Portfolio

Companies we build, back and advise, across energy, education, fintech and software.

Surge Energy
A regional embedded energy provider for councils, businesses, farms and food producers. Customers pay for solar, battery and microgrid energy under service agreements instead of funding the equipment upfront.
Active
Redei
An Australian engineering design studio taking complex products from research through validation and production, including Australian-made commercial microgrid hardware.
Active
DER Fund I
A fund being set up to provide long-term capital for solar, battery and microgrid projects at councils, farms, food producers and regional businesses.
In formation
Founders Friend
A founder-guidance platform built around a single company model, following founders through five stages of the start-up journey.
In development
Distil
A market analysis app that reads what listed companies publish, scores each document's tone and produces a short brief where every point links back to its source page.
In development
VentureSim
The Ryan Academy's start-up simulation for university entrepreneurship teaching, where student teams run competing companies over twelve weeks.
In development
Parakeet
Helps businesses, accountants and bookkeepers pay and reconcile BPAY and supplier bills from inside Xero.
Active
Salutec
An emergency notification system for campus safety, combining a smart device with a phone app that keeps dispatchers in contact until help arrives.
Active
CodeSafe
QR codes on equipment, locations and procedures that deliver safety, environment and quality information to workers' phones.
Active
Oncore
Contractor management and workforce payment services for contingent workers and recruitment agencies.
Active
Shazamme
A no-code website builder for recruitment agencies, with job boards and career sites connected to their applicant tracking systems.
Active
bassike
An Australian fashion label designing seasonal collections in natural fabrics, known for its organic cotton jersey made in Australia.
Active
think Procurement
Procurement software as a service that helped organisations buy better, faster and cheaper.
Closed