Our investment philosophy focuses on unlocking founder potential through hands-on support and strategic capital deployment. With over 80 companies in our portfolio, we've developed a methodology that enables us to identify promising ventures early, accelerate their growth through critical phases, and make data-driven follow-on investment decisions.
This approach gives us unique visibility into company performance, creating opportunities for targeted capital allocation at the most impactful moments, and reduces risk.
Our management team brings extensive hands-on experience investing in and advising early-stage companies, with a proven track record in funds management across multiple economic cycles.
We de-risk investments through our staged approach, first investing smaller amounts and using insights gained to inform follow-on decisions, creating a more capital-efficient path to growth.
Fund investors gain exclusive access to direct co-investment opportunities in our highest-performing portfolio companies, allowing for strategic exposure beyond the fund itself.
While maintaining a broad mandate, we drive meaningful change in supply chain & logistics, ag-tech, AI-enabled solutions, women founders, quality education, and healthtech sectors.
Our competitive advantage stems from deep understanding of and relationships with the university sector, providing privileged access to innovation and research-backed startups.
We have invested in and supported over 80 companies across our funds. For more information on fund performance, please get in touch.
Skalata Funds are already backed by some of Australia's most trusted institutional investors – including governments, universities, foundations, and family offices.
Your capital is working alongside Australia's most respected institutions.
“The Skalata team are practical, diligent, and true to their word, which is something we highly value in an investment. They prioritise portfolio founders and companies while still offering attractive returns for us as investors.”
The investment period for SF-I has ended.
The initial investment period for SF-II has ended.
According to the State of Australian Startup Funding, 62% of Australian founders don't believe investors live up to their promise of "value beyond capital".
We're proud to offer more hands-on support than any investor in Australia.
“For us, choosing an investor was about value well beyond cash. We’re so privileged to have the Skalata crew partner with us, understand us, and open themselves up to genuinely help us on our unique journey.”
“We entered Skalata a concept. Now we are a company. The entire team is incredibly supportive and genuine – they've helped us through some really challenging growing pains.”
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“I invest in Skalata funds because they're an early-stage investment opportunity with strong diversity. Skalata does a very good job in preparing portfolio companies for Series A and beyond.”
