Mark Harbottle
Angel Investor
Melbourne, Australia
Mark Harbottle is a seed investor in Melbourne focused on E-Commerce and B2B. Matt Harbottle co-founded Melbourne-based SitePoint.com 10 years ago with Matt Mickiewicz, and grew it into a profitable, multi-million dollar company without any venture capital or outside funding. The company has been profitable every single month since its inception and is actively involved in publishing & marketplaces for Web Professionals.In 2008, Mark spun off 99designs out of SitePoint as its own separate business. 99designs has become the market leader in crowdsourced graphic design and currently sees a new graphic uploaded to the site every 7 seconds and pays out over $1,000,000 to designers every month. In April 2011 99designs received $35m in a Round A led by Accel Partners.99designs has run crowdsourced design projects for tens of thousands of small business owners, as well as big brands like Adidas, TiVo, Dish Networks, and bestselling authors like Tim Ferriss and Rick Warren (author of “The Purpose Driven Lifeâ€).In June of 2009, Mark and Matt launched Flippa.com, a marketplace for buying and selling small websites via auction. Flippa currently sells over $2 million worth of website assets per month, with its biggest sale ever being ReTweet.com which sold for $250,000.In January of 2011, Learnable.com was launched, again as a spin off from SitePoint. Learnable is a peer to peer education platform where anyone can create an online course and sell access to it online.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Mark Harbottle invests in
Stages Mark Harbottle invests in
Countries Mark Harbottle invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$2M
- Series A
- $10M–$11M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 2 (40%)
- B2B 1 (20%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
- Auctions 1 (20%)
- Internet 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Selling a business is hard. It’s easy with Flippa.Founded in 2009, Flippa exists to support the small business ecosystem so that any business owner or buyer can sell or acquire a business.Flippa is the leading platform and network connecting online business owners with buyers all over the world. Flippa leverages more than 120,000 buyersrepresenting $1.2bn in purchasing intent. Each month, over $41m worth of business value is listed for sale on Flippa and nearly 500,000 business owners and buyers visit Flippa to sell or buy businesses between the prices of $5,000 and $5,000,000. Owners of eCommerce, SaaS, Marketplace, Fulfilled by Amazon, Content, Advertising and other online businesses choose Flippa because it’s the easiest place to list and showcase, best place to connect and negotiate and the safest place to transact. Co-Founded by the Founders of 99Designs and SitePoint, Flippa aims to help small business owners find their exit, in an easy to use and safe environment. | $11M / Series A / Sep 20, 2021 | ||
| The world’s most flexible payments platform. Assembly is the only end to end solution with unlimited ways to accept, manage and disburse payments. Built for businesses frustrated by the complexity and limitations of existing systems, Assembly delivers extraordinary experiences and unlocks new business value, removing the headaches of fraud,security, compliance, and customer service. | $10M / Series A / Jun 15, 2016 | ||
| The world’s most flexible payments platform. Assembly is the only end to end solution with unlimited ways to accept, manage and disburse payments. Built for businesses frustrated by the complexity and limitations of existing systems, Assembly delivers extraordinary experiences and unlocks new business value, removing the headaches of fraud,security, compliance, and customer service. | $2M / Seed / Jun 24, 2015 | ||
| Influx offers support operations on demand, providing the people, training, management and data, to empower 24/7 customer support at scale. Clients include SAAS, eCommerce, Startups and WordPress. | $250K / Seed / Mar 03, 2014 | ||
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FAQ
What does Mark Harbottle invest in?
Mark Harbottle invests primarily in E-Commerce, B2B and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Mark Harbottle's check size?
Mark Harbottle typically joins rounds of $250k–$2M at Seed and $10M–$11M 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 Mark Harbottle participates in.
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When did Mark Harbottle last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Mark Harbottle closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 5 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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