Perle Ventures

About The Fund

Perle Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital group founded in 2013, focusing on seed, early-stage, and later-stage investments. They specialize in investing in companies operating in the technology sector, particularly IT and TMT, as well as web security and privacy. The fund operates with an investment range of AU$12,470,000 and aims to support growth stage technology companies led by dynamic entrepreneurs with innovative ideas, logical vision, and disciplined execution. Perle Ventures prioritizes backing businesses with potential for scalability and a global outlook, understanding firsthand the challenges of building a business and providing support to navigate those challenges. The team, comprising Shayne Smyth as Co-Founder & Chairman, Michael An as Co-Founder & Managing Director, Chris Yoo as Senior Advisor, and David Lee as Advisor & Partner, brings a wealth of experience from various sectors including technology, education, telecommunications, and financial services, enhancing their capacity to foster business development across finance, marketing, project management, and corporate strategy. At the core of their investment philosophy, Perle Ventures emphasizes the significance of distribution dynamics of their portfolio companies and quantifying the probability of execution as a key predictor of a company's success. The fund seeks to partner with entrepreneurs who demonstrate a coupling of vision with discipline to build scalable businesses with global potential.