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Radar Ventures
Radar Ventures is an early stage technology investor based in Australia. The firm's portfolio includes Tetratherix, developing a BioStealth Matrix platform...
Overview
Radar Ventures is an early stage technology investor based in Australia. The firm's portfolio includes Tetratherix, developing a BioStealth Matrix platform for precision medicine, Australian Intelligent Machines (AIM), providing tactical directed energy for defence, and Acumino, building a platform for Robotic General Intelligence.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2008
Location
Region
Oceania
Country
Australia
City
Collingwood
Corporate office
Collingwood, Australia
Principals
Atlanta Daniel
General Partner and Managing Partner
Rod Drury
General Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who makes investment decisions at Radar Ventures?
General Partner and Managing Partner Atlanta Daniel leads investment decisions alongside General Partner Rod Drury. The firm states its mandate was shaped by Daniel's experience surviving cancer, which she cites as reorienting her focus toward purpose-driven investing. No investment committee beyond the named partners is disclosed.
What sectors does Radar Ventures target?
The fund concentrates on deep tech and platform technologies with the potential to solve global-scale problems. Its stated focus areas include the sustainable future of food, water, and energy; the advancement of health and medicine; communications, computing, robotics, AGI, and defence technologies. The portfolio reflects this through positions in synthetic biology, alternative proteins, quantum-adjacent sensing, and biological computing.
What investment stages does Radar Ventures typically enter?
Radar Ventures invests primarily at the early stage, including seed and startup rounds, with the stated intention to follow on as portfolio companies grow. The firm does not publicly restrict itself to a single stage, but its website emphasizes a preference for early entry points in deep tech companies.
What is the relationship between Radar Ventures and Xero?
Radar Ventures co-founder and General Partner Rod Drury is the founder of Xero, the global small-business accounting platform. Drury's wealth generation from Xero provides a capital base for the fund, though Radar Ventures operates independently as a private investment vehicle rather than a corporate venture arm of Xero.
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