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    Artesian

    Sydney, AustraliaFounded 2004

    Artesian is a global alternative investment management firm specializing in public and private debt, venture capital, and impact investment strategies. Its VC arm is a full-stack venture capital platform investing in software and hardware startups across the Asia-Pacific region, with an overweight exposure to agrifood, clean energy, medtech, and AI/robotics.

    Average disclosed round size is $7.4M (across 47 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    51

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Kurt Tan

    Kurt Tan

    Managing Director

    Ali Clunies-Ross

    Ali Clunies-Ross

    Partner & Co-Head of VC

    David Gallagher

    David Gallagher

    Partner, Head of Aust. Fixed Income

    David Rohrsheim

    David Rohrsheim

    Venture Partner

    Felix Zhang

    Felix Zhang

    Venture Partner

    Gilles Plante

    Gilles Plante

    Partner, Head of VCaaS

    Jeremy Colless

    Jeremy Colless

    Partner & CEO

    John McCartney

    John McCartney

    Partner, Debt & VC Americas

    Luke Fay

    Luke Fay

    Venture Partner

    Matt Clunies-Ross

    Matt Clunies-Ross

    Partner & CIO ACM

    Mei Lee

    Mei Lee

    Partner, Head of Ops

    Nayoko Wicaksono

    Nayoko Wicaksono

    Venture Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    59 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Plasmaleap logoPlasmaleapSeries A$20MMar 2026
    Bioscout logoBioscoutSeedJan 2026
    Ferronova logoFerronovaSeries A$6MDec 2025
    Sama Fertility logoSama FertilitySeed$3.8MJul 2025
    VVoltavatePre-Seed$3.5MJun 2025
    Neufast logoNeufastSeries A$1.1MMay 2025
    Modern Synthesis logoModern SynthesisUnknown$5.5MJan 2025
    Coherence Neuro logoCoherence NeuroSeed$10MJan 2025
    GGalySeries B$33MSep 2024
    Sicona logoSiconaSeries A$22MJun 2023
    Katonic Ai logoKatonic AiSeries A$1.6MDec 2022
    Altris AI logoAltris AISeed$1MDec 2022
    Zetifi logoZetifiSeries A$12MDec 2022
    GAMURS logoGAMURSSeries A$12MOct 2022
    Nutromics logoNutromicsSeries A$14MSep 2022
    Avant Meats logoAvant MeatsSeries A$10.8MJan 2022
    Beforepay logoBeforepayUnknownJan 2022
    Varicon logoVariconUnknown$2.3MJan 2022
    55B AustraliaSeries BJan 2022
    Voilà! logoVoilà!Series A$13.8MJan 2022
    HHUVIAiR TechnologiesSeries A$3.2MJan 2022
    Voly logoVolySeed$13MDec 2021
    TTabTraderSeries A$5.8MNov 2021
    FFleet Space TechnologiesSeries B$26.4MNov 2021
    TToch.aiSeries A$11.8MOct 2021
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026