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