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Elli Hanson

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Partner at Side Stage Ventures

Australia

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About

Partner at Side Stage Ventures backing early-stage founders building globally ambitious companies from Australia. Her background spans industrial design and brand strategy, including Global Director of Design Strategy at Ogilvy Worldwide and co-founding consumer hardware company Flaus.

Experience

  1. Side Stage VenturesPartnercurrent2026 — present
  2. Side Stage VenturesPrincipal2024 — 2025Sydney, NSW
  3. StartmateMentorcurrent2024 — present
  4. Caster Town LtdNon-Executive Directorcurrent2011 — presentCanada
  5. Sense Of Self (S.O.S)Non Executive Director & Board Member2024 — 2026
  6. FlausCo-Founder (Exited)2021 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  7. FlausConsultant2019 — 2021Los Angeles, California, United States
  8. TINA (This Is Not an Agency)Founder2018 — 2021US & Canada
  9. Dr. Dri'sCo-Founder, Co-CEO2018 — 2021US & Canada
  10. OgilvyGlobal Director of Design Strategy, Ogilvy Worldwide2017 — 2018
  11. OgilvyGlobal Consulting Director, OgilvyRED2017 — 2018New York, New York
  12. OgilvySr. Experience Designer | Product & Service Design Group2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area
  13. OgilvyArtist In Residence (AIR)2014 — 2016New York City

Skills & more

Adobe Creative Suite26InDesign30Illustrator8Photoshop19Premiere4Dreamweaver2After EffectsHTML 5CSS3Maya1Microsoft Excel7Keynote1
+12 moreMicrosoft OfficeAdobe PhotoshopStrategic PlanningLeadershipPublic SpeakingCreative StrategyManufacturingBrand DevelopmentDesign for ManufacturingSupply Chain OperationsGo-to-Market StrategyStart-up Consulting
  • Summer 2021 Cohort @ Stanford University's Female Founder Incubator — Galvanizer
  • Master of Business Administration — University of Southern California

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Colleagues at Side Stage Ventures

Alice Williams
Head of Operations at Side Stage Ventures
Ben
General Partner & Co-Founder at Side Stage Ventures
Ben Grabiner
Side Stage Ventures · Kauffman Fellow (Class 30)
Ethan Moodley
CA Trainee at Convergence Partners
Harrison Wright
Principal at Side Stage Ventures
Markus
General Partner & Co-Founder at Side Stage Ventures
Matt Allen
Co-Founder - Head of Capital & New Markets at Tractor Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Elli Hanson?
Partner at Side Stage Ventures backing early-stage founders building globally ambitious companies from Australia. Her background spans industrial design and brand strategy, including Global Director of Design Strategy at Ogilvy Worldwide and co-founding consumer hardware company Flaus.
Where does Elli Hanson work?
Elli Hanson is Partner at Side Stage Ventures.
Where did Elli Hanson go to school?
Elli Hanson studied at USC Marshall School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); University of Southern California (Bachelor’s Degree, Design & Business Entrepreneurship); Fulbright (Killam Fulbright Fellow).

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