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Perle Ventures is a Sydney based venture capital group. We have invested in and supported multiple EARLY and growth stage technology companies led by dynamic entrepreneurs with innovative ideas, and more importantly, logical vision. We back execution.
OUR MISSION
Having built businesses ourselves, we understand the pain points and how to navigate them. We partner with awesome innovators that couple vision with discipline, to build scalable enterprises with a global perspective.
Team
Team
Spotting talent. Backing brilliance.
Shayne Smyth, Co-Founder & Chairman
Shayne is involved with multiple enterprises spanning property and technology. He has an extraordinary wealth of knowledge and experience in the operation, development and scaling of businesses so any new investee company backed by Perle Ventures directly benefits from his broad business insights. Having founded and divested Cover-More Group Ltd (ASX:CVO) - the largest integrated Australian based provider of travel insurance and medical assistance, Perle Ventures now serves as the vehicle to support and grow exciting new opportunities.
Michael An, Co-Founder & Managing Director
Michael is the Managing Director at Perle Ventures. His passion is discovering potentially amazing investee companies and if fortunate enough, collaborating with their founders to harness their super powers, stay resilient against the dark side of the force and achieve greatness. His experience consists of 16+ years as a founder, investor, board member and adviser to multiple companies at various stages of growth spanning technology, education, telecommunications and financial services. Michael's expertise supports every facet of business development, from finance to marketing, project management to corporate strategy.
Chris Yoo, Senior Advisor
Chris is a Senior Advisor to Perle Ventures. Chris has 13+ years experience private equity and strategy consulting with Bain Capital Partners, Crescent Capital Partners and Bain & Company. He has been an investor in and board member of a significant number of companies with a particular focus on technology and healthcare. In particular, Chris has significant expertise in strategy, driving growth and operational improvement across multiple industries.
David Lee, Advisor & Partner at Refactor Capital
David Lee is a Partner at Refactor Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on companies in software and information technology. Prior to Refactor, David was Managing Partner at SV Angel, which invested in companies including SnapChat, Twitter, Slack and Pinterest. David was elected to the Forbes Midas List of Top Technology Investors in 2014 and 2015.
INVESTMENT PARTNERS
Companies
Companies
“At Perle Ventures, we spend a lot of time analyzing the distribution dynamics of our portfolio companies. For us, besides the fundamental product/market fit, management and capital, distribution dynamics play a pivotal role in our investment hypotheses. This allows us to quantify the probability of execution, which we believe is the most important ingredient in a company’s success.”
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Where are we?
L11, 9 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia