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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:

2024 – Shearwater turns six and we have $100m for founders

December 20, 2024

This year Shearwater Capital marked our sixth year. Plenty has changed in the world since September 2018, when Mike, Charles and myself first sat together in a small, windowless room at the Hub in Darlinghurst and tried to work out what Shearwater Ca… Read More

Launching the Shearwater Scouts Network

November 8, 2024

Recently, we launched the Shearwater Scouts Network and kicked things off with a breakfast alongside an incredible group from our network. The Scouts Community is focused on introducing us to founders building great businesses we can help support. Fr… Read More

Our Investment in Vivi

July 19, 2024

Shearwater Capital has recently completed a founder secondary in Vivi, an edtech company from Melbourne. Vivi’s innovative technology is trusted by over 2,000 schools, 100,000 classrooms and 625,000 teachers and students.  Vivi is expanding rapi… Read More

How VCs Become Assholes – and why we try not to

June 14, 2024

Rayn Ong from Archangel Ventures recently posted an article on LinkedIn titled: How VCs Become Assholes. So much of what Omri touched on resonated with my own journey as an investor. I’ve been a founder and I chose to invest with this experien… Read More

The case for natural growth

June 13, 2024

Venture investors prioritise revenue growth when considering investment in private tech companies. The thinking goes that if you’re not growing at 100% yoy or more then it’s not really a venture investment. And it makes sense. If a compa… Read More

Articulating your corporate philosophy

February 26, 2024

In the early days of my start-up, Conversant Media, I struggled to succinctly articulate our expense policy. And then in 2009 I stumbled across Netflix’s corporate culture document. It was a lightbulb moment – it perfectly illuminated how… Read More

SaaS growth rates: What is happening in 2023?

October 17, 2023

The technology sector has had a turbulent few years. Amongst the turbulence, McKinsey estimate that the global SaaS market will continue to grow, from an estimated $3 trillion, to $10 trillion by 2030.   A recent report by Chart Mogul (a subscription… Read More

A trip to the Lyka factory

September 29, 2023

As investors in Lyka, we’ve had the privilege of watching this remarkable pet food company grow since our initial investment in 2021. Our continued investment in their most recent funding round is a testament to our belief in the innovation and quali… Read More

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