About
Alex Farrugia is the Investment Manager at Paspalis in Darwin, responsible for deal origination, due diligence, and execution of venture capital investments across the Northern Territory and Asia Pacific. He previously spent eight years as a corporate advisor working with technology startups, spinouts, and scale-ups on M&A, capital raising, valuations, and financial modeling. He holds a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce, and Master of Applied Finance from the University of Adelaide, and serves as a mentor at the Darwin Innovation Hub.
Invests in
Sector Agnostic
Experience
- PASPALISInvestment Managercurrent2024 — presentAustralia
- PolybeeInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSingapore
- ArlulaInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSydney, NSW
- HEOInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSydney, NSW
- Esper Satellite ImageryInvestorcurrent2025 — presentMelbourne, VIC
- TranscelestialInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSingapore
- Go LocumInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Salty GamesInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Equatorial SpaceInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSingapore
- AtomionicsInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSingapore
- Praetorian AeronauticsInvestorcurrent2024 — presentAdelaide, SA
- bluefliteInvestorcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
- SPEE3DInvestorcurrent2019 — presentMelbourne, VIC
- Axant Corporate AdvisoryManager2018 — 2024Adelaide, SA
Education
- University of AdelaideMaster of Applied Finance, Bachelor of Laws2013 — 2018
- University of AdelaideComputer Science2013 — 2014
- University of California, BerkeleyCertificate in Venture Capital Transactions, Law2022
Skills & more
Negotiation1Relationship DevelopmentTeamwork18Leadership10Strategy1Reporting & Analysis3Competitive Intelligence1Entrepreneurship1Venture Capital2Financial modelling2Corporate Advisory1Investment Analysis2
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Investment SelectionInvestment ManagementForecastingValuationDue DiligenceTransaction OriginationAdobe PhotoshopAdobe InDesignEarly-stage StartupsMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Capital RaisingVenture Financing- Venture Financing — Hotshot Inc.
- PE101 — Australian Investment Council
- Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA®) Certificate — Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)
- Advanced Excel Formulas — Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)
- Venture Capital Virtual Internship — H2 Ventures
- VC Terms Sheets & Cap Tables — Wall Street Prep
- Private Equity and Venture Capital — Coursera
- Google Analytics Certification — Google
- Google AdWords Certification - Search Advertising — Google
From Alex's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Adelaide30
Tom SkevingtonSenior Legal Counsel at Square Peg CapitalDavid RohrsheimVenture Partner SAVCF at ArtesianKirsten BernhardtPrincipal at ArtesianMatthias de KockPrincipal at PeakBridge VCXavier MeeganFounder & CIO at FrachtisWinnie HsuPartner at WI Harper Group
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley987
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Arlula2
Also worked at HEO3
Colleagues at Paspalis
Brooke Young
Business Development Manager, Darwin Innovation Hub at Paspalis
Cameron Bowes
Development Management Consultant at Paspalis
Dante St James
Start NT Manager, Darwin Innovation Hub at Paspalis
Darran Lum
General Manager - Property & Facility Services at Paspalis
Geoff Thomas
Senior Investment Manager at Paspalis
Harley Paroulakis
CEO at Paspalis
Jennifer Yeo
Corporate Counsel at Paspalis
Karmen Karamanian
Chief Communications Officer at Paspalis