# Tom Smalley > Tom Smalley is a pre-seed investor at Skalata (Melbourne) backing Software and Analytics. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Skalata](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skalata-ventures) - Location: Melbourne, Australia - Total investments: 10 - Last investment: Jun 2024 - Lead investor: 90% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaswsmalley/ Tom Smalley is a pre-seed investor at Skalata in Melbourne focused on Software and Analytics. Tom Smalley ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 4 | 40% | | Analytics | 2 | 20% | | Logistics | 2 | 20% | | Food and Beverage | 2 | 20% | | Supply Chain Management | 2 | 20% | 24 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Pre-Seed | 7 | 70% | | Seed | 3 | 30% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Australia | 9 | 90% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 10% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Switchboard | Switchboard mission is to simplifies supply chain operations with fast, easy, affordable integrations, and to support modern supply chains. | $999.5K | Seed | Jun 12, 2024 | | | Nucanon | Nucanon exists to democratize game design and make the creative process of building expansive game worlds accessible to more people. | $330.3K | Pre-Seed | May 04, 2024 | | | Preplocal | Preplocal is a B2B food distribution platform that specializes in the distribution of both dry and temperature-controlled goods. | $128.8K | Pre-Seed | Apr 17, 2024 | | | CommandPost | CommandPost® is a cloud-based real-time crisis, incident, emergency management tool, built to save lives and to reduce business disruption. The platform has taken functionality utilised by emergency services and first responders to offer a centralised platform that can be fully customised and applied to various industries.The suite of toolsavailable to organisations is designed to allow control rooms and ground units / personnel the ability to prioritise incidents, visualise situations, enhance understanding and collaborate in real-time with relevant agencies and stakeholders.The implementation of CommandPost® provides a real-time overview of a situation as it evolves as well as a full chronology of what took place. This not only streamlines responses, but also allows you to maintain in-depth reporting records that protect your organisation during a public inquiry and that further supports development of robust risk controls. | $134.7K | Pre-Seed | Apr 18, 2023 | | | Lanterne | Lanterne is an award-winning startup based in London. Our mission is to improve people’s quality of life by unlocking the value of data. Our product makes micromobility systems responsive and profitable by predicting user demand and optimising operations. | $591.1K | Seed | Mar 20, 2023 | | | Lewi Software | SaaS for process and environmental engineers. | $132.4K | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2023 | | | Partnar | Partnar.io helps businesses reach new customers by partnering and collaborating with other brands who share the same customers, an end to end software solution for partnerships. | $138.2K | Seed | Feb 20, 2023 | | | Foremind | Foremind provides mental health and wellbeing support services for construction workers. They continue to create technology that empowers organisations to create a mentally safe and secure workplace for their workers. | $142.2K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2023 | | | Nola | Nola provides anonymized video analytics software for venues and retailers. They analyze existing video footage and live streams to deliver powerful insights into visitor count, engagement, queues, and wait times. | $125.3K | Pre-Seed | Oct 19, 2022 | | | Optomni | Optomni is an Agtech company dedicated to digitalising the fresh & perishables supply chain with OmniOrder®, our AI driven trading & optimisation platform that helps growers and wholesalers reach more customers, streamline inventory & ordering processes and reduce waste through demand prediction and automated supply matching.OmniOrder® is a multi-vendor trading & supply chain platform which allows a seamless e-commerce experience for commercial buyers integrated with powerful fulfilment and supply chain optimisation tools for growers and wholesalers to ensure that supply is always connected to demand.One third of food produced and half of fresh produce is wasted costing the global economy nearly a trillion dollars a year. OmniOrder® saves time for both buyers and sellers, gives growers an additional channel to market, reduces ordering mistakes, and most importantly, reduces inventory devaluation and losses, reducing the rate of food waste in the supply chain and at the farm. | $130.2K | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2022 | | 10 of 10 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Archangel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Futureverse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureverse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Investible](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investible) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Skalata VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia 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. 5 contacts available at Skalata. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Rohan Workman | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rohan-workman | | Maxine Lee | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxine-lee | | Paul Mann | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-mann | | Stephen Tung | Limited Partner / Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-tung-d0f4 | | Tom Smalley | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-smalley-584f | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Tom Smalley invest in? Tom Smalley invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Logistics startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Tom Smalley last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Tom Smalley closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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