# Howard Leibman > Howard Leibman is a Series A investor at EVP (Sydney) backing Software and SaaS. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [EVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equityventure-partners) - Location: Sydney, Australia - Total investments: 19 - Last investment: Jun 2022 - Lead investor: 47% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardleibman - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/howardleibman - Website: http://www.evp.com.au 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 ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Series A | $1.2M–$3.3M | | Series B | $2.3M–$72M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 6 | 32% | | SaaS | 5 | 26% | | E-Commerce | 2 | 11% | | CRM | 1 | 5% | | Apps | 1 | 5% | 34 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series A | 6 | 32% | | Series B | 3 | 16% | | Funding Round | 3 | 16% | | Seed | 1 | 5% | | Angel | 1 | 5% | 7 stages tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Australia | 5 | 26% | | New Zealand | 2 | 11% | | United States | 1 | 5% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Fergus | 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 | 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 | | | Smartabase | 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. | $3.6M | | Oct 13, 2020 | | | Insite AI | 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 | | | Insite AI | 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 | | | Smartabase | 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. | $2M | Series A | Mar 01, 2019 | | | Deputy | 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. | $72.5M | Series B | Nov 28, 2018 | | | Rezdy | 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. | $2M | | Mar 07, 2018 | | | Fergus | 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 | | | Jan 01, 2018 | | | Fergus | 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 | $2.3M | Series B | Dec 14, 2017 | | 10 of 19 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Black Sheep Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-sheep-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Enterprise Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [JMI Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jmi-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About EVP VC Fund · Sydney, Australia 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 agnosticand 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. 5 contacts available at EVP. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Daniel Szekely | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-szekely | | Howard Leibman | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-liebman | | Justin Lipman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-lipman | | Les Szekely | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/les-szekely | | Misha Saul | Head of Opportunities Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/misha-saul | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Marketplace Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/marketplace-angel-investors-australia) - [Mobile Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/mobile-angel-investors-australia) - [Internet Angel Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-angel-investors-australia) ## 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 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Howard Leibman's check size? Howard Leibman typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$3.3M at Series A and $2.3M–$72M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Howard Leibman participates in. ### When did Howard Leibman last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Howard Leibman closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 19 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? 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