Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Sydney.
Co-founder of @bigcommerce. 10 years in software & Saas. 40,000+ customers, 300+ employees, $3BN+ in transactions, $75M in venture capital raised.
Investor @surprise-attack @real-estate-investar @abacus Exec @glass-lewis-co-llc Governance, investments, management, biz dev, digital entertainment b/gnd.
Founder @atlassian
Growth at @BlueChilliGroup • founder @TheNewAgencyAU • Worked at @yahoo, @microsoft • Charter investor in @startmate @pollenizer @blackbird-ventures
http://bigyahu.com/
Co-Founder & MD @ Australian Credit and Finance, General Partner at @tipping-point-ventures, Formerly Sales Director at @livingsocial AU/NZ
Co-founder of @roomz • angel investor • previously CIO @rea-group, VP IT & Ops @carlson-wagonlit, Business Manager @travelocity
Director, Technology Investment fund, @amalfi-capital, Venture Partner, @southern-cross-venture-partners. @skype, DFJ, Wedgetail Communications, Allen & Buckeridge
Investor @ Puntclub @lumific
Team @bridgelane-group
Chief Operating Officer & Investor at @datasift Inc
@yahoo
http://www.digital-return.com.au/
@microsoft Principal Researcher. Invested time/money in over 100 US startups. Wrote a book, High Tech Startup: The Guide to Entrepreneurial Success.
Senior banking and finance executive @westpac-bank and @citibank in Australia. Specialist in global fund raising, treasury, trading and private equity.
Advisor, entrepreneur, storyteller.
http://oznog.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
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
Team member of @binu.
Co-Founder of Plink (acquired by @google); Engineer on @google Goggles; PhD in Robotics at Oxford.
http://www.educatingsilicon.com/
Founder of @ninja-blocks. Previously founder of @cenqua (acquired by @atlassian). Serial entrepreneur, startup advisor, and angel investor.
Internet entrpreneur + Angel. Founded Sublime IP. Managed Australia's first ISP; >20 years Internet experience. @insead-1 MBA. IP Attorney
Co-Founder @blackbirdvc, Creater @startmate. Lover of numbers
http://www.homethinking.com/brontemedia
Investor @conformis, @podponics, @yoco • Studied at @university-of-sydney, CFA, ACA
Founder @zeetings. Former VP and GM - Commerce Group @yahoo.
CFP, @mba-1 and author of "Working for Yourself"and "Unborn Leaders"
http://unbornleaders.com
Accounting Geek - Founder Practice Ignition and Founder of Interactive Accounting. Interested in all things accounting/tech related. Lover of beer, surf, yoga.
Corporate Advisor, Mentor and Investor. Work at Venture Advisory. Worked at @pwc-1
Co-Founder, Anchor. Co-Found BuiltWith. Investor / Mentor Startmate.
http://www.anchor.com.au/blog
Private Investor and Company Director, formerly private equity professional in Central Europe
FundersClub Panel, Angel Investor, Consultant, Alumni @university-of-sydney-1 & @indian-school-of-business
Optus-Innov8 Seedis a collaboration between Optus and SingTel Innov8, bringing together funding and resources for Aussie tech startups.
Time Traveler (doing it every night and sometimes during the day as well :))
http://www.Shirbens.com
Tech recruiter at Lookahead Search. Ex CTO of iseekgolf.com. Founder Institue graduate. PushStart Mentor. SydStart winner. Building the web since 1996.
Lot's of digital experience from Netscape, AOL, MySpace, IGN, trad media (Trinity Mirror) & launching innovative new services like UsVsTh3m, Ampp3d, Unmissab.ly
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.
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
Founder & CEO @bridgelane-group, Founder & Director @tank-stream-ventures & @tank-stream-labs , Studied @university-of-sydney-1
Co-Founder @plutora • Worked at @macquarie Bank, @commonwealth Bank of Australia @ibm, @pwc-1 • Studied at @oxford, @university of Chicago
Founder @pollenizer, Founder of Spreets (sold to @yahoo!7). Ex-CTO @kazaa.
http://pollenizer.com/author/phil-morle
Co-founder @Spreets, Advisor and Investor @airtasker, @the-search-party, @carmony, @Vicegolf
Co-Founder Blueprint Management Group Sold to private equity, Co-Founder Elevation Capital, Chairman Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, supporter / mentor
Global Equities Analyst at Perpetual Limited, Investor @lumific
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
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
Robotics startup investor. Founder: @svrobo @robotlaunch @robotgarden @robohub
EVP of @pureprofile, Co-founder of C2 Ventures.
Investor @carbon-conservation, @carbon-agro, @cvmail, @elevate-education, @asiagroove, @joosed.
Founder and Managing Director @bondi-capital • Worked @citigroup, @fidessa, @prudential-securities, @j-p-morgan-1, @bmo-capital-markets
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
Owner and Founder at GoGet Carshare and Fleetcutter Technology
Serial Entrepreneur & Co-founder @taumobility & TalismaWorks
Investor in @qubop.
Looking for great entrepreneurs
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.
Cofounded and Invested in The Search Party, Cofounded LawPath, Director of Sales at Spreets which sold for $40 million after 11 months.
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.
Founder/CEO Powerful, creating new business models for renewable energy. Ex: Bluepulse, EiR, CEO DashLuxe. Mountaineer, snowboarder & budding yachty.
Founder - Tibra Capital
Founder - Centre Wicket
Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner • Studied at @australian-national-university
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
Company Director, Angel Investor
Investment Associate @ M.H. Carnegie & Co, Investment Analyst at @pollenizer. 1st startup out of highschool - @pricelessperfume-com.
Started up SurveyMonkey's legal department. LLM from @stanford-university Law School. Can code.
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
Successful Internet entrepreneur focused on EduTech & Crowd Sourcing solutions
http://www.chattykidz.com/chattykidzblog
Atul has worked in senior IT leadership roles including regional CIO at GE Healthcare, Hudson Global Resources and ResMed.
Build 3 start-ups, in Europe and Australia. Strong strategy and product and service innovation skills, worked at @Booz & Company, @vodafone
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 & 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/
Executive Director at @jacanda-capital
Founder at @design Royale (acquired dec'12). Founder at @drumo
Advisor / Angel to local startups.
Hacker, Developer and Strategist.
Founding Investor | CEO at Tinybeans @tinybeanskids, Entrepreneur and Strategist at heart...
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 & CEO of @booodl; 2nd technology startup. 1st was @contgo - successful exit to @concur in 2013. Student of innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership
Background in Financial Services (UBS, Citibank, Credit Lyonnais), Founder of Paycorp online payments IPO exit 2008, Founder Bennelong Capital Partners.
Founder of fLinked (exclusive social club soon to be online). Worked in business/corporate strategy @anz-banking-group @accenture and @pwc-1.
Founder and Principal at Consigliere
Studied at @university-of-sydney
Entrepreneur & Investor
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.
Founder, @eac-partners
Founder @yeahpoint, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year regional winner. CTO at @spring-me, @styletread • Investor @yeahpoint
Founder @werkz-group • Worked at @eds, @societe-generale • Studied at @university-of-new-south-wales
Founder Owner JADED MMA. Worked at @jpmorgan-chase. @masters-in-computer-science-1 @university-college-london-1
An investor in the technology sector for the past 15 years.
Director @booodl • Director @vu-music
Worked at ABN AMRO in Proprietary Trading. Now consulting to a private fund. Angel/Seed investor & venture capitalist.
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
Principal at Sydney Bases investment firm, Apex Capital Partners. Involved in establishment of ETF provider, BetaShares. Start-up investor and founder.
Co-Founder & CEO of DressDouble.com. Derivatives Trader & Investor. Strong technical / pm background. Worked at Westpac, Oakton,Tier, Promina & Suncorp.
Entrepreneur, CEO, Investor, Startup Mentor - 10 years ecommerce experience.
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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.
Investor & General Manager @mav_social
Social Media, Asia
Comp Sci, Law and Orthodontics. Entrepreneur and investor. Interest in IP strategy and disruptive business models.
Bad-ass entrepreneur's bodyguard. I back them up to make big ideas happen with deliberately simple @driven-action.
Entrepreneur;Investor;Award Winning Biz Owner;Conference Speaker. Expert: International Sales,Biz Dev,Branding, Recruitment,Talent,High Social Intelligence
Sales Director | Channels & Alliances | Software | Business Development | Cloud | Entreprenuer | Startup Specialist
Australian Development Manager, MBA.
Developing 485 apartments in Sydney, Australia.
Previously Director, Development for Moss Capital.
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
A senior executive with financial markets experience.
Entrepreneur, Uni Lecturer and Investor
General Manager @saint-germaine-asset-management. Investor @reozone, @saint-germaine.
Network Engineer and a keen investor looking for startups
Investment professional interested in investing in early stage companies.
Founded BuildCurious, previously Investment Manager of the $500m+ Maloney Family Office.
Private investor and fund manager
Management and Marketing Consultant with MBA and MSC
Head of Structured Product, Citi
Founded http://www.10secondssoftware.com and have taken investment for this company. Making money now - looks for additional investments.
http://blog.10secondsSoftware.com
Looking for the next venture
I am looking to diversify my investment portfolio via startups
Husband, father, Surry Hills resident, runner, CFO at Australian Ethical Investment. All views are my own