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Square Peg Investor Letter Half Year Report 30 June 2026

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.

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Square Peg Investor Letter Half Year Report 30 June 2025

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.

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Square Peg Investor Letter Half Year Report 30 June 2025

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.

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Series D+ US$300m

Airwallex: Building global, digital-first finance

Square Peg's post explains why it led a US$300 million Series F in cross-border payments company Airwallex, its seventh investment since first backing the founders in 2017, citing market scale and regulatory depth.

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Square Peg Investor Letter Half Year Report 31 December 2024

Square Peg's half-year letter to investors reviews 2024: $146m invested, $220m returned via five exits, fund value up to $3.25bn, plus portfolio raises at Rokt, Constantinople, Exodigo, Cuttable and Supabase.

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Square Peg Investor Letter Half Year Report 31 December 2024

Square Peg's half-year investor letter reviews 2024: portfolio growth, $220m returned across five exits, a Rokt secondary at a $3.5bn valuation, and recent raises at Constantinople, Exodigo, Cuttable and Supabase.

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Seed US$5m

Investment Notes: Lorikeet US$5M Seed

Square Peg's investment note on leading Lorikeet's US$5 million seed round with Skip Capital and US angels, profiling the founders, their AI support product, and early customers.

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Seed US$5m

Investment Notes: Lorikeet US$5M Seed

Square Peg led Lorikeet's US$5 million seed round for its AI customer-support automation platform, joined by Skip Capital and US angel investors, supporting the team's US expansion.

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Seed $5.5m

Investment Notes: Cuttable AU$5.5m Seed

Square Peg's investment note announces its participation in Cuttable's seed raise and profiles the automated-advertising startup's three founders, its AI technology, and its early brand customers.

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Square Peg Investor Letter Half Year Report 30 June 2024

Square Peg's half-year letter launches fundraising for Fund 6, reports US$187 million returned including Deci.AI's sale to Nvidia, and announces promotions, with Leila Lee joining the partnership.

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Seed $5.5m

Investment Notes: Cuttable AU$5.5m Seed

Square Peg announces its participation in Cuttable's AU$5.5 million seed round. The AI-powered advertising platform was founded by Jack White, Ed Ring and Sam Kroonenburg, and already works with major Australian brands.

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Funding announcement

Bringing our venture DNA to the public markets: Square Peg’s Global Tech Fund

Square Peg portfolio manager Ben Hensman explains its listed-markets Global Tech Fund, recalling the Shopify and Vend experience that inspired it, the team behind it, and its strategy of backing early-stage public tech companies.

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Funding announcement

Bringing our venture DNA to the public markets: Square Peg's Global Tech Fund

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.

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Funding announcement

Square Peg Investor Letter Half Year Report 31 December 2023

Square Peg's latest letter to investors reviews 2023 performance, recalls early bets on Canva and Airwallex, and introduces three hires across fundraising, public-markets investing, and people functions.

Funding announcement

Square Peg Investor Letter Half Year Report 31 December 2023

Square Peg's half-year letter to investors reviews 2023: fewer new bets, portfolio revenue milestones led by Canva, an AI investment thesis, conditions in Israel, and three new hires.

Seed $32m

Investment Notes: Constantinople A$32M Seed

Square Peg's note on leading a A$32 million seed investment in banking-software startup Constantinople, with AirTree Ventures and Great Southern Bank participating; the bank is also the platform's first client.

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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 $31m

Founders Stories Podcast: James Bowe on tackling housing affordability in Australia

Square Peg's podcast episode features OwnHome co-founder James Bowe explaining its rent-to-own home purchase model, and recalls the Australian fintech's $31 million Series A led by Square Peg's Dan Krasnostein and Casey Flint with Commonwealth Bank.

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Series B $25m

Investment notes: Athena AU$25m Series B

Square Peg explains its rationale for leading Athena's Series B, joined by Hostplus and Airtree, with analysis of the Australian mortgage market, the challenger lender's model, and its founding and senior team.

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