Andrew Bassat
Co-founder & CEO @ SEEK
Melbourne, Australia
Andrew Bassat is a Series B investor at SEEK in Melbourne focused on SaaS and Human Resources. Andrew is the CEO of SEEK Limited and an Executive Director and co-founded the company in 1997. He has been involved in all stages of the development of the business since then. In particular, Andrew has driven since inception the strategy of the group and led the creation and development of the international and education businesses.Prior toco-founding SEEK, Andrew was a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton and prior to that, he worked as a solicitor at Corrs Chamber Westgarth. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from Monash University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Melbourne Business School.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 86%
Last updated:
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Industries Andrew Bassat invests in
Stages Andrew Bassat invests in
Countries Andrew Bassat invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 2 (29%)
- Human Resources 2 (29%)
- Finance 1 (14%)
- Internet 1 (14%)
- Software 1 (14%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (29%)
- Series A 1 (14%)
- Series D 1 (14%)
- Series E 1 (14%)
- Series F 1 (14%)
Country
- Australia 2 (29%)
- Israel 1 (14%)
- United Kingdom 1 (14%)
Investments
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| Employment Hero operates as an online human resource platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Its cloud-based HR platform combines HR software, financial services, scheduling, and payroll tools, as well as employee benefits, providing growing companies with an intuitive, affordable way to manage essential employee information and HRprocesses. The company aims to become the employment platform of choice for employers and employees in Australia and beyond, by providing free, easy-to-use HR software that employers love to use, and access to far greater benefits for all employees.Employment Hero was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney New South Wales. | $130.2M / Series F / Feb 16, 2022 | ||
| MyTutor provides secondary school learners with online access to over 7,000 Russell Group university students, reducing the time, hassle and cost of finding a subject expert locally.Lessons take place in their innovative online lesson space, which allows parents to substitute expensive tutors coming to their house, for live, one-to-one sessionswith young, bright and successful undergraduates. If the pupil forgets something, every session is recorded, so they can play it back after.They also partner with schools and universities to provide larger contracts for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. School teachers stay up-to-date with the programme through a personalised online dashboard.The company has grown at 3x YoY for the last three years, with 200,000+ bookings and applications from 50,000 tutors. At the same time quality has been maintained, with 70,000+ 5* reviews and every tutor personally interviewed.MyTutor was founded by Robert Grabiner, Bertie Hubbard and James Grant. | $19.6M / Sep 13, 2021 | ||
| Hireup is built to revolutionize the way people with disabilities find, hire and manage support workers by harnessing technology and connecting people with shared interests. | $29.5M / Series A / Aug 15, 2021 | ||
| Employment Hero operates as an online human resource platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Its cloud-based HR platform combines HR software, financial services, scheduling, and payroll tools, as well as employee benefits, providing growing companies with an intuitive, affordable way to manage essential employee information and HRprocesses. The company aims to become the employment platform of choice for employers and employees in Australia and beyond, by providing free, easy-to-use HR software that employers love to use, and access to far greater benefits for all employees.Employment Hero was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney New South Wales. | $102.7M / Series E / Jul 20, 2021 | ||
| Employment Hero operates as an online human resource platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Its cloud-based HR platform combines HR software, financial services, scheduling, and payroll tools, as well as employee benefits, providing growing companies with an intuitive, affordable way to manage essential employee information and HRprocesses. The company aims to become the employment platform of choice for employers and employees in Australia and beyond, by providing free, easy-to-use HR software that employers love to use, and access to far greater benefits for all employees.Employment Hero was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney New South Wales. | $35M / Series D / Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| Hibob was founded in 2015 to modernize HR tech. Hibob's intuitive and data-driven platform, bob, was built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Since its launch, bob has achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, and become the HRIS of choice for more than 1,000 modern, midsize and multinationalcompanies who understand that a powerful, agile HR tech suite is mission critical and a key driver of organizational success. Fast-growing companies across the globe rely upon bob to help HR and managers connect, engage, develop and retain top talent. | $70M / Series B / Dec 10, 2020 | ||
| Employment Hero operates as an online human resource platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Its cloud-based HR platform combines HR software, financial services, scheduling, and payroll tools, as well as employee benefits, providing growing companies with an intuitive, affordable way to manage essential employee information and HRprocesses. The company aims to become the employment platform of choice for employers and employees in Australia and beyond, by providing free, easy-to-use HR software that employers love to use, and access to far greater benefits for all employees.Employment Hero was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney New South Wales. | $6.2M / Series B / Mar 26, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About SEEK
SEEK is a diverse group of companies that have a unified purpose to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organizations succeed. The Group encompasses a strong portfolio of employment, education, and volunteer businesses which span across Australia, New Zealand, China, South East Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Africa, andBangladesh. SEEK makes a positive impact on a truly global scale, operating in a total of 18 countries with market-leading positions in 14 countries. It creates world-class product technology solutions to address the needs of job seekers and hirers and facilitate the matching between job seekers and hirers across our online employment marketplaces. Online Education Services (‘OES’) offers leading online education and SEEK Learning offers trusted advice in relation to career-related education. SEEK’s commitment to having a positive impact on society is reflected through the diverse range of initiatives which its businesses across the globe partake in to support the communities they operate within. In Australia and New Zealand SEEK Volunteer is each country’s largest single source of volunteering opportunities offering not-for-profit organizations free access to post volunteer opportunities. This free marketplace is something SEEK is exceptionally proud of. Over its 20 years of operation, SEEK continues to innovate within the markets it operates in. It provides a culture of excellence and acceptance in our workplaces and celebrates the diversity of employees that contribute to the success of the organization.
SEEK Contacts
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Andrew Bassat
Co-founder & CEO
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Andrew Hatch
DevOps Manager
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Geoff Roberts
Group Chief Financial Officer
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Joe Powell
Managing Director SEEK Education
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Michael Ilczynski
Managing Director
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What does Andrew Bassat invest in?
Andrew Bassat invests primarily in SaaS, Human Resources and Finance startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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