Galileo Ventures Fund II

Galileo Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Melbourne, Australia

Countries of investment

Australia
New Zealand

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed

Industries

Artificial intelligence
Robotics
Enterprise software
Deep tech
Hardware
Climate tech
Construction tech
Marketplaces
Healthtech

About
Galileo Ventures is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology. Their focus spans AI, robotics, enterprise software, deep tech and climate across Australia and New Zealand. The firm supports founders from pre-seed through seed stages.

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Max check size: $650K
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Investment Thesis

Galileo Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage firm backing emerging founders across AI, robotics, enterprise software and deep tech, often as their first institutional investor. The firm differentiates itself as an operator-led fund with a top-decile Fund I and a San Francisco office that helps portfolio companies expand into the US.

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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2020 by James Alexander, Managing Partner, and Hugh Stephens, General Partner and founder of the bootstrapped SaaS company Sked Social, with Julia French as Partner. Offices in Melbourne, Sydney and San Francisco. Fund I ranks in the top decile of its vintage with 26+ investments and $200M+ in co-investment. Reached a $15M first close on a $30M Fund II in August 2026, cornerstoned by Innovation Victoria with Brad Feld among the LPs. Portfolio includes Relevance AI, Andromeda Robotics and Tixel.