Friday, December 27, 2019

Square Peg Nails it in 2020


Imogen Baxter shares 2019 Squarepeg in review... 

2019 , Squarepeg invested over US$86m in technology —all working on ideas that in success, will move humanity forward. 

It’s amazing how they are actively connecting their investees and enabling them to work together to grow from strength to strength.

Well done Justin and Paul !! 

They are a VC building an amazing culture :

🇮🇱Aidoc
🇦🇺Amber
🇦🇺HealthMatch
🇸🇬Neuron
🇦🇺Q-CTRL

Some interesting developments of their investments...

🇦🇺 Airwallex became the fastest Aussie unicorn, raising US$100m. Jack told the AFR at the time "we've done less than 10% of what we want to achieve

🌈 Paul Bassat keynoted a packed room at the AWS Summit in Sydney to bang the drum for innovation.


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Prospa IPO'd on the ASX, continuing on their mission to help small businesses access flexible finance


🇮🇱 Fiverr IPO'd on the NYSE, rang the bell, rebranded the iconic bulls and celebrated the Fiverr community. Read Fortune's IPO article.


🇦🇺 Canva's valuation hit AU$4.7B following an AU$125m round. Read the press.


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Rokt announced their US$48m Series C round led by TDM.


Square Peg’s mission is to back outstanding founders across Israel, ANZ and Southeast Asia. We are humbled to work with founders who are shaping the future. If you’re building something extraordinary and consider yourself a square peg in a world of round holes, we’d love to meet you in 2020

Looking forward to 2020!action of VC in Australia 

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