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ACTIVE
Global HQ
Sydney, Australia
Countries of investment
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Singapore
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • United States
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Growth
Industries
  • Software
  • B2B Software
  • Fintech
  • Health Tech
  • AI
  • B2C
About
Square Peg is an APAC-focused venture capital firm that backs outstanding founders tackling big problems to help them shape the future. They concentrate on a handful of new founders each year to back them early and repeatedly, offering mentorship, operational expertise, and long-term strategic guidance. Their mission is to partner with and support entrepreneurs across different growth stages in core technology themes like AI, Fintech, and SaaS.
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$100K
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$35M
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Investment Thesis

Square Peg is an early to growth-stage venture capital firm investing predominantly from Seed through Series B across the APAC region and Israel. Their core thesis targets long-term compounding by investing heavily in foundational software, fintech, and AI architecture that completely disrupts incumbent industries. What makes Square Peg unique is its highly selective, operator-led strategy that focuses tightly on backing a minimal number of new founders annually, prioritizing extensive holding periods and massive follow-on commitments over broad diversification.
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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2012 by Paul Bassat, co-founder and former CEO of SEEK, and Tony Holt, a former senior managing director at Macquarie. The firm manages about US$3B, was a seed investor in Canva, and has returned more than $1.1B to its LPs.

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Team

Paul Bassat - Co-Founder & Partner

Tony Holt - Co-Founder & Partner

Barry Brott - Co-Founder

Justin Liberman - Co-Founder

Philippe Schwartz - Partner

Dan Krasnostein - Partner

James Tynan - Partner

Yonatan Sela - Partner

Amanda Hjorring - Partner & COO

Ed Barker - Principal

Ben Hensman - Portfolio Manager Global Tech Fund

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Canva

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