Noga Edelstein
InvestorInvestor at Climate Tech Partners · Operating Partner at Black Nova VC
Greater Sydney Area
About
Noga Edelstein is Chief Executive Officer of Equity Clear, an initiative developing infrastructure to measure and address gaps in startup funding, including Australia's first Common Data Standard for investor diversity reporting. She serves as Operating Partner at Black Nova VC, where she manages the Venture Partner program and portfolio support, and sits on the Investment Committee at Climate Tech Partners. Edelstein's background includes co-founding UrbanYou, a national marketplace platform that achieved trade sale exit, legal practice in Sydney and London, and tenure as General Counsel at Yahoo!7.
Experience
- Equity ClearChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — present
- Black Nova Venture CapitalOperating Partner (Fractional)current2025 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Black Nova Venture CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2020 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Climate Tech PartnersInvestment Committee Membercurrent2024 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Centre for Social ImpactAdjunct Fellowcurrent2026 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- UNSWEngineering Entrepreneurship Advisory Council Membercurrent2026 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Pretian SquaredAdvisory Boardcurrent2025 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Australians Investing In WomenWorking Group - Gender Lens Investing Collaborativecurrent2025 — present
- Tractor VenturesInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- Tractor VenturesDirector of Advisory2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Tractor VenturesEntrepreneur-in-Residence2021 — 2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- SBE AustraliaAmbassadorcurrent2022 — presentGreater Sydney Area
- SBE AustraliaFacilitator - SBE Evolve2024
- SBE AustraliaNon Executive Director2017 — 2022Greater Sydney Area
- StartmateMentor/Investorcurrent2020 — presentGreater Sydney Area
- UNSW FoundersMentorcurrent2019 — presentGreater Sydney Area
- March CollectiveProject Lead - Capital Advisory Support2025 — 2026Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Investment NSWWomen's Entrepreneurship - Industry Reference Group2023
- OneflareBoard Observer2018 — 2022Greater Sydney Area
- OneflareChief Operating Officer - On-Demand2018 — 2019Greater Sydney Area
Education
- UNSW
- Australian Institute of Company DirectorsCompany Directors Course2019
- AGSM @ UNSW Business SchoolAngel Investors Program2019
- Scale InvestorsStartup Invested2019
- UNSWBachelor of Commerce/Law, Major in Marketing1993 — 1998
- Sydney Girls High
Skills & more
Business AlliancesBusiness Alliance DevelopmentMarketing CampaignsEmerging TrendsAcceleratorEarly-Stage StartupsCorporate GovernanceGender EqualityStart-ups33Non-Executive Director3Coaching & Mentoring5Entrepreneurship4
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Digital MediaLicensingDigital StrategyIntellectual PropertyE-commerceSmall BusinessNew MediaJoint VenturesAnalytical SkillsRelationship BuildingStrategyManagement- Puddle Pod — Founder Foundry
- GAICD — Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Angel Investors Program — AGSM @ UNSW Business School
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