Skip Capital
Sydney private investment fund of Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar and Kim Jackson, investing in technology companies and infrastructure; founded 2018.
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Family & background
- HEADQUARTERS
- Sydney, Australia
- FOUNDED
- 2018
Investment approach
- ROUTES
- Companies (own capital)
- STRATEGIES
- Venture capitalDirect investments
Overview
Skip Capital Pty Limited (ABN 30 628 284 597, active from August 2018, NSW 2010) describes itself as a private fund investing in technology and infrastructure, co-founded by Kim Jackson (CEO and CIO) and Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar. Wikipedia describes it as the privately held investment fund through which Farquhar invests in tech startups. Its technology portfolio includes Canva, Airwallex, Culture Amp, SafetyCulture, Snyk and Harrison.ai; infrastructure and real assets are held through the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, which targets renewable energy and decarbonisation, data infrastructure, waste, food and health infrastructure.
Investment thesis
Invests in long-term, stable infrastructure and real assets (renewable energy and decarbonisation, data infrastructure, up-valuing waste, food infrastructure, innovative health) and in technology companies.
Holdings & investments (48)
- August Robotics
- Fintech
- HealthTech
- Biotech & Life Sciences
- Software & SaaS
- Software & SaaS
- Software & SaaS
- Software & SaaS
- Software & SaaS
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software & SaaS
- Fintech
- Software & SaaS
- Fintech
- Software & SaaS
- HealthTech
- Education
- Artificial Intelligence
- HealthTech
- Deep Tech
- HealthTech
- Mobility & Logistics
- Software & SaaS
- Consumer & E-commerce
- Software & SaaS
- Climate & Energy
People
- Kim JacksonCo-founder, CEO and CIO · source
- Shane GuyotInfrastructure and Real Assets · source
- Ken LeeInfrastructure and Real Assets · source
- Somar AlhajaliInfrastructure and Real Assets · source
- Patty HuangInfrastructure and Real Assets · source
- Olivia GrivasVenture Capital · source
- Sahil AroraVenture Capital · source
- Miles MookhyVenture Capital · source
- Ron LeviVenture Capital · source
- Scott FarquharCo-founder · source
- Oliver RyanFinance and Operations · source
- Friska ChristanyFinance · source
Frequently asked questions
Skip Capital is a single family office based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2018.
Skip Capital invests its own capital into companies. Its stated asset mix includes venture capital and direct investments.
Skip Capital invests in Software & SaaS, Fintech, HealthTech, Artificial Intelligence and Climate & Energy.
Key people at Skip Capital include Kim Jackson (Co-founder, CEO and CIO), Scott Farquhar (Co-founder), Shane Guyot (Infrastructure and Real Assets) and Ken Lee (Infrastructure and Real Assets).
Skip Capital's holdings and investments include August Robotics, 1Password, Adora, Arena AI, Arinex, Atticus, Brighte and Burnbot, among others.