Alexey Mitko
About Alexey Mitko
Alexey Mitko is based in Sydney and studied at the University of Sydney. His LinkedIn profile and a Co Ventures event description say he joined Canva as employee 23 and helped build its finance function. They also say he helped scale Koala from $10M to $100M, then left to build Eucalyptus.
Crunchbase lists him as a co-founder of Eucalyptus, an Australian direct-to-consumer health company, and as its Chief Financial Officer from February 2019 to February 2023. The same event description says Eucalyptus was acquired for $1.6 billion.
Crunchbase lists him as a Partner at Co Ventures since September 2025. His LinkedIn summary says he works to make sure Finance, HR and Legal teams are built and become self-sustaining.
Crunchbase records five personal investments for Mitko: NextWork (pre-seed and seed), Keeyu, PREVE and a company it lists as Mutiny. Tracxn and CB Insights show an earlier angel investment in Mutinex in June 2022, alongside Charlie Gearside, Russel Howcroft and John Sintras. Tracxn dates PREVE to May 2025 and Keeyu to November 2025.
Crunchbase also shows a Co Ventures pre-seed investment in Parachute, listed as a partner investment.
His AI investment on the Lounge deals desk is NextWork's $4.5M seed round, announced in March 2026. Crunchbase also lists him in NextWork's pre-seed round, which was announced in April 2024 and led by GD1 (Global From Day One).
NextWork's co-founder described the company in a LinkedIn post, which Mitko reposted. She said it is a hands-on AI learning platform that turns real projects into verifiable portfolios, and she cited 190k+ learners across 190 countries.
The public record shows investments at pre-seed and seed. Most are in Australian or New Zealand-linked companies, across enterprise software, healthcare and AI education. Tracxn lists his top sectors as Healthcare and Enterprise Applications.
I found no public statement from him on check size or on what he looks for in founders, so none is given here.
- NextWork: AI learning platform that turns real projects into verifiable portfolios; pre-seed in 2024, seed in March 2026.
- Mutinex: Australian marketing analytics company; seed round in June 2022.
- PREVE: seed round in May 2025.
- Keeyu: round in November 2025, listed as seed by Tracxn and pre-seed by Crunchbase.
- Parachute: pre-seed round, recorded as a Co Ventures partner investment.
- linkedin.com/in/alexeymitko
- crunchbase.com/person/alexey-mitko
- crunchbase.com/funding_round/nextwork-abb8-pre-seed--811e03dd
- tracxn.com/d/people/alexey-mitko/__gN13iqcNjN_06K8386Ts37cApgbpBgKDBZB
- tracxn.com/d/people/alexey-mitko/__qxsVbYXo2Hsr81mGwxn4NUpSyp9IfPVKA8K
- cbinsights.com/investor/russel-howcroft
Investing activity
Alexey Mitko appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $4M. The most recent is NextWork (Seed, $4.5M, Mar 2026).
Alexey Mitko most often invests alongside SHAKTI, Icehouse Ventures, Cake Ventures and Blackbird, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Alexey Mitko
Does Alexey Mitko invest in AI startups?
Yes. He invested in NextWork's pre-seed round in 2024 and its seed round in March 2026. NextWork builds an AI learning platform.
What stage does Alexey Mitko invest at?
His recorded investments are pre-seed and seed rounds. They include NextWork, PREVE, Keeyu and Mutinex.
What is Alexey Mitko's check size?
It is not public. No source I found states his cheque size.
What companies has Alexey Mitko built or worked at?
He co-founded Eucalyptus and was its CFO from 2019 to 2023. He was also an early Canva employee and worked at Koala. He is now a Partner at Co Ventures.
Where is Alexey Mitko based?
He is based in Sydney, Australia, according to Crunchbase and LinkedIn.
Is Alexey Mitko an angel investor?
Yes. Alexey Mitko invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Alexey Mitko invested in?
Alexey Mitko's AI investments include NextWork. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Who does Alexey Mitko co-invest with?
Alexey Mitko's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are SHAKTI (1 deal), Icehouse Ventures (1 deal), Cake Ventures (1 deal), Blackbird (1 deal) and Phase One Ventures (1 deal).
How can founders reach Alexey Mitko?
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