Where is EVP's headquarters located?

EVP's headquarters is located in Bondi ( Australia ).

How big is EVP's investment team?

EVP has a team of 24, including 5 partners.

How many companies has EVP invested in?

EVP has invested in 54 companies, including SiteMinder & Hotels.com.

Which companies has EVP invested in lately?

Spot's & Mutinex are the latest investments by EVP.

What sectors does EVP focus on for investments?

Top sectors in EVP's portfolio are Enterprise Applications (37 investments) and Consumer (17 investments).

What stages of companies does EVP typically invest in?

EVP primarily invests in Seed and Series A stages.

How many exits has EVP been involved in?

EVP's portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 8 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in EVP's portfolio?

There is 1 unicorn in EVP's portfolio.

EVP - 2025 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends - Tracxn

1. SiteMinder

Cloud-driven reservation management software for hotels. The platform offers solutions like channel manager, booking engine, hotel website builder, BI and analytics solution, and global distribution system. The solutions can be integrated with PMS and other third-party systems via APIs.

Key facts about SiteMinder

Founded Year: 2006
Location: Sydney (Australia)
Annual Revenue: 112M AUD as on Jun 30, 2020
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $105M
Investors: TCV, BlackRock and 9 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 16, 2020, $70M
Highlight: Public

2. Hotels.com

Hotels.com is a provider of hotel accommodation worldwide, offering reservation services through its own network of localized websites and telephone call centers. The company offers a one-stop destination for both independent and major chain as well as self-catering in over 12,000 properties worldwide. Some of the features include hotel pricing, amenities, availability and also specializes in providing accommodation to travelers during sold out period.

Key facts about Hotels.com

Founded Year: 1991
Location: Dallas (United States)
Stage: Acquired
Investors: EVP and iBOS Ventures
Highlight: Acquired

3. Deputy

Cloud-based suite solutions for contingent workforce management. It offers tools for employee scheduling, time tracking, leave management, compliance management, payroll management and more. It offers tools for publishing personalized shift information to the team via push notification, email, and SMS. It allows users to manage team communications in one place, including announcements, task assignments, and confirmations.

Key facts about Deputy

Founded Year: 2008
Location: Atlanta (United States)
Valuation: $1.1B as on Mar 19, 2024
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $143M
Employee Count: 22 as on Jun 30, 2023
Investors: IVP, OpenView and 4 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 19, 2024, $37M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Shippit

Provider of order fulfillment solution for businesses. It provides solutions for carrying out shipping decisions and deliveries. It offers multiple delivery options, order fulfillment, centralized tracking, email and SMS notifications, return management and more. It also generates labels, get shipping quotes, book with multiple couriers, and track orders. The company offers the solution on subscription-based policy.

Key facts about Shippit

Founded Year: 2014
Location: Sydney (Australia)
Annual Revenue: 24.7M AUD as on Jun 30, 2023
Valuation: $365M as on May 03, 2022
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $76.1M
Investors: Tiger Global Management, Global Founders Capital and 13 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 03, 2022, $48M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Oneflare

Oneflare is an online platform that connects customers with home-care service providers through a simple tendering platform. Customers request a home service online, receive multiple prices quotes from interested businesses and hire the best based on price, qualifications and customer feedback. Charges business on pay-per-quote or monthly subscription basis, no percentage commission. More than 45k local businesses use the platform and has booked over $50 million worth of job requests across Australia. Bought Renovate Forum, Australia's largest online renovation community with over 40k members, Jul 2014.

Key facts about Oneflare

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Sydney (Australia)
Last Known Valuation: $43M as on May 04, 2022
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $18.6M
Investors: Quaker Partners Management, Right Click Capital and 6 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 06, 2016, $15M
Highlight: Acquired

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EVP has invested in 54 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 2 investments, while as of Jun 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Spot's and most recent follow-on round was in Mutinex.

Here are EVP's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2025 (YTD)	1	0	1
2024	0	2	2
2023	6	2	8
2022	5	4	9
2021	10	4	14
2020	3	3	6
2019	5	2	7
2018	2	2	4
2017	8	0	8
2016	1	0	1

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EVP has made 19 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.84M, 19 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.34M, 4 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $25.5M and 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage.

Here are EVP's investments by stage:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	19
Series A	19
Series B	4
Conventional Debt	1

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EVP has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, Consumer, FinTech and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 52 Tech companies, 43 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 34 Software companies and at least 26 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are EVP's investments by sector:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	32
Vertical SaaS	14
Consumer	13
FinTech	8
Retail	6
Others	33

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EVP has made most investments in Australia (35), followed by United States where it has made 5 investments.

Here are EVP's investments by geography:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Country	No. of Investments
Australia	35
United States	5
New Zealand	3

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EVP has made 1 investments in 2025 so far - Spot's.

Here are the most recent investments by EVP:

Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Jun 09, 2025	Spot's	United States	Seed	Undisclosed	-
Oct 10, 2024	Mutinex	Australia	Series B	$17.5M	Marbruck Investments [+1]
Jul 29, 2024	InvestorHub	Australia	Series A	$4M	Archangel [+1]
Nov 30, 2023	Nexl	Australia	Series A	$6.6M	Shearwater Capital
Nov 24, 2023	CorePlan	Australia	Seed	$2.62M	-

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EVP has 1 unicorns in its portfolio - Deputy. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Deputy which became a unicorn in 2024, 5 years after EVP first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in EVP's portfolio:

Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
60	Deputy	Cloud-based suite solutions for contingent workforce management	2008	Enterprise Applications	Atlanta	Series B	waepzki

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2 of EVP's portfolio companies have become public. SiteMinder got listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in Aug 2021 at marketcap of $1.05B and Mad Paws got listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) at marketcap of $32.6M.

Here are EVP's portfolio companies that went public:

Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
SiteMinder	Aug 11, 2021	-	-	-
Mad Paws	Mar 26, 2021	2016	Series A	$1M

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8 companies from EVP's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Foodbomb in Sep 2023 by Ordermentum.

Here are EVP's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Foodbomb	Sep 20, 2023	Apr 08, 2019	Seed	$994K
Rezdy	Jun 13, 2023	2017	Series B	$1.17M
Smartabase	Jan 11, 2023	Oct 17, 2018	Seed	$3M
CompareClub	Oct 03, 2022	-	-	-
Outfit	Sep 01, 2022	2017	Seed	$1M

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EVP has a team of 24 members including 5 Partners, 7 Venture Partners and 7 Principals located in Australia, India and 2 more locations. EVP's team sits on the board of 1 company.

Here is a list of top team members in EVP:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact details
Howard Leibman	Partner	Sydney	-	1 Email
Les Szekely	Partner	Sydney	-	2 Emails
Daniel Szekely	Partner	Sydney	-	1 Email
Justin Lipman	Partner	Sydney	Hnry	1 Email
Mukul Srivastava	Partner	Allahabad	-	-
Mike Ford	Venture Partner	Sydney	-	-
Craig Butcher	Venture Partner	Sydney	-	-
Tiziana Bianco	Venture Partner	Sydney	-	1 Email
Adrian Marco	Venture Partner	Melbourne	-	-
Russ Bennett	Venture Partner	Auckland	-	-
Damon Pezaro	Venture Partner	-	-	-

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Over the past 11 years, 140 investors have co-invested in EVP's portfolio companies.

Invested before EVP: Microequities, Les Szekely and 32 others have invested in rounds before EVP. There are 3 companies where Microequities has invested before EVP and 2 companies where Les Szekely has invested before EVP.
Top Co-investors of EVP: 43 investors entered a company along with EVP. These include investors like Saniel Ventures (3 companies).
Invested after EVP: A total of 63 investors have invested in EVP's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Microequities (5 companies), One Ventures (3 companies) and Athletic Ventures (3 companies).