# Craig Winkler

> Craig Winkler is a Series A investor at Xero (Melbourne) backing Software and SaaS. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Xero](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xero)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-winkler-12bba140

Craig Winkler is a Series A investor at Xero in Melbourne focused on Software and SaaS. Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his timeworking in the philanthropic sector.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $783k–$2.2M |
| Series A | $3M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 39% |
| SaaS | 6 | 33% |
| Apps | 3 | 17% |
| Accounting | 3 | 17% |
| FinTech | 2 | 11% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 17% |
| Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series C | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 4 | 22% |
| New Zealand | 4 | 22% |
| United States | 2 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ignition | Ignition is a leading revenue and billing platform for professional services businesses to automate and optimise how they engage clients and get paid. Businesses such as accounting and service-based businesses use Ignition to help them grow, be more efficient, and create win-win client relationships. With Ignition, professionals can easilyengage new and existing clients with a clear scope of work, and get paid on time by automating billing and payment collection - all in one place. Ignition also connects with leading apps to run businesses workflows and automate time-consuming tasks, such as client onboarding or invoice reconciliation. | $50M | Series C | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Chaser | Chaser helps businesses get their invoices paid on time, automatically. They're solving the twin problems of late payment and the time it has previously taken to chase customers.Chaser is a platform that is reimagining how this chasing is carried out. A business can use their web application to apply rules based automation to chasing theircustomers via email. They can do so intelligently, powered by the behavioural analytics from their proprietary email handling and logging software. | $4M |  | Nov 11, 2019 |  |
| Ignition | Ignition is a leading revenue and billing platform for professional services businesses to automate and optimise how they engage clients and get paid. Businesses such as accounting and service-based businesses use Ignition to help them grow, be more efficient, and create win-win client relationships. With Ignition, professionals can easilyengage new and existing clients with a clear scope of work, and get paid on time by automating billing and payment collection - all in one place. Ignition also connects with leading apps to run businesses workflows and automate time-consuming tasks, such as client onboarding or invoice reconciliation. | $17M | Series B | Sep 14, 2019 |  |
| Ignition | Ignition is a leading revenue and billing platform for professional services businesses to automate and optimise how they engage clients and get paid. Businesses such as accounting and service-based businesses use Ignition to help them grow, be more efficient, and create win-win client relationships. With Ignition, professionals can easilyengage new and existing clients with a clear scope of work, and get paid on time by automating billing and payment collection - all in one place. Ignition also connects with leading apps to run businesses workflows and automate time-consuming tasks, such as client onboarding or invoice reconciliation. | $3.3M | Series A | May 29, 2017 |  |
| Myprosperity | myprosperity is an award-winning personal wealth collaboration tool that accountants and planners use to better engage clients and help them accomplish their financial goals. |  |  | Apr 04, 2017 |  |
| Spotlight Reporting | Cloud based Reporting and Forecasting software for Accountants, Advisors and CFO's. | $3M | Series A | Aug 29, 2016 |  |
| Unleashed Software | Supply, production, inventory and sales software with exceptional product and customer focus | $3M | Series C | Jul 08, 2016 |  |
| Ignition | Ignition is a leading revenue and billing platform for professional services businesses to automate and optimise how they engage clients and get paid. Businesses such as accounting and service-based businesses use Ignition to help them grow, be more efficient, and create win-win client relationships. With Ignition, professionals can easilyengage new and existing clients with a clear scope of work, and get paid on time by automating billing and payment collection - all in one place. Ignition also connects with leading apps to run businesses workflows and automate time-consuming tasks, such as client onboarding or invoice reconciliation. | $979K | Seed | Dec 05, 2015 |  |
| Karbon | Karbon provides an enterprise workstream collaboration platform that allows a team to contribute more productively to an organization’s mission, with shared, streamlined workflows, automated tasks, and standardized processes. It provides visibility across an entire firm, unites teams with a single place to work together and standardize processesand consolidate client information in one place.Karbon was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Sausalito, California. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 31, 2015 |  |
| Ignition | Ignition is a leading revenue and billing platform for professional services businesses to automate and optimise how they engage clients and get paid. Businesses such as accounting and service-based businesses use Ignition to help them grow, be more efficient, and create win-win client relationships. With Ignition, professionals can easilyengage new and existing clients with a clear scope of work, and get paid on time by automating billing and payment collection - all in one place. Ignition also connects with leading apps to run businesses workflows and automate time-consuming tasks, such as client onboarding or invoice reconciliation. | $783K | Seed | Dec 24, 2014 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Black Sheep Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-sheep-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equityventure-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JMI Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jmi-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Right Click Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-click-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Air Liquide](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/air-liquide) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canaccord Genuity Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaccord-genuity-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Xero

VC Fund · Wellington, New Zealand

Xero is an online accounting software suite for small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers. It enables its users to track and manage cash flow processes, invoicing, payments, reporting, and pay runs. Users can use Xero through any of its three monthly subscription packages: starter, standard, and premium.

5 contacts available at Xero.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Craig Winkler | Non-Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-winkler |
| Sukhinder Singh | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sukhinder-singh-cassidy |
| Anna Curzon | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-curzon |
| Brendan Corrigan | Partner Consulting Manager, West | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-corrigan |
| Craig Hudson | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-hudson |

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## FAQ

### What does Craig Winkler invest in?

Craig Winkler invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Craig Winkler's check size?

Craig Winkler typically joins rounds of $783k–$2.2M at Seed and $3M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Craig Winkler participates in.

### When did Craig Winkler last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Craig Winkler closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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