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Shearwater Capital
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Late Stage · 6 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Shearwater Capital invests its own capital and takes a founder-first, industry-agnostic approach, backing entrepreneurs with integrity building enduring, category-leading companies. It invests at any stage — inception, seed, Series A and beyond — and also engages in secondaries, buying founder and secondary shares where it makes sense. The firm does not operate with fixed fund horizons, preferring to stay with companies as they compound over time. Areas of experience include advertising, marketing, legaltech and media, but the firm invests wherever it identifies strong founders and clear insight, favoring business software with recurring revenue, complex domains, and growing markets.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 6 people
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What they invest in
from 25 of 30 portfolio companiesSaaS ×13AI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×7Marketing Tech ×6Construction Tech ×4Future of Work ×4AdTech ×3Consumer ×3
HQs:Australia×4United States×2France×1India×1New Zealand×1
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22024 · 24 dated
Amber gives Australian households direct access to wholesale electricity pricing so they can shift usage to cheaper, greener times and automatically export stored battery and EV energy for higher earnings.
CleantechClimate TechConsumerEnergy
Chris Thompson(Founder)inDan Adams(Founder)inJohn Bartonin
Co-investorsAlberts Impact VenturesBlack Sheep CapitalBreakthrough VictoriaImpact Ventures Management Pty LtdMain Sequence VenturesMighty Partners+5 more
Audience Republic provides email marketing tools designed for event promoters and ticket sellers to reach fans, segment audiences by purchase history and behavior, and track which campaigns drive ticket sales rather than just engagement metrics.
Marketing TechMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsEarl Grey CapitalTen13
Buildxact is a construction management software platform that helps builders and remodeling contractors manage their projects and business operations.
Construction TechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsGlitch CapitalPerennial PartnersPremier Capital PartnersSuperSeed VenturesPossible Ventures
ClearCalcs provides web-based structural engineering calculation software that keeps inputs, formulas, and code references together so engineers can review, trace, and reuse the basis of design.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsEVP
Contented records meetings and conversations on mobile or computer and converts them into business-ready documents, insights, charts, and summaries using a library of templates.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsWhakatipu Ōtautahi
Earlytrade offers an auction-based early payment platform that lets commercial general contractors pay their subcontractors ahead of schedule in exchange for a discount, giving contractors returns on their capital while helping trade partners get paid earlier.
Construction TechFintech
Guy Saxelby(Founder)inPiers Symons(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntlerFoundamentalIsaiS3 VenturesBrick Mortar Ventures
EvenBetter provides AI-powered software to help companies automate compliance reporting and analyze gender pay gaps, with tools to identify root causes and implement actions to close disparities.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Sorrel Kesby(Founder)in
Evorra provides an audience intelligence platform that lets media buyers build and activate custom, privacy-compliant audiences across multiple advertising channels without managing large-scale data processing themselves.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Co-investorsYork IE
Factory provides online job management tools for small manufacturing fabricators, letting them create orders, collaborate on work, schedule jobs, and track time in one place.
Advanced ManufacturingSaaS
Co-investorsBeachhead Venture CapitalIncisive VenturesUtiliti GroupBlackstoneKhosla VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+1 more
Fuel50 provides skills intelligence software that helps organizations map the skills they have and the capabilities they need, then powers an internal talent marketplace connecting employees to roles, projects, and career paths.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSLaguna Nigel, US
Anne Fulton(Executive Officer, Director)inJoanne Mills(Executive Officer, Director)Ron Shah(Executive Officer)in
BoardJames Andelman(Director)inAndrew Filipowski(Director)Brian Platz(Director)in
Co-investorsArc AngelsBonfire VenturesEnterprise AngelsIcehouse VenturesNZ Growth Capital PartnersPeakSpan Capital Partners
GPN Vaccines is a clinical-stage company developing vaccines against bacterial pathogens, including a vaccine to prevent pneumococcal disease.
BiotechHealthtechNew York, US
Timothy Hirst(Executive Officer, Director)James Selkirk(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsForepont Capital PartnersKern Capital, LLC
Ideally provides consumer research and feedback tools for innovation teams to test product concepts, positioning, and marketing campaigns with real consumers at speed, reducing concept validation from months to days.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech
Brendan Cervin(Founder)James Donald(Founder)Joshua Nu'u-Steele(Founder)
Co-investorsIcehouse VenturesOIF Ventures
Kepler provides in-store customer analytics that track shopper journeys from outside a store through to purchase, helping retailers improve conversion, optimize resource allocation, and evaluate marketing and leasing decisions across their store network.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsInterValley Ventures
Kiwi is a fintech company offering a credit card product integrated with UPI payments, providing simple cashback rewards on everyday transactions.
ConsumerFintechNot stated, IN
Not stated(Co-Founder, COO & CFO)Anup Agrawal(Founder)Mohit Bedi(Founder)Siddharth Mehta(Founder)
Co-investorsStellaris Venture Advisors 2 LlpVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.AgriZeroNZAltered CapitalBig Basin CapitalBreakthrough Energy Ventures+7 more
lokol is an artificial intelligence platform in development; specific details about its functionality and target market are not yet disclosed on the landing page.
AI & Machine Learning
Lyka delivers fresh, gently cooked meals tailored to individual dogs through a subscription service across Australia.
FoodTechSydney, AU
Dr Matthew Muir(Co-founder & Integrative Veterinarian)in
Co-investorsAfterWork VenturesMighty PartnersAirTree VenturesLGVPPoint King CapitalStepstone Group
Nexl provides a platform for lawyers and law firms to manage client relationships, automate business development tasks, and track interactions without manual CRM data entry.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsEVPLegalTechVulpes Ventures
Parallel develops AI agents for hospital administrative workflows, specifically automating medical coding tasks to increase coding speed and accuracy while integrating with existing hospital systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechParis, FR
Paul Lafforgue(CEO)inClint Savage(Founder)Parag Agrawal(Founder)Tyler Slater(Founder)Thomas Sohet
Co-investorsFirst Round CapitalFrstIndex VenturesY CombinatorBetter AngleBOND ST+5 more
Refundid builds a post-purchase returns platform for retailers that offers instant refunds, exchanges, store credit, and standard returns options.
E-commerceFintechRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsCota CapitalTouch VenturesAP Ventures
Runn provides software for managing time and talent allocation across modern workforces, helping organizations plan projects and optimize resource utilization around their people.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSAuckland, NZ
Co-investorsAfterWork VenturesGD1NZ Growth Capital PartnersWavemaker Partners
Sitemate builds digital tools and workflow automation software for engineering, trades, and technical workforces across the built world, aiming to reduce administrative burden and increase productivity.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechFuture of WorkSaaS
Hartley(CEO)Hartley Pike(Founder)Sam McDonnell(Founder)
Co-investorsArtesianBlackbird VenturesOIF VenturesOur Innovation FundSydney AngelsMarbruck
Modern publishing platform for independent media; wound down in 2024.
Co-investorsBoson VenturesStartmate Launch ClubStartmate
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Diffuse EnergyZero Co
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesEarlyTrade · pymnts.com · Jun 9, 2026
Ideally · thesaasnews.com · Apr 22, 2026
Parallel · finsmes.com · Mar 19, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Shearwater Capital made?
- Shearwater Capital has 30 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Shearwater Capital invest at?
- Shearwater Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Shearwater Capital's typical check size?
- Shearwater Capital typically writes checks of $200K – $5M.
- What sectors does Shearwater Capital focus on?
- Shearwater Capital focuses on AdTech, Consumer, Enterprise Software, LegalTech, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Does Shearwater Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Shearwater Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Shearwater Capital co-invest with?
- Shearwater Capital most often shares deals with AfterWork Ventures, EVP, Icehouse Ventures, among 48 tracked co-investors.
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