# x15ventures

> x15ventures is a VC fund in Sydney backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 89%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/x15ventures/
- Website: https://www.x15ventures.com.au/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/x15ventures/

x15ventures is a dynamic venture-building outfit, designed to bring to life the next generation of digital endeavors.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for x15ventures. Shizune tracks 3 team members at x15ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/x15ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$1M |
| Pre-Seed | $240k–$240k |
| Series A | $20M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 17% |
| SaaS | 2 | 11% |
| Finance | 2 | 11% |
| Payments | 2 | 11% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Grant | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 9 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jane Martino | Portfolio Advisor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jane-martino |
| Jason Rohloff | Head of Risk - New Venture | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-rohloff |
| Toby Norton-Smith | Founder & Managing Director | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toby-norton-smith |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gable | Gable is a B2B data infrastructure SaaS that offers a platform for collaboration to write and execute data contracts. Gable supports communication between data providers and consumers using data contracts, assisting companies to increase data quality at scale. | $20M | Series A | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Truyu | Truyu is a first digital identity protection tool that alerts you when your identity is being used or misused online. |  | Pre-Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Pairtree Intelligence | Pairtree is an AgTech or AgrifoodTech Business intelligence and integration platform within the Australian Agriculture space. With over 80 integrations across the full suite of digital agriculture Pairtree is converging data at a paddock and enterprise level to allow the farmer to access all of their data, through a single site. Pairtree isnetwork, supplier and device agnostic allowing complete flexibility for the farmers to choose the services that suit their operation and then converge the data sets to allow higher level operation oversights and management capacity. Pairtree is predominately providing services to the Grains, Cotton and RedMeat sectors presently, but has experience in Horticulture as well. "Think ONE, Powered by MANY" | $250K | Grant | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| Kit |  |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 03, 2023 |  |
| Pairtree Intelligence | Pairtree is an AgTech or AgrifoodTech Business intelligence and integration platform within the Australian Agriculture space. With over 80 integrations across the full suite of digital agriculture Pairtree is converging data at a paddock and enterprise level to allow the farmer to access all of their data, through a single site. Pairtree isnetwork, supplier and device agnostic allowing complete flexibility for the farmers to choose the services that suit their operation and then converge the data sets to allow higher level operation oversights and management capacity. Pairtree is predominately providing services to the Grains, Cotton and RedMeat sectors presently, but has experience in Horticulture as well. "Think ONE, Powered by MANY" | $705.8K | Convertible Note | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| Paytron | PAYTRON is a global fintech based in Sydney, Australia. The company is focused on helping SME businesses and their accountants avoid wasting resources on mundane processes, with a borderless transaction account that moves money efficiently, automates bookkeeping and delivers insights to grow. | $250K | Seed | Sep 30, 2022 |  |
| Paytron | PAYTRON is a global fintech based in Sydney, Australia. The company is focused on helping SME businesses and their accountants avoid wasting resources on mundane processes, with a borderless transaction account that moves money efficiently, automates bookkeeping and delivers insights to grow. | $250K | Seed | Sep 30, 2022 |  |
| Unloan | Unloan provides banking, financial technology, fintech, and customer experience. They also offer risk management, remote service, home loans, consulting, and retail financial services. |  | Seed | May 17, 2022 |  |
| OwnHome | Bringing rent-to-own to Australia | $22.1M | Series A | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Payble | Payble platform leverages Open Banking to identify consumers who would benefit from flexible payment options (including consumers at risk of missing a payment), and engages them with a flexible solution like instalment plans, payment extensions or Covid relief. Payble’s proactive approach improves customer satisfaction with billers andsignificantly reduces the admin and operational cost of collections. | $700K | Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-caca) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Commonwealth Bank of Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commonwealth-bank-of-australia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Square Peg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/square-peg-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SVG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svg-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zetta Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zetta-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does x15ventures invest in?

x15ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is x15ventures's check size?

x15ventures typically joins rounds of $150k–$1M at Seed, $240k–$240k at Pre-Seed and $20M–$22M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds x15ventures participates in.

### How do I contact x15ventures?

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### Who are the partners at x15ventures?

The team at x15ventures includes Jane Martino (Portfolio Advisor), Jason Rohloff (Head of Risk - New Venture) and Toby Norton-Smith (Founder & Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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