We back technical, globally ambitious founders at the earliest stage, pre-seed to seed, with real conviction and a partner in your corner from day zero.
Scrappy, high-conviction founders, often in their first or second high-growth company, with an earned view on a problem and the ability to build quickly. We look for formidability before polish. Strong co-founder teams are our preference; we stay open to exceptional cases.
A non-obvious view that can only come from time in the problem.
Technical, product or executional depth. You ship, fast.
Building for the world from day one, not just your home market.
Bias to decide. High signal-per-word. Momentum over perfection.
Strong co-founders. Complementary. Already working together.
First or second equity financing. Prototype through early-customer.
Typical first cheque. Flexible where it makes sense.
Where we lead or anchor the round.
Pro-rata preserved into Seed and Series A rounds.
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You can arrive at formidability by different routes. These are the three we see most often — you might recognise yourself here.
Young at heart, sense of urgency. Thinks everyone on Earth needs this.
IP or novel tech that needs a market — and a founder who can take it there.
Vertical experience, about to reinvent it. Experts disagree. They're right anyway.
Pre-seed is all we do.We know this stage, and the zero-to-one go-to-market that comes with it, better than funds that treat it as a side-bucket. It's our whole focus, not a feeder for a bigger fund.
Prototype or early customer is typical.You don't need ARR to get our cheque. You do need a view and an ability to build.
Software and hardware.We back deeptech and physical products. Kite Magnetics and Andromeda are live proof.
Australia-first, globally-minded.Australia is home. We also back AU teams expanding into the US and keep an active San Francisco arm.
The pre-seed market runs on gatekeeping, warm intros and ghosting. That's the bar we're beating. However fast your round is moving, we can match the pace, and every founder gets real feedback either way.
Tell us in a sentence. We'll take it from there.
After we invest, support is practical and high-touch, the kind of help operators run, not course content. Partner time, a working network, and the specific humans who've done the thing you're about to do.
Regular working sessions with the partner on your deal. No associates between you and a decision.
Sales motion, positioning, pricing, first 10 customers. The operator side, not the consultant side.
Our network of operators, coaches and domain experts, and real help hiring the first 10–20.
Launch moments, story crafting, press access when it matters. We know what moves the needle in AU and SF.
Positioning for Seed and Series A, investor intros, deck and data room work when you're ready.
Founder events, peer groups, SF office access, and a portfolio that actually helps each other.
The working relationship in their words, not ours, from three founders we backed first.
James and Hugh are like founders, they want us to succeed as much as we do. They showed us this by backing us in our pre-seed round, helping us secure our seed round with Insight Partners, and supporting us all the way through to our Series B, led by Bessemer Venture Partners. We recommend Galileo to other world class AI founders.
Galileo made all the difference for us. They are our first believers, and were invaluable during our seed raise with very real, roll-up-the-sleeves work. As founders, we're so glad to know that when you really need them, the Galileo team will absolutely be there with material help, great advice, introductions and more.
The Galileo team has been with Kite since day one, advising and supporting us at every major milestone, connecting us with experts in recruitment, sales, and fundraising. Despite being 20x smaller than some of our other investors, they consistently provide more value and aren't afraid to spend time with us in the trenches when the going gets tough.
First VC in. New categories out.
Relevance AI is a world leader in AI Agents, enabling businesses to build teams of agents that deliver human-quality work. Galileo invested in their pre-seed round when the team helped companies unlock their qualitative data using vectors and AI workflows. RelevanceAI is growing fast, and used by enterprises around the world with offices in Sydney and San Francisco.
Relevance AI
Andromeda Robotics is a robotics and AI startup on a mission to revolutionise human-robot interactions. Founded by a team of passionate engineers, their vision is to create companion robots that are not just smart and functional, but also warm and empathetic.
Andromeda
Tixel is the leading ticket resale community trusted by millions of fans around the globe. Tixel is a fair marketplace that instantly verifies ticket uploads and puts caps on ticket pricing, pioneering ethical resale globally.
Tixel
No warm intro required. Apply directly via the form. We read everything and reply to everyone.
If the timing wasn't right last time, come back. Businesses change. So do we.
No, not tranched milestones. If we believe, we write the cheque.
We can invest outside AU where it makes sense. Most of our founders have a strong AU tie.
Often, or we'll be the anchor early investor. Then we help you run the next round.
Standard SAFE or priced equity. We'll be pragmatic where the round shape calls for it.
Pre-incorporation is not too early. Cold email is fine. No warm intro required. Start a conversation and hear back from a partner within a week, whatever the answer.