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Galileo Ventures announces the initial close of its second fund, with Innovation Victoria as cornerstone backer, and looks back at early investments in Relevance AI, Andromeda Robotics, Kite Magnetics, Tixel and SyncTech.
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Galileo Ventures promotes its report from a May 2026 AI event it hosted with OpenAI, three portfolio companies and several investors, highlighting local venture data and an early-stage investment thesis.
Galileo Ventures recaps three founder interviews from its 2025 newsletter series, covering lessons on Australian venture capital, leading through crisis, and building AI grocery tools.
Galileo Ventures' annual letter looks back on 2025: a partner hire, raises at Relevance AI, Andromeda and Tixel, a 25th investment in Isaacus, and Breakthrough Victoria as cornerstone backer of Fund II.
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Galileo Ventures has invested $250,000 in legal-AI startup Isaacus as part of a $700,000 pre-seed round it co-led with Aura Ventures; the post explains why it backed founder Umar Butler.
Galileo Ventures announces a $240,000 seed backing for Gumnut, a developer-tools startup adding real-time collaboration and AI agents to SaaS forms, and sets out its investment thesis.
Galileo Ventures argues Australia risks missing the AI revolution, proposes a five-pillar national investment strategy, and announces Fund II to back AI founders, citing its Fund I portfolio and Airtrunk's sale as evidence.
Galileo Ventures reflects on backing Relevance AI from its VectorAI origins, recalling its seed and Series A rounds and celebrating the company's newly announced Series B.
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Deals recorded from Galileo Ventures portfolio's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaacus | Pre-seed | Sep 2025 | $700k | |
| Relevance AI | Seed | 3 Dec 2021 | $4m | |
| Andromeda | Series A | 9 Sep 2025 | $23m | |
| Relevance AI | Series B | 9 May 2025 | $37m |
Companies named in Galileo Ventures portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Relevance AI | 5 | |
| RelevanceAI | Emerging global leader in enterprise AI | 5 |
| TrueState | Company deploying AI agent data science teams | 3 |
| Andromeda | Personalised robot companions for aged care and assisted living | 2 |
| Gumnut | B2B DevTools startup adding native collaboration and AI agents to SaaS products | 2 |
| Isaacus | Legal AI company building sovereign legal models trained on the Blackstone Corpus | 2 |
| Microsoft | 2 | |
| SyncTech | Company applying AI simplicity to insurance claim processing | 2 |
| Tixel | Secondary ticket marketplace leader | 2 |
| AirTrunk | Data centre operator, subject of a major acquisition in Australia | 1 |
| Airwallex | Fintech payments and financial infrastructure company | 1 |
| Andromeda Robotics | 1 | |
| Apple | 1 | |
| BuildAI | AI company enhancing construction productivity | 1 |
| Canva | Online design and visual communication platform | 1 |
| Figma | 1 | |
| Fora Therapy | Therapy-related startup | 1 |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 1 | |
| King River Capital | 1 | |
| Kite Magnetics | Startup developing stator core motors for electric aviation | 1 |
| Lorne Capital | 1 | |
| Miro | 1 | |
| Mirvac | Property company, customer of Relevance AI | 1 |
| Notion | Productivity and note-taking software company | 1 |
| Nvidia | Technology company developing platforms for AI computing including orbital compute. | 1 |
| OpenAI | AI company | 1 |
| Peak XV Partners | 1 | |
| SafetyCulture | Workplace safety and operations software company. | 1 |
| Sequoia | 1 | |
| Silicon Valley Bank | 1 | |
| Unilever | Brand using Zitcha's platform | 1 |
| Waymo | 1 | |
| WiseList | App for grocery price comparison and AI meal planning | 1 |
| Zendir | Portfolio company expanding into the US | 1 |
Investors named in Galileo Ventures portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Galileo Ventures | 8 | |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 2 | |
| Artesian VC | Alternative asset management for debt and venture capital | 1 |
| Aura Ventures | 1 | |
| Breakthrough Victoria | 1 | |
| Innovation Victoria | 1 | |
| Insight Partners | 1 |