Cardinia Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
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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.
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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:United States×5Australia×4
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×1
What their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×4Finance & Accounting ×3Engineering ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history
Goldman Sachs ×2
Investments · 21 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 12018 · 12 dated
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)inJared Kopf(Director)Peter Krivkovich(Executive Officer)Valentino Volonghi(Executive Officer)Adam Berke(Executive Officer)inSuresh 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 Mao(Co-Founder & CEO (now SVP, GM Observability, Palo Alto Networks))inRob Skillington(Co-Founder & CTO)inAshley Alexander(Chief People Officer)inMargaret Dawson(Global Head of Marketing)inBill Hineline(Field Chief Technology Officer)inIan Smith(Chief of Staff to the CEO and Head of Strategy)in
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesAdditionAntiBasis Set VenturesCarbide VenturesFounders Fund+13 more
Drop Water builds smart refill stations that dispense fresh, customizable beverages to reduce single-use plastic waste.
CleantechConsumerHardwareIoTSan Luis Obispo, US
Scott E(Founder)Scott Edwards(CEO)
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)in
Co-investorsAirTree VenturesBlackbird VenturesOneVentures
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 Ventures
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)QualgroSPRINGROCK VENTURES
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)in
Co-investorsBackbone AngelsBowery CapitalData TechSozo VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersPebblebed
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)in
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesGeek VenturesMadrona Venture GroupPICUS CAPITALTA VenturesUtiliti Group+3 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)in
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
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CognianCognian TechnologiesDrop WaterRailerSonder
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
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cardinia Ventures made?
- Cardinia Ventures has 21 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited.
- 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 42 tracked co-investors.
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