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Shearwater Capital

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Since 2018, Shearwater has focused on fast-growth technology companies in Australia and New Zealand, particularly B2B software with recurring revenue models operating in complex domains that solve significant problems.

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Investment Thesis

Shearwater invests in people, not ideas, seeking founders with high integrity who are passionate about building generationally great companies. They emphasize deep founder engagement based on their own experience building businesses, investing their own capital, and maintaining long-term positions without fund horizon constraints. Their approach is founder-centric, valuing alignment and trust over typical VC control mechanisms.

What Sets Them Apart

  • Partners have built and exited multiple companies themselves - launched 5+ companies, IPO'd 3 (one at $1B+), involved in trade sales over $100M
  • Investing their own capital, not limited fund money
  • No fund horizon or structural limitations - can play the long game
  • Willing to provide founder liquidity and secondary share purchases
  • Inception investor preference - best experiences when they're the only shareholder and invested at inception
  • Simple capital tables with aligned, participating shareholders
  • Accept cold contacts without requiring warm introductions
  • Flexible on structure - primary, secondary, and founder liquidity options
  • Long-term board experience (Mike and Charles on WiseTech Global board for 15+ years, company grew to $20B+ valuation)

Portfolio Highlights

Playground XYZ

Adtech

Audience Republic

Saas

Earlytrade

Fintech

Diffuse Energy

Cleantech

Sitemate

Saas

LivePreso

Saas

Fuel50

Ai Ml

Amber Electric

Energy Tech

+ 15 more companies in their portfolio

Investment Team

7 Partners at Shearwater Capital

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