Taryn Pieterse
Partner, Rampersand
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Taryn Pieterse of Rampersand — How a VC backs early-stage foundersAbout Rampersand
Rampersand is a Melbourne-headquartered venture capital firm that writes inception, pre-seed and seed cheques for technology founders from Australia and New Zealand. Paul Naphtali founded it in 2013. It has offices in Melbourne, Sydney and San Francisco, has deployed more than $100 million across four funds, and reports more than 40 active portfolio companies, including JigSpace, Quantum Brilliance, Goterra, PredictHQ and Expert360. Its focus areas are vertical AI, horizontal AI and hard tech.
- Sector
- Venture capital (pre-seed/seed, vertical AI, hard tech)
- Business model
- Venture fund (seed stage)
- Founded
- 2013
- Founders
- Paul Naphtali
- Headquarters
- Melbourne
- Offices
- Melbourne, Sydney, San Francisco
- Markets
- Australia, New Zealand
Sources: rampersand.vc, curiositycentre.com
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