First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter 
About Craig Blair
Craig Blair is co-founder and Chair of Investments at AirTree Ventures, one of Australia's largest venture capital firms, which he helped establish in 2014. Before AirTree, he spent 15 years building and investing in digital media and technology businesses across Australia and the UK, including five years as executive director of Netus, two years as founding CEO and executive chairman of Beamly, and four years as a director of Travelselect/lastminute.com. On First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter, he shared his experience investing and building a venture capital fund.
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- Fundraising, Venture Capital
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First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter The path so far.
- Now
Co-Founder & Chair of Investments · Airtree Ventures
- Earlier · Startup
Co-founder · RedBalloon
- Earlier · Startup
Co-founder · Spreets
- Earlier · Startup
Co-founder · Travel.com.au
- Earlier · Startup
Founding CEO & Executive Chairman · Beamly
- Earlier
Executive Director · netus
- Until 2002
Corporate Development Director · Travelselect / Lastminute.com
Sources: airtree.vc
Airtree Ventures on Day One
Airtree is a venture capital firm that backs startups in Australia and New Zealand, mainly from seed stage.
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