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GSR Ventures

Disclosed deals

Every published round GSR Ventures took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Neuron Mobility	Series A	1 Oct 2020	$17m	Lead	Square Peg Capital	SmartCompany, TechCrunch Australia
Neuron	Series A	4Q 2019	US$18.5m ($26.7m)	Lead	Square Peg Capital	Square Peg Capital (Thu 1 Sep 2022), Square Peg Capital (Thu 7 Apr 2022), Square Peg Capital portfolio

Portfolio

Companies GSR Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Neuron		4Q 2019, Series A	1	1
Neuron Mobility		1 Oct 2020, Series A	1	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for GSR Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for GSR Ventures yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies GSR Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal GSR Ventures did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of GSR Ventures is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming GSR Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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2019 Year in Review

Square Peg's retrospective of 2019: five new portfolio companies, several large rounds it led or co-led, two acquisitions, two IPOs, new team members, and its capital deployed across new and follow-on deals.

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Series A US$18.5m

Investment notes: Neuron US$18.5m Series A

Square Peg's investment note explains why it backed e-scooter operator Neuron's US$18.5 million Series A with GSR Ventures, highlighting the company's city-permit strategy across Australia and New Zealand.

Square Peg Capital portfolio Thu 7 Apr 2022 Neuron 500 Startups Bird Deputy Didi HealthMatch Lime PropertyGuru Seedplus Tomorrow.io Wego GSR Ventures Square Peg Capital Harry Yu Zach Wang

Also Square Peg Capital portfolio

Unnamed stage US$6m

Leonie Hill Ai invests in PlayItForward DAO

Aura Group portfolio Wed 2 Mar 2022 Aura Group Century 21 Double Peak Group GSR Ventures Jump Capital LD Capital Mintable Nexgen Octava Fund Signum Capital

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The startup funding round: Beer delivery, AI-enabled upskilling, and $10 million for tech to treat cancer

Weekly roundup of Australian startup funding: Gilmour Space's $61m raise, rounds for Mindset Health, HowToo, Beer Cartel, Tracer DAO and Wimp 2 Warrior, Currus Biologics' $10m cancer-treatment raise, and Alberts' $16m impact fund.

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Series A $12m

E-scooter startup Neuron Mobility adds $12 million to its Series A for expansion in Australia and New Zealand

Singapore e-scooter firm Neuron Mobility extended its Series A with a $12 million addition co-led by Square Peg and GSR Ventures, bringing the round to $30.5 million to fund expansion across Australia and New Zealand.

TechCrunch Venture Tue 29 Sep 2020 Neuron Mobility GSR Ventures Square Peg Capital Zachary Wang

Also SmartCompany

Series A $18.5m

Singapore’s Neuron Mobility raises $18.5M to bring its electric scooters to more international markets

Singapore e-scooter rental startup Neuron Mobility closed an $18.5 million Series A led by GSR Ventures and Square Peg, with SeedPlus and SEEDS Capital participating, as it expands internationally after Singapore's regulatory crackdown.

TechCrunch Venture Mon 9 Dec 2019 Neuron Mobility Beam GSR Ventures Seedplus SEEDS Capital Square Peg Capital Tushar Roy Zachary Wang

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Australia-launched fintech startup InstaReM raises $27 million in first half of Series C, as it gears up to IPO

Singapore-based cross-border payments firm InstaReM has closed the first half of its Series C, led by MDI Ventures and Beacon Venture Capital, and is targeting a New York listing in 2021.

SmartCompany Tue 27 Nov 2018 Instarem New York Stock Exchange GSR Ventures Rocket Internet Vertex Ventures HC Prajit Nanu

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