Alex Cornish

Investing in consumer brands

📍 Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2022
VC🌍 Australia
8
Total investments
4
Early stage
3
Mid stage
1
Late stage
12y
Years active

Portfolio

8 investments · sorted by recency
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Investor
Nov 2022
Cannatrek Ltd is a fully licenced and proudly Australian vertically integrated medicinal cannabis enterprise, operating along the entire supply chain from Seed to Patient.
Investor
Oct 2022
Superboost was created by 15 athletes with a leading sports nutritionist. With low sugar and double the electrolytes of standard sports drinks, it is what athletes like Touk Miller, Ryan Papenhuyzen and Jess Sergis rely on to hydrate better & perform better. Superboost has been specifically designed to help you prepare, perform and recover through hydration in dry Australian sporting conditions. Those sugar-filled American brands didnt have the insights of Katie Brennan, Jamie-Lee Price & Patty Mills about what its like to grow up in Australia playing sport, and what is needed here for your body to be at its best. Superboost is Australian made and owned and has been developed with a modern understanding of the requirements of sugar and electrolytes for athletes of all abilities. Superboost is proud to be helping the next generation of athletes be at their best through hydration. Its now time for us to take control of our own performance on the sporting fields, training tracks and early-morning runs. The age of Gatorade & Powerade is over. Superboost has been developed by its athlete-owners: Patty Mills, Touk Miller, Ryan Papenhuyzen, Katie Brennan, Jess Sergis, Sam Walker, Jamie-Lee Price, Matthew Owies, Changkuoth "CJ" Jiath, Dejan "DJ" Vasiljevic, Joe Ingles, Kyle Adnam, TJ Hendy, Peter Hatzoglou & Tom Phillips. Available now in 8,000 stores including Woolworths, 7-Eleven, EG Group, Puma Energy, IGA and more...
Investor
Jan 2021
Atelier builds an all‑in‑one product development and manufacturing platform for beauty, health, and wellness. Brands can create custom formulations and packaging, iterate samples, manufacture at scale, and reorder on demand with full creative control and supply‑chain oversight.
mid stageManufacturing
Lead Investor
Oct 2020
We reckon some things in life are too good to be wasted, like having a good time, a good chat and a good drink. We believe in play as a powerful form of wellness but forget the preaching. We’re the weirdos redefining normal for the better and celebrating people who do the same. We also make drinks, but we don’t care how much or how little you’re drinking, unless it’s water (yuck).
early stageFood & Beverages
Investor
Sep 2020
Zero Co is on a mission to eliminate single-use plastic packaging from every Aussie kitchen, laundry and bathroom. Our range of planet-friendly personal-care and home-cleaning products get delivered direct to your door, minus all the single-use plastic packaging. It works just like the milkman: you order, we deliver, you return, we refill. Our refill and return model makes it easy to replace single-use with forever-use. Our dispensers are made from plastic waste pulled out of the ocean (and you keep them at your house forever). You fill them up with our refill pouches made from recycled plastic (that you send back to us over and over again). Order your box of Zero Co today and win the war on waste at your place. For good. https://zeroco.com.au/ #imgoingzero
early stageManufacturing
Investor
Feb 2020
We started Karst with an original idea and a genuine purpose. We craft exceptional tools for applied inspiration, empowering creators to transform their ideas into reality by removing friction and enabling flow in their personal workspaces. Our vision is to become the worlds leading brand in designing innovative, sustainable, and thoughtfully engineered tools that inspire creators, redefine workspaces, and ignite the pursuit of groundbreaking ideas.
Investor
Feb 2020
Mike and Doug are two little guys taking on the big guys. Mike is ex-fashun and decided he wanted to do something to better the world. Doug is ex-big pet food, but knew he wanted to change it. So far, not a lot in common. But they both love dogs. And they hate that Australians were getting charged mega bucks for dry dog food that was pretty average. Ground up dodgy meat, cheap ingredients, heavy bags, little transparency and 80% of it being headed up by two massive chocolate companies. Not on. They decided, they were going to fix it once and for all. From the supply chain right down to how it’s delivered. Their mission? To offer you a new breed of Australian made dog food. One that’s good for your dog, better for the planet, and easier for you.
Investor
Feb 2014
We exist to bring the joy to eye care! We start with a process that’s clever and honest. We use it to craft eyewear that’s both beautiful and affordable. And we hire people who are passionate and genuine. It’s not rocket science. It’s just caring enough about what you’re doing to do it right. We strive to deliver fantastic eyewear frames at a reasonable price, backed up by great service. Founded in Bondi Beach in 2012, we’ve grown into an incredible team across three countries: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
early stageRetail
Experience · 10 entries
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Investments (8)
Founder (1)
2022
Investor
Nov 2022
Cannatrek Ltd is a fully licenced and proudly Australian vertically integrated medicinal cannabis enterprise, operating along the entire supply chain from Seed to Patient.
Investor
Oct 2022
Superboost was created by 15 athletes with a leading sports nutritionist. With low sugar and double the electrolytes of standard sports drinks, it is what athletes like Touk Miller, Ryan Papenhuyzen and Jess Sergis rely on to hydrate better & perform better. Superboost has been specifically designed to help you prepare, perform and recover through hydration in dry Australian sporting conditions. Those sugar-filled American brands didnt have the insights of Katie Brennan, Jamie-Lee Price & Patty Mills about what its like to grow up in Australia playing sport, and what is needed here for your body to be at its best. Superboost is Australian made and owned and has been developed with a modern understanding of the requirements of sugar and electrolytes for athletes of all abilities. Superboost is proud to be helping the next generation of athletes be at their best through hydration. Its now time for us to take control of our own performance on the sporting fields, training tracks and early-morning runs. The age of Gatorade & Powerade is over. Superboost has been developed by its athlete-owners: Patty Mills, Touk Miller, Ryan Papenhuyzen, Katie Brennan, Jess Sergis, Sam Walker, Jamie-Lee Price, Matthew Owies, Changkuoth "CJ" Jiath, Dejan "DJ" Vasiljevic, Joe Ingles, Kyle Adnam, TJ Hendy, Peter Hatzoglou & Tom Phillips. Available now in 8,000 stores including Woolworths, 7-Eleven, EG Group, Puma Energy, IGA and more...
2021
Founder
Mar 2021
Australia is producing world-class consumer brands with the ability to compete on the global stage. We look for businesses with high gross margins in deep, growing markets and provide capital to help them realise their potential. Our name is derived from a belief that that alignment of interests can only be achieved when everyone is not only in the same boat, but travelling in the same class. We look to build a simpatico relationship with our founders, and where possible, invest alongside them via ordinary equity as co-owners of the business.
Investor
Jan 2021
Atelier builds an all‑in‑one product development and manufacturing platform for beauty, health, and wellness. Brands can create custom formulations and packaging, iterate samples, manufacture at scale, and reorder on demand with full creative control and supply‑chain oversight.
mid stageManufacturing
2020
Lead Investor
Oct 2020
We reckon some things in life are too good to be wasted, like having a good time, a good chat and a good drink. We believe in play as a powerful form of wellness but forget the preaching. We’re the weirdos redefining normal for the better and celebrating people who do the same. We also make drinks, but we don’t care how much or how little you’re drinking, unless it’s water (yuck).
early stageFood & Beverages
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