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Super funds and the CBA have piled into Square Peg’s latest $600 million investment war chest

Simon Thomsen - December 15, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

Square Peg Capital has closed its fourth generation fund, raising $600 million. Super funds HostPlus and AustralianSuper led the raise with the Commonwealth Bank also signing up alongside alternative investment management firm Roc Partners. The fresh raise takes the VC firm’s total committed capital to $1.4 billion in a year that saw Square Peg return… Read more »

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Square’s former Australian boss is launching a business payments fintech with $6.3m seed raise

Simon Thomsen - June 30, 2020 2 MIN READ

A former executive from Jack Dorsey’s payments company Square is launching a new payments and financial services fintech targeting business. Melbourne-based Zeller, founded by Ben Pfisterer and Dominic Yap, has landed $6.3 million in seed funding led by Square Peg Capital, which previously invested in fintechs such as Stripe, Airwallex, Prospa and Athena, alongside Apex… Read more »

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A Sydney University professor just raised $22 million to solve a big problem in quantum computing

Simon Thomsen - September 11, 2019 2 MIN READ

Square Peg Capital Partner Tushar Roy with Professor Michael Biercuk, founder and CEO of QCTRL. Photo: supplied Quantum computing startup Q-CTRL has raised US$15 million (AU$22m) in a Series A round led by Square Peg Capital. Silicon Valley’s Sierra Ventures also joined the raise beside existing investors, including Sequoia Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, and Horizons… Read more »

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Investors reveal the fintech they want to bet their money on

Rebecca Schot-Guppy - October 12, 2018 3 MIN READ

Now might be exactly the right time in Australia to start a fintech, but what exactly the best investors are looking for can be a mystery for new founders.

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Australian VCs come together to support women-led startups with office hours on International Women’s Day

Gina Baldassarre - February 6, 2018 2 MIN READ

To be held at Fishburners on International Women’s Day will be a group session helping founders work through a problem, followed by 1:1 office hour slots.

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Airwallex raises follow-on US$6 million in Series A funding from Square Peg Capital

Mat Beeche - December 19, 2017 2 MIN READ

Airwallex has secured a further US$6 million ($8.73 million) in follow-on Series A funding from local VC firm Square Peg Capital.

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Marketing startup Rokt expands February funding to close US$26 million Series B round

Gina Baldassarre - June 13, 2017 2 MIN READ

Australian marketing startup Rokt has announced an US$11 million extension of its Series B funding round, for which it had raised US$15 million in February.

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Sydney email marketing startup Vero raises $4 million from Square Peg Capital

Gina Baldassarre - June 6, 2017 3 MIN READ

Sydney email marketing platform Vero has raised $4 million in a Series A round from Square Peg Capital, its first funding boost since its launch in 2012.

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