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Mitch Hughes

Investor

Founding Partner at NextGen Ventures

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About

Mitch Hughes is a Founding Partner at NextGen Ventures, an early-stage venture fund focused on Australian founders. He raised $5 million for the fund's first iteration and deployed capital across 14 startups in sectors including AI, spacetech, photonics, drones, and robotics.

Experience

  1. NextGen VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2023 — present
  2. 1835iAnalyst2024
  3. Monash Student Managed Fund (MSMF)President2022 — 2023
  4. 1835iIntern | Ventures2023
  5. BoomBetData Analyst & CS2020 — 2023
  6. Multiple CompaniesInternships2021 — 2023
  7. Cold RockTeam Member2016 — 2020

Education

  1. Monash UniversityBachelor of Commerce, Major: Business Analytics
  2. University of California, BerkeleyInnovation and Entrepreneurship2023
  3. St Margaret's Berwick Grammar
  4. Australian Institute of Company DirectorsFoundations of Directorship (AICD)2025

Skills & more

SQL3Transact-SQL (T-SQL)3R (Programming Language)1Microsoft Power BI2Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)1Tableau1Microsoft PowerPoint1Microsoft Office1Customer Service1Vega-Lite1

From Mitch's professional profile.

Colleagues at NextGen Ventures

Aarshia Sinha
Events Lead at NextGen Ventures
Andrew J Nash
Advisor at NextGen Ventures
Andris Dang
Investment Associate at NextGen Ventures
Anthony Tsougranis
Investor at NextGen Ventures
Bhavesh Nain
Investment Associate at NextGen Ventures
Davi La Ferla
Advisor at NextGen Ventures
David So
Investment Associate at NextGen Ventures
Disha Jain
Investment Principal at NextGen Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Mitch Hughes work?
Mitch Hughes is Founding Partner at NextGen Ventures.

Same school

Also attended Monash University114

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,342

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Also attended Australian Institute of Company Directors136

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Shared employers

Also worked at NextGen Ventures20

Hannah NowakInvestor Relations Manager at Investible Climate Tech FundJerry X'LingsonFounding Partner at NextGen VenturesIzabella MancewiczInvestment Associate at NextGen VenturesTom CarneInvestment Associate at NextGen VenturesHarry PhillipsInvestment Associate at NextGen VenturesBhavesh NainInvestment Associate at NextGen Ventures

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Also worked at 1835i2

Oliver ShapleskiChief Operating Officer at Tidal VenturesHayden SmithLead Private & Venture Debt Advisory at HyperNest

Also worked at Multiple Companies19

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