Investors
The VCs and angels backing Australian and New Zealand founders — in their own words, across the network. The clearest way to understand how investors actually think is to hear them talk.
Cheryl Mack
CEO, Aussie Angels
26 appearances
Maxine Minter
Partner, Co Ventures
21 appearances
Alan Jones
General Partner, M8 Ventures
5 appearances
Malcolm Turnbull
Managing Director, Turnbull and Partners
5 appearances
Melissa Widner
CEO, Lighter Capital
5 appearances
Niki Scevak
Partner, Blackbird Ventures
5 appearances
Rachael Neumann
Founding Partner, Flying Fox Ventures
5 appearances
Aaron Birkby
CEO, Tribe Global Ventures
4 appearances
Dean McEcoy
Managing Partner, Stanley St Advisors
4 appearances
James Alexander
Co-founder and Partner, Galileo Ventures
4 appearances
Rachel Yang
Partner, Giant Leap Fund
4 appearances
Trevor Folsom
Co-Founder and Chairman, Investible
4 appearances
Emily Rich
Partner, M8 Ventures
3 appearances
Georgie Turner
Partner, Tidal Ventures
3 appearances
Paul Bassat
Co-founder, Square Peg
3 appearances
Susan Oliver
Chair, Alice Anderson Fund
3 appearances
Terry Hilsberg
Partner, Fork Ventures
3 appearances
Andrea Gardiner
Founder and CEO, Jelix Ventures
2 appearances
Ben Grabiner
Co-Founder and General Partner, Side Stage Ventures
2 appearances
Brendan Hill
Venture Partner, TEN13
2 appearances
Ian Gardiner
Co-Founder, Innovation Bay
2 appearances
James Tynan
Partner, Square Peg
2 appearances
Jessy Wu
Investor, Afterwork
2 appearances
Matthew Browne
Managing Partner, Black Nova Venture Capital
2 appearances
Phil Morle
Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
2 appearances
Akshay Kothari
Co-Founder, Notion
1 appearanceAlex Khor
Co-founder, AfterWork Ventures
1 appearance
Amy Saper
Partner, Uncork Capital
1 appearance
Anabel Lippincott Paksoy
Co-Founder
1 appearance
Ash Fontana
Managing Partner, Zetta Venture Partners
1 appearance
Bill Tai
Founding Chairman, ACTAI Ventures
1 appearance
Charles Hudson
Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures
1 appearanceChris Gillings
Founder, Cut Through Ventures
1 appearance
Christina Fa
Principal, NewView Capital
1 appearance
Craig Blair
Co-Founder, Airtree Ventures
1 appearance
Dan Coughlan
Principal, Airtree Ventures
1 appearance
Dan Gavel
Director, Black Sheep Capital
1 appearance
Danielle Haj-Moussa
Investment Associate, Main Sequence
1 appearance
Elaine Stead
Principal, Main Sequence Ventures
1 appearance
Elicia McDonald
Partner, Airtree Ventures
1 appearance
Elli Hanson
Principal Investor, Side Stage Ventures
1 appearance
Ilana Elbaz
Employee #5 & first go-to-market hire at Deel; angel investor, Deel
1 appearance
John Sharp
Managing Partner, Hatcher+
1 appearance
Judy Anderson-Firth
Group CEO, Euphemia
1 appearance
Kylie Frazer
Co-founder and Partner, Flying Fox Ventures
1 appearance
Markus Kahlbetzer
Co-Founder & General Partner, Side Stage Ventures
1 appearance
Marvin Liao
Partner, Disapora Ventures
1 appearance
Max Kausman
Founder @ Advance VC, Advance VC
1 appearance
Monique Woodard
Founding Partner & Managaing Director, Cake Ventures
1 appearance
Paul Kelly
Founding Partner, OneVentures
1 appearance
Rayn Ong
Partner, Archangel Ventures
1 appearance
Sam Wong
Partner, Blackbird Ventures
1 appearance
Steve Baxter
Founder and Lead Investor, Beaten Zone Venture Partners
1 appearance
Taryn Pieterse
Rampersand
1 appearance
Tim Rossanis
Managing Director, Turo Australia
1 appearance
Tom Humphrey
Partner, Blackbird Ventures
1 appearance
Trang Nguyen
Co-founder, Transpose Platform
1 appearance
Kali Norman
Host, Investment Thesis, Innovation Bay
Thea Ngo
Senior Investment Associate, Archangel Ventures, Archangel Ventures
45 funds & firms
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