# The Sypkes Group

> The Sypkes Group is a VC fund in Hobart backing Fitness, Software and Training. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hobart, Australia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.sypkes.com.au/

The Sypkes Group is a collection of investment companies and businesses managed by a private family office in Tasmania, Australia.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Training | 1 | 33% |
| Wellness | 1 | 33% |
| Ad Network | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 2 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zipline.io | Zipline is a compliance platform designed for nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Its SaaS platform is used on-site in nursing homes and hospitals to manage visitor, staff, volunteer, and contractor compliance.Zipline, formerly known as RateIt, was founded in 2017 with the goal of improvingretail experiences. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| The Mintable | The Mintable is a community-based learning and growth platform for managers. It provides managers with training, tools, and a community they need to succeed (so everyone else can too). They offer to provide practical learning programs that develop and reinforce the necessary soft skills (for example, feedback, delegation, and motivation), as wellas templates and guides. Its global community connects managers to the extra help, inspiration, and advice they need to get through difficult times. | $4.9M | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Particular Audience | 100% Anonymous PersonalizationPA provides eCommerce brands with market-defining search, merch and recommendation technologies automating a different website for every customer.Retail Media enables suppliers to promote items to in-market consumers on retailer properties, a lucrative channel for brands and a new high margin revenue stream forretailers.All on first-party data.PA’s consumer product ‘Similar’ aggregates every single item on the consumer web, with the ability to make any website shoppable. Laying the groundwork for Web3 Commerce at www.similarinc.comOne of Australia’s fastest growing startups, PA has launched from headquarters in Sydney and expanded to Europe with a London office in 2019 and America with a Vancouver office in 2021. Amsterdam and New York offices coming soon in early 2022. | $7.2M | Series A | Nov 30, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [EVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equityventure-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Carthona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carthona-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Saniel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saniel-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Nova Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-nova-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Five V Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/five-v-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Sypkes Group invest in?

The Sypkes Group invests primarily in Fitness, Software and Training startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did The Sypkes Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for The Sypkes Group closed in Dec 2022. 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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