Square Peg

Square Peg (Square Peg Capital ) is a prominent global venture capital investment firm founded in 2012 with teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, investing in early-stage and growth-stage emerging-technology companies across Australia, Southeast Asia, and Israel. The firm was co-founded by Paul Bassat (Co-Founder and Partner; prior Co-Founder and CEO / Joint CEO of SEEK from 1997-2011 aEUR" the Australian employment-marketplace public company ASX: SEK; AFL Commissioner since 2012) alongside Tony Holt (now part of the firm's broader platform) and partners. Square Peg played a foundational role in transforming the Australian venture capital ecosystem aEUR" at the firm's launch in 2012 there was essentially no institutional VC market in Australia. The firm now manages more than USD 2.5 billion in aggregate AUM across its venture capital, opportunities, and global listed-equities funds, and has delivered material realised returns exceeding USD 1.1 billion as of early 2024 across 14+ portfolio-company exits. Square Peg has invested in 70+ companies since 2012. Notable portfolio wins include Canva (Australian design unicorn, now one of the world's most valuable private companies, Canva IPO timeline targeted for 2026), Stripe (global payments unicorn, Series C 2015), Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR, IPO 2019), Airwallex (fintech unicorn), Rokt (ad-tech unicorn), Athena Home Loans, Deputy, Zeller, Property Guru, UpGuard, Kredivo / Finaccel, and various others.