Australian VC Square Peg to raise $550m, bullish on SE Asian startups

Australian VC Square Peg to raise $550m, bullish on SE Asian startups

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 Australian venture capital firm Square Peg is raising $550 million to expand its commitment to back startups in its key markets of Australia and Israel, with a growing focus on Southeast Asia’s booming tech markets.

“We do want to continue to double down in Southeast Asia in particular,” Tushar Roy, a Singapore-based partner at Square Peg, told Reuters in an interview. “We are currently exploring investment opportunities across most markets in the region.”

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