Dan Bennett

Founder, Investor and Connector

📍 Greater Sydney Area, Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2023
VC🌍 Australia
14
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Investor and Board Observer
Nov 2023
Arkeus accelerates decision making through the fusion of optics and autonomy. Arkeus specializes in rapid design, innovation, manufacture and distribution of autonomous optical capabilities - designed to deliver transformative effects for Search, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SISR). Arkeus wide area autonomous optical search and surveillance systems are optimised for airborne and surface platforms conducting a range of missions including ISR, border protection, city size surveillance, force protection, counter terrorism, illegal activity monitoring or search and rescue. Arkeus optical surveillance systems operate across land, sea and space domains - specialising in extracting critical intelligence and surveillance information and disseminating that data in challenging or contested environments.
Investor and Board Observer
Dec 2022
Optical Sensing Systems for Machines + Robotics Visionary Machines provides advanced optical sensing and trusted spatial awareness for machines that enhance community safety and productivity. Staffed by a group of world-leading optical and robotics experts, the company simplifies and empowers machine and robotic autonomy, surveillance and inspection with passive optical 3D perception systems. Visionary Machines is a sovereign Australian company — headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
Seed Investor
Sep 2021
Uluu is an exciting new biomaterial thats incredible for our oceans and climate. It fights global warming by sequestering carbon in anything, and everything, thats built with it. Its biodegradable - so it wont harm our environment or the creatures living in it. And, its made from seaweed - an amazing, renewable resource, which cleans up our oceans, promotes marine biodiversity, yet doesn’t displace precious farmland. Uluu - reviving the world.
early stageManufacturing
Seed Investor
Aug 2020
Here at Remilk, we’ve made it our mission to create real dairy without a single cow, bringing a message of hope and joy to our planet, our body… and cows!
Series A Investor
Feb 2020
BlueNalus mission is to be the global leader in cell-cultured seafood, providing consumers with great tasting, healthy, safe and trusted seafood products, that support the sustainability and diversity of our ocean. Consumers worldwide have become increasingly aware of the challenges that exist in our fishing and seafood industry. BlueNalu will disrupt the current industry practice, in which fish are farmed or wild-caught in our oceans and seas. Instead, we will produce real seafood products directly from fish cells, in a way that is healthy for people, humane for animals, and sustainable for our planet.
Seed Investor
Jul 2019
Futurerent gives property investors their rent in advance. A simple alternative to borrowing money, with no hidden fees and no credit impact.
Board Member
Mar 2019
Safewill is Australia's highest rated Will-writing platform. We are on a mission to make Wills affordable and easy enough for everyone to safeguard their life’s work. Our modern approach to Wills means that you can start, complete, and update your bespoke Will anywhere, anytime. No lawyers fees, no hidden costs, no appointments. Just smart Wills for modern life.
Angel Investor - Acquired by Greensill Capital
Jun 2018
Three million people now have access to the Stream platform through 2,000 brands - across the U.K., Europe and U.S. - making us the worlds most widely-used financial wellbeing provider. Offered through major employers like Bupa, Asda, New Balance, Hilton, Burger King and the NHS, our platform helps our members to build brighter financial futures. Stream Platforms, Ltd is a B corporation, built with a social charter to provide fair financial services.
Series A Investor (Listed on NASDAQ)
Dec 2017
Arbe is building the future car’s eyes and brain using a High-Resolution Radar, enabling cars to “see” the environment in any weather and any lighting condition, to long, mid and short ranges, in any azimuth, elevation, range and Doppler. Our radar detects cars, motorcycles, bikes, and most importantly humans. Arbe’s radar, based on our proprietary chipsets, is a next generation of safety products for ADAS and autonomous driving, offering superior performance at a low cost, size and power consumption. Join Us - we are hiring! https://arberobotics.com/career/
Series A Investor
Jul 2017
The faster we diagnose, the faster we can treat. At Sight Diagnostics, we aim to improve health through fast, accurate and convenient diagnostic testing. Sight’s latest analyzer, Sight OLO, performs a Complete Blood Count, the most commonly ordered blood test, in minutes, not hours. It’s compact: designed to be used by anyone, anywhere. Sight’s method, developed over a decade of research, represents a step-change in diagnostic technology. Our analyzers create a digital version of your blood, by capturing 1,000 highly detailed images of a finger prick sample, which is then interpreted by our proprietary algorithms. Sight’s first product was focused on detecting Malaria, used in 24 countries, and has delivered almost 1 million tests to date. At Sight, exceptional individuals work together to achieve extraordinary things. We have rapidly growing offices in London, New York, and Tel Aviv.
late stageMedical Device
Series A Investor
Jun 2017
Hailo is developing high-performance AI processors specifically designed to run AI tasks on the edge. Hailo’s processors bring data-class performance to smart devices such as personal computers, cars, security & industrial cameras, autonomous robots, etc. With an innovative architecture, Hailo enables edge devices to run advanced AI models in real-time, with minimal power consumption, size, and cost, transforming a multitude of industries including automotive, security, PC and more.
Series A Investor - Acquired by NetApp
Jul 2016
Instaclustr helps companies unlock the true power of open source technologies through its managed platform for deploying, managing, and monitoring all components of their data infrastructure. Instaclustr combines a complete data infrastructure environment with hands-on technology expertise to ensure ongoing performance and optimization. By removing the infrastructure complexity, we enable companies to focus internal development and operational resources on building cutting edge customer-facing applications at lower cost. Instaclustr customers include some of the largest and most innovative Fortune 500 companies.
Seed and Series A Investor
Jul 2016
Founded by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel in 2014, Propeller has revolutionized how construction sites, quarries, mines, and landfills work, from the ground up. Propeller has grown from a Sydney-based start-up to a global, widely-respected business with offices in Denver, Manila, and Amsterdam, powering over 80,000 users across 40,000 worksites in over 120 countries. This easy-to-use platform combines the best GIS and survey technologies. It empowers its users to map, measure and manage their worksites like never before. But a platform is only as good as the people who make and use it. Through the power of innovation and user adoption, the map is where the collaboration happens – it’s a one-stop hub for communication and transparency. Propeller runs on honesty and impact. With a single goal in mind, to empower users across the globe with survey solutions that are simpler, faster, and smarter. Visit https://www.propelleraero.com to find out more.
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Board (4)
2023
Investor and Board Observer
Nov 2023
Arkeus accelerates decision making through the fusion of optics and autonomy. Arkeus specializes in rapid design, innovation, manufacture and distribution of autonomous optical capabilities - designed to deliver transformative effects for Search, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SISR). Arkeus wide area autonomous optical search and surveillance systems are optimised for airborne and surface platforms conducting a range of missions including ISR, border protection, city size surveillance, force protection, counter terrorism, illegal activity monitoring or search and rescue. Arkeus optical surveillance systems operate across land, sea and space domains - specialising in extracting critical intelligence and surveillance information and disseminating that data in challenging or contested environments.
2022
Investor and Board Observer
Dec 2022
Optical Sensing Systems for Machines + Robotics Visionary Machines provides advanced optical sensing and trusted spatial awareness for machines that enhance community safety and productivity. Staffed by a group of world-leading optical and robotics experts, the company simplifies and empowers machine and robotic autonomy, surveillance and inspection with passive optical 3D perception systems. Visionary Machines is a sovereign Australian company — headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
Co-Founder and Investment Committee
Sep 2022
We invest primarily at the seed stage, enabling pioneering and mission-driven innovators to solve critical problems at the intersection of enterprise and national security. We bring a wealth of expertise in navigating these markets and opportunities.
2021
Seed Investor
Sep 2021
Uluu is an exciting new biomaterial thats incredible for our oceans and climate. It fights global warming by sequestering carbon in anything, and everything, thats built with it. Its biodegradable - so it wont harm our environment or the creatures living in it. And, its made from seaweed - an amazing, renewable resource, which cleans up our oceans, promotes marine biodiversity, yet doesn’t displace precious farmland. Uluu - reviving the world.
early stageManufacturing
2020
Seed Investor
Aug 2020
Here at Remilk, we’ve made it our mission to create real dairy without a single cow, bringing a message of hope and joy to our planet, our body… and cows!
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