The Shearwater team like to share our thoughts and updates on our LinkedIn profile. Please follow us there. Here are some of our previous posts:
February 19, 2026
When setting up a company, most founders focus on product, hiring and capital. Structure often feels administrative. It isn’t. At the outset, Australian startups typically choose between two models: A single trading company that owns the IP A HoldCo… Read More
February 10, 2026
We’re excited to share that Shearwater Capital has invested in Contented, a New Zealand-based AI company transforming how businesses turn conversations into formal documents. Founded by Lucy Pink and Hannah Hardy-Jones, Contented converts recorded me… Read More
January 7, 2026
We’re excited to share that Shearwater Capital has invested in Lokol, an AI-native company reimagining how consumers discover culture. Lokol is building what it describes as “AI with taste” – technology designed to deliver more thoughtful, cura… Read More
December 5, 2025
In December we hosted our annual Shearwater Christmas party at Bopp & Tone, bringing together our founders, scouts, and the broader group of people across our network who support us throughout the year. It was a great afternoon spent over a long… Read More
Shearwater Capital has led the Series A investment in Factory, a Sydney-based software company building workflow and job management tools for metal fabricators and small manufacturers. Factory replaces paper, spreadsheets and generic accounting syste… Read More
November 12, 2025
Shearwater has participated in Zabidou’s pre-seed round alongside Main Sequence, Antler and Metagrove Ventures to develop ultra-vision for manufacturing robotics. Many production lines in recycling and heavy manufacturing still rely on manual… Read More
July 25, 2025
We hosted our second Shearwater Scouts Network breakfast, bringing the group together for a chance to reconnect and check in. We were excited to welcome Simon Scarf, CCO of Updoc, to the Scouts Network, adding further depth and experience to the grou… Read More
February 11, 2025
We’re excited to invest in EvenBetter.ai – a SaaS platform that uses advanced AI and market benchmarks to show companies powerful insights and effective actions to close the gender pay gap. By way of background, when I was building my di… Read More
