SecondQuarter Ventures
Venture capitalSydney · Series A–Growth · 12 people tracked
Investment thesis
SecondQuarter focuses on secondaries, providing liquidity to founders, staff, and early investors in ambitious private technology companies. It invests in growth-stage tech businesses with a clear connection to Australia or New Zealand, assessing companies on domicile, stage, market scale, product-market fit, and existing investors. The firm positions itself as a specialist secondaries and liquidity partner that complements a company's existing investor base, helping shareholders unlock value through secondary transactions during the private-market phase.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
2 people who came through SecondQuarter Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 3 of 5 portfolio companiesSaaS ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1Deep Tech ×1EdTech ×1Enterprise Software ×1Fintech ×1HR Tech ×1InsurTech ×1
HQs:United States×2
Investments · 5 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathDesign platform; Blackbird invested when it was just an idea and in every round since.
Surry Hills, Nsw
Melanie Perkins(Executive Officer, Director)Clifford Obrecht(Executive Officer, Director)Melanie Joy Perkins(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Clifford James Obrecht(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Cover Genius provides embedded, white-labeled insurance and protection products through a single API, with underwriting and local licenses across 60+ countries and all 50 US states.
FintechInsurTechSaaSNew York, US
Christopher Robert Bayley(Director, Promoter)Angus James Ridley McDonald(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Amir Massoudi(Executive Officer, Promoter)Lexie Marchuk(Executive Officer, Promoter)
BoardTom Leone(Director, Promoter)Daniel Chaplin(Director, Promoter)in
Fleet Space Technologies provides ExoSphere, a seismic-led 3D subsurface exploration system that fuses geophysics, geology, mineralogy, drillhole data and machine learning to produce ranked drill targets with quantified uncertainty.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSpace Tech
Go1 is an online learning platform that aggregates training content from over 250 providers into a single subscription for learning and development leaders.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Andrew Barnes(Founder/CEO)inChris Eigeland(Founder and CEO)inVu Tran(Founder)Chris Hood(Founder/CTO)in
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCover Genius · insurancejournal.com · Jul 16, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has SecondQuarter Ventures made?
- SecondQuarter Ventures has 5 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does SecondQuarter Ventures invest at?
- SecondQuarter Ventures invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does SecondQuarter Ventures focus on?
- SecondQuarter Ventures focuses on Enterprise Software.
- Where is SecondQuarter Ventures located?
- SecondQuarter Ventures is headquartered in Sydney, AU.
- Who does SecondQuarter Ventures co-invest with?
- SecondQuarter Ventures most often shares deals with AfterWork Ventures, AirTree Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 53 tracked co-investors.
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