Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Sydney.
Co-founder of @roomz • angel investor • previously CIO @rea-group, VP IT & Ops @carlson-wagonlit, Business Manager @travelocity
Investor @surprise-attack @real-estate-investar @abacus Exec @glass-lewis-co-llc Governance, investments, management, biz dev, digital entertainment b/gnd.
Founder @atlassian
Co-Founder of Plink (acquired by @google); Engineer on @google Goggles; PhD in Robotics at Oxford.
http://www.educatingsilicon.com/
Co-founder of @bigcommerce. 10 years in software & Saas. 40,000+ customers, 300+ employees, $3BN+ in transactions, $75M in venture capital raised.
Co-Founder @blackbirdvc, Creater @startmate. Lover of numbers
http://www.homethinking.com/brontemedia
Director, Technology Investment fund, @amalfi-capital, Venture Partner, @southern-cross-venture-partners. @skype, DFJ, Wedgetail Communications, Allen & Buckeridge
Senior banking and finance executive @westpac-bank and @citibank in Australia. Specialist in global fund raising, treasury, trading and private equity.
Team member of @binu.
Investor @conformis, @podponics, @yoco • Studied at @university-of-sydney, CFA, ACA
Investor @ Puntclub @lumific
Team @bridgelane-group
Chief Operating Officer & Investor at @datasift Inc
@yahoo
http://www.digital-return.com.au/
Internet entrpreneur + Angel. Founded Sublime IP. Managed Australia's first ISP; >20 years Internet experience. @insead-1 MBA. IP Attorney
Growth at @BlueChilliGroup • founder @TheNewAgencyAU • Worked at @yahoo, @microsoft • Charter investor in @startmate @pollenizer @blackbird-ventures
http://bigyahu.com/
Co-Founder & CEO of two startups one in online reservations for restaurants, second Australias first group buying site sold to @yahoo 10 months later for ~$40M
Co-Founder & MD @ Australian Credit and Finance, General Partner at @tipping-point-ventures, Formerly Sales Director at @livingsocial AU/NZ
@microsoft Principal Researcher. Invested time/money in over 100 US startups. Wrote a book, High Tech Startup: The Guide to Entrepreneurial Success.
Investor in @chorus, @hootsuite, @isocket, @nolio, @revionics. Advisor to BugHerd, @irl-gaming.
Founder @couponstar-ltd • Sold to @coupons-com • VP Business Development at @coupons-com. Adviser and Investor. Studied at @university-of-new-south-wales
Founder of @ninja-blocks. Previously founder of @cenqua (acquired by @atlassian). Serial entrepreneur, startup advisor, and angel investor.
Advisor, entrepreneur, storyteller.
http://oznog.com
Founder @zeetings. Former VP and GM - Commerce Group @yahoo.
Private Investor and Company Director, formerly private equity professional in Central Europe
Corporate Advisor, Mentor and Investor. Work at Venture Advisory. Worked at @pwc-1
Optus-Innov8 Seedis a collaboration between Optus and SingTel Innov8, bringing together funding and resources for Aussie tech startups.
Lot's of digital experience from Netscape, AOL, MySpace, IGN, trad media (Trinity Mirror) & launching innovative new services like UsVsTh3m, Ampp3d, Unmissab.ly
Partner at @elevation-capital. Director at @pollenizer, @brandscreen, @mmgn.com and @getlisted. Advisor to @wooboard, @flikgift, @coachy and @pygg.
http://wp.me/15bBr
Geek. Realtime. Finance. Startups. Comp Sci+Biz (UTS). Harvard. Oxford. Rothschild. Macquarie Bank. Standard Chartered Bank. Australian Securities Exchange.
http://anydex.wordpress.com
Founded and bootstrapped GradConnection.com.au - Australia's largest university careers resource. Spread GradConnection to Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, India and South Africa.
Accounting Geek - Founder Practice Ignition and Founder of Interactive Accounting. Interested in all things accounting/tech related. Lover of beer, surf, yoga.
CFP, @mba-1 and author of "Working for Yourself"and "Unborn Leaders"
http://unbornleaders.com
Co-Founder, Anchor. Co-Found BuiltWith. Investor / Mentor Startmate.
http://www.anchor.com.au/blog
FundersClub Panel, Angel Investor, Consultant, Alumni @university-of-sydney-1 & @indian-school-of-business
Co-Founder Blueprint Management Group Sold to private equity, Co-Founder Elevation Capital, Chairman Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, supporter / mentor
Founder @pollenizer, Founder of Spreets (sold to @yahoo!7). Ex-CTO @kazaa.
http://pollenizer.com/author/phil-morle
Tech recruiter at Lookahead Search. Ex CTO of iseekgolf.com. Founder Institue graduate. PushStart Mentor. SydStart winner. Building the web since 1996.
Co-Founder @plutora • Worked at @macquarie Bank, @commonwealth Bank of Australia @ibm, @pwc-1 • Studied at @oxford, @university of Chicago
Co-founder @Spreets, Advisor and Investor @airtasker, @the-search-party, @carmony, @Vicegolf
Founder & CEO @bridgelane-group, Founder & Director @tank-stream-ventures & @tank-stream-labs , Studied @university-of-sydney-1
Time Traveler (doing it every night and sometimes during the day as well :))
http://www.Shirbens.com
20+ years startup/VC experience in USA, EU and Australia: co-founder; biz dev, advisor, angel, Boards and legal counsel. Duke J.D., M.A.; Univ of Washington
http://www.termsheetbattle.com
Founder - Tibra Capital
Founder - Centre Wicket
Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner • Studied at @australian-national-university
Founder/CEO Powerful, creating new business models for renewable energy. Ex: Bluepulse, EiR, CEO DashLuxe. Mountaineer, snowboarder & budding yachty.
Robotics startup investor. Founder: @svrobo @robotlaunch @robotgarden @robohub
Serial Entrepreneur & Co-founder @taumobility & TalismaWorks
Director @atp-innovations Founder @ignition-labs / @griffin-accelerator • Investor @chunk-moto, @microenergylabs • @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-new-south-wales
http://www.ignitionlabs.com.au
Cofounded and Invested in The Search Party, Cofounded LawPath, Director of Sales at Spreets which sold for $40 million after 11 months.
Company Director, Angel Investor
Founder and Managing Director @bondi-capital • Worked @citigroup, @fidessa, @prudential-securities, @j-p-morgan-1, @bmo-capital-markets
EVP of @pureprofile, Co-founder of C2 Ventures.
Co Founded iVox Ltd Australia first VoIP carrier, exited 2008
Co Founder Lumigenix, Genomic Testing Co.
Investor Dash, a Mobile app for hire car booking.
Looking for great entrepreneurs
Founder of Venture Tech firm @bluechilli investing in online startups, E&Y EOY Finalist, Patent holder, top UNSW researcher, Kidpreneur mentor, kiteboarder
http://www.bluechilli.com/blog
Chairman of ATP Innovations, Australia’s leading incubator. Previously held CEO roles at E*Trade, IOOF, Chase AMP Bank, Le Fort Capital & American Express APAC
Global Equities Analyst at Perpetual Limited, Investor @lumific
Investor @carbon-conservation, @carbon-agro, @cvmail, @elevate-education, @asiagroove, @joosed.
Owner and Founder at GoGet Carshare and Fleetcutter Technology
Co-founded Fashiondays.cz. Now has 2m members & 50k/day sales. Numbers man with strong business background. Like driven people who believe in their business.
Investor in @qubop.
Successful Internet entrepreneur focused on EduTech & Crowd Sourcing solutions
http://www.chattykidz.com/chattykidzblog
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
Background in Financial Services (UBS, Citibank, Credit Lyonnais), Founder of Paycorp online payments IPO exit 2008, Founder Bennelong Capital Partners.
Founder & CEO of @booodl; 2nd technology startup. 1st was @contgo - successful exit to @concur in 2013. Student of innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership
Proving that Australian tech companies can provide a great return - http://www.afr.com/p/technology/five_times_return_for_start_up_sale_ZBIQF8BoZsqvxh4VTUIIYJ
Founder and Principal at Consigliere
Founder & CEO of @kayweb-angels, LLC - a New York based angel investor that provides web and mobile development services to startups in exchange for equity.
http://www.haigkayserian.com.au/
Build 3 start-ups, in Europe and Australia. Strong strategy and product and service innovation skills, worked at @Booz & Company, @vodafone
Advisor / Angel to local startups.
Built and sold two IT companies, set up an investment business investing in property and cool tech startups. Currently managing director at Groupon in AU and NZ
Founder of fLinked (exclusive social club soon to be online). Worked in business/corporate strategy @anz-banking-group @accenture and @pwc-1.
Hacker, Developer and Strategist.
Executive Director at @jacanda-capital
Started up SurveyMonkey's legal department. LLM from @stanford-university Law School. Can code.
Investment Associate @ M.H. Carnegie & Co, Investment Analyst at @pollenizer. 1st startup out of highschool - @pricelessperfume-com.
Atul has worked in senior IT leadership roles including regional CIO at GE Healthcare, Hudson Global Resources and ResMed.
Founding Investor | CEO at Tinybeans @tinybeanskids, Entrepreneur and Strategist at heart...
Founder at @design Royale (acquired dec'12). Founder at @drumo
Bad-ass entrepreneur's bodyguard. I back them up to make big ideas happen with deliberately simple @driven-action.
An experienced commercial lawyer who has worked with both major law firms and as General Counsel in the media, telecommunications and software industries.
Facilitator and Marker @institute-of-chartered-accountants-australia. Head of Risk Management @aussie, Head of Audit @commander
An investor in the technology sector for the past 15 years.
Founder @werkz-group • Worked at @eds, @societe-generale • Studied at @university-of-new-south-wales
Studied at @university-of-sydney
Investor & General Manager @mav_social
Social Media, Asia
Founder @yeahpoint, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year regional winner. CTO at @spring-me, @styletread • Investor @yeahpoint
Enterprise information system veteran with extensive experience spanning mainframes to PCs, centralised, distributed , cloud and hybrid architectures. Specific focus on applied thechnology that drives business transformation and customer loyalty.
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Director @booodl • Director @vu-music
Worked at ABN AMRO in Proprietary Trading. Now consulting to a private fund. Angel/Seed investor & venture capitalist.
Technically a non techo. I am a bean counter with a Bachelorhood in Commerce and masters in the universe (applied finance). My wife is married with 4 kids.
Entrepreneur, CEO, Investor, Startup Mentor - 10 years ecommerce experience.
Founder, @eac-partners
Co-Founder & CEO of DressDouble.com. Derivatives Trader & Investor. Strong technical / pm background. Worked at Westpac, Oakton,Tier, Promina & Suncorp.
Principal at Sydney Bases investment firm, Apex Capital Partners. Involved in establishment of ETF provider, BetaShares. Start-up investor and founder.
Founder Owner JADED MMA. Worked at @jpmorgan-chase. @masters-in-computer-science-1 @university-college-london-1
Entrepreneur & Investor
Comp Sci, Law and Orthodontics. Entrepreneur and investor. Interest in IP strategy and disruptive business models.
Sales Director | Channels & Alliances | Software | Business Development | Cloud | Entreprenuer | Startup Specialist
Investment professional interested in investing in early stage companies.
Australian Development Manager, MBA.
Developing 485 apartments in Sydney, Australia.
Previously Director, Development for Moss Capital.
Founded http://www.10secondssoftware.com and have taken investment for this company. Making money now - looks for additional investments.
http://blog.10secondsSoftware.com
A senior executive with financial markets experience.
Looking for the next venture
Entrepreneur, Uni Lecturer and Investor
Management and Marketing Consultant with MBA and MSC
General Manager @saint-germaine-asset-management. Investor @reozone, @saint-germaine.
Head of Structured Product, Citi
Entrepreneur;Investor;Award Winning Biz Owner;Conference Speaker. Expert: International Sales,Biz Dev,Branding, Recruitment,Talent,High Social Intelligence
Founded BuildCurious, previously Investment Manager of the $500m+ Maloney Family Office.
Private investor and fund manager
Network Engineer and a keen investor looking for startups
Husband, father, Surry Hills resident, runner, CFO at Australian Ethical Investment. All views are my own
I am a chartered accountant with over 10 years experience of originating, managing and exiting private equity investments. I am currently responsible for managing two private equity funds at Lazard Private Equity in Melbourne, Australia. I have sat on ove
I am looking to diversify my investment portfolio via startups