Barry Brott
Co Founder @ Square Peg Capital
Melbourne, Australia
Barry Brott is a Series A investor at Square Peg Capital in Melbourne focused on Software and SaaS. Barry was a driving force in bringing together the principals of Square Peg Capital with their combined skills and experience. He has spent many years working across the venture portfolio of Jagen Pty Ltd, a Melbourne-based family office. Barry joined Jagen in January 2006 and in the time since then he has played a role managing a number of thegroup's investments. Prior to joining Jagen, Barry headed corporate development and strategy at MYOB Limited, an ASX listed software company, and before then worked in corporate development at Village Roadshow Limited. Prior to his corporate roles, Barry held advisory positions at Merrill Lynch and the corporate finance and tax divisions of KPMG. Barry holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Barry Brott invests in
Stages Barry Brott invests in
Countries Barry Brott invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (40%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Retail 1 (20%)
- Analytics 1 (20%)
- E-Commerce 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
- Series D 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Investments
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Joyous
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FROM IDEAS TO IMPACT: UNIFY PEOPLE AND DECISION MAKERSMake the best decisions using the best data. Joyous builds human relationships, and aligns people around common challenges, leveraging their ideas to make an impact.Joyous helps people talk about a specific topic that impacts them every day - right at the time decision makers are planning todo something about it. Joyous starts conversations and a real person from the organization responds.Joyous identifies actionable phrases, groups them in real-time and delivers a prioritized action plan. Joyous accelerates operational excellence, strategic program execution, transformation, tools adoption, customer experience and more.Everyone deserves to be Joyous! | $10.4M / Series A / Sep 28, 2021 | |
Vend
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Vend is web-based point-of-sale and retail management software. Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores.Vend runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Even though Vend is web-based it works offline, so users can keep making salesif the internet drops out.Vend integrates seamlessly with other web applications used to run retail stores, like accounting, eCommerce, appointment scheduling, and others.The Vend platform is subscription-based, never requires backups or upgrades and lets retailers get on with running their retail enterprise instead of worrying about their IT infrastructure. | $8M / Series D / Dec 22, 2016 | |
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Vend
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Vend is web-based point-of-sale and retail management software. Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores.Vend runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Even though Vend is web-based it works offline, so users can keep making salesif the internet drops out.Vend integrates seamlessly with other web applications used to run retail stores, like accounting, eCommerce, appointment scheduling, and others.The Vend platform is subscription-based, never requires backups or upgrades and lets retailers get on with running their retail enterprise instead of worrying about their IT infrastructure. | $7.3M / Series C / Jul 31, 2015 | |
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Vend
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Vend is web-based point-of-sale and retail management software. Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores.Vend runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Even though Vend is web-based it works offline, so users can keep making salesif the internet drops out.Vend integrates seamlessly with other web applications used to run retail stores, like accounting, eCommerce, appointment scheduling, and others.The Vend platform is subscription-based, never requires backups or upgrades and lets retailers get on with running their retail enterprise instead of worrying about their IT infrastructure. | Series B / Mar 25, 2014 | |
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Vend
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Vend is web-based point-of-sale and retail management software. Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores.Vend runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Even though Vend is web-based it works offline, so users can keep making salesif the internet drops out.Vend integrates seamlessly with other web applications used to run retail stores, like accounting, eCommerce, appointment scheduling, and others.The Vend platform is subscription-based, never requires backups or upgrades and lets retailers get on with running their retail enterprise instead of worrying about their IT infrastructure. | $6.5M / May 15, 2013 |
Co-Investors
About Square Peg Capital
Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy in Australia, Singapore, and Tel Aviv.The fund supports outstanding entrepreneurs solving big problems in a unique and differentiated way. The company is a group of individuals united by a passion for technology and its potential to change the world. It partners withoutstanding entrepreneurs who are building online and technology leaders of tomorrow and supports them by leveraging their decades of experience building, investing in, and advising technology businesses, from start-ups to multi-billion dollar public enterprises.
Square Peg Capital Contacts
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Amanda Hjorring
Partner and Chief Operating Officer
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Barry Brott
Co Founder
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Ben Hensman
Portfolio Manager - Global Tech Fund
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Dan Krasnostein
Partner
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Eliza Jackson
Investment Analyst
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What does Barry Brott invest in?
Barry Brott invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Retail startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Barry Brott last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Barry Brott closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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