Angel investor

Andrew Sypkes

Disclosed deals

Every published round Andrew Sypkes took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Firmable	Seed	Oct 2023	$9m	Participant	AirTree Ventures Rob Phillpot Leigh Jasper Paul Perrett Karthik Venkatasubramanian Martin Hosking Adam Lewis Sam Kroonenburg	Startup Daily (6 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (6 Mar 2026), Startup Daily (2 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (2 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (2 Dec 2025), SmartCompany (3 Nov 2023)
Circle In	Unnamed stage	Apr 2023	$2m	Participant	Leigh Jasper Carol Schwartz Rob Phillpot Ben Thompson LaunchVic Alberts Scale Ventures Alice Anderson Fund	Alberts Impact Ventures (19 Dec 2023), SmartCompany, Women's Agenda, Startup Daily, Alberts Impact Ventures (13 Apr 2023), Our Innovation Fund, Alberts portfolio
Fresho	Series A	7 Jun 2022	£8m (A$14.1m)	Participant	Capital Zed SecondQuarter Ventures Salta Capital	Tech Funding News - Australia, AgFunderNews, SmartCompany
Varicon	Seed	21 Mar 2022	$2.2m	Participant	Black Nova Venture Capital Galileo Ventures Artesian VC Josh Slattery Murray Bleach Leigh Jasper BlackCap Construction Group	Startup Daily (21 Mar 2022), Startup Daily (17 Mar 2022)

Portfolio

Companies Andrew Sypkes has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds
Circle In	Platform for creating safe, inclusive and caring workplaces	Apr 2023	1
Firmable	AI-driven B2B sales intelligence and automation platform	Oct 2023, Seed	1
Fresho	Melbourne-based food-wholesale ordering platform	7 Jun 2022, Series A	1
Varicon		21 Mar 2022, Seed	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Andrew Sypkes, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Andrew Sypkes yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Andrew Sypkes has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Andrew Sypkes did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Andrew Sypkes is recorded as having been acquired.

Role	Organisation	Sources
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Coverage

Stories naming Andrew Sypkes. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

13 deals

Nine Aussie startups that raised $40.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering nine Australian startups' new capital totalling $40.5 million, across solar, quantum computing, marketing tech and crowdfunding, plus a look back at Aconex's $1.6 billion Oracle sale.

SmartCompany 3 Nov 2023 Analog Quantum Circuits Firmable Good Earth Dairy Happly Heartful Mutinex SunDrive A Cloud Guru Aconex ASX Australian Government Birchal Blackbird Ventures Canva Clean Energy Finance Corporation FCX Hannas Group Hosting with Heart Main Sequence Ventures OnMarket Oracle Redbubble Taxibox Tesla University of Queensland AirTree Ventures Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Cut Through Angels EVP Partners Func Ventures Karthik Venkatasubramanian Leigh Jasper Paul Perrett Uniseed Western Australian government Adam Lewis Andrew Sypkes Cameron Adams Danny Hanna Malcolm Turnbull Martin Hosking Max Cunningham Mike Cannon-Brookes Rob Phillpot Sam Kroonenburg Andrew Weinman Anthony Albanese Arkady Federov Chris Bowen Henry Innis Jen Clark Jeremy Rosen Justin Lipman Karthik Venkatasubramanian Leigh Jasper Marcel Steingiesser Matt Farrugia Paul Perrett Robyn Denholm Stephen Burns Professor Tom Stace

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Wholesale Investor

Unnamed stage $2m

Caregiver software start-up Circle In bucks dire investment trend for female-led start-ups, raises $2m in funding

Melbourne family-care benefits platform Circle In has closed a $2m round, adding Alberts Impact Ventures to existing private backers and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, while research highlights shrinking venture money for women-only founding teams.

Also Alberts Impact Ventures portfolio·Alberts Impact Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Women's Agenda

Series A $14m

Online ordering platform Fresho raises $14 million as it looks to re-enter the US after COVID-enforced retreat

Food ordering software firm Fresho has secured a Series A round to fund a United States relaunch after pandemic difficulties, with backing from several named investors and an angel backer.

SmartCompany 25 May 2022 Fresho Capital Zed Salta Capital SecondQuarter Ventures Andrew Sypkes Huw Birrell James Andronis

Also AgFunderNews·Tech Funding News - Australia

2 deals

Construction tech startup Varicon nails $2.25 million Seed round

Tasmanian construction cost-management software firm Varicon raised a $2.25 million seed round led by Black Nova with several industry angels, following a smaller raise a year earlier, to support national expansion.

Startup Daily 17 Mar 2022 Varicon Aconex Slattery Construction Tidal Ventures Artesian VC BlackCap Construction Group Black Nova Venture Capital Galileo Ventures Andrew Sypkes Josh Slattery Leigh Jasper Murray Bleach James Baker Matt Browne Ofer Assor

Also Startup Daily

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