Cardinia Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A
Investment thesis
Cardinia Ventures supports ambitious technology founders based in Australia and the United States. The firm invests from Pre-seed to Series A in both software and hardware companies spanning a wide range of sectors, and encourages founders working on ambitious businesses to reach out.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.
What they invest in
from 12 of 21 portfolio companiesSaaS ×7Data & Infrastructure ×4Developer Tools ×3EdTech ×3Enterprise Software ×3AdTech ×2AI & Machine Learning ×2Cloud Computing ×2
HQs:Australia×4United States×4
Investments · 21 tracked
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AdRoll is a multichannel digital advertising platform that runs cross-channel ad campaigns, social advertising, and attribution for ecommerce and other marketers, using proprietary machine learning engines.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Aaron Bell(Executive Officer, Director)Jared Kopf(Director)Adam Berke(Executive Officer)inPeter Krivkovich(Executive Officer)Valentino Volonghi(Executive Officer)Suresh Khanna(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAccelWinklevoss CapitalFoundation CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Merus Capital
Premier marketplace connecting companies with top sales and business development talent in the United States.
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)
Cadmus is a university-partnered assessment platform for higher education that supports secure exams, collaborative tasks, academic integrity insights, and assisted marking.
EdTechSaaS
Herk Kailis(Founder)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough VictoriaMelbourne Accelerator Program (MAP)Emerge EducationGlitch CapitalSEEK Investments
Chronosphere provides an observability platform for microservices and containers that helps teams detect and fix customer-impacting issues while controlling costs and complexity.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSNew York, US
MARTIN CHEN MAO(Executive Officer, Director)ROBERT JAMES SKILLINGTON(Executive Officer, Director)Martin Mao(Co-Founder & CEO (now SVP, GM Observability, Palo Alto Networks))inRob Skillington(Co-Founder & CTO)inAshley Alexander(Chief People Officer)Margaret Dawson(Global Head of Marketing)
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesAdditionAntiBasis Set VenturesCarbide VenturesFounders Fund+13 more
Creator of Syncromesh wireless technology for smart buildings, enabling scalable and secure intelligent infrastructure.
Creator of Syncromesh wireless technology for smart buildings providing secure, scalable connectivity.
New distribution and sales method for bottled drinks designed to be healthy for customers and eco-friendly.
Drop Water builds smart refill stations that dispense water with customizable flavors, boosts, carbonation, and temperature control as an alternative to bottled drinks.
CleantechHardwareIoT
Scott E(Founder)
Co-investorsKern Venture Group
Edrolo provides curriculum-aligned video lessons and scaffolded practice questions for secondary school students, along with class- and student-level performance insights for teachers and schools.
EdTechSaaSMelbourne, AU
Jeremy Cox(Founder)inDuncan Anderson(Founder)
Co-investorsAirTree VenturesBlackbird VenturesFlying Fox VenturesGiant LeapOneVentures
Edrolo provides curriculum-aligned learning content and practice questions for secondary school students in Australia, with data analytics tools to help schools track performance against state benchmarks.
EdTechAustralia, AU
Jeremy Cox(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesAirTree VenturesFlying Fox VenturesGiant Leap
Explorate is an Australian supply chain company that combines logistics software with in-house freight forwarding (sea, air, road, and rail) and customs clearance, supported by a global partner network across more than 120 countries.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSBrisbane, AU
Conor Hagan(Co-founder)inAlex Ewart(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsSkalata
Tool combining B2B lead generation with automation to help sales and marketing teams scale their businesses.
M3 is an open source metrics platform, originally developed by Uber's Observability team in 2014, built around a purpose-built time series database (M3DB), a query engine, and ingestion/aggregation components.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Nuraphone's technology now appears under the Denon PerL brand of true wireless earbuds, which create a personalized sound profile using Masimo Adaptive Acoustic Technology.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerHardware
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesMelbourne Accelerator Program (MAP)SPRINGROCK VENTURESQualgro
Technology-focused logistics startup reinventing the global trucking industry.
Select Star offers an automated data catalog that lets teams search, document, and understand their data assets, with features like a business glossary, data lineage, popularity metrics, and entity relationships.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
SHINJI KIM(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsBackbone AngelsBowery CapitalData TechSozo VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersPebblebed
On-demand support network providing 24/7 access to trained professionals for immediate assistance over the phone.
Australian on-demand personal safety and wellbeing service combining a 24/7 app, support centre and in-person responders.
Spice AI provides a unified data and AI engine that enables developers to build AI-driven applications without requiring specialized expertise in data science or machine learning.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Luke Kim(Founder)inLane Harris(Co-Founder & VP of Engineering)inPhillip LeBlanc(Co-Founder & CTO)inPhillip Michael LeBlanc(Co-founder)Lane Stroud HarrisTae Hyung Kim
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesGeek VenturesMadrona Venture GroupPICUS CAPITALUtiliti GroupAsymmetric+2 more
TRIBE operates an app-based platform connecting brands with micro-influencers and content creators, allowing brands to run campaigns across many creators at once rather than a single celebrity endorsement.
AdTechCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Jules Lund(Founder)
Co-investorsClinton Capital PartnersExto PartnersIndie
Precision winemaking technology company automating manual tasks and unlocking data in the wine production process.
Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital Partners
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Tribe · kalkinemedia.com · Aug 17, 2026
Spice AI · medianews4u.com · Jul 18, 2026
Nura · finsmes.com · Jun 22, 2026
Cadmus · cadmusgroup.com · Mar 17, 2026
Chronosphere · Palo Alto Networks · Jan 29, 2026
Select Star · leadsontrees.com · Dec 2, 2025
Edrolo · capitalbrief.com · Nov 18, 2025
Edrolo · capitalbrief.com · Nov 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cardinia Ventures made?
- Cardinia Ventures has 22 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Cardinia Ventures invest at?
- Cardinia Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Cardinia Ventures focus on?
- Cardinia Ventures focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Creator Economy, Data & Infrastructure, EdTech, Hardware, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Who does Cardinia Ventures co-invest with?
- Cardinia Ventures most often shares deals with Blackbird Ventures, Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP), Accel, among 35 tracked co-investors.
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