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The sale would let early backers and employees realise windfall gains without forcing the Sydney company to go public.

OwnHome plans to lend customers their deposit, but charges high interest rates and does not yet work with the major banks.

A seasoned investor watching last week’s AFR Entrepreneur Summit was stunned to see their VC peers’ lack of self-reflection about hugely over-valued start-ups.

Serial tech founder Bevan Slattery says that after listing five companies since 2005, he doubts he would list on the ASX again, blaming the saturation of red tape.

Barker had joined Square Peg Capital in 2020 as an associate.

The now-defunct bank made a concerted push to expand its client base in Australia in the past two years, attracting a raft of companies to use its services.

Despite their big fund sizes, AirTree, Blackbird and Square Peg tended to write seed funding cheques more often than large deals In 2022, as overall start-up funding fell.

To be a good venture capitalist, you need a handful of things - curiosity, business experience, ambition, a reliable intuition and a bit of luck.

It's a tough market for venture capital, but Square Peg Capital is plowing ahead with its focus on Australia, Southeast Asia and Israel.

Square Peg Capital is active in Australia, southeast Asia and Israel and has more than $3 billion under management.