# Ben Thompson

> Ben Thompson is a Series A investor at Employment Hero backing Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Employment Hero
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bthompsonemploymentinnovations/?originalSubdomain=au

Ben Thompson is a Series A investor at Employment Hero in Sydney focused on Software and Analytics. Ben Thompson is the founder and CEO of Employment Hero. Ben also currently serves Employment Innovations as director and the founder of Power2Motivate.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Askable | Askable offers a comprehensive research platform that facilitates access to certified researchers and verified participants globally. The platform streamlines the research process from recruitment to analysis, enabling teams to gather insights efficiently. | $14M | Series A | Dec 11, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Skip Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skip-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Employment Hero

VC Fund · Sydney, Australia

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.

5 contacts available at Employment Hero.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Thompson | CEO / Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-thompson-5 |
| Clare Bagoly | Sales Director | — |
| Dave Tong | Co-Founder, CTO, Head of Product | — |
| Jack Elliott | Business Development Manager | — |
| Rob Paterson | CFO | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Thompson invest in?

Ben Thompson invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Recruiting startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Ben Thompson?

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### When did Ben Thompson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Thompson closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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