# Microequities

> Microequities is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 78%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/211738/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/microequities
- Website: http://microequities.com.au/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Microequities/

Microequities is a boutique fund manager specialized in microcap listed stocks. It has 3 open ended funds, The Microequities Deep Value Fund, The Microequities High Income Fund and the Microequities Global Value Fund. Established in 2005 as an investment research house specialised in ASX listed Microcaps, the company expanded into fundsmanagement in early 2009 by launching its flagship fund -the Deep Value Microcap Fund-. Today Microequities manages three Microcap funds; a Venture Capital fund and has over $300m of funds under management.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 44% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 44% |
| CRM | 1 | 11% |
| Pet | 1 | 11% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 44% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 5 | 56% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carlos Gil | CEO | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-gil-4c6b |
| Paul Kaplan | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-kaplan-63fb |
| Sam Gutman | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-gutman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hapana | Hapana is an innovator of essential fitness business management solutions, offering tools which allow both single site and multi-location studios and clubs to grow, manage, engage, and create raving fans. Hapana makes the fitness brand experience better for everyone with a platform and services that are engineered for engagement, allowing brands todeliver beautiful experiences for members everywhere. Proudly founded in Sydney Australia, Hapana delights over a million members in more than 10 countries and is trusted by brands such as BFT, UFC Gym, Gold’s Gym, KX Pilates, LTYB, GoYoga, Vive Active, Infinite Cycle and many more. | $4.9M |  | Jan 08, 2026 |  |
| MVSI | MVSI is a software and services and outsourced services provider company. | $2M | Seed | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| MVSI | MVSI is a software and services and outsourced services provider company. | $2M | Seed | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| Encompass | encompass robotically automates information and news discovery for Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements for onboarding, event-driven refresh and remediation. Driven by your internal policies and choice of reliable, independent sources, encompass automatically constructs corporate ownership structures, discovers beneficial owners, and in minutesscreens relevant entities and persons for regulatory, reputational and financial risk.Make confident decisions quickly, using encompass’s federated search, incorporating rules and logic, to dynamically build a comprehensive profile from multiple sources, including corporate registries, company and regulatory data, adverse media and identity verification.Founded in 2011 in Sydney by Wayne Johnson and Roger Carson, seasoned technology professionals who independently have founded international software businesses, raised capital and engineered successful exits, encompass now have offices in Glasgow, London and Hong Kong. | $32.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 14, 2022 |  |
| Complexica | Complexica is an Australian company specializing in artificial intelligence software. | $11M |  | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Complexica | Complexica is an Australian company specializing in artificial intelligence software. | $5M |  | Jun 15, 2021 |  |
| Mad Paws | Mad Paws is a Sydney-based start up that was created to fill in the ever growing need in the pet boarding market for affordable, and local pet accommodation while still maintaining the care, love, and attention pets received at high-end, expensive, pet boarding services. | $5M | Series A | Mar 09, 2018 |  |
| Oneflare | Oneflare is a new online startup that connects customers with home services providers.Oneflare challenges the traditional Yellow Pages model by creating a revolutionary online marketplace. This marketplace eliminates the need for customers to search for tradies and tradies to search for customers. With Oneflare, all it takes is one stop toget any job done. Entrepreneur and Co-founder Tommy Lim explains, ‘Our aim is to make hiring a service provider as easy as booking a flight on Expedia.’Oneflare tips the process of looking for a service provider on its head. Requesting a service is effortless and free. Customers complete a simple form detailing the job then sit back and relax while Oneflare does the finding. Oneflare’s unique matching technology alerts relevant businesses of each request, allowing them to submit competing price quotes for the job. Quotes are then pre-filtered and presented to the customer, ensuring that the only work the customer has to do is make the buying decision. Launched in January 2012, Oneflare’s innovative offering has driven drastic growth. Oneflare features 40,000 businesses spanning 40 categories throughout Australia. 90% of requests posted receive 3 or more competing quotes which leaves extra cash in happy customers’ pockets. With most quotes appearing within 15 minutes, Oneflare also puts free time back into busy customers’ schedules. Oneflare’s winning combination has generated over $5 million worth of jobs to date. While saving time and money is exciting, 69% of customers have stated that reputation comes before price when hiring tradies (Newspoll Survey sourced by Oneflare). Oneflare has implemented an assortment of trust and safety features to ensure that customers always find a quality service provider. Reviews and ratings by previous customers coupled with business profiles featuring photos, testimonials and verification create an open community on the platform. Oneflare’s Home Care Guarantee also covers customers up to $500 if something goes wrong, providing the ultimate peace of mind no matter the size of the job. Customers aren’t the only ones who Oneflare caters to. Oneflare has created a unique value proposition for businesses which only requires them to pay for successful connections. It’s free for service providers to register for the site and it’s free to receive leads, providing businesses with an incredible incentive to join. Gone are the days of businesses submitting their advert to the Yellow Pages, hoping it will lead to sales. Instead, Oneflare brings the work to them.Oneflare is driven by clever technology that is hidden behind a user-friendly interface. Oneflare uses natural language processing to match every request to the right service provider. Real time SMS and email updates are sent to customers and businesses alike. Users on the go can enjoy the Oneflare mobile site which can be particularly useful for those pesky jobs that need to get done fast. With a patented iPhone App in the pipeline, Oneflare has utilised the latest technology to deliver superior customer service. In the future, Oneflare aims to take Australian households into the 21st century by becoming the go to source for hiring quality tradies.www.oneflare.com.au | $3M |  | Jul 14, 2015 |  |
| JAVLN | JAVLN is the creator of innovative business software applications that deliver powerful software solutions to a variety of industry sectors. As a company – and like their namesake – they target their customers' goals and then move with speed and purpose to exceed them. Their solutions are invariably well-executed, powerful tools that aresimple to use while delivering incredibly effective solutions that really make a difference to their clients' businesses. JAVLN's leadership team collectively bring together impressive experience in IT and related industries. They aim to create differentiated industry software solutions that empower users with more meaningful information about their operations. | $4M |  |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Flinders Port Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flinders-port-holdings-pty) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Macdoch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/macdoch-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OIF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/our-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Perennial Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/perennial-value-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Serendipity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serendipity-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seven Seat Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seven-seat-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Microequities invest in?

Microequities invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and CRM startups, most often at Funding Round and 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 Microequities's check size?

Microequities typically joins rounds of $2M–$2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Microequities participates in.

### How do I contact Microequities?

Public channels for Microequities include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Microequities?

The team at Microequities includes Carlos Gil (CEO), Paul Kaplan (COO) and Sam Gutman (Executive Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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