# Thorney Investment

> Thorney Investment is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thorney/
- Website: https://thorney.com.au

Thorney Investment is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Software and Financial Services. Thorney Opportunities Ltd is an investment company. The Company's principal activity is making investments in listed securities. The Company is focused on producing absolute returns for shareholders over the medium to long-term. Its primary focus is on the selection of investments, which enable it to be a catalyst towards unlocking the valuein the companies that it identifies. The Company's investment manager is Thorney Management Services Pty Ltd.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2M–$15M |
| Series B | $7M–$25M |
| Post-IPO Equity | $3M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 32% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 19% |
| FinTech | 5 | 16% |
| Internet | 5 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 13% |

80 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 26% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 19% |
| Series B | 5 | 16% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 5 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 23 | 74% |
| United States | 6 | 19% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Waislitz | Founder | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-waislitz |
| Alex Waislitz | Founder and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-waislitz-7247 |
| Peter Landos | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-landos-85a9 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dubber | The Dubber Platform provides call recording and audio asset management in the cloud.Dubber is a transformative Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution in a multi-billion dollar hardware-centric marketplace. It provides enhanced service and is flexible to a myriad of requirements not easily achievable with current market solutions.TheDubber Platform: • Captures call recordings from many sources including from browsers, mobile, private automatic branch exchange (PABX), hosted voice applications and legacy recording devices. • Manages recordings in a secure, permission-based environment. Call recordings are immediately searchable and accessible from any location via a web browser. Dubber has market-leading scalability both in terms of concurrent recording and storage. • Provides value-added tools enabling the use of recordings to enhance existing business systems and processes. A recording will be available across all devices and is instantly accessible for many and varied User requirements. The Dubber Platform is a Native Cloud product delivering secure, scalable and robust functionality at a significant saving compared to the cost base normally associated with traditional call recording offerings. Dubber is a classic transformation of a traditional hardware/software market to a Cloud-based platform and delivers many competitive advantages. | $3.3M | Post-IPO Debt | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| Willed | Willed is an Australian online estate planning platform. | $4.1M | Series A | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| BabyQuip | Founded in May 2016, BabyQuip is the world's leading baby gear rental service, delivering clean, quality baby gear items—from car seats to strollers and more—to families who don't want to haul bulky gear while traveling. BabyQuip Cleaning, offers exceptional cleaning services for baby gear for local families and businesses, particularlyfor car seats, strollers, and high chairs. BabyQuip has served over 125,000 families in the US, Canada and beyondAs a managed marketplace, the BabyQuip platform enables its community of over 1500 independent contractors, called Quality Providers, the opportunity to build a business renting and cleaning baby gear on the BabyQuip platform. Mostly moms, the Quality Providers benefit from an active and supportive community, ongoing training, and leads generated from both online advertising and through strategic partnerships. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Buildxact | Buildxact is an online estimating and job management software platform for builders and trades. | $13.1M | Series A | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| Mosh | Welcome to Mosh, the first Australian men’s wellness hub that’s totally online and completely tailored to you. Wellness isn't one-size-fits-all. Your needs are unique, so your treatment should be too. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| Earnity | Earnity is a Silicon Valley community-based crypto platform where users learn about crypto through community as well as buy and gift crypto. | $15M | Series A | Dec 06, 2021 |  |
| Elenium Automation | Elenium Automation provides self-service automation technologies for airport check-in. It aims to improve passenger experience by reducing queues and increasing the speed with operational efficiency. | $7.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 02, 2021 |  |
| Packform | Packform is an intelligent one-stop-shop packaging marketplace. | $17.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| Superhero | Superhero operates as a share-trading startup. | $11.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| RedEarth Energy Storage | Red Earth was founded by Chris Winter, Charlie Walker and Bruce Ebzery. Chris was founder of ASX-listed RedFlow Ltd, Bruce is a former Energex executive and Charlie is an experienced CEO and CFO of ASX-listed tech companies. Together with their extended highly seasoned team within the solar battery industry, their mission is to provide Australiansa better and scalable choice when it comes to energy freedom. | $8.8M | Series B | Oct 11, 2021 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Regal Funds Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/regal-funds-management) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Ophir Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ophir-asset-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Perennial Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/perennial-value-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-global-capital-ngc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SG Hiscock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sg-hiscock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Thorney Investment invest in?

Thorney Investment invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Thorney Investment's check size?

Thorney Investment typically joins rounds of $2M–$15M at Series A, $7M–$25M at Series B and $3M–$23M at Post-IPO Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Thorney Investment participates in.

### How do I contact Thorney Investment?

Public channels for Thorney Investment include LinkedIn 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 Thorney Investment?

The team at Thorney Investment includes Alex Waislitz (Founder), Alex Waislitz (Founder and CEO) and Peter Landos (Chief Operating Officer). 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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