About
General Partner and Co-Founder of Side Stage Ventures with over 18 years of investing experience across venture, agriculture, real estate, and equity markets. His VC track record includes backing Go1, Airtasker, and amaysim, and he co-founded Tank Stream Ventures.
Experience
- Side Stage VenturesCo-Founder & General Partnercurrent2022 β presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- BridgeLane GroupCEO & Foundercurrent2009 β presentAustralia
- Go1Seed Investorcurrent2015 β present
- AirtaskerSeed Investorcurrent2012 β present
- Tank Stream VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2013 β presentsydney area, australia
- Tank Stream LabsDirector & Co-Founder2012 β 2023
- LIAG Argentina S.A.Director2009 β 2022Argentina
- BrickXFounder2014 β 2019Australia
- amaysimSeed Investor2010 β 2015
- Twynam Agricultural GroupExecutive Director2004 β 2009
Education
- University of SydneyBachelor of Agricultural Economics (Honours), Economics2001 β 2004
- Kaplan AustraliaGraduate Certificate in Applied Finance, Finance2006 β 2007
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship23Equities12Business Development10Investment Management8Commodity Markets4Start-ups27Angel Investing8Real Estate5Venture Capital18Agricultural Economics3Portfolio Management13Emerging Markets5
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CommodityStrategyBusiness StrategyBusiness PlanningNew Business DevelopmentPrivate EquityInvestmentsStrategic PlanningMergers & AcquisitionsLanguages English Β· Spanish
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Founder mafias
University of Sydney mafia34
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jesse BuckinghamBachelor of Laws (LL.B.)Founded Vooma +2Alek SafarianB.Pharm.Founded Vantage Biosciences +1Ryan JuneeBEFounded Parsable +1Ben SandComputer Science - 3.5 years completed.Founded Strong Compute +1Daniel DarlingEconomics Social SciencesFounded FocalPaul HunyorLLB / EconFounded OpenSC
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Side Stage Ventures mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of Sydney243
Clay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanNaomi GunasekaranDeputy Chief Financial Officer, Funds - Finance at Magnetar AI VenturesJethro CohenPrincipal at Square Peg CapitalOsh JayasuriyaInvestment Operations Manager at Square Peg Capital
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