Executive Chairman and CEO, Seek Investments
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Chairman and CEO (former) | Seek Investments | Startup Daily (17 Feb 2026), SmartCompany (17 Feb 2026), Startup Daily (18 Feb 2025), SmartCompany (5 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (4 Jul 2022), Startup Daily (17 Feb 2022), cadmus.io |
| Chief Executive (former) · Founder | SEEK | SmartCompany (21 Jul 2025), SmartCompany (30 Jan 2025), Square Peg Capital (1 Apr 2024), Square Peg Capital (1 Apr 2024), Startup Daily, loed.com.au, cadmus.io |
Every published round Andrew Bassat 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 Andrew Bassat has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
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| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for Andrew Bassat, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Andrew Bassat has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Andrew Bassat did.
Stories naming Andrew Bassat. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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.
SEEK's venture arm has begun a sale process for its remaining Employment Hero stake, following a $95 million partial sale to KKR and a resolved 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.
Seek is selling part of its Employment Hero holding to KKR for $95m, implying a $2.2bn valuation; the article also recalls the HR startup's Series F and its buyouts of Humi and Employment Innovations.
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.
Also Startup Daily
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.
Also Square Peg Capital
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.
Casual staffing platform Sidekicker has raised $20 million from long-time backer Seek Investments to expand across Australia and New Zealand and upgrade its platform, amid strong post-COVID demand for casual workers.
Sidekicker, an Australian and New Zealand casual staffing marketplace, has raised $20 million from SEEK Investments to expand across ANZ and upgrade its platform.
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GO1 raised a Series B round above $30m, led by Microsoft's venture fund M12, with SEEK, Y Combinator and newcomer Larsen Ventures investing; M12 takes a board seat.
The university assessment platform has raised new backing co-led by SEEK Investments and Glitch Capital, which it will use to enter the American market.