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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:

Marking three years into the Shearwater journey

September 13, 2021

Shearwater Capital was born on a small boat sailing off the coast of Macquarie Island. That’s when Mike decided he wanted to spend his time supporting the best founders in Australia and New Zealand. Shearwater marking its 3 year anniversary A… Read More

Our investment in Lyka Pet Food

July 6, 2021

Shearwater Capital is pleased to announce our investment into Lyka Pet Food.  It’s often said that you always need a warm intro for fundraising; we disagree. Anna reached out to us via our website. We say we’re ‘infinitely inqu… Read More

Welcoming Natalie Chapman to the team

April 26, 2021

Shearwater Capital is thrilled to welcome Natalie Chapman to the team as our first Venture Analyst. She’ll be setting up the structures of the role before heading across to study her MBA at Cambridge University. Read More

Our investment in Fuel50

April 10, 2021

We’re excited to join the Fuel50 journey as investors, supporting two amazing founders in Jo Mills and Anne Fulton. The latest funding round will support Fuel50’s growth in transforming the value of talent in organisations around the globe thr… Read More

We’ve had a small name change: welcome Shearwater Capital

November 27, 2020

Shearwater Growth Equity is no-more. Welcome Shearwater Capital. Here's why we changed. Read More

Is a SAFE the same as priced round with a full full ratchet?

October 20, 2020

SAFEs can sometimes have unintended consequences. Especially when it comes to founder dilution. Read More

$0 to $100m ARR in 3 years? Most likely a spreadsheet error

September 9, 2020

The lies of small numbers are magnified when put into a spreadsheet. If you end-up with $100m revenue in your start-up's business plan, it's almost certainly more wrong that it should be :-) Read More

Why we don’t sign NDAs

June 21, 2020

Like most VCs, Shearwater doesn't sign NDAs. Here's our explanation on why. Read More

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