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Oliver Shapleski

Investor

Chief Operating Officer at Tidal Ventures

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About

Oliver Shapleski is Chief Operating Officer at Tidal Ventures, where he works on the firm's operational infrastructure and governance. He has more than 25 years of experience across law, venture, and company building. His prior roles include Russell McVeagh, Hoegh Capital Partners, and ANZ.

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Experience

  1. Tidal VenturesChief Operating Officercurrent2026 — presentMelbourne, VIC
  2. 1835iPrincipal, Operations2022 — 2025Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  3. 1835iSenior Associate, Commercial2021 — 2022Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  4. DataCo LabsDirector2023 — 2025Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  5. ANZSenior Commercial Manager, ANZi Ventures2021Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  6. ANZSenior Lawyer - Commercial2019 — 2021
  7. AIA AustraliaCompany Secretary & Senior Legal Counsel2018 — 2019Melbourne, Australia
  8. AIA AustraliaSenior Legal Counsel2018Melbourne, Australia
  9. MinterEllisonSenior Legal Consultant - Minter Ellison Flex2018
  10. Arts Alliance VenturesHead of Business & Legal Affairs2005 — 2017
  11. Hoegh Capital PartnersLegal Counsel2005 — 2017London, United Kingdom
  12. Growth StreetFounder, General Counsel2014 — 2017London, United Kingdom
  13. BrainientDirector2010 — 2016London, United Kingdom
  14. City Screen LimitedDirector2008 — 2012
  15. LOVEFiLMCompany secretary2005 — 2006
  16. Russell McVeaghSolicitor2003 — 2004
  17. Minter Ellison Rudd WattsSolicitor2001 — 2003

Education

  1. Victoria University of WellingtonLLB (Hons), Law1995 — 2000
  2. Victoria University of WellingtonBCA, Finance1995 — 2000

Skills & more

Legal Advice7Business Strategy7Start-ups17Venture Capital14M&A experience2Entrepreneurship5Strategic Planning3Fundraising2New Business Development3Corporate Governance8Restructuring3Strategy4
+11 moreAdvertisingInvestmentsManagementJoint VenturesMergers & AcquisitionsDue DiligencePrivate EquityIntellectual PropertyCorporate DevelopmentCorporate LawBusiness Development
  • Venture Capital Executive Program — UC Berkeley Executive Education
  • Admitted to practise in Victoria — Victorian Legal Admissions Board
  • Barrister and Solicitor (non-practising) — New Zealand
  • Solicitor — England & Wales

From Oliver's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Victoria University of Wellington46

Derek HandleyFounder, Insight Partner at Aera VCIsabel VerheggenGlobal Head of Marketing, CV Labs at CV LabsRachel HindPrivate Client Adviser at Aura GroupRyanInvestor at Matchstick VenturesMoritz ReckPrincipal at Engelhardt Kaupp Kiefer & Co. Management GmbHMark VivianPartner at Movac

+ 40 more

Shared employers

Also worked at 1835i2

Hayden SmithLead Private & Venture Debt Advisory at HyperNestMitch HughesFounding Partner at NextGen Ventures

Also worked at ANZ61

Ed BarkerPrincipal at Square Peg CapitalJeremy CollessPartner, CEO at ArtesianTim HeasleyPartner at ArtesianLuke FayVenture Partner at ArtesianRichard CaseManaging Director, Head of BD at ArtesianGilles PlantePartner at Artesian

+ 55 more

Also worked at Brainient1

Ondrej BartosFounder and General Partner at Credo Ventures

Also worked at LOVEFiLM6

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesAdam ValkinInvestment Team at General CatalystSimon MurdochGeneral Partner, PhD at Episode1Greg GreeleyAdvisor at Tapas CapitalSaul KleinCo-Founder, Board Member at ZincRobin KleinCo-founder & General Partner at Phoenix Court

Colleagues at Tidal Ventures

Alvin Yeap
AI & Data at Tidal Ventures
Anatoli Kazatchkov
Engineering at Tidal Ventures
Anthony Justice
Leadership at Tidal Ventures
Asheesh Chacko
Strategy at Tidal Ventures
Callan Schebella
Product at Tidal Ventures
Collin Li
Growth at Tidal Ventures
Craig Holden
Chief Financial Officer at Tidal Ventures
Dan Winter
Venture Partner at Tidal Ventures