Howard Leibman
Founder @ EVP
Sydney, Australia
Howard Leibman is a Series A investor at EVP in Sydney focused on Software and SaaS. Howard is the founder of Equity Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney
- Total investments:
- 23
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 48%
Last updated:
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Industries Howard Leibman invests in
Stages Howard Leibman invests in
Countries Howard Leibman invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Series A
- $1M–$3.7M
- Series B
- $2.3M–$81M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $2.3M–$3.9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (26%)
- SaaS 5 (22%)
- E-Commerce 3 (13%)
- Retail 2 (9%)
- CRM 1 (4%)
Stage
- Series A 7 (30%)
- Series B 3 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (13%)
- Seed 1 (4%)
- Angel 1 (4%)
Country
- Australia 6 (26%)
- New Zealand 2 (9%)
- United States 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Fergus assists companies and establishments by providing field service management solutions.Through the company's software, its users are able to manage and create invoices, track job progression and costs, instant work schedule creation, time entries with notifications, view job profit margins, and much more with a financialoverviewdashboard. Fergus was established in 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand by Dan Pollard | $9.7M / Series B / Jun 06, 2022 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Fusion Sport develops, implements and supports a range of technologies to optimize performance and health. Our industry leading Smartabase Human Performance Platform is currently used by 260+ organizations and thousands of teams around the world as their central data analytics and performance optimization platform. Smartabase enables military,sports, arts, research and performance organizations to more efficiently collect and transform data into actionable information. Through flexible and configurable data analytics workflows data is collected, combined, visualized and securely stored in the platform. Smartabase delivers actionable data in real time where it can be used to inform decision making on health and performance. Founded in January 2003 by sport scientist Dr Markus Deutsch and mathematician Dr Douglas Moore, Fusion Sport are a team of over 100 dedicated, experienced and highly educated sport scientists, data analysts, engineers and businesspeople. We strive to take the latest technologies available, and combine them with our experience and passion to deliver the optimal value to our clients and their organizations. | $3.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 13, 2020 | ||
| Each of the Top 100 Consumer Goods companies make billions of dollars of granular assortment and pricing decisions. This happens across thousands of their products at hundreds of thousands of their retail channels. Much like algorithmic trading systems, Insite AI is the cutting edge machine learning solution now handling these decisions. Thetechnology uniquely deploys in the customer's cloud environment so data never leaves the customer. Furthermore Insite AI is seen as the most configurable solution on the market to suit a customer's exact vision. By making granular decisions in advance, seeing all the scenarios, and having them explained, large CPGs are now in control of their retail channels. | Seed / May 11, 2020 | ||
| Each of the Top 100 Consumer Goods companies make billions of dollars of granular assortment and pricing decisions. This happens across thousands of their products at hundreds of thousands of their retail channels. Much like algorithmic trading systems, Insite AI is the cutting edge machine learning solution now handling these decisions. Thetechnology uniquely deploys in the customer's cloud environment so data never leaves the customer. Furthermore Insite AI is seen as the most configurable solution on the market to suit a customer's exact vision. By making granular decisions in advance, seeing all the scenarios, and having them explained, large CPGs are now in control of their retail channels. | Convertible Note / Apr 11, 2020 | ||
| Fusion Sport develops, implements and supports a range of technologies to optimize performance and health. Our industry leading Smartabase Human Performance Platform is currently used by 260+ organizations and thousands of teams around the world as their central data analytics and performance optimization platform. Smartabase enables military,sports, arts, research and performance organizations to more efficiently collect and transform data into actionable information. Through flexible and configurable data analytics workflows data is collected, combined, visualized and securely stored in the platform. Smartabase delivers actionable data in real time where it can be used to inform decision making on health and performance. Founded in January 2003 by sport scientist Dr Markus Deutsch and mathematician Dr Douglas Moore, Fusion Sport are a team of over 100 dedicated, experienced and highly educated sport scientists, data analysts, engineers and businesspeople. We strive to take the latest technologies available, and combine them with our experience and passion to deliver the optimal value to our clients and their organizations. | $2.1M / Series A / Mar 01, 2019 | ||
| Fusion Sport develops, implements and supports a range of technologies to optimize performance and health. Our industry leading Smartabase Human Performance Platform is currently used by 260+ organizations and thousands of teams around the world as their central data analytics and performance optimization platform. Smartabase enables military,sports, arts, research and performance organizations to more efficiently collect and transform data into actionable information. Through flexible and configurable data analytics workflows data is collected, combined, visualized and securely stored in the platform. Smartabase delivers actionable data in real time where it can be used to inform decision making on health and performance. Founded in January 2003 by sport scientist Dr Markus Deutsch and mathematician Dr Douglas Moore, Fusion Sport are a team of over 100 dedicated, experienced and highly educated sport scientists, data analysts, engineers and businesspeople. We strive to take the latest technologies available, and combine them with our experience and passion to deliver the optimal value to our clients and their organizations. | $2.3M / Series A / Nov 30, 2018 | ||
| Deputy is on a mission is to simplify shift work for millions of workers and businesses worldwide. The company streamlines scheduling, timesheets, tasks and communication for business owners and their workers. More than 260,000 workplaces globally are using Deputy to manage scheduling and effectively communicate with employees, providing millionsof shift workers with more flexibility and control over their schedules. Deputy’s software also navigates workforce legislation calculating correct wages, entitlements and penalties - keeping businesses compliant and employees protected. For more information, visit www.deputy.com, or find us on Twitter, Facebook, the App Store or Google Play. | $81M / Series B / Nov 28, 2018 | ||
| Practifi is a business management platform for financial services that provide financial advice for businesses and firms. It enables firms, businesses, and companies to manage their clients, partners, and providers. The company utilizes CRM, practice management, and accountants for financial advisers and brokers.Practifi was founded in 2013 andheadquartered in New South Wales, Australia. | $2.2M / Series A / Aug 21, 2018 | ||
| Fully configurable, all-in-one booking software. All the tools you need to manage and sell your products online, with one simple platform to manage and grow your distribution. | $2.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 07, 2018 | ||
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Co-Investors
About EVP
EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages. Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnostic and have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies. Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.
EVP Contacts
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Daniel Szekely
Partner
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Howard Leibman
Founder
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Justin Lipman
Partner
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Les Szekely
Chairman
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Misha Saul
Head of Opportunities Fund
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FAQ
What does Howard Leibman invest in?
Howard Leibman invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Howard Leibman invest in?
Howard Leibman typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.7M at Series A, $2.3M–$81M at Series B and $2.3M–$3.9M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Howard Leibman's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Howard Leibman took part in.
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When did Howard Leibman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Howard Leibman closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 23 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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