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
Co-Founder & CEO, Ventari
27 appearances
Maxine Minter
Founder & General Partner, Co Ventures
21 appearances
Alan Jones
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, M8 Ventures
6 appearances
Malcolm Turnbull
Former Prime Minister of Australia
6 appearances
Niki Scevak
Partner, Blackbird Ventures
6 appearances
Melissa Widner
CEO, Lighter Capital
5 appearances
Rachael Neumann
Co-Founding Partner, Flying Fox Ventures
5 appearances
Aaron Birkby
Managing Partner & Co-founder, Tribe Global Ventures
4 appearances
Dean McEvoy
Managing Partner, Stanley St Advisors
4 appearances
Ian Gardiner
Co-Founder, Innovation Bay
4 appearances
James Alexander
Managing Partner, Galileo Ventures
4 appearances
Rachel Yang
Partner, Giant Leap
4 appearances
Trevor Folsom
Co-Founder and Chairman, Investible
4 appearances
Andrea Gardiner
Founder & CEO, Jelix Ventures
3 appearances
Emily Rich
Chief Operating Officer, Hola Health
3 appearances
Georgie Turner
Partner, Tidal Ventures
3 appearances
Paul Bassat
Co-founder & Partner, Square Peg
3 appearances
Susan Oliver
Chair, Alice Anderson Fund
3 appearances
Terry Hilsberg
Partner, Fork Ventures
3 appearances
Ben Grabiner
Co-Founder & General Partner, Side Stage Ventures
2 appearances
Brendan Hill
Venture Partner, TEN13
2 appearances
Charles Hudson
Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures
2 appearances
Elaine Stead
Partner, Main Sequence
2 appearances
Ilana Elbaz
Employee #5 & first go-to-market hire at Deel; angel investor
2 appearances
James Tynan
Former Partner, Square Peg
2 appearances
Jessy Wu
Founder & Managing Director, Encour
2 appearances
Matthew Browne
Managing Partner, Black Nova Venture Capital
2 appearances
Phil Morle
Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
2 appearances
Tom Humphrey
Partner, Blackbird Ventures
2 appearances
Akshay Kothari
Co-Founder & COO, Notion
1 appearance
Alex Khor
Co-founder & Partner, AfterWork Ventures
1 appearance
Amy Saper
General Partner, Uncork Capital
1 appearance
Anabel Lippincott Paksoy
Co-founder & Partner, 43
1 appearance
Ash Fontana
Investor and adviser
1 appearance
Bill Tai
Co-Founder, ACTAI Ventures
1 appearance
Chris Gillings
Founder, Cut Through Venture
1 appearance
Christina Fa
Venture Partner, NewView Capital
1 appearance
Craig Blair
Co-Founder & Chair of Investments, AirTree Ventures
1 appearance
Dan Coughlan
Principal, AirTree Ventures
1 appearance
Dan Gavel
Director, Black Sheep Capital
1 appearance
Danielle Haj-Moussa
Investment Manager, Main Sequence
1 appearance
Elicia McDonald
CEO & Partner, Airtree
1 appearance
Elizabeth Yin
Co-Founder & General Partner, Hustle Fund
1 appearance
Elli Hanson
Partner, Side Stage Ventures
1 appearance
John Sharp
Co-Founder & 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, Diaspora Ventures
1 appearance
Max Kausman
Founder, Advance VC
1 appearance
Monique Woodard
Founding Partner & Managing Director, Cake Ventures
1 appearance
Paul Kelly
Co-Founder & Venture 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
Partner, Rampersand
1 appearance
Tim Rossanis
Senior Vice President, Turo
1 appearance
Trang Nguyen
Co-Founder, Transpose Platform
1 appearance
Kali Norman
Head of Growth, Innovation Bay
Thea Ngo
Investment Manager, Archangel Ventures
45 funds & firms
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