Perspectives_

Thinking from the EVP team

Investment notes, market analysis, founder stories, desk notes and news on our portfolio, software, venture capital, and what we're seeing in the market.

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Mikel Wellsmore, Co-founder and CEO of Gorelo

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Gorelo

October 2025→

SprintSuite

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Backed SprintSuite, AI at the Core of a Global Services Market

Adam Ahmad, Founder and CEO of Kea

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Kea

Termina

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Backed Termina, Intelligent Infrastructure for Modern Business

splose

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in splose

Deckard Technologies

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Deckard

February 2024→

InvestorHub

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in InvestorHub

February 2024→

Mutinex

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Mutinex

Nexl

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Nexl

Veridooh

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Veridooh

Canibuild

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Canibuild

BlendAI

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in BlendAI

Particular Audience

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Particular Audience

Calcs.com

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Calcs.com

Intellischool

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Intellischool

Ignition Series C

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Practice Ignition Series C

AutoGrab

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in AutoGrab

CorePlan

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in CorePlan

Programa

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Programa

November 2023→

Servicely

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Servicely

Calcs.com

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Calcs.com (Again)

February 2023→

Explorate

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Explorate

January 2022→

Zipline

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Zipline.io

December 2021→

CarClarity

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in CarClarity

October 2021→

Mooven

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Mooven

Hnry

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Hnry (Again)

Hnry

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Hnry

September 2019→

Coassemble

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Coassemble

February 2020→

Funding.com.au

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Funding.com.au

December 2019→

Lumary

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in Lumary

EatClub

Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Why We Invested in EatClub

Investment Notes

The SiteMinder Story

November 2017→

Deputy

Investment Notes

The Deputy Story

November 2017→

Rezdy

Investment Notes

The Rezdy Story

November 2017→

Dave Kellogg

Desk Notes: In Conversation With Dave Kellogg, Global Enterprise GTM Leader

Enterprise Sales

Desk Notes: Conversations with EVP Founders, Insights on Early Enterprise Software Sales

Cash Burn

Desk Notes: Planning Your Cash Burn in a Bear Market

SaaS Metrics

Desk Notes on SaaS Metrics: Cohort Analysis

Gorelo

Meet the Australian taking on MSP software's big guns

Jun 2026 · TechPartner↗

Ordermentum

Ordermentum secures $55m from Five V Capital

May 2026 · Business News Australia↗

EatClub

Celebrity chef-backed EatClub's value soars past $200m after UK launch

Feb 2026 · AFR↗

Splose

AI allied health platform Splose raises $46m Series A

Feb 2026 · SmartCompany↗

CorePlan

CorePlan raises $5m led by EVP to scale its mining software platform

Feb 2026 · Startup Daily↗

Clipboard

School admin edtech Compass acquires Clipboard

Jan 2026 · Startup Daily↗

AutoGrab

AutoGrab raises $80m Series B to expand across the UK and Europe

Jan 2026 · Startup Daily↗

Hnry

Hnry raises $30m Series C to push into Australia and the UK

Dec 2025 · Capital Brief↗

Nexl

Law-tech platform Nexl nabs $35 million Series B

Oct 2025 · Startup Daily↗

SiteMinder

SiteMinder shares surge as it posts first full-year profit

Aug 2025 · Capital Brief↗

Pendula

US tech investor pounces on customer communications start-up Pendula

Aug 2025 · AFR↗

Mad Paws

Mad Paws fetches $62m takeover offer from Rover

Jul 2025 · Business News Australia↗

EatClub

Aussie restaurant app backed by a Michelin-star chef secures $18m

May 2025 · AFR↗

Mutinex

Mutinex raises $17.5m, boosting valuation to $132.5m

Oct 2024 · Business News Australia↗

Deputy

Deputy enters unicorn territory after posting maiden profit

Nov 2023 · AFR↗

Foodbomb

How cheap pub schnitzels helped this company raise $16m

Sep 2023 · AFR↗

Pendula

British money backs Aussie start-up two years after rejection

Aug 2023 · AFR↗

Rezdy

Scuba diver's tech dream pays off in a big-money deal

Jun 2023 · AFR↗

Mutinex

Marketing AI start-up valued at $75m after raising $9.5m

Jun 2023 · AFR↗

Servicely

AI task automation start-up Servicely banks $3m

Jun 2023 · Startup Daily↗

Nexl

LinkedIn for lawyers failed, but its successor is in the money

Mar 2023 · AFR↗

Hnry

Kiwi firm promises to change Aussie accounting after $35m raise

Jan 2023 · AFR↗

Intellischool

This edtech start-up defies the funding squeeze

Aug 2022 · AFR↗

Veridooh

Aconex founders and EVP back OOH advertising tracker Veridooh

Jun 2022 · AFR↗

Shippit

Shippit triples value as Tiger Global and Tidal lead $65m investment

May 2022 · AFR↗

SiteMinder surges on ASX debut

Nov 2021 · AFR↗

Particular Audience

The Aussie start-up selling AI that makes you buy more online

Nov 2021 · AFR↗

Mooven

Speeding up construction projects earns start-up a $5m cheque

Jun 2021 · AFR↗

Lumary

Lumary raises $17m from OneVentures and Salesforce

Mar 2021 · AFR↗

VendorPanel

Leigh Jasper returns as investor in VendorPanel funding

Feb 2021 · AFR↗

Coviu

Telehealth start-up Coviu banks $6m after record growth

Dec 2020 · AFR↗

Talent OS

Launching Talent_OS at EVP

Chief of Staff

EVP Talent Blog: Unveiling the Role of a Chief of Staff at Particular Audience

COO Zipline

EVP Talent Blog: Unveiling the Role of Chief Operating Officer at Zipline

Jeroen Willems, COO at EatClub

EVP Talent Blog: Jeroen Willems, Chief Operating Officer at EatClub

Corina Best

EVP Talent Blog: Unveiling the Role of a Head of Product at Mutinex

Connor Conzelman

EVP Talent Blog: Connor Conzelman, Director of Customer Success at Calcs.com

Fergus Gillanders

EVP Talent Blog: Fergus Gillanders, Account & Product Manager at Ignition

Michael Bezman

EVP Talent Blog: Michael Bezman, Co-Founder & CTO at BlendAI

Josh Oxlee

EVP Talent Blog: Josh Oxlee, Marketing Manager at Programa

Business Operations Lead at Explorate

EVP Talent Blog: Unveiling the Role of a Business Operations Lead at Explorate

Jon Pass, Head of Engineering at Coassemble

EVP Talent Blog: Jon Pass, Head of Engineering at Coassemble

January 2023→

Beth Smith, Head of Account Management at Particular Audience

EVP Talent Blog: Beth Smith, Head of Account Management at Particular Audience

November 2022→

Bronwyn Karaoglu, VP of Marketing at Ignition

EVP Talent Blog: Bronwyn Karaoglu, VP of Marketing at Ignition

November 2022→

Will Berkman, Business Development Representative at Zipline

EVP Talent Blog: Will Berkman, Business Development Representative at Zipline

November 2022→

Jay White, Head of Product at Hnry

EVP Talent Blog: Jay White, Head of Product at Hnry

November 2022→