# Simon Clausen

> Simon Clausen is a seed investor at Startive Ventures backing Apps, Travel and Local. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Startive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startive-ventures)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ch.linkedin.com/in/simonclausen
- Website: http://startive.ventures/

Simon Clausen is a seed investor at Startive Ventures focused on Apps and Travel. Simon is Founder and Director of Startive Ventures. With two decades of experience in high growth technology businesses in both Australia and the United States, Simon has worked on all levels and aspects of technology companies; from employee, to consultant, to founder & CEO of one of Australia's most successful technology startups. Histechnical expertise includes proficiency in multiple software development languages, computer security and vulnerability analysis, and he is co-author and inventor of a number of granted technology patents.Focusing on consumer-centric software and Internet enabled technology he founded, and was CEO of WinGuides, which later became PC Tools. With Simon as CEO PC Tools grew to over $100 million dollars in revenue, more than 250 employees and offices in 7 countries. PC Tools was acquired by Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) in October 2008 in one of Australia‘s largest ever technology acquisitions at the time. Following the acquisition Simon became a Vice President at Symantec, before leaving in 2009 and founding Startive Ventures, a specialised technology venture fund. Today, Startive actively maintains investments in a number of successful global start-ups and Simon acts as a Director and advisor to companies around the world. Simon is the founding investor in Freelancer Limited (ASX:FLN) and is a board member of two publicly listed companies.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $783k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 40% |
| Travel | 2 | 40% |
| Local | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 2 | 40% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 20% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clippings | Clippings is an online source for furniture and lighting, where you can discover and buy over a million products from 850 high-end design brands including Vitra, Knoll International, Flos, HAY, Gubi, Moroso, Normann Copenhagen and many more. It's the go-to destination for product discovery – already used by thousands of interior designers tospecify furniture and lighting for their projects, and by thousands of customers buying that perfect piece for their own home. | $3.7M | Series A | May 03, 2017 |  |
| Spaceship | Spaceship was founded in 2016 with a single mission: to enable you to invest in your future, so you can live the life you want to live.We got our start in 2017 with Spaceship Super, a super fund investing where the world is going. In 2018, we launched Spaceship Voyager, which makes investing easy for everyone.Since launch, we have grown to morethan 100,000 financial members and surpassed $500 million in funds under management – but we’re just getting started. | $1M | Seed | Sep 14, 2016 |  |
| Animoca Brands | Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $4.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 11, 2016 |  |
| Zoomy | Zoomy - the taxi booking app which finds the closest taxis where ever you are, then tells them you need a ride. Use Zoomy on iPhone or Android smartphone. |  |  | Jan 23, 2014 |  |
| Rome2rio | Rome2rio has developed multi-modal travel search technology to deliver door-to-door travel itineraries.The Rome2rio technology offers a novel approach to travel search that can accept any address, landmark, town, national park or other feature as the input origin and destination. Rome2rio searches a purpose-built repository of air, train,ferry, mass transit and bus routes, walking directions and driving directions to present several alternative travel plans between the origin and destination. Each itinerary may involve travelling on a combination of different transport modes.Multi-modal travel search solutions are scarce: the technology is challenging, and from a content perspective global surface transport data is highly fragmented. Rome2rio’s solution is elegant, stable, and fast, with search results typically delivered in half a second or less. | $783K | Seed | Sep 20, 2013 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Startive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startive-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [C4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c4-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Melbourne Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melbourne-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neoteny](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neoteny) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saniel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saniel-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Startive Ventures

VC Fund · Geneva, Switzerland

Startive Ventures is a boutique technology investment company. We are focused on global technology and Internet startup opportunities and look at investments both internationally and in our own backyard. With a vast experience in building successful global consumer-focused Internet brands Startive is a partner that provides more help than justcapital. We also recognize entrepreneurs need to focus on developing ideas, running & growing their businesses, and not dealing with investor overhead.

1 contacts available at Startive Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Clausen | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-clausen |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Clausen invest in?

Simon Clausen invests primarily in Apps, Travel and Local 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 Simon Clausen's check size?

Simon Clausen typically joins rounds of $783k–$1M 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 Simon Clausen participates in.

### When did Simon Clausen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Clausen closed in May 2017. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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