# Perennial Partners

> Perennial Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perennial-value-management/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/perennial_value
- Website: https://perennial.net.au/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/perennialvalue/

Perennial Partners is a specialist, active investment management firm. Formed in 2000 and led by well-known Value investor, John Murray. The company's sole focus is to deliver excellence in funds management through equity ownership and the alignment of interests between key investment management staff and our clients. Perennial Value nowmanages over $5 billion on behalf of institutional and retail clients.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.6M–$30M |
| Series B | $5M–$46M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1.4M–$89M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 23% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 15% |
| FinTech | 4 | 10% |
| Internet | 3 | 8% |

79 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 23% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 8 | 20% |
| Series B | 7 | 18% |
| Series C | 4 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 10% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 23 | 57% |
| United States | 4 | 10% |
| Malaysia | 2 | 5% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Patterson | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-patterson |
| Cesar Farfan | Head of Retail Distribution | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cesar-farfan |
| Charles Magro | Senior Investment Specialist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-magro-21f7 |
| Dan Birch | Head of Institutional Sales | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-birch |
| John Murray | Managing Director,Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-murray-9 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| InDebted | InDebted develops a cloud-based debt collection software designed to offer tailored debt management tools. Its cloud collections platform leverages machine learning to understand consumer preferences for servicing overdue accounts and provides application programming interfaces (APIs) to link to customer account systems, enabling small and mediumbusinesses to get flexible payment options.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in North Sydney, New South Wales. | $41.4M | Series C | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| LinkBy | LinkBy offers complete articles from news and lifestyle publishers. It assists advertisers in obtaining more editorial coverage by sending cost-per-click press releases to the world's most prestigious publishing houses. It makes brands famous by sending pay-per-click press releases to publishing companies. Their websites include an onlineinquiry form. | $2.6M | Series A | Jun 17, 2024 |  |
| Songtradr | Songradr is an online marketplace that facilitates music licensing for films, TV shows, ads, apps, and other media.It delivers a full suite of services, including content and rights management, fan engagement, and distribution to all digital verticals. The company's platform empowers music-makers with a comprehensive set of tools andservices to professionally manage careers, while it's an automated marketplace and talented music supervisors streamline the music discovery and licensing process. | $70M | Series E | Nov 21, 2023 |  |
| Lumi Finance | Lumi Finance is a fintech company that provides business funding. | $10.2M | Series C | Jul 20, 2023 |  |
| Mindset Health | Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy. | $12M | Series A | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| Complexica | Complexica is an Australian company specializing in artificial intelligence software. | $1.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 11, 2023 |  |
| Complexica | Complexica is an Australian company specializing in artificial intelligence software. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| Livewire | Livewire offers complete brand services including talent engagement, programmatic and digital advertising, gaming, and esports marketing. | $3.1M | Series A | Sep 25, 2022 |  |
| InDebted | InDebted develops a cloud-based debt collection software designed to offer tailored debt management tools. Its cloud collections platform leverages machine learning to understand consumer preferences for servicing overdue accounts and provides application programming interfaces (APIs) to link to customer account systems, enabling small and mediumbusinesses to get flexible payment options.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in North Sydney, New South Wales. | $22.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| Bare | At Bare, It focuses on providing an extremely high-quality cremation service, at the lowest possible price. By taking care of the cremation, empower families and friends to focus on holding a memorial that is as unique as the life it celebrates – whether that’s a backyard barbeque, a tree-planting ceremony, or a Viking sendoff. | $7M | Series A | Jun 21, 2022 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Regal Funds Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/regal-funds-management) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [Ellerston Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ellerston-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Main Sequence Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/main-sequence-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Perennial Partners invest in?

Perennial Partners invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Perennial Partners's check size?

Perennial Partners typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$30M at Series A, $5M–$46M at Series B and $1.4M–$89M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Perennial Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Perennial Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Perennial Partners?

The team at Perennial Partners includes Anthony Patterson (Executive Director), Cesar Farfan (Head of Retail Distribution) and Charles Magro (Senior Investment Specialist), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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