Investors / Australia / Shearwater Capital
Shearwater Capital
Venture capital · Edgecliff, NSW, Australia · Asia Pacific
Shearwater Capital is a venture capital firm founded by former founders that invests its own capital across inception, seed, Series A and beyond, and also buys founder and secondary shares. It focuses on companies based in Australia and New Zealand and describes itself as industry agnostic, with experience in advertising, marketing, legaltech and media.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEducation
In its own wordsrecurring revenuebusiness softwaresaaslegaltechmediaadvertising
Your fit with Shearwater Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsShearwater Capital lists 24 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (23%), Education (15%) and Media & Entertainment (8%). 50% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside Icehouse Ventures, Startmate and AfterWork Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Shearwater Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Shearwater Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 24. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 67% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 59th | 24 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 83th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 28th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Education | 15% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 8% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Consumer | 8% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 5% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Icehouse Ventures | 3 |
| Startmate | 3 |
| AfterWork Ventures | 2 |
| Altered Ventures | 2 |
| EVP | 2 |
| Investible | 2 |
| New Zealand Growth Capital Partners | 2 |
| OIF Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2396%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company14%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Icehouse Ventures
Compare Shearwater Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Shearwater Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Series A Led |
Round details for Shearwater Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Shearwater Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
24 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber provides renewable energy services, including wholesale electricity and battery automation, to residential customers. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Buildxact provides estimating and project management software for builders and suppliers | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for engineering decisions and calculations | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Contented records meetings and transforms them into tailored documents and insights | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Earlytrade provides a platform for early payment negotiation in the construction industry | FintechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| EvenBetter helps HR professionals build high-performing companies through pay and workforce insights. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Evorra is the audience intelligence platform for performance, delivering multidimensional audience profiles that grow more precise with every signal. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides job shop software for fabricators | Industrial & Manufacturing | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Fuel50 gives HR leaders a whole-person view of talent to build critical capabilities, mobilize talent into the right opportunities, and help people grow | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ideally is the AI-powered research platform that puts real consumers behind every creative and commercial decision | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| GPN Vaccines is a clinical-stage company focused on creating innovative vaccines that offer robust protection against the world’s most important bacterial pathogens. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Parallel provides a digital twin platform for advertising | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Kepler Analytics helps retailers to understand the customer journey and improve sales conversion and resource allocation | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| LivePreso turns approved content, business rules and customer data into personalised sales presentations. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lokol turns trusted recommendations into sales for brands and revenue for the voices behind them | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Lyka produces and delivers dog food made from real ingredients and formulated by a vet nutritionist. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Nexl provides a legal CRM and growth platform for law firms to manage relationships and drive growth | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | |||
| Refundid handles returns and exchanges for online retailers and their customers | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Runn is resource management and capacity planning software for teams planning people across technical projects. | Enterprise SoftwareSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- shearwater.co
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 24
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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