Firms

AfterWork Ventures

New South Wales, Australia · Australia and New Zealand investment focus

abr.business.gov.au

AfterWork Ventures is an Australian community-powered venture capital manager investing at pre-seed and seed stages, with an Australia and New Zealand focus and some global investments. The exact operating entity is AfterWork Ventures Pty Ltd, ACN 650085251 and ABN 36650085251, active in the Australian Business Register from 8 July 2021. Its own regulatory footer identifies corporate authorised representative 1288519 of Boutique Capital Pty Ltd, ACN 621697621, under AFSL 508011; that licensing relationship does not make Boutique Capital a subscribing buyer in AfterWork portfolio companies. The manager launched professionally in March 2021, following a community micro-fund raised in November 2019; legal registration, professional launch and earlier angel activity are distinguished. Its published core team is partners Alex Khor and Adrian Petersen, creative director Bella Acton (also publicly Annabel Acton), and venture partners Adam Smith and Mike Forster. The site separately publishes an operator community supporting sourcing, due diligence and portfolio companies. Community membership is not automatic operating employment, membership does not prove a personal investment, and undated outside-company titles are retained as historical/source-published context. Former partner Jessy Wu publicly described leaving in July 2024; older 2021–2022 team material is not used to make her a current partner. The published count of over 100 or 120 operators is not turned into a private unnamed staff list. Own primary sources identify historical Fund I and Fund II and the professional AfterWork Fund III. Fund III announced an actual first close on 16 August 2021 after reaching AUD 10 million in commitments. AUD 30 million was the fundraising target; the first close is not a final AUD 30 million cash close. The investor page’s AUD 20 million funds under management and 54 investments is an undated historical snapshot accompanied by an August 2022 application deadline, not evidence of a new fund close or current 2026 AUM. Fund I/II amounts, legal subscribing vehicle names and closing days remain unpublished in the reviewed primary sources. Its own investment note explicitly identifies AfterWork as a pre-seed investor in Samphire Neuroscience alongside HAX; the note was published 25 January 2022, without proving that date as cash closing or an individual ticket. This establishes relevance to women’s-health neurotechnology. The portfolio and investment notes also include AI companies such as OfferFit, PropHero, SwingVision and Avarni. The 2021 OfferFit note distinguishes AfterWork’s May 2021 pre-Series A investment from the later Canvas-led USD 14 million Series A; the manager later announced its exit following acquisition by Braze. Portfolio affiliation is not asserted to be a current unexited holding. Neuroscience product claims are company/manager descriptions rather than unconditional medical-efficacy or approval assertions. Actual issuer participations are imported only against source-proven records, and missing issuers are queued for complete profiles rather than bare placeholders.

Founded: 2021
Type: Venture capital

Funds3

AfterWork Fund III2021-08-162021-08-16A$10M
Actual first close announced16August2021 on AUD10million committed capital. This is not a final close or proof all commitments were drawn. AUD30million was target and anotherAUD20million remained to raise; later historicalAUD20MFUM is not a separate fundraise. Named professional vehicle is source-proven, exact legalLP/trust counterpart unverified; no allocation to issuer tickets.
AfterWork Fund I——
Named historical predecessor fund in the manager’s own2021launch account. Public primary evidence proves investment activity but not an exact legalLP/trust subscriber, total capital, closing day or cash disbursement. No headline FUM allocated to this vehicle.
AfterWork Fund II——
Named historical predecessor fund in the manager’s own2021launch account. Public primary evidence proves investment activity but not an exact legalLP/trust subscriber, total capital, closing day or cash disbursement. Not a fabricated share of AUD20Mheadline FUM.

Team

Operations and support

Abhishek MaranPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Adam Smith (AfterWork Ventures)Venture Partner

Adrian PetersenPartner

Alex CookOperator Community Member (joined May2021; historical source)

Alex DowniePublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Alex KhorPartner

Anna ChengPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Anna PodolskyPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Bella ActonCreative Director

Ben MilsomPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Benjamin BuckinghamPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Carson AuPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Cecelia ChangPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Cheryl MackPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Collin LiPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Dane HudsonPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Daniel TramPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Daniel WirjoprawiroPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

David WeiPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Duncan AllanPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Edouard LyndtPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Emilė RadytėPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Fab MackojcPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Glen RiddellPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Hannah AhnPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Ivan LimPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Jethro CohenPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Lucy WarkPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Mark FinnPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Matt JoassPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Matthew TraceyPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Max MarchionePublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Michael MalekPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Mike ForsterVenture Partner

Nan MekaPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Niamh MooneyPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Olivia GrivasPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Pablo Gil BrusolaPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Remy WheatPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Sam KothariPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Sam SterlingPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Tanya RahejaPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Tim RossanisPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Wayne ReubenPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Zezan TamPublished Community Member (operator affiliation; employment not inferred)

Investments

$5M2025-06-05	Samphire Neuroscience	Inventure, Fortify Ventures, AfterWork Ventures, FIRSTPICK, Seaside Ventures, Ayuh Ventures, SOSV, APEX Capital
$2M2024-02-22	Samphire Neuroscience	CVX Ventures, SOSV, FIRSTPICK, Seaside Ventures, Ayuh Ventures, AfterWork Ventures

team@apexlogos.ai14 hours ago
Funding source scope: FundI/II named historical vehicles sizes/days undisclosed. FundIII actualAUD10Mfirstclosecommitments Aug16,2021; no30Mtargetcash or20MFUMasnewfundclose. Current website retainsAugust2022applicationdeadline and2022footer; historicoutsidebiographies/stats qualified. Samphire preseed ownJanuary25,2022investmentnote ispublicationday, no closingday orindividualticket inferred. Exact licensingCAR1288519 ofBoutiqueCapitalAFSL508011 doesnot inferlicenseecompanyinvestment. Primary https://www.afterwork.vc/articles/first-close https://www.afterwork.vc/for-investors
team@apexlogos.ai14 hours ago
Team source scope: five published core plus39unique named operator-community supporters. Annabel/BellaActon own identical professionalprofile merged within roster only; AdamSmithAfterWork is distinctEQTUKrealestate homonym. Current source retains historical outside affiliations (includingBROSA), so no current2026outside jobs asserted. JessyWu former2024partner and DaveInsull historical2021fundraiser require separate dated historical profiles, not currentcore assumptions. Publication counts100/120not private membership census. Primary https://www.afterwork.vc/who-we-are https://www.forbes.com.au/news/entrepreneurs/why-i-left-my-gig-as-a-partner-at-a-venture-capital-firm/

Funds3

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