# Simon Baker

> Simon Baker is a seed investor at Property Portal Watch backing Real Estate. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Property Portal Watch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/property-portal-watch)
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stbaker
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/simonbakersays
- Website: http://www.energizedwork.com

Simon Baker is a seed investor at Property Portal Watch focused on Real Estate and Property Management. Simon Baker is the Chairman of CAV Investment Group. He previously worked at PropTech Group Limited (ASX:PTG) as a Chairman. Simon Baker attended Melbourne Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $278k–$1.9M |
| Series B | $3M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 6 | 55% |
| Property Management | 4 | 36% |
| Internet | 2 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 18% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 18% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 2 | 18% |
| Thailand | 2 | 18% |
| Myanmar | 1 | 9% |
| Colombia | 1 | 9% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PropertyScout | PropertyScout is a proptech startup that builds an end-to-end rental and sale platform for owners, agents, buyers, and tenants. The startup is connecting over 1,800 agents and agencies with buyers, renters, and owners, servicing thousands of satisfied customers every month. PropertyScout leverages its database of more than 200,000 properties, itstechnology platform, and its centralized operations to digitize and automate 90% of the real estate transaction. This frees up agents’ time to professionally and efficiently communicate with buyers, renters, owners and co-agents to deliver outstanding service and close transactions faster. Providing a transparent and trusted experience, PropertyScout has quickly become the favorite go-to place for buying, selling, and renting real estate in Thailand, as proven by hundreds of five-star reviews. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| PropertyScout | PropertyScout is building a real estate transaction platform enabling a trusted renting, buying, and selling experience. Our mission is to enable consumers (tenants or buyers) to find the most suitable home at the best available price and help owners to earn more, effortlessly by employing the latest technologies and eliminating hassles involvedin renting processes.Founded in 2019, we are venture-funded and now expanding quickly in Bangkok with plans to further expand across South East Asia. |  | Seed | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| Aptuno | Aptuno provides a seamless search and application experience for LatAm's residential renters and maximizes liquidity for landords. | $1.9M | Seed | Mar 17, 2021 |  |
| PropertyScout | PropertyScout is building a real estate transaction platform enabling a trusted renting, buying, and selling experience. Our mission is to enable consumers (tenants or buyers) to find the most suitable home at the best available price and help owners to earn more, effortlessly by employing the latest technologies and eliminating hassles involvedin renting processes.Founded in 2019, we are venture-funded and now expanding quickly in Bangkok with plans to further expand across South East Asia. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| PropertyScout | PropertyScout is a proptech startup that builds an end-to-end rental and sale platform for owners, agents, buyers, and tenants. The startup is connecting over 1,800 agents and agencies with buyers, renters, and owners, servicing thousands of satisfied customers every month. PropertyScout leverages its database of more than 200,000 properties, itstechnology platform, and its centralized operations to digitize and automate 90% of the real estate transaction. This frees up agents’ time to professionally and efficiently communicate with buyers, renters, owners and co-agents to deliver outstanding service and close transactions faster. Providing a transparent and trusted experience, PropertyScout has quickly become the favorite go-to place for buying, selling, and renting real estate in Thailand, as proven by hundreds of five-star reviews. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| AoCubo | The new development brokerage of independent agents. We manage the entire real estate purchasing experience from listing to closing via an Uber-like solution called iBroker, matching every lead with the right agent. We deliver a unique value and experience to buyers, developers and agents. | $278K | Seed | Dec 01, 2019 |  |
| AoCubo | The new development brokerage of independent agents. We manage the entire real estate purchasing experience from listing to closing via an Uber-like solution called iBroker, matching every lead with the right agent. We deliver a unique value and experience to buyers, developers and agents. | $289K | Seed | Dec 01, 2019 |  |
| Shwe Property | Shweproperty.com is the myanmar property web portal - the best place to start your real estate search whether you are an investor, buying for own use, or looking for a place to rent. In Shweproperty, you can find thousands of properties for sale and rent with detailed information about each property, and photos. It's an all-in-one real estatesite with the most useful and timely information on real estate markets and trends to help you figure out exactly what, where and when to buy.Shwe Property is Myanmar's Leading property and real estate website, with over 1,000,000 page views and 35000-90000 unique visitors every month. Working with more than 100 real estate agents, they host the largest and most comprehensive online database of more than11000 properties for sale and rent in myanmar. They have a system used by agents for over 3 years. | $3M | Series B | Aug 15, 2019 |  |
| ONEHOPE | ONEHOPE is a social enterprise that sells wine and other products and services to raise awareness and funding for charitable organizationsand social causes as well as donates half of its profits to charity, enabling its customers to contribute to social causes. | $6M | Series B | Mar 01, 2013 |  |
| VivaReal | VivaReal is an online real estate marketplace that connects buyers, sellers, and renters with properties in Brazil. It enables its users to sell, buy, rent, or invest in residential and commercial properties, vacation homes, beachfront properties, and investment properties.VivaReal lists approximately 5 million properties on its site and has over15 million visits every month.The company was launched in 2009 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil. | $3.7M | Series A | Jan 17, 2012 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Swiss Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swiss-founders-fund-ag) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AngelCentral](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelcentral) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Asymmetry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asymmetry-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Property Portal Watch

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

Property Portal Watch provides news, analysis, overviews, and opinion on property portals around the world.The site provides a range of information, including daily updates on the top happenings at property portals around the world, in-depth interviews with key industry leaders, detailed analysis of the listed property portal stocks, businessoverviews of portals, and more.

1 contacts available at Property Portal Watch.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Baker | Founder and Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-baker |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Baker invest in?

Simon Baker invests primarily in Real Estate, Property Management and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Simon Baker's check size?

Simon Baker typically joins rounds of $278k–$1.9M at Seed and $3M–$6M 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 Simon Baker participates in.

### When did Simon Baker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Baker closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 11 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?

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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