Square Peg 2020

Square Peg Capital Pty. Ltd., founded in 2012 and based in Sydney, Australia, is a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage and growth-stage investments, primarily in the technology sector. The firm focuses on various industries including agriculture, fintech, health, and SaaS, targeting online and technology companies. Square Peg Capital invests between A$20 million and A$40 million in startups and expansion-stage businesses, with a geographical focus on Australia, New Zealand, North America, South East Asia, and Israel. Square Peg 2020, also known as Square Peg Fund III, represents a 2020 vintage venture capital fund managed by the firm, which aims to support outstanding entrepreneurs addressing significant challenges through innovative solutions. Square Peg Capital operates additional offices in Melbourne and Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, further enhancing its reach in the technology investment landscape.

Orly Amir

Associate

Ed Barker

Senior Associate

Paul Bassat

Co-Founder & Partner

Imogen Baxter

Head of Community

Barry Brott

Co-Founder

Jethro Cohen

Senior Associate

Casey Flint

Senior Associate

Marcus Guastella

Investor

Ben Hensman

Portfolio Manager

Amanda Hjorring

Partner and COO

Tony Holt

Co-Founder & Partner

Dan Krasnostein

Partner

Justin Liberman

Co-Founder

Fred Ng

Associate

Eli Novershtern

Partner

Tushar Roy

Partner

Piruze Sabuncu

Partner

Philippe Schwartz

Partner

Yonatan Sela

Principal

Luke Stevens

CFO

Lucy Tan

Principal

James Tynan

Principal

Past deals in Australia

Constantinople

Seed Round in 2023
Constantinople is a software-as-a-service operational platform for banks that includes customer experience, banking products and features, operations, servicing, and compliance.

Blinq

Seed Round in 2022
Blinq is a mobile application that enhances messaging experiences by providing users with insights and updates about their contacts, including colleagues, business prospects, friends, and family. The app allows users to share their professional identities through digital business cards, which can be easily distributed using QR codes, shortened links on social media, or dynamic email signatures. This functionality enables individuals to connect seamlessly and enrich their relationships without the hassle of managing multiple platforms. By simplifying the sharing of contact details and personal information, Blinq aims to foster deeper connections among users in both personal and professional contexts.

Zeller

Series B in 2022
Zeller is reimagining business banking and was formed with the goal of providing an alternative to outdated business banking methods. Launching in early 2021, it will bring together the best of modern payments and digital financial services to help Australian businesses get paid, access their money, and manage their finances more efficiently. Zeller is co-founded by Ben Pfisterer and Dominic Yap, who bring extensive financial services experience from global companies including Square, Visa, NAB and more. The company is backed by Square Peg Capital and Apex Capital. Learn more at myzeller.com.

OwnHome

Series A in 2022
Bringing rent-to-own to Australia

SaasGuru

Seed Round in 2022
Finding the right company to work at is hard. You need to know what kind of culture they have, how much they pay, and if they’ll be a good fit for your personality. That’s why we created SaasGurus – to help people find their perfect workplace before starting their next career. We provide information on over 10,000 companies in the SaaS industry so that you can make an informed decision about where to start your next chapter.

Q-CTRL

Series B in 2021
Q-CTRL Pty Ltd, established in 2017 and located in Pyrmont, Australia, specializes in developing software tools and firmware for the quantum computing sector. The company focuses on addressing critical challenges in quantum technology, such as noise and decoherence, which affect the performance of quantum devices. By leveraging its expertise in quantum control engineering, Q-CTRL provides intuitive software solutions designed to reduce errors in quantum bits, thereby stabilizing quantum hardware. Its offerings are particularly relevant in the NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) era, allowing users to better understand and manage the impacts of noise and errors in quantum systems. Through its innovative approach, Q-CTRL aims to make quantum technology more practical and accessible for various applications, including quantum sensing in defense.

Zero Co

Venture Round in 2021
zeroco.com.au pty ltd manufactures and distributes eco-friendly household-cleaning and personal care products. The company manufactures laundry liquid, body wash, hand wash, stain remover, bathroom cleaner, dishwashing liquid, toilet cleaner, and air freshener using plant based and reused ocean plastic waste materials. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New South Wales, Australia.

Zeller

Series A in 2021
Zeller is reimagining business banking and was formed with the goal of providing an alternative to outdated business banking methods. Launching in early 2021, it will bring together the best of modern payments and digital financial services to help Australian businesses get paid, access their money, and manage their finances more efficiently. Zeller is co-founded by Ben Pfisterer and Dominic Yap, who bring extensive financial services experience from global companies including Square, Visa, NAB and more. The company is backed by Square Peg Capital and Apex Capital. Learn more at myzeller.com.

Athena

Series D in 2021
Athena Mortgage Pty. Ltd., founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, operates a home loan platform designed to transform the residential lending landscape. The company partners with superannuation funds to provide funding for home loans, effectively connecting borrowers with investors interested in superfund-backed loans. Athena is comprised of a team of former banking professionals committed to enhancing the home loan experience for customers. By focusing on customer needs rather than traditional banking practices, Athena aims to simplify the process of obtaining and repaying home loans, offering innovative solutions to improve customer satisfaction. The executive team brings extensive experience in financial services, emphasizing the delivery of exceptional service and effective financial products.

Zeller

Series A in 2021
Zeller is reimagining business banking and was formed with the goal of providing an alternative to outdated business banking methods. Launching in early 2021, it will bring together the best of modern payments and digital financial services to help Australian businesses get paid, access their money, and manage their finances more efficiently. Zeller is co-founded by Ben Pfisterer and Dominic Yap, who bring extensive financial services experience from global companies including Square, Visa, NAB and more. The company is backed by Square Peg Capital and Apex Capital. Learn more at myzeller.com.

Vow

Seed Round in 2021
Vow Foods is a company that specializes in producing cultivated exotic meat through lab-based methods. By utilizing animal cells rather than traditional livestock, Vow aims to create sustainable and ethical meat alternatives. The process involves harvesting animal cells via biopsy and growing them in a nutrient-rich medium, which allows for the development of a diverse range of meat products. This innovative approach not only provides consumers, restaurants, and chefs with nutritious and flavorful options but also reduces reliance on natural resources typically used in conventional meat production.

HealthMatch

Series B in 2020
HealthMatch Pty Ltd develops an application platform that links sick patients with clinical trials of potential treatment. The company offers an online platform which uses machine learning to sort through clinical trials being run by contract research organisations (CROs) in Australia and matches relevant registered patients. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Zeller

Seed Round in 2020
Zeller is reimagining business banking and was formed with the goal of providing an alternative to outdated business banking methods. Launching in early 2021, it will bring together the best of modern payments and digital financial services to help Australian businesses get paid, access their money, and manage their finances more efficiently. Zeller is co-founded by Ben Pfisterer and Dominic Yap, who bring extensive financial services experience from global companies including Square, Visa, NAB and more. The company is backed by Square Peg Capital and Apex Capital. Learn more at myzeller.com.

AgriDigital

Seed Round in 2019
AgriDigital is an integrated commodity management solution for the global grains industry. They combine high-end technical and industry expertise with beautiful design and intuitive workflows to provide seamless solutions to complex commodity, logistical, risk, and customer management issues. The company software platforms designed to assist in the transaction and settlement of agricultural commodities and to manage supply chain risk. Through applied blockchain technologies, distributed ledgers, and smart contracts, AgriDigital provides real-time payment to growers, increased efficiencies for brokers, the flexible supply chain for buyers and financiers, and paddock to plate transparency for consumers.

HealthMatch

Series A in 2019
HealthMatch Pty Ltd develops an application platform that links sick patients with clinical trials of potential treatment. The company offers an online platform which uses machine learning to sort through clinical trials being run by contract research organisations (CROs) in Australia and matches relevant registered patients. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Athena

Series C in 2019
Athena Mortgage Pty. Ltd., founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, operates a home loan platform designed to transform the residential lending landscape. The company partners with superannuation funds to provide funding for home loans, effectively connecting borrowers with investors interested in superfund-backed loans. Athena is comprised of a team of former banking professionals committed to enhancing the home loan experience for customers. By focusing on customer needs rather than traditional banking practices, Athena aims to simplify the process of obtaining and repaying home loans, offering innovative solutions to improve customer satisfaction. The executive team brings extensive experience in financial services, emphasizing the delivery of exceptional service and effective financial products.

Q-CTRL

Series A in 2019
Q-CTRL Pty Ltd, established in 2017 and located in Pyrmont, Australia, specializes in developing software tools and firmware for the quantum computing sector. The company focuses on addressing critical challenges in quantum technology, such as noise and decoherence, which affect the performance of quantum devices. By leveraging its expertise in quantum control engineering, Q-CTRL provides intuitive software solutions designed to reduce errors in quantum bits, thereby stabilizing quantum hardware. Its offerings are particularly relevant in the NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) era, allowing users to better understand and manage the impacts of noise and errors in quantum systems. Through its innovative approach, Q-CTRL aims to make quantum technology more practical and accessible for various applications, including quantum sensing in defense.

Amber Electric

Seed Round in 2019
Amber is building an electricity future that actually works for customers. Amber uses real-time wholesale pricing to help customers use cheap renewables when they are produced – saving money for customers and bringing more renewables online. The rapid influx of renewable electricity is completely changing the economics and dynamics of the grid system. To let customers benefit from this change, we need to make them equal participants in the market, rather than an afterthought.

Deputy

Series B in 2018
Deputy is an employee management tool, simplifying scheduling, time sheets, tasks and workplace communication, helping businesses to transform operations and empowering employees to work the way they want. Deputy connects businesses and employees seamlessly through technology to make work easier. Deputy is used by more than 300,000 people and 50,000 workplaces across 70+ countries each day. Today, Deputy has 140 employees across global offices in Australia, the UK, US and the Philippines.

Athena

Series B in 2018
Athena Mortgage Pty. Ltd., founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, operates a home loan platform designed to transform the residential lending landscape. The company partners with superannuation funds to provide funding for home loans, effectively connecting borrowers with investors interested in superfund-backed loans. Athena is comprised of a team of former banking professionals committed to enhancing the home loan experience for customers. By focusing on customer needs rather than traditional banking practices, Athena aims to simplify the process of obtaining and repaying home loans, offering innovative solutions to improve customer satisfaction. The executive team brings extensive experience in financial services, emphasizing the delivery of exceptional service and effective financial products.

Athena

Series A in 2018
Athena Mortgage Pty. Ltd., founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, operates a home loan platform designed to transform the residential lending landscape. The company partners with superannuation funds to provide funding for home loans, effectively connecting borrowers with investors interested in superfund-backed loans. Athena is comprised of a team of former banking professionals committed to enhancing the home loan experience for customers. By focusing on customer needs rather than traditional banking practices, Athena aims to simplify the process of obtaining and repaying home loans, offering innovative solutions to improve customer satisfaction. The executive team brings extensive experience in financial services, emphasizing the delivery of exceptional service and effective financial products.

AgriDigital

Series A in 2018
AgriDigital is an integrated commodity management solution for the global grains industry. They combine high-end technical and industry expertise with beautiful design and intuitive workflows to provide seamless solutions to complex commodity, logistical, risk, and customer management issues. The company software platforms designed to assist in the transaction and settlement of agricultural commodities and to manage supply chain risk. Through applied blockchain technologies, distributed ledgers, and smart contracts, AgriDigital provides real-time payment to growers, increased efficiencies for brokers, the flexible supply chain for buyers and financiers, and paddock to plate transparency for consumers.

Vero

Series A in 2017
Vero Holdings Australia Pty. Ltd. is an Australian company that specializes in developing an email platform tailored for customer-centric teams. Founded in 2017 and located in Surry Hills, the platform allows businesses to capture and model customer data, manage email workflows, and track campaigns efficiently. Vero's technology enables real-time customer tracking, helping businesses segment and automate their email communications without requiring in-house software development. The platform supports multi-language email capabilities, push notifications, and collaborative deployment processes, facilitating a personalized experience for users. By focusing on customer interactions, Vero empowers online businesses to enhance engagement through targeted and automated email campaigns.

Unified Healthcare Group

Venture Round in 2017
Unified Healthcare Group Pty Ltd offers health solutions for insurers and corporate and government agencies. The company provides medical report retrieval, tele-interviewing, health assessment, medical advisory, peer reviews, and injury management services. Its partners include Microsoft, Telstra, Best Practice, and Medical Director. Unified Healthcare Group Pty Ltd was founded in 1997 and is based in Prahran, Australia. As of May 27, 2019, Unified Healthcare Group Pty Ltd operates as a subsidiary of MedHealth Pty Ltd.

Prospa

Series B in 2017
Prospa Advance Pty Ltd. provides business lending solutions for small and medium business owners in Australia. It offers small business loans for business and working capital, inventory, equipment, renovation, expansion and growth, business tax, marketing and advertising, payroll, partnership buyout, and other needs; and merchant cash advance, a solution that converts future credit and debit card receivables into immediate cash. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

School Places

Series A in 2015
School Places Pty Ltd operates an online marketplace that allows families to find schools that have vacancies. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Malvern, Australia.

Stripe

Series C in 2015
Stripe, Inc. is a technology company that develops application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools for businesses to accept and manage online payments. Its offerings include a comprehensive suite of products such as Payments for payment processing, Subscriptions for managing recurring billing, and Stripe Connect for routing and payouts to third parties. Additionally, Stripe provides tools like Stripe Radar for fraud detection, Stripe Elements for customizable payment forms, and Stripe Checkout for seamless payment acceptance across devices. The company supports various international credit and debit cards and serves a diverse clientele, including e-commerce, B2B platforms, and non-profits across several countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Stripe aims to enhance the economic infrastructure of the internet, facilitating growth for businesses of all sizes. The company also addresses financing challenges for online businesses through Stripe Capital, which offers fast and flexible funding solutions.

Canva

Seed Round in 2014
Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. The company is on a mission to simplify the process of graphic design for photographers, illustrators, and designers globally. Canva was established in 2012 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

School Places

Seed Round in 2014
School Places Pty Ltd operates an online marketplace that allows families to find schools that have vacancies. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Malvern, Australia.

GoCatch

Seed Round in 2013
Created in 2011 by two tech savvy entrepreneurs, goCatch has grown to become a multi-award winning free smartphone application that connects passengers directly with taxi drivers allowing customers to book a cab with certainty every time. Co-founded by Andrew Campbell and Ned Moorfield, the goCatch app has been supported by the NSW Department of Trade and Investment. goCatch has also formed partnerships and alliances with several prominent blue chip companies including Google, Microsoft, Nokia, PayPal and RIM. Australians have embraced goCatch with tens of thousands of drivers and passengers nationwide downloading the convenient booking service. goCatch is now one of the fastest growing apps in the country and is the clear market leader in the taxi sector.

Bugcrowd

Seed Round in 2013
Bugcrowd Inc. operates a web-based platform that connects companies with a global community of security researchers to identify and address critical software vulnerabilities. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a range of security testing solutions for web, mobile, source code, and client-side applications. Through its platform, organizations can efficiently conduct both private and public bounty programs, allowing them to test their applications and reward researchers for valid vulnerabilities. Bugcrowd serves various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, retail, automotive, technology, government, and security. The company has established strategic partnerships, including one with VVDN Technologies, and has additional offices in London and Surry Hills, Australia.

School Places

Seed Round in 2013
School Places Pty Ltd operates an online marketplace that allows families to find schools that have vacancies. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Malvern, Australia.

Booodl

Seed Round in 2013
Booodl is a mobile and web platform that helps people to find the right store. It provides retail businesses with a rich digital presence and coverage across the digital moments throughout these consumer journeys, maximizing the number of people that find and visit their physical retail stores. It aims to transform the way people discovered physical retail stores on digital devices and provide physical retail locations with a powerful way to influence people to visit them. Booodl was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Canva

Seed Round in 2013
Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. The company is on a mission to simplify the process of graphic design for photographers, illustrators, and designers globally. Canva was established in 2012 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

Datafree

Series A in 2012
Connecting enterprises to their mobile audiences #datafree.