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