# Chad Stephens

> Chad Stephens is a angel investor at Fillr: Autofill as a Service backing Information Technology. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fillr: Autofill as a Service](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fillr--next-generation-autofill-for-mobile)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadstephens1

Chad Stephens is a angel investor at Fillr: Autofill as a Service in Melbourne focused on Information Technology and Apps. Chad was the co-founder of 1Form.com, an online tenancy application platform, and grew it to have more than 90% market share in Australia before exiting to ASX listed REA Group in 2014. He then co-founded Fillr.com, integrating autofill tech into some of the largest FinTech and eCommerce apps globally, including Klarna, Afterpay and Zip, beforeexiting to Rakuten Inc. in 2020. Chad is now an active angel investor, advisor and mentor.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 100% |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ParkBooker | ParkBooker is an independent online travel agent, and we believe that holiday park travelers deserve more when it comes to discovering new destinations and parks and planning and booking their holidays. | $381.1K | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Fillr: Autofill as a Service | More people convert with Fillr. Fillr has developed 'Autofill as a Service' an autofill platform that seamlessly integrates into your app, enabling your customers to transact faster, boosting your conversions and revenue.We've spent over four years (and lots of hard-earned $) building the world's best autofill... So youdon't have to. Our powerful mapping engine, algorithms and machine learning technology utilise advanced proprietary textual heuristics to read forms as close to human representation as possible.Fillr’s Autofill API’s are powering transactions on the world's top fintech, ecommerce, metasearch, cashback and coupon apps. Fillr's next generation autofill technology delivers unprecedented accuracy and speed, and unlike other ‘payment' platforms, Fillr can be used anywhere regardless of a merchant being integrated with us and can be used for any transaction, even those that don’t require payment."When a user engages our autofill tech on a checkout form, they are 2.2x more likely to convert using Fillr than those who choose to type and they spend 19.66% more p/m"Fillr is led by second time entrepreneurs Chris Koch and Chad Stephens. With their first tech venture 1Form, they transformed the Australian housing market gaining 90% market share before it was acquired by publicly listed REA/Newscorp (Realestate.com.au, $6b market cap).Fillr has offices in Melbourne and San Francisco and is backed by SoftBank China Capital, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Reinventure (Westpac Bank) and Constant Innovation. Fillr’s investors have collective experience in creating, growing and managing hyper-growth companies and are some of world’s most successful tech entrepreneurs. Recent investment by SoftBank China Capital, Alibaba’s single largest investor, provides further endorsement of Fillr’s advanced tech and mission to make transacting on mobile easier. |  | Angel |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Rising Tide](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rising-tide-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fillr: Autofill as a Service

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

More people convert with Fillr. Fillr has developed 'Autofill as a Service' an autofill platform that seamlessly integrates into your app, enabling your customers to transact faster, boosting your conversions and revenue.We've spent over four years (and lots of hard-earned $) building the world's best autofill... So youdon't have to. Our powerful mapping engine, algorithms and machine learning technology utilise advanced proprietary textual heuristics to read forms as close to human representation as possible.Fillr’s Autofill API’s are powering transactions on the world's top fintech, ecommerce, metasearch, cashback and coupon apps. Fillr's next generation autofill technology delivers unprecedented accuracy and speed, and unlike other ‘payment' platforms, Fillr can be used anywhere regardless of a merchant being integrated with us and can be used for any transaction, even those that don’t require payment."When a user engages our autofill tech on a checkout form, they are 2.2x more likely to convert using Fillr than those who choose to type and they spend 19.66% more p/m"Fillr is led by second time entrepreneurs Chris Koch and Chad Stephens. With their first tech venture 1Form, they transformed the Australian housing market gaining 90% market share before it was acquired by publicly listed REA/Newscorp (Realestate.com.au, $6b market cap).Fillr has offices in Melbourne and San Francisco and is backed by SoftBank China Capital, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Reinventure (Westpac Bank) and Constant Innovation. Fillr’s investors have collective experience in creating, growing and managing hyper-growth companies and are some of world’s most successful tech entrepreneurs. Recent investment by SoftBank China Capital, Alibaba’s single largest investor, provides further endorsement of Fillr’s advanced tech and mission to make transacting on mobile easier.

5 contacts available at Fillr: Autofill as a Service.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Zhao | Head of Mobile Dev | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-zhao |
| Chad Stephens | CPO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chad-stephens |
| Chris Thursfield | Head of Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-thursfield |
| Christopher Koch | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-koch |
| Karl Mattson | SVP of Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karl-mattson |

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## FAQ

### What does Chad Stephens invest in?

Chad Stephens invests primarily in Information Technology, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Angel and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 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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