Commencer Capital
commencer.com.au Direct investor
Commencer Capital is an Australian funds and investment management business that manages the Commencer Capital Emerging Companies Fund. The fund invests in early-stage, high-growth companies primarily in Australia and New Zealand.
Commencer Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2021. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series B, in automation technology, platform and marketplace businesses, financial services and artificial intelligence. Its stated cheque size is $1-5 million initially per investment. 10 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“The Fund’s investment strategy is to invest in early stage, high growth businesses which are seeking capital to continue to grow and expand their businesses.”
— Commencer Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Sectors
- automation technology, platform and marketplace businesses, financial services, artificial intelligence, consumer, industrial, information technology, telecommunications
- Cheque size
- $1-5 million initially per investment
- Founded
- 2021
- Portfolio
- 10 companies
Team, as Commencer Capital publishes it
- David Phillips Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
- Jeff Law Fund Manager
- Shane Simon Portfolio Manager
- Sean Holland Portfolio Manager
- Kathleen Gesilva Fund Finance and Operations Manager
- Colin Storrie Advisory Board Member
- Cliff Rosenberg Investment Committee Member
- Garry Hounsell Investment Committee Member
- Ben Sebel Investment Committee Member
Names and roles exactly as listed on commencer.com.au. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Commencer Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.commencer.com.au/name, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, description, confidence
- https://www.commencer.com.au/emerging-companies-fundis_investor, layer, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, portfolio_count, status
- https://www.commencer.com.au/abouttype, founded
- https://www.commencer.com.au/teampeople
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Record 18937 · added 2026-10-26 · link last verified 2026-10-26 · confidence high
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