations. | Seed / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| Riskwise is a data driven property investment risk assessment that enables the clients to make insightful, informed and educated decisions.The company's goal is to provide private investors, home buyers and institutional clients, including lenders and mortgage loan insurers, with detailed risk information to support smarter decisionmaking. | Seed / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Playtrex specializes in the developments, sales, and distribution of Social Casino Adventure games. The studio has focus on developing the next generation of social casino apps by adding a level of adventure, strategy and purpose to casino-style games. Its first title, Wild Poker, puts an exciting new twist on the age old game of Texas Holdem Pokerby injecting power-ups, character development, level progression, and other strategy and adventure elements. | Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Rapporr is a private mobile messaging application designed principally for desk-free workers to enable more effective team communication. | Seed / Mar 01, 2016 | ||
| StorReduce designs and develops deduplication software for its clients.The software features inline deduplication, backups, data replication, big data, and cloud-based support. The application assists its clients with migrating on-premises backups to cloud and backing up on-cloud data using deduplication.StorReduce was founded in 2014 and isbased in California. | Seed / Jul 01, 2015 | ||
| Newsfusion melds algorithmic relevance with user engagement, creating vertical communities where the best content meets the most passionate audiences.Each of our apps delivers an immersive experience for one specific vertical. We offer products in dozens of verticals, used by millions around the globe.Visit www.newsfusion.com to check us outand find out which of our apps is for you. | Seed / Jan 01, 2015 | ||
| OpenLearning is a platform that enables individuals and institutions to teach courses online in a social and collaborative way. With a combination of intrinsic motivational techniques, wiki based content creation, fun activities and social problem solving; OpenLearning is a joy for students to use and helps teachers build better courses. | $34K / Seed / Aug 05, 2014 | ||
| Farmbot was established in Sydney in 2014 and is a leading Australian Agtech company in the Internet of Things (IoT) of Agriculture. The company monitors and reports on-farm water ecosystems delivering real-time reporting on water trends, consumption and alerts. As water is the lifeblood of all agricultural endeavours, a detailed understanding ofits usage helps farmers make better management decisions around asset utilisation, resource allocations and carrying capacities. One of the key challenges of the agriculture industry is feeding an ever-growing population, with fewer resources, in a sustainable way. Farmbot sees a growing opportunity in the agricultural industry to provide monitoring solutions that have the capabilities to enable more sustainable and efficient practices. Farmbot has developed an extensive range of monitoring devices which connects to the core monitor enabling farmers to check water, diesel and trough levels, rainfall, staff movements via a safety check-in module, electric fences voltages, flow and pressure rates remotely. We are continuing to build a portfolio of connected devices, expanding the ecosystem. | $61K / Seed / Aug 05, 2014 | ||
| Pixc is human powered image editing platform. Pixc helps eCommerce stores and individuals selling online increase their sales with better product images. They remove the background and touch up the photo within 24 hours. A great product on a contrasting background can increase your sales by 39%. | Angel / Aug 05, 2014 | ||
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FAQ
What does SYD Ventures invest in?
SYD Ventures invests primarily in Software, Mobile Apps and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 14 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 SYD Ventures invest in?
SYD Ventures typically joins rounds of $34k–$100k at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not SYD Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds SYD Ventures took part in.
How do I contact SYD Ventures?
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Who are the partners at SYD Ventures?
The team at SYD Ventures includes Andrey Shirben (Founder) and Yifat Shirben (CMO). 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 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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