Afterwork
AfterWork Ventures is a community-powered venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand, specialising in pre-seed and seed-stage investments in technology startups. Founded in 2019 by partners Alex Khor and Adrian Petersen, the firm has garnered attention for its unique approach to venture capital, leveraging a diverse community of over 100 tech operators to support its portfolio companies.
- Business model
- Venture fund
- Markets
- Australia
Sources: afterwork.vc
2people interviewed
3episodes across 3 shows
3mentions in other conversations
The team on Day One
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What others say about Afterwork
Moments from other conversations on the network where Afterwork comes up.
before actually launching Turo, not long after I started, Afterwork was hosting this masterclass in growth marketing and SEO.”
Tim RossanisSenior Vice President, Turo First Cheque · Navigating Early-Stage Investing and Sca… · 38:05 ▶ I'm pretty sure Afterwork still does this, at least, at least they started doing this when they have their like community calls to community diligence a deal.”
now these syndicates getting together and building like Afterwork Ventures or the Black Angels over here and these angel groups that are really leveling the playing field for all to get involved in investing in startups.”
Leslie DelaforceR&D - ESG, Rio Tinto The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · Leslie Delaforce highlights the unique c… · 29:53 ▶ Portfolio on Day One
Companies Afterwork has backed whose teams have been on the network.
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