Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Sydney.
Advisor, entrepreneur, storyteller.
http://oznog.com
Team member of @binu.
Founder @atlassian
Co-Founder @blackbirdvc, Creater @startmate. Lover of numbers
http://www.homethinking.com/brontemedia
@microsoft Principal Researcher. Invested time/money in over 100 US startups. Wrote a book, High Tech Startup: The Guide to Entrepreneurial Success.
Investor @conformis, @podponics, @yoco • Studied at @university-of-sydney, CFA, ACA
Founder @couponstar-ltd • Sold to @coupons-com • VP Business Development at @coupons-com. Adviser and Investor. Studied at @university-of-new-south-wales
Co-Founder & MD @ Australian Credit and Finance, General Partner at @tipping-point-ventures, Formerly Sales Director at @livingsocial AU/NZ
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
Co-founder of @bigcommerce. 10 years in software & Saas. 40,000+ customers, 300+ employees, $3BN+ in transactions, $75M in venture capital raised.
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
Growth at @BlueChilliGroup • founder @TheNewAgencyAU • Worked at @yahoo, @microsoft • Charter investor in @startmate @pollenizer @blackbird-ventures
http://bigyahu.com/
Director, Technology Investment fund, @amalfi-capital, Venture Partner, @southern-cross-venture-partners. @skype, DFJ, Wedgetail Communications, Allen & Buckeridge
Investor in @chorus, @hootsuite, @isocket, @nolio, @revionics. Advisor to BugHerd, @irl-gaming.
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
Investor @surprise-attack @real-estate-investar @abacus Exec @glass-lewis-co-llc Governance, investments, management, biz dev, digital entertainment b/gnd.
Senior banking and finance executive @westpac-bank and @citibank in Australia. Specialist in global fund raising, treasury, trading and private equity.
Investor @ Puntclub @lumific
Team @bridgelane-group
Chief Operating Officer & Investor at @datasift Inc
@yahoo
http://www.digital-return.com.au/
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
Geek. Realtime. Finance. Startups. Comp Sci+Biz (UTS). Harvard. Oxford. Rothschild. Macquarie Bank. Standard Chartered Bank. Australian Securities Exchange.
http://anydex.wordpress.com
CFP, @mba-1 and author of "Working for Yourself"and "Unborn Leaders"
http://unbornleaders.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.
Tech recruiter at Lookahead Search. Ex CTO of iseekgolf.com. Founder Institue graduate. PushStart Mentor. SydStart winner. Building the web since 1996.
Founder @zeetings. Former VP and GM - Commerce Group @yahoo.
Optus-Innov8 Seedis a collaboration between Optus and SingTel Innov8, bringing together funding and resources for Aussie tech startups.
Corporate Advisor, Mentor and Investor. Work at Venture Advisory. Worked at @pwc-1
Founder & CEO @bridgelane-group, Founder & Director @tank-stream-ventures & @tank-stream-labs , Studied @university-of-sydney-1
Accounting Geek - Founder Practice Ignition and Founder of Interactive Accounting. Interested in all things accounting/tech related. Lover of beer, surf, yoga.
Time Traveler (doing it every night and sometimes during the day as well :))
http://www.Shirbens.com
Co-Founder Blueprint Management Group Sold to private equity, Co-Founder Elevation Capital, Chairman Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, supporter / mentor
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
Lot's of digital experience from Netscape, AOL, MySpace, IGN, trad media (Trinity Mirror) & launching innovative new services like UsVsTh3m, Ampp3d, Unmissab.ly
FundersClub Panel, Angel Investor, Consultant, Alumni @university-of-sydney-1 & @indian-school-of-business
Partner at @elevation-capital. Director at @pollenizer, @brandscreen, @mmgn.com and @getlisted. Advisor to @wooboard, @flikgift, @coachy and @pygg.
http://wp.me/15bBr
Co-founder @Spreets, Advisor and Investor @airtasker, @the-search-party, @carmony, @Vicegolf
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
Cofounded and Invested in The Search Party, Cofounded LawPath, Director of Sales at Spreets which sold for $40 million after 11 months.
Founder/CEO Powerful, creating new business models for renewable energy. Ex: Bluepulse, EiR, CEO DashLuxe. Mountaineer, snowboarder & budding yachty.
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
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.
Robotics startup investor. Founder: @svrobo @robotlaunch @robotgarden @robohub
Company Director, Angel Investor
Founder - Tibra Capital
Founder - Centre Wicket
Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner • Studied at @australian-national-university
Investor @carbon-conservation, @carbon-agro, @cvmail, @elevate-education, @asiagroove, @joosed.
Investor in @qubop.
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
Serial Entrepreneur & Co-founder @taumobility & TalismaWorks
Global Equities Analyst at Perpetual Limited, Investor @lumific
EVP of @pureprofile, Co-founder of C2 Ventures.
Founder and Managing Director @bondi-capital • Worked @citigroup, @fidessa, @prudential-securities, @j-p-morgan-1, @bmo-capital-markets
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.
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
Owner and Founder at GoGet Carshare and Fleetcutter Technology
Looking for great entrepreneurs
Successful Internet entrepreneur focused on EduTech & Crowd Sourcing solutions
http://www.chattykidz.com/chattykidzblog
Build 3 start-ups, in Europe and Australia. Strong strategy and product and service innovation skills, worked at @Booz & Company, @vodafone
Founder of fLinked (exclusive social club soon to be online). Worked in business/corporate strategy @anz-banking-group @accenture and @pwc-1.
Started up SurveyMonkey's legal department. LLM from @stanford-university Law School. Can code.
Founder at @design Royale (acquired dec'12). Founder at @drumo
Advisor / Angel to local startups.
Investment Associate @ M.H. Carnegie & Co, Investment Analyst at @pollenizer. 1st startup out of highschool - @pricelessperfume-com.
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
Executive Director at @jacanda-capital
Founding Investor | CEO at Tinybeans @tinybeanskids, Entrepreneur and Strategist at heart...
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
Founder & CEO of @booodl; 2nd technology startup. 1st was @contgo - successful exit to @concur in 2013. Student of innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership
Founder and Principal at Consigliere
Atul has worked in senior IT leadership roles including regional CIO at GE Healthcare, Hudson Global Resources and ResMed.
Proving that Australian tech companies can provide a great return - http://www.afr.com/p/technology/five_times_return_for_start_up_sale_ZBIQF8BoZsqvxh4VTUIIYJ
Hacker, Developer and Strategist.
Background in Financial Services (UBS, Citibank, Credit Lyonnais), Founder of Paycorp online payments IPO exit 2008, Founder Bennelong Capital Partners.
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/
Principal at Sydney Bases investment firm, Apex Capital Partners. Involved in establishment of ETF provider, BetaShares. Start-up investor and founder.
Founder @werkz-group • Worked at @eds, @societe-generale • Studied at @university-of-new-south-wales
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An experienced commercial lawyer who has worked with both major law firms and as General Counsel in the media, telecommunications and software industries.
Co-Founder & CEO of DressDouble.com. Derivatives Trader & Investor. Strong technical / pm background. Worked at Westpac, Oakton,Tier, Promina & Suncorp.
Founder Owner JADED MMA. Worked at @jpmorgan-chase. @masters-in-computer-science-1 @university-college-london-1
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.
Bad-ass entrepreneur's bodyguard. I back them up to make big ideas happen with deliberately simple @driven-action.
Entrepreneur & Investor
Director @booodl • Director @vu-music
Worked at ABN AMRO in Proprietary Trading. Now consulting to a private fund. Angel/Seed investor & venture capitalist.
Entrepreneur, CEO, Investor, Startup Mentor - 10 years ecommerce experience.
Facilitator and Marker @institute-of-chartered-accountants-australia. Head of Risk Management @aussie, Head of Audit @commander
Comp Sci, Law and Orthodontics. Entrepreneur and investor. Interest in IP strategy and disruptive business models.
Founder, @eac-partners
Studied at @university-of-sydney
Investor & General Manager @mav_social
Social Media, Asia
An investor in the technology sector for the past 15 years.
Founder @yeahpoint, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year regional winner. CTO at @spring-me, @styletread • Investor @yeahpoint
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.
Sales Director | Channels & Alliances | Software | Business Development | Cloud | Entreprenuer | Startup Specialist
Husband, father, Surry Hills resident, runner, CFO at Australian Ethical Investment. All views are my own
Founded BuildCurious, previously Investment Manager of the $500m+ Maloney Family Office.
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
Entrepreneur;Investor;Award Winning Biz Owner;Conference Speaker. Expert: International Sales,Biz Dev,Branding, Recruitment,Talent,High Social Intelligence
Management and Marketing Consultant with MBA and MSC
Looking for the next venture
A senior executive with financial markets experience.
Australian Development Manager, MBA.
Developing 485 apartments in Sydney, Australia.
Previously Director, Development for Moss Capital.
Investment professional interested in investing in early stage companies.
Founded http://www.10secondssoftware.com and have taken investment for this company. Making money now - looks for additional investments.
http://blog.10secondsSoftware.com
Private investor and fund manager
Network Engineer and a keen investor looking for startups
I am looking to diversify my investment portfolio via startups
General Manager @saint-germaine-asset-management. Investor @reozone, @saint-germaine.
Entrepreneur, Uni Lecturer and Investor
Head of Structured Product, Citi