Investor · 12 deals
Every published round SEEK 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.
Companies SEEK has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Hero | Mar 2018, Series B | 5 | 2 | |
| Go1 | 14 Aug 2018, Series A | 5 | 3 | |
| Sidekicker | Jul 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sonder | 10 Mar 2025 | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for SEEK, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies SEEK has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal SEEK did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of SEEK is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
The transaction that ended SEEK's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | IPO | 2005 | - | Square Peg Capital (Mon 1 Apr 2024), Square Peg Capital (Mon 1 Apr 2024) |
Companies SEEK acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round SEEK raised.
Investors whose own portfolio pages list SEEK, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Ellerston Capital | its portfolio page ↗ |
Stories naming SEEK. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Venture firm Square Peg has confirmed two funds holding more than $1 billion between them, alongside a look back at its biggest bets, sell-downs and the acquisitions that delivered windfalls.
Also Dealroom
LaunchVic selected nine Victorian start-ups, including Preezie, for a mentoring bootcamp with executives from Atlassian, Uber, Dropbox, Seek and Canva.
REA Group has created its first chief AI officer role and appointed Thyago Liberalli, a long-serving Seek AI leader, to it; he reports to CTO Steve Maidment.
Online trading firm Pepperstone has hired Xero engineering leader Nigel Fernandes as its new technology chief, to oversee engineering, architecture, security and data worldwide from its Melbourne base.
Bids for Seek's stake in HR software firm Employment Hero point to a resilient valuation, while Seek prepares to hand shareholders proceeds from selling a billion dollars of startup holdings.
Square Peg's half-year investor letter reports two funds reaching final close, three exits including Talon.One's sale to Adyen, realisations past US$1bn, and a framework for judging AI disruption across its portfolio.
Square Peg reports 30% portfolio growth, US$1bn+ cumulative realisations, US$138m returned this half, closes two new funds, and outlines an AI disruption framework.
Seek's venture arm has begun selling its remaining stake in Employment Hero, a year after a $95 million partial sale to KKR, following the recent resolution of their Federal Court dispute over API access.
Employment Hero has begun Federal Court action against backer Seek to halt its job-listing API shutdown; the piece recalls Seek's 2018 investment and KKR's $95 million stake purchase.
Weekly roundup of eight Australian startup raises, led by Sonder's $40 million round, plus AMP's $20 million raise and acquisition of the Shopify app Back in Stock.
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Sonder, a workplace health and wellbeing provider, closed a 40 million dollar round with Blackbird and Seek leading, Hostplus newly investing, and funds aimed at growth across Australia, New Zealand, Britain and AI features.
Sonder has wrapped up a $40m round backed by Blackbird Ventures, Seek and Hostplus; the Sydney staff-wellness firm says its app has passed one million members and will push overseas.
Retrospective timeline of Catch's journey from its 2006 launch through Tiger Global's investment, the Menulog and Luxury Escapes deals and Wesfarmers' $230 million acquisition, to Wesfarmers' announced wind-down.
Melbourne document-AI firm Affinda, founded by Tim and Ben Toner, closed a $10m round from family offices and wealthy individuals after an earlier $13m raise; Deloitte ranked it the nation's fastest-growing AI company.
The Victorian government's VC fund Breakthrough Victoria slipped to a loss, its annual report showing startup investments, cost cutting and boardroom departures amid criticism of its spending and performance.
Stone & Chalk and KPMG Australia selected five startups for the fourth Future Technology Program cohort, providing residency and mentorship to enhance business productivity.
Melbourne document-analysis company Affinda has pulled in $10 million from its previous backers at double its earlier valuation, and Christine Christian has joined its board.
Also Forbes Australia
Employment Hero has rolled out SmartMatch, an AI job-matching feature for small businesses; chief executive Ben Thompson defends its bias safeguards as the piece weighs fears the technology could entrench workplace sameness.
Tidal Ventures managing partner Grant McCarthy and Guy Kawasaki compare notes on luck, timing, founder qualities, early-stage mistakes, AI adoption and pitching, drawing on careers spanning Apple, Canva, Yahoo and Tidal.
Square Peg profiles its Global Tech Fund, a listed-markets strategy applying its venture investing approach to early-stage public tech companies, and outlines its team, edge, and focus on fintech, software and AI.
Breakthrough Victoria defends its spending and investment record against critics urging its abolition, pointing to portfolio companies, university partnerships and recent backing of startups including Aravax.
A weekly roundup detailing five raises across Australia and New Zealand: Marmalade, Cauldron, Prophet, Hola Health and Buddy, naming amounts, lead backers and founders.
Marketing technology company Prophet has raised a seed round of $5 million from individual investors including Antony Catalano, Matt Rockman and Cheuk Chiang, with no venture capital involved.
LaunchVic has selected ten scaleups for the last intake of its 30X30 mentoring program, which pairs their leaders with mentors from unicorn companies; the 20 earlier participants have together raised over $98.7 million.
Also RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy
Dom Pym discusses his journey from engineering to founding Up Bank and now investing via Euphemia, focusing on social good and underrepresented founders.
Jelix Ventures explains why it joined Hatch's December 2023 funding round, citing the founders' track record, an AI job-matching product, strong customer feedback and a large addressable market.
Aura Ventures explains its seed investment in Hatch, an Australian jobs marketplace for young professionals co-founded by Adam Jacobs and Chaz Heitner, alongside Rampersand, Investible, Jelix Ventures and Alberts.
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AI search startup Marqo has landed a $12.5 million Series A and is relocating its headquarters to San Francisco, while LaunchVic statistics show Victoria's ecosystem grew in value despite a funding drop.
Blog announcement of Employment Hero's 263 million Australian dollar Series F, with TCV leading and Insight Partners, AirTree, Seek and OneVentures also participating; the post also unveils the Hero Foundation.
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Press release announcing Employment Hero's A$263 million Series F led by TCV, with earlier backers participating, a valuation just under $2 billion, AI-focused global expansion plans, and a look back at the KeyPay acquisition.
Also Tech Funding News - Australia·TechCrunch Venture·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Forbes Australia·Forbes Australia·employmenthero.com·TechCrunch Venture
Sydney HR-and-payroll firm Employment Hero announced a TCV-led Series F reaching unicorn valuation; the profile covers its products, remote workforce and global ambitions, citing rival raises.
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Hospitality tech firm Ordermentum bought marketplace Foodbomb and closed a $16m round with existing and new backers, valuing the combined group above $100m.
HR and payroll platform Employment Hero has launched Swag, an app adding an AI-powered jobs board, auto-generated job descriptions and employee benefits to its existing small-business tools.
Employment Hero has launched Swag, an AI-powered hiring superapp for small businesses offering job drafting, candidate matching and employee benefits, putting it in competition with its own backer SEEK.
Canva has opened a converted Collingwood warehouse as its new Melbourne office and says it has no layoff plans, citing six consecutive profitable years while hiring continues despite widespread tech sector job cuts.
A Credible-authored opinion piece argues the contract workforce is booming, criticises outdated hiring tools, promotes its contractor hiring platform, and invites readers to its deal room while it seeks growth capital.
Australian venture investors AirTree, Blackbird, Square Peg and OneVentures review their 2022 deployment and fund raises and predict capital efficiency, venture credit, consolidation and selective funding will shape 2023.
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Hospitality ordering platform Ordermentum, cofounded by Adam Theobald, raised $6.2 million in July, with earlier raises in 2017 and 2021 and a secondary stake sale by RoZetta also recounted.
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Interview with Square Peg partners about the Australian venture firm's growing Southeast Asia presence and portfolio; mentions a fresh fundraise underway and points to Cialfo's recent $40 million backing co-led with SEEK.