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Glitch Capital (Founders Fund)

Geography: Australia
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: A$50M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Glitch Capital (Founders Fund)

Glitch Capital (Founders Fund) is a venture capital firm based in Australia And New Zealand, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionAustralia

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Post-PMF global tech founder from ANZ scaling

founder-led VC

ANZ tech scaling

post-PMF growth

global expansion

operator co-invest

Bullish Signals

40+ Centurians, $50bn+ value built collectivelywebsite

15+ unicorn founders embedded as advisorswebsite

20+ industries covered by operator networkwebsite

Founders helping founders ethos — skin-in-gamewebsite

Recent unicorn exits: Go1, Canva acq, $1.7b dealwebsite

Active deal momentum: $17m–$120m raises Jan–Jun 2025website

Sam Kroonenburg doing it again post-A Cloud Guruwebsite

Leigh Jasper returned post-$1.6b Aconex exitwebsite

$0 to $1b founder narrative—real track recordwebsite

Portfolio depth: Roller, Cover Genius, Practice Ignitionwebsite

Unimarket-VendorPanel merger, June 2025 momentumwebsite

Ofload $31m, $350m valuation mid-raise tractionwebsite

Neara $45m AI infra—PE investor validationwebsite

Grow Inc $60m Series D—Hitachi Ventures backingwebsite

Cover Genius $120m Series E—portfolio momentumwebsite

Roller $78.5m raise—software scaling proof pointwebsite

Founders showing curiosity, humility, obsession to buildwebsite

Contrarian Signals

ANZ-centric network limits truly global reachexternal

Co-invest model means rarely leads rounds aloneexternal

Network access gated for insider founders onlyexternal

Fund size, vintage, AUM not publicly disclosedwebsite

Newsroom dominated by portfolio wins, not fund strategywebsite

Founder Do's

Have product-market fit — non-negotiable

Global ambition from day one required

Tap 40+ Centurian founder network

Co-invest alongside top-tier VCs welcome

Show $50bn+ value-building pedigree alignment

Founder Don'ts

Don't come pre-PMF — stage gates strictly

Don't expect Glitch to lead rounds solo

Don't underestimate founder-network skin-in-game value

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund SizeA$50M

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Website

People

Key People

Ryan Fitzpatrick, Rob Hillpot

Leigh JasperExecutive Chair

Ryan FitzpatrickManaging Partner

Paul PerrettGeneral Partner

Jo LanyonPrincipal

Rob PhillpotFounder Partner

Sam KroonenburgFounder Partner

Geoff TarrantFounder Partner

Lincoln EastonFounder Partner

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