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Galileo Ventures announces the initial close of its second fund, with Innovation Victoria as cornerstone backer, and looks back at early investments in Relevance AI, Andromeda Robotics, Kite Magnetics, Tixel and SyncTech.
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Galileo Ventures promotes its report from a May 2026 AI event it hosted with OpenAI, three portfolio companies and several investors, highlighting local venture data and an early-stage investment thesis.
Galileo Ventures recaps three founder interviews from its 2025 newsletter series, covering lessons on Australian venture capital, leading through crisis, and building AI grocery tools.
Galileo Ventures' annual letter looks back on 2025: a partner hire, raises at Relevance AI, Andromeda and Tixel, a 25th investment in Isaacus, and Breakthrough Victoria as cornerstone backer of Fund II.
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Galileo Ventures has invested $250,000 in legal-AI startup Isaacus as part of a $700,000 pre-seed round it co-led with Aura Ventures; the post explains why it backed founder Umar Butler.
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Galileo Ventures announces a $240,000 seed backing for Gumnut, a developer-tools startup adding real-time collaboration and AI agents to SaaS forms, and sets out its investment thesis.
Galileo Ventures argues Australia risks missing the AI revolution, proposes a five-pillar national investment strategy, and announces Fund II to back AI founders, citing its Fund I portfolio and Airtrunk's sale as evidence.
Galileo Ventures reflects on backing Relevance AI from its VectorAI origins, recalling its seed and Series A rounds and celebrating the company's newly announced Series B.
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Deals recorded from Galileo Ventures portfolio's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaacus | Pre-seed | 16 Sep 2025 | $700k | |
| Andromeda | Series A | 9 Sep 2025 | $23m | |
| Gumnut | Seed | 30 Jun 2025 | $240k | |
| RelevanceAI | Series B | 9 May 2025 | $37m | |
| RelevanceAI | Seed | 3 Dec 2021 | $4m |
Companies named in Galileo Ventures portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| RelevanceAI | 5 | |
| Andromeda | Personalised robot companions for aged care and assisted living | 3 |
| TrueState | 3 | |
| Gumnut | 2 | |
| Isaacus | Legal AI models for document enrichment and extraction | 2 |
| Microsoft | 2 | |
| SyncTech | 2 | |
| Tixel | 2 | |
| AirTrunk | 1 | |
| Airwallex | 1 | |
| Apple | 1 | |
| Australian Human Rights Commission | 1 | |
| BuildAI | 1 | |
| Canva | 1 | |
| Figma | 1 | |
| Fora Therapy | 1 | |
| 1 | ||
| King River Capital | 1 | |
| Kite Magnetics | 1 | |
| Lorne Capital | 1 | |
| Miro | 1 | |
| Mirvac | 1 | |
| Notion | 1 | |
| Nvidia | 1 | |
| OpenAI | 1 | |
| Peak XV Partners | 1 | |
| SafetyCulture | 1 | |
| Sequoia | 1 | |
| Silicon Valley Bank | 1 | |
| Unilever | 1 | |
| Waymo | 1 | |
| WiseList | 1 | |
| Zendir | 1 |
Investors named in Galileo Ventures portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Galileo Ventures | 8 | |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 2 | |
| Artesian VC | Alternative asset management for debt and venture capital | 1 |
| Aura Ventures | 1 | |
| Breakthrough Victoria | 1 | |
| Innovation Victoria | 1 | |
| Insight Partners | 1 |