Artesian

Artesian Capital Management is an investment firm based in Melbourne, Australia, with additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, Singapore, and London. Founded in 2004, it specializes in direct investments in seed, angel, startup, and early to late-stage technology companies, as well as fund of funds investments in venture capital. The firm focuses on clean energy startups through its dedicated seed fund, which invests in companies from approved accelerators and incubators. Artesian has developed a robust portfolio, managing over AUD 255 million in various specialized funds, including those targeting credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies. The firm prioritizes investments in Australia, China, and Southeast Asia, partnering with top-tier accelerators, incubators, and university programs to identify promising ventures.

Richard Case

Managing Director

Matthew Clunies-Ross

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Gerald Evelyn

Managing Director

Stuart Fox

Managing Partner

David Gallagher

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

Tim Heasley

Managing Partner

Pankaj Khanna

Chief Financial Officer

Vicky Lay

Managing Director

Huay Mei Lee

Head of Operations and Investor Services

John McCartney

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Tam Nguyen

Fund Administration and Investor Relations Professional

Gilles Planté

Managing Partner

Kurt Tan

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

Catherine Valeni

Manager, Funds Administration and Investor Services

Past deals in Singapore

PouchNATION

Convertible Note in 2021
PouchNATION is a SaaS company for cashless and guest management solutions digitising the venues and events operations using intelligent NFC wearable technology in Southeast Asia. We aim to empower business owners to operate worry-free in the future.

TurtleTree

Seed Round in 2020
TurtleTree Labs is a biotechnology company founded in 2019 and based in Singapore, specializing in the production of real milk from animal cells. The company addresses the challenges of the traditional dairy industry by utilizing patented technologies to replicate the natural milk production process using mammary cells. This innovative approach allows TurtleTree to create full-composition, full-functionality, and full-flavor milk without relying on animal farming, thereby eliminating issues related to pollution, resource inefficiency, and health risks. By producing clean milk in controlled food production facilities, TurtleTree aims to provide consumers with safe, healthy, and customizable dairy products while minimizing environmental impact and animal exploitation.

Botsync

Seed Round in 2020
Botsync Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that designs and manufactures autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) aimed at enhancing labor productivity and cost-effectiveness in logistics and manufacturing. These heavy-duty robots can carry payloads ranging from 500 kg to 1 tonne and are engineered to operate in dynamic environments. Botsync's offerings include a range of products such as lifters, loaders, and rack modules, along with a robotics research platform for software development. The company emphasizes an infrastructure-free deployment model, allowing its robots to be implemented quickly and with minimal alterations to existing operations. This approach facilitates the adoption of robotic automation across industries, promoting efficiency and reducing initial investment costs. Botsync also maintains an office in India to support its operations and expansion in the region.

allrites.com

Seed Round in 2020
AllRites Holdings Pte Ltd operates an online marketplace for discovering, negotiating, buying, and selling film, television, and sports broadcast content rights. The company provides content licensing distribution services. It also provides blockchain based services for the protection of rights and identity management, and distribution of earnings. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Angat

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Angat is a company that focuses on scaling technology teams by providing businesses with a pre-vetted pool of talent. This approach allows companies to build dedicated, full-time remote tech teams without the need to establish a physical office in new locations. By offering solutions in countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and Ukraine, Angat addresses the challenges associated with traditional outsourcing and project management of freelancers, which can be costly and inefficient. The company aims to streamline the process of assembling skilled tech teams, enabling organizations to enhance their operational capacity while maintaining quality and control.

allrites.com

Seed Round in 2019
AllRites Holdings Pte Ltd operates an online marketplace for discovering, negotiating, buying, and selling film, television, and sports broadcast content rights. The company provides content licensing distribution services. It also provides blockchain based services for the protection of rights and identity management, and distribution of earnings. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Botsync

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Botsync Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that designs and manufactures autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) aimed at enhancing labor productivity and cost-effectiveness in logistics and manufacturing. These heavy-duty robots can carry payloads ranging from 500 kg to 1 tonne and are engineered to operate in dynamic environments. Botsync's offerings include a range of products such as lifters, loaders, and rack modules, along with a robotics research platform for software development. The company emphasizes an infrastructure-free deployment model, allowing its robots to be implemented quickly and with minimal alterations to existing operations. This approach facilitates the adoption of robotic automation across industries, promoting efficiency and reducing initial investment costs. Botsync also maintains an office in India to support its operations and expansion in the region.

Cartesi

Seed Round in 2018
Cartesi is a decentralized and scalable Linux infrastructure that solves the problems of computational scalability and development infrastructure for the decentralized web. With Cartesi, Blockchain applications can be coded with the vast domain of mainstream software stacks available today. Applications run off-chain, with the strong security guarantees of the blockchain, but free from its computation limits and high costs.

NewCampus

Seed Round in 2018
NewCampus is a modern business school for Asia, supercharging careers and networks at 1% of the cost of an MBA. We host live, innovative, and practical classes all taught by execs from global innovative companies like Grab, Xiaomi and Netflix. 90% of our learners are from outside of finance and consulting, 80% are women. With NewCampus, people and companies underserved by the existing executive education market, access the skills, ideas and networks they need to continuously stay ahead.