# Guy Pearson

> Guy Pearson is a seed investor at Ignition (Sydney) backing Software, SaaS and FinTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ignition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/practiceignition)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guypearson1/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/guy_pearson
- Website: http://guyapearson.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/guy.pearson.9

Guy Pearson is a seed investor at Ignition in Sydney focused on Software and SaaS. Guy has more then a decade's experience in professional practice and is a Chartered Accountant. Before Practice Ignition he founded and grew Interactive Accounting and Your Modern Practice. Guy's extremely passionate about providing small business owners with better information and better advice.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$2.2M |
| Series A | $20M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 67% |
| SaaS | 3 | 33% |
| FinTech | 3 | 33% |
| Payments | 2 | 22% |
| Accounting | 2 | 22% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 6 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vinyl | Vinyl is creating a living, searchable record of each client interaction, including discussions, choices, and next actions, to ensure that there are no surprises and that the business functions in a common context. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 18, 2025 |  |
| Medoo | Medoois a coaching software that increases coachee retention, engagement and throughput. |  | Pre-Seed | May 27, 2022 |  |
| AuditCover | AuditCover provides accountants a simpler, smarter and faster way to insure their clients. With our digital onboarding, secure data sharing and direct-to-taxpayer programs. | $1.7M | Seed | Mar 24, 2022 |  |
| Cake Equity | Cake Equity is the best cap table and equity management software to help startup founders accelerate team motivation through equity ownership. We combine essential equity tools with an intuitive, modern interface and transparent pricing to make equity management straightforward. Our core differentiator: we're built to help teams understand andfeel connected to their ownership stake, turning equity into a powerful motivator for company success. | $2M | Seed | Mar 12, 2022 |  |
| Cake Equity | Cake Equity is the best cap table and equity management software to help startup founders accelerate team motivation through equity ownership. We combine essential equity tools with an intuitive, modern interface and transparent pricing to make equity management straightforward. Our core differentiator: we're built to help teams understand andfeel connected to their ownership stake, turning equity into a powerful motivator for company success. | $2.2M | Seed | Mar 11, 2022 |  |
| Weel | DiviPay is an all-in-one virtual corporate card and expense management platform that enables finance teams to better manage, control and streamline spending across their organisation. DiviPay solves a common pain point for small and large businesses alike: issuing corporate cards to staff while staying in control of spending and collecting receiptsand accounting data. DiviPay enables businesses to instantly issue virtual corporate Mastercards to employees to make online and in-store purchases via Apple Pay and Google Pay. | $20M | Series A | Dec 12, 2021 |  |
| Weel | Weel is an all-in-one virtual corporate card and expense management platform that enables finance teams to better manage, control and streamline spending across their organisation. Weel solves a common pain point for small and large businesses alike: issuing corporate cards to staff while staying in control of spending and collecting receipts andaccounting data. Weel enables businesses to instantly issue virtual corporate Mastercards to employees to make online and in-store purchases via Apple Pay and Google Pay. | $20M | Series A | Dec 12, 2021 |  |
| Connect4 | Connect4 provides a client meeting app. It is designed to help client-centric teams deliver smarter client meetings. First-class client meetings lead to strong relationships and healthy recurring business. They built around the concept of pods, which are central workspaces for teams and clients. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 31, 2021 |  |
| 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. | $110K | Angel | Dec 31, 2012 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LAUNCH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rampersand](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rampersand) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rapyd Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rapyd-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Syndicate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-syndicate-74b8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Syndicate.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thesyndicate-com) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Ignition

VC Fund · Surry Hills, Australia

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.

5 contacts available at Ignition.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guy Pearson | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-pearson |
| Bronwyn Karaoglu | VP, Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bronwyn-karaoglu |
| Craig Winkler | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-winkler |
| Dane Thomas | Co-founder & Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dane-thomas |
| Emma Crawford | Head of EMEA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-crawford |

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## FAQ

### What does Guy Pearson invest in?

Guy Pearson invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Guy Pearson's check size?

Guy Pearson typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$2.2M at Seed and $20M–$20M 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 Guy Pearson participates in.

### When did Guy Pearson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Guy Pearson closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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