Self Funded — An Index of Australian Venture & Techv0.1 · last sync 2026-05-11
$cat ./funds/afterwork-ventures.md

Afterwork Ventures

Sydney · est. 2019

Afterwork Ventures is a community-led early-stage venture fund backing pre-seed and seed Australian startups via a network of 200+ operator-LPs.

Website
Stages
Pre Seed, Seed
Fund size
Partners
Adrian Petersen, Alex Khor, Jasmine Bertolacci
Founded
2019
HQ
Sydney
$ls ./funds/afterwork-ventures/portfolio

Notable investments

  • Lyka
  • Pearler
  • Mainline
$git log --reverse --pretty=short ./funds/afterwork-ventures.md

Timeline

verified · public sources
  1. 2019
    Afterwork Ventures founded in Sydney.
    verified · afterwork.vc
  2. Dec 2023
    Closes Fund II at A$50M with 200+ operator-LPs across AU/NZ.
    verified · AFR
  3. Mar 2025
    Joins follow-on round into Lyka; portfolio surpasses A$2B raised across companies.
    verified · Capital Brief