About
Andrew Poesaste is a Partner at Rampersand VC, a venture capital firm that invests in Australian and New Zealand founders at early stages. He can be contacted at andrew@rampersand.com.
Experience
- RampersandPartnercurrent2024 β presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- ParachuteLead Pre Seed Investorcurrent2025 β presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Restoke.aiLead Seed Investor and Board Membercurrent2024 β presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Mass DynamicsInvestor and Board Membercurrent2024 β presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Stealth AI StartupInception Investorcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- CorLead Pre Seed Investor and Board Membercurrent2025 β presentAustralia
- Angular VenturesInvestor2018 β 2023London Area, United Kingdom
- paradime.ioSeed Investor (Board Observer)2021 β 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- ViablySeed Investor (Board Observer)2021 β 2023Tel Aviv District, Israel
- BudibaseSeed Investor (Board Observer)2021 β 2023Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- LevitySeed Investor2019 β 2023Berlin, Germany
- CanduSeed Investor2019 β 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Digital CatapultStart Up Mentor2019 β 2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- TechstarsStart Up Mentor2019 β 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- Mako GlobalSenior Derivatives Trader (Team lead)2010 β 2018London, United Kingdom
Education
- QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Bachelor of Business + Computer Science (dropped out of CS major)2005 β 2007
- John Paul College1999 β 2004
- St Joseph's Nudgee College2001
Skills & more
Python1Microsoft Office1Venture Capital16Data Analysis16Due Diligence13Trading19Options24Commodity13Hedging10Hedge Funds11Equities9Market Risk8
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Financial ModelingProject ManagementFinancial AnalysisStart-upsEnergyMarket ResearchFundraisingTrading StrategiesMarket MakingVolatilityLeadershipDeal Sourcing- Foundations of Directorship β Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on Google Cloud Platform Specialization (5 courses) β Coursera
- Applied Machine Learning in Python β Coursera
- Venture Deals Spring 2019 β Kauffman Fellows
From Andrew's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended QUT (Queensland University of Technology)52
Esther GilmoreGlobal Head of the Client Team at Generation Investment ManagementSam EdenInvestor at Square Peg CapitalFredrik BergenlidPartner at Fly VenturesReuben BramaInvestor at IDEO CoLab VenturesWendy LamAdvisor at ChrysalixKaitlyn TregenzaAdvisor at Emmeline Ventures
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Also attended John Paul College1
Also attended St Joseph's Nudgee College2
Shared employers
Also worked at Angular Ventures8
Gil DibnerPartner at Angular VenturesDavid PetersonPartner at Angular VenturesHazel MulhareNetwork at Angular VenturesLeelach AvidovOperations at Angular VenturesEldad FarkashVenture Partner / Advisor at Angular VenturesJennifer SchearVenture Partner / Advisor at Angular Ventures
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Also worked at Levity3
Also worked at Techstars379
Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsRustyAdvisor at Clear VenturesHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture Group
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Colleagues at Rampersand
Abhi Maran
Senior Associate at Rampersand
Andrew
Investor at Rampersand
Helen Souness
Venture Partner at Rampersand
Hugh Williams
Venture Partner at Rampersand
Martin Casey
Partner at Rampersand
Michael Naphtali
Partner at Rampersand
Paul Naphtali
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Rampersand
Phil Jacob
Senior Associate at Rampersand



















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