A VC explains what 'You're too early' really means
Recap of a Growth Summit panel where Rampersand's Paul Naphtali explains what VCs mean by 'too early', why the phrase signals a fit or product concern, and how rejections can turn into investments.
Partner, Square Peg Capital
Stories naming Dan Krasnostein. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Recap of a Growth Summit panel where Rampersand's Paul Naphtali explains what VCs mean by 'too early', why the phrase signals a fit or product concern, and how rejections can turn into investments.
Square Peg's half-year investor letter reviews its accelerating AI investing, portfolio companies' progress including several completed raises, listed fund returns, a new data hire, and ongoing fundraising for its 2025 vintage funds.
In its half-year letter, Square Peg explains how it picks AI founders, reports several portfolio companies' recent raises, flags a data engineering hire, and says fundraising for its next funds is well advanced.
Also Tech Funding News - Australia·Forbes Australia·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Cleaning products maker Zero Co, backed by Square Peg and crowdfunded via Birchal, is closing down solvent and will hand leftover funds to shareholders after failing to find a workable path forward.
Also SmartCompany·Dealroom·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Seven Australian startups together banked over $90 million in the past seven days across venue software, hydrogen aviation, social media, craft brewing, plastics alternatives, aged-care robotics and accountant training.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
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.
Also Startup Daily·Square Peg Capital·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany
Square Peg marks small-business lender Prospa's stockmarket debut, recalling its 2017 investment and praising founders Greg and Beau for clarity, culture and resilience after a shelved float the year before.
Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.
Also Cut Through Venture·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Techboard·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·myzeller.com·@AuManufacturing·Australian FinTech·Forbes Australia·Dealroom·rswebsols.com·Crunchbase News·TechCrunch Australia