# Asia Principal Capital

> Asia Principal Capital is a VC fund in Sydney backing Real Estate and Travel. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/6940086/
- Website: http://www.apcl.com/

Asia Principal Capital is a corporate and strategic advisory firm specialising in technology acceleration and partnerships with high growth, differentiated companies, with a global outlook.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Asia Principal Capital. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Asia Principal Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/asia-principal-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 2 | 40% |
| Travel | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Martin Dalgleish | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-dalgleish |
| Paul Saunders | Chief Executive Officer | 2 | — |
| Peter Chapman | Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hometime | Hometime is the largest and fastest-growing management platform for short term rental operators in the APAC regionGlobally there are over 100,000 small scale professional managers, however they typically lack any infrastructure to scaleWe partner with and empower these local operators with best-in-class tools, technology as well as dedicatedsupport teams to help them accelerate their growth and increase revenues, whilst improving service deliveryOur unique business model means that we've been able to successfully scale our offering across 17 markets and counting, all whilst deliver substantial value across our 3 key stakeholders, namely:The thousands of homeowners whose properties we've managed allowing them to earn greater rental yields on their property, plus have increased flexibilityThe hundreds of thousands of diverse guests (In the last 3 years alone we've hosted over 200,000+ guests) that have benefited from a consistent and ultra-local, home meets hotel guest experience (our overall guest review score ranks amongst the top % of of Pro-hosts globally according to Airbnb)Our Partner network, who've been able to successfully grow their businesses whilst upholding exceptional quality standards, and do sustainably and efficiently, with around the clock support, all whilst being part of a community of like-minded entrepreneurs. | $6.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Morpheus Ventures | Morpheus is a venture capital firm that invests in consumer to enterprise technologies including data analytics, machine learning, robotics, transportation, and SaaS. The firm was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles. |  |  | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Mypinpad | MYPINPAD has built the world’s first software only payments terminal which will deliver a consistent and secure payments experience everywhere by enabling simple and scalable card present transactions across digital and offline channels. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Cardiff, United Kingdom. | $19.1M | Series B | Oct 23, 2018 |  |
| ActivePipe | Providing a unique combination of live property displays targeted to client preferences, ActivePipe delivers the benefits of marketing automation and predictive data sets to the real estate and mortgage origination industries. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 23, 2017 |  |
| Hometime | Hometime is the largest and fastest-growing management platform for short term rental operators in the APAC regionGlobally there are over 100,000 small scale professional managers, however they typically lack any infrastructure to scaleWe partner with and empower these local operators with best-in-class tools, technology as well as dedicatedsupport teams to help them accelerate their growth and increase revenues, whilst improving service deliveryOur unique business model means that we've been able to successfully scale our offering across 17 markets and counting, all whilst deliver substantial value across our 3 key stakeholders, namely:The thousands of homeowners whose properties we've managed allowing them to earn greater rental yields on their property, plus have increased flexibilityThe hundreds of thousands of diverse guests (In the last 3 years alone we've hosted over 200,000+ guests) that have benefited from a consistent and ultra-local, home meets hotel guest experience (our overall guest review score ranks amongst the top % of of Pro-hosts globally according to Airbnb)Our Partner network, who've been able to successfully grow their businesses whilst upholding exceptional quality standards, and do sustainably and efficiently, with around the clock support, all whilst being part of a community of like-minded entrepreneurs. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 10, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Marbruck](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marbruck) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AS1 Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/as1-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fifth Estate Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifth-estate-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NAB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nab-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OneVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Raven Ventures Australia — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Asia Principal Capital invest in?

Asia Principal Capital invests primarily in Real Estate, Travel and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Asia Principal Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Asia Principal Capital?

The team at Asia Principal Capital includes Martin Dalgleish (Partner), Paul Saunders (Chief Executive Officer) and Peter Chapman (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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