Angel investor · CFO · Founder, Eucalyptus

Alexey Mitko

Disclosed deals

Every published round Alexey Mitko took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Keeyu	Pre-seed	Jul 2025	$2.3m	Participant	Rampersand Archangel Ventures Startmate Empress Capital Exhort Ventures Sydney Angels Southern Angels Jason Wyatt Paul Greenberg Luigi Iacullo	Startup Daily (Fri 14 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (Thu 13 Nov 2025), Rampersand (Wed 12 Nov 2025), Rampersand (Tue 11 Nov 2025), Empress Capital portfolio, Exhort Ventures portfolio, Rampersand portfolio
Preve	Seed	22 May 2025	$2m	Participant	Carthona Capital Startmate Archangel Ventures Black Sheep Capital Charlie Gearside	Startup Daily, SmartCompany

Portfolio

Companies Alexey Mitko has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Keeyu	AI agent for proactive e-commerce post-purchase operations	Jul 2025, Pre-seed	1	0
Preve		22 May 2025, Seed	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Alexey Mitko, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Alexey Mitko yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Alexey Mitko has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Alexey Mitko did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Alexey Mitko is recorded as having been acquired.

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
CFO · Founder	Eucalyptus	SmartCompany (Tue 24 Feb 2026), Startup Daily (Fri 14 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (Fri 23 May 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 23 May 2025), Forbes Australia, eucalyptus.health, Startup Daily (Thu 8 Jun 2023), Startup Daily (Fri 16 Jul 2021), SmartCompany (Thu 15 Jul 2021), TechCrunch Australia, Blackbird Ventures portfolio (Wed 27 May 2020), Blackbird Ventures portfolio (Sun 1 Mar 2020)

Coverage

Stories naming Alexey Mitko. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

13 deals

Cheque-in: 8 startups gobbled up $572.12 million in funding this week

Weekly roundup of eight raises totalling $572.12 million, led by Firmus's $500 million round; RAGE Biotech, SunDrive, Number 8 Bio, Fabra, Keeyu, MyGig and Drone-Hand also funded, plus two RAGE Biotech executive appointments.

Startup Daily Fri 14 Nov 2025 Drone-Hand Fabra Keeyu Number 8 Bio RAGE Biotech SunDrive Archangel Ventures Atlassian Canva CDC Data Centres Clean Energy Finance Corporation Eucalyptus Firmus Technologies Marketplacer Nvidia Tesla Try MyGig UNSW Sydney Artesian VC Aussie Angels Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Blackbird Ventures Breakthrough Victoria Concept Ventures Co Ventures CSIRO Empress Capital Exhort Ventures Hostplus Icehouse Ventures IP Group Australia January Capital Li & Fung Main Sequence Ventures Monash Ventures One Innovators Radius Capital Rampersand Side Stage Ventures Southern Angels Startmate Sydney Angels The March Group Alexey Mitko Jason Wyatt Luigi Iacullo Paul Greenberg Dr Alex Carpenter Angus Vidor Cameron Adams David Hu Dr Edwin Tucker Gloria Yu Luke Grana Malcolm Turnbull Mike Cannon-Brookes Nick Manks Oliver Curtis Robyn Denholm Dr Siro Perez Tim Rosenfeld Dr Tom Williams Dr Vince Allen

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7 deals

Seven Aussie startups that raised $495.8 million this week

Weekly roundup of seven Australian startup raises, led by Airwallex's Series F, plus EatClub, Kite Magnetics, Termina, Preve, Foremind and Liveheats.

SmartCompany Fri 23 May 2025 Airwallex Buster EatClub Foremind Kite Magnetics Liveheats Preve Tendl Termina Trava Health 86 400 Betty's Burgers Campaign Monitor Canva Car Next Door DST Global Partners Eucalyptus Marbruck Investments Monash University Pizza Hut Uniting Vic.Tas AirTree Ventures Archangel Ventures Blackbird Ventures Black Sheep Capital Boson Ventures Breakthrough Victoria Carthona Capital CoAct Capital EVP Gandel Invest Giant Leap Hostplus Investible Lone Pine Capital Monash Investment Holdings NGS Platform Advisory Salesforce Ventures Skalata Ventures Snow Foundation SQM Lithium Ventures Square Peg Capital Startmate Visa Ventures Alexey Mitko Belinda Hogan Ben Richardson Charlie Gearside Joel Parkinson Robert Bell Trevor Folsom Adam Beaupeurt Caelum Trott Chris Friend Fernando Freire Jack Zhang Joel Anderson Marco Pierre White Michael Koopman Pan Koutlakis Dr Richard Parsons

Also Startup Daily

4 deals

Online health brands startup Eucalyptus picks the online meat off the bones of Jenny Craig collapse

Eucalyptus buys Jenny Craig's online assets out of administration while stores shut; the health startup's recent raise and earlier rounds are recapped, alongside other distressed-brand acquisitions.

Series B $22.3m

NewView Capital leads $22.3M Series B in Australian telehealth platform Eucalyptus

Sydney telehealth firm Eucalyptus closed a Series B led by NewView Capital, with Blackbird, W23 and AirTree taking part. NewView's founder joins the board as the company expands its digital health brands.

TechCrunch Venture Tue 13 Jul 2021 Eucalyptus AirTree Ventures Blackbird Ventures NewView W23 Alexey Mitko Benny Kleist Charlie Gearside Christina Fa Ravi Viswanathan Tim Doyle

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany

Series A

Investment Notes: Eucalyptus

Blackbird's investment notes recount its participation in Eucalyptus's Series A, led by Woolworths' venture arm W23, having earlier led the telehealth company's pre-seed and seed rounds.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Wed 27 May 2020 Eucalyptus Atlassian Berkshire Hathaway BuzzFeed Casper McKinsey & Company Rockpool Startmate W23 Blackbird Ventures Woolworths Alexey Mitko Benny Kleist Charlie Gearside Mason Yates Nick Crocker Tim Doyle

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany

3 deals

Blackbird Monthly, Edition 02, 2020

Blackbird's February newsletter reports new investments in Roborigger and Dovetail plus Process Street's Series A, alongside portfolio updates, a founder spotlight and hiring notices.

Also Blackbird Ventures portfolio

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