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Top 50 Media (Entertainment) Angel Investors in Australia (June 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Australia Media (entertainment) startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Chris Sang
Angel
4 United States, Australia, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $337k–$21M
Jeremy Colless
Angel
2 Australia Seed, Pre-Seed Video, Advertising, Content Discovery
Aayush Phumbhra
Angel
2 United States, India, Australia Seed, Debt Financing, Angel Mobile, Software, Education
Chadd Ciccarelli
Angel
2 Australia, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Chloe Steinberg
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Australia Series A, Seed Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
Leigh Jasper
Angel
2 Australia, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Construction
Andrew Barnes
Angel
2 United States, Australia Seed Education, E-Learning, Information Technology $3M–$10M
Brendan Leonard
Angel
2 Australia Angel, Pre-Seed SaaS, Video, Advertising
Thomas Rice
Angel
2 Australia, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Software, Apps, Developer Platform $200k–$12M
Stuart Fox
Angel
2 Australia Seed, Pre-Seed Video, Advertising, Content Discovery
Robert Phillpot
Angel
2 Australia, India, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Information Technology, Construction
Alex Zaccaria
Angel
2 Australia, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Events, Event Management $404k–$15M
Michael Sharkey
Angel
2 Australia, United States Seed, Debt Financing Music, Events, Hospitality $2M–$2M
Douglas English
Angel
1 Australia Series A Internet, Software, Recycling $11M–$42M
Jeremy Same
Angel
1 Australia Seed, Angel Art, Beauty, Internet
Mark Livings
Angel
1 Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Education, Communities $269k–$5M
Craig Barratt
Angel
1 Australia, United States Seed, Series A Music, Computer, Database
Ash Fontana
Angel
1 United States, Australia, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Machine Learning, SaaS $500k–$15M
Anthony Musumeci
Angel
1 Australia Seed Logistics, Media and Entertainment, Art $121k–$500k
Stephen Garden
Angel
1 United States, Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed SaaS, Software, Mobile $2M–$5.5M
Paris Smith
Angel
1 Australia Series A News, Sports, Basketball
Craig Piggott
Angel
1 Australia Pre-Seed Apps, Video, Software
Stephen Baxter
Angel
1 Australia, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Zach Klein
Angel
1 United States, Australia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Social Media, Art
Larry Lopez
Angel
1 Australia Seed Software, Virtual Reality, Content Creators
David Sargeant
Angel
1 Australia Series A News, Sports, Basketball
Simon Hackett
Angel
1 Australia Series A, Series C Advice, Venture Capital, Financial Services
Nick Crocker
Angel
1 Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Analytics, SaaS
Andrew Bogut
Angel
1 Australia, United States Seed, Series A, Series D Sports, eSports, Gaming
Jean Sini
Angel
1 United States, Israel, Australia Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Internet, Information Technology
Kevin Hale
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Mexico Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Adrian MacKenzie
Angel
1 Australia, United States Series A, Seed Media and Entertainment, Other, Advertising
Oji Udezue
Angel
1 Canada, Australia Seed Software, SaaS, Video
Sean Parker
Angel
1 United States, Australia, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Music
Josh Hannah
Angel
1 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, Marketplace
Allison Pickens
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Zach Kitschke
Angel
1 Australia Seed News, Publishing, Social Media
Marc Andreessen
Angel
1 United States, France, Germany Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Internet, SaaS
Damian Miles
Angel
1 Australia Seed Video, Broadcasting, Video on Demand
Amir Suissa
Angel
1 Australia, Switzerland, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Credit, Dating, Banking
Rayn Ong
Angel
1 Australia, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Software, Marketplace, SaaS
Michael Stoppelman
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Internet, SaaS
Chris Anderson
Angel
1 Australia, United Kingdom Pre-Seed Apps, Content, Journalism
Woody Harrelson
Angel
1 Australia, United States Series A Software, Publishing, Web Design
Andrew Hamilton
Angel
1 Australia Seed Advice, Retirement, Financial Services
Mike Wallas
Angel
1 Australia Seed Video, Gaming, Software
Steve Baxter
Angel
1 Australia Seed, Angel, Series A Transportation, SaaS, Photography
Daniel Gavel
Angel
1 Australia Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Machine Learning, CRM
Su-Ming Wong
Angel
1 Australia Seed, Series A Social Media, Private Social Networking
Opher Yorn Tov
Angel
1 Australia Seed Journalism, Marketplace, Digital Media
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Chris Sang
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 4 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Australia, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $337k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $350k–$900k; Series A $2.5M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
  • Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
  • Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth
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Jeremy Colless
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Jeremy Colless is managing partner of Artesian Capital Management an alternative investment fund manager spun out of ANZ in 2004. As well as being a principal investor in early stage ventures in Australia and China, Artesian partners with accelerators, incubators, angel groups and universities to create early stage venture capitalco-investment funds such as the $10M Sydney Angels Sidecar Fund and Newcastle-based Slingshot Venture Fund. Prior to founding Artesian in 2004, Jeremy spent 18 years trading global bond/credit markets for investment banks including SG Warburg and Lehman Brothers in New York and Hong Kong.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Advertising, Content Discovery
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • NewsMaven — NewsMaven provides personalised recommendations on what to read next. Think of them like Google Adsense for news content. So, each time someone comes along to your content based site they provide a recommendation on other articles that might be of interest to that user.
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Aayush Phumbhra
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Aayush Phumbhra is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Nectar.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Software, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Angel
  • Geography: United States, India, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TravClan — TravClan empowers travel agents and new age travel entrepreneurs to generate more business online by enabling businesses to build and grow their digital presence and earn more profit by booking flights, hotels, holidays with suppliers across the world at best B2B prices on its platform. TravClan’s vision is to empower SMBs in travel across theworld to grow their business. It aims to bring on board over 10 million SMBs and enable a GMV of over $10 billion by 2025 on its platform.
  • Crux — Delight your enterprise accounts with instant answers & insights from their business data
  • Magma — Magma platform partners with factories and raw materials suppliers to offer supply chain services from the supplier to the customer.
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Chadd Ciccarelli
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Chadd Ciccarelli

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Triggr — SaaS Platform, Real-Time Sales Notifications and Top Quality Contact Data to Help Your Sales Team Close More Deals.
  • Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
  • GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.
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Chloe Steinberg
Angel · Westport, Connecticut, United States · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Chloe Steinberg is a partner at Sapphire Sport, where she focuses on investing in early-stage companies shaping the future of consumption. Chloe has deep industry expertise in the health & wellness sector, stemming from her 5+ years as an operator and investor with the Equinox Group of Brands. During that time, Chloe launched and led EquinoxVentures, the group’s investment arm focused on high performance living. She also supported Business Development & new business incubation, including the launch of Equinox Media in 2020. Earlier in her career, Chloe cofounded Vayner Capital in partnership with Gary Vaynerchuk and was a member of the investment team at Insight Venture Partners, where she focused on consumer tech and enterprise software investments. Chloe is deeply passionate about people doing work they love so in her free time, she founded and runs ExclusiveJobs, a not-for-profit, bespoke talent placement network in the consumer sector.Chloe graduated magna cum laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she played varsity lacrosse. She was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Venture Capital in 2020. A Baltimore native, Chloe now resides in Westport, CT with her husband and son.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Trust Software — The corporate card, made social. Trust is the only corporate card that helps startups grow smarter, together. Learn more at trust.co
  • Market AI — Market increases sales for eCommerce businesses. Deploy custom AI models that increase traffic, develop new creative, and reach high-value customers.
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Leigh Jasper
Angel · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Construction
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.
  • Varicon — Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site. Request a demo software!
  • Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
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Andrew Barnes
Angel · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Andrew Barnes is co-founder and CEO at GO1 and a board of directors at Libromat. Andrew has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Business Management and completed an MSc in Education at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, E-Learning, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz operates a generative AI-powered learning community. The platform enables users to create a course about any topic, in any language, and get hooked on learning.
  • Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android.
  • Joyn — The end-to-end platform to manage your in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Create a beautiful and customisable experience for your next conference with Delegate Connect.
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Brendan Leonard
Angel · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Brendan Leonard

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Video, Advertising
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Vloggi — Vloggi is a user-generated video submission platform that makes it it easy for you to collect, curate and compile UGC video for your business
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Thomas Rice
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Portfolio of the Global Innovation Share Fund at Perpetual (post-IPO). Angel investor in Australia. Mentor at Startmate, an Australian startup accelerator.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Developer Platform
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alta — Alta is a virtual reality company developing A Township Tale, a social VR multiplayer experience!
  • WORK180 — WORK180 is a global jobs network that operates at the forefront of a new workplace revolution. Our function is twofold.As an advocate for working women, we provide job applicants with a transparent directory of endorsed employers who support diversity, inclusion and equality.We share information around pay equity, flexible working, paidparental leave, equal opportunities and a range of other important criteria. Before an employer comes on board, we put them through a pre-screening process and on average, about 80% of companies who apply to work with us, pass our criteria.
  • Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.
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Stuart Fox
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Stuart Fox is a Partner at Artesian Capital Management (Australia) Pty Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Advertising, Content Discovery
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • NewsMaven — NewsMaven provides personalised recommendations on what to read next. Think of them like Google Adsense for news content. So, each time someone comes along to your content based site they provide a recommendation on other articles that might be of interest to that user.
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Robert Phillpot
Angel · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Co-founder Rob Phillpot is senior vice president of product and engineering, responsible for product vision, strategy and management. He has been instrumental in developing the company’s business on a global scale and ensuring that Aconex solutions deliver a superior customer experience to buyers and users. Before founding Aconex in 2000 with CEOand director Leigh Jasper, he managed document control, quality and trades on a site team at Brookfield Multiplex. Prior to Brookfield Multiplex, Mr. Phillpot was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Australia. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Planning and Design degrees with Honors and a Master of Building degree from the University of Melbourne.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Construction
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Australia, India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Tint Paint — Tint Paint manufactures decorative paints for a wide range of colors for commercial and residential uses.
  • Zipline.io — Making compliance management simple for healthcare, aged care and skilled nursing facilities. Contact us today.
  • VERSATILE — VERSATILE uses machine learning and AI to optimize construction processes. It captures and analyzes data points to deliver real-time insights on job site performance and streamline decision-making. Mounted under the hook of any crane, this first-of-its-kind technology offers unparalleled production data on any job site including information onmaterials, redundancies, construction progress, and crane utilization.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California.
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Alex Zaccaria
Angel · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Alex Zaccaria is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Linktree. He previously worked at Bolster Music as a Director. Alex Zaccaria attended RMIT University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Events, Event Management
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $404k–$3.5M; Series A $12M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arinex — Arinex is deeply committed to sustainability, embedding responsible practices into every aspect of our work. We believe in growing with purpose, alongside our
  • WhyHive — WhyHive offers AI-driven text analysis tools for researchers to efficiently analyze survey data and open-ended text responses.
  • Alloy — Introducing Index - The next generation of Product Planning.
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Michael Sharkey
Angel · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 2 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Michael D. Sharkey, President, MB Business Capital, is responsible for the bank's asset based lending group. With nearly 40 years of experience in financial services, he oversees a nationwide market with regional offices in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City,San Francisco, and Scottsdale.From July 2008 until the merger with MB in 2014, Sharkey was president of Cole Taylor Business Capital and executive vice president, asset based lending.Prior to that, he was president and CEO of LaSalle Business Credit, where he helped build the group into the fifth largest asset based lending company in the United States. During his tenure at LaSalle, he also served as executive vice president for LaSalle Bank and ABN Amro. Sharkey began his career in financial services with GE Capital as a field examiner and loan officer, and moved on to Manufacturers Hanover Commercial Corporation where he served as senior loan officer. From there, he joined and within four years became president of StanChart Business Credit, which was ultimately acquired by LaSalle Bank.Sharkey is a permanent member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial Finance Association, as well as past president and chairman of that organization. He is also past president of the American Brain Tumor Association.Sharkey is a graduate of Rutgers University and J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Events, Hospitality
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Logic PD — Beacon EmbeddedWorks is a System-On-Module Manufacturer that delivers unwavering performance. Our custom System-On-Modules (SoMs) are compact, secure, and built to last.
  • Muso — Muso is a live-entertainment start-up born in Melbourne and now operating Australia-wide. We help venues create better live entertainment experiences and help artists find more gigs to create more revenue opportunities. We leverage technology to make things more efficient, fair and transparent to ultimately make live music more accessible to morepeople. Eventually we hope that every venue will be a live music venue but until then we’ll work on changing one at a time.
  • Surreal — Increase collaboration and ROI by booking, promoting and paying for all your live entertainment in one place. Trusted by over 900 venues across AUS, UK & NZ.
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Douglas English
Angel · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Doug developed and led key architecture projects for major financial and consulting organizations such as NAB, ANZ and EDS. His sneezes are so tectonic, we've come to consider them performance art.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Recycling
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $11M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linktree — Linktree is a social media startup company that offers a platform that enhances internet presence for influencers and e-commerce stores across social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.The platform allows big brands to individuals, celebrities to everyday content creators to build a microsite that houses their digitalecosystem, making it easier to connect with their audiences. It simplifies the internet economy for eCommerce and enables social media influencers, entrepreneurs, and businesses to share, sell, curate, and grow more. Linktree's notable users include Garnier, HBO, Shopify, Wix, YSL, and Zapier, and sports teams such as the Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Cubs, and Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as Selena Gomez and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2016 brothers Alex and Anthony Zaccaria and their business partner Nick Humphreys launched the company in Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Who Gives a Crap — We make super-soft, 100% recycled toilet paper, and we donate 50% of profits to build toilets in the developing world. Good for your bum, Great for the world!
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Jeremy Same
Angel · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Jeremy Same co-founded AussieCommerce in 2010. Jeremy Same began his career as a credit trader at ANZ Investment Bank in 2002, then departed in late 2003. He co-founded Living Corporate Apartments and serves as its Director. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of BigThanks.com.au and Sames.com.au. He was Founder and Managing Director ofMyTable, an online takeaway ordering platform, before exiting the business in 2012 in a sale to EatNow, to create Australia’s fastest growing food ordering website. He is also a dedicated amateur guitarist - much to the delight of his neighbours. He serves as Executive Director of AussieCommerce.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Beauty, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bookwell — Book your haircut, waxing, nail and other appointments online. Browse venues, make a selection then book and pay online.
  • Bluethumb — Buy original art direct from Australia's leading artists. Find Abstract, Nature, Aboriginal, Pop, Nude art & more. Free shipping & free returns. Thousands of artworks & paintings for sale.
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Mark Livings
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, Communities
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $269k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Edoome — The most friendly and easy to use social learning management system that connects teachers with their students for effective communication and collaboration and provides tools to help teachers save time in planning, assessing and keeping track of their students’ progress, unifying everything in just one platform.
  • Compono — Smart, easy-to-use HR management products for sourcing talent and helping them grow.
  • Creatively Squared — Digital content that brings consumers closer to brands. Create engaging photos, videos and digital ads at scale
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Craig Barratt
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

20 years in communications and networking: SVP Google, CEO Alphabet Access, President Qualcomm Atheros, CEO Atheros Communications.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Computer, Database
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • nura — Nura designs wireless headphones that tune themselves to you. Experience music the way the artist intended with personalised sound.
  • Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB) — TimescaleDB is an open-source time-series database optimized for fast ingest and complex queries. TimescaleDB is engineered up from PostgreSQL (packaged as an extension) and yet scales to 100+ billion rows even on a single server. It natively supports standard SQL and the features you expect from a relational database. The company isheadquartered in New York City with a globally distributed team.
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Ash Fontana
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Ash advises and invests in AI-First companies. He helps companies from inception onwards by advising on their data + ML, pricing and fundraising strategy. He invests anything from $20K to $20MM in a company. He also currently acts as a Special Advisor to Zetta Venture Partners, where he was a Managing Director from 2015 to 2021. Before Zetta, Ashlaunched AngelList’s fundraising platform that now manages over $7B. Prior to AngelList, he co-founded Topguest (acquired), a loyalty software platform that counted United Airlines, Hilton Worldwide, and Virgin America as clients. He started his career in growth investing at Macquarie Capital in New York after studying law at the University of Sydney. Penguin Random House has published his book, “The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with Artificial Intelligence”.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Australia, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.7M; Series A $5M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Mixmax — We eliminate busywork and enable real engagement. Make your AEs and CSMs more productive, directly from Gmail. Request a demo!
  • Sliced Investing — DBLTOTO adalah situs terpercaya yang sudah berdiri sejak 2019 dan sudah dikenal sebagai situs terbaik di alam semesta
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Anthony Musumeci
Angel · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Anthony has an extensive experience in cutting edge research and commercialisation, particularly across the University sector. Over the last 10 years Anthony has worked with a wide range of new innovations predominantly in the science, engineering and information technology fields. Anthony has experience in commercialisation strategy, intellectualproperty, due diligence, marketing and promotion, negotiation, grant and capital raising from his roles at UniQuest Pty Ltd and QUT Bluebox Pty Ltd. Anthony has a scientific background having completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemistry) – Hons(First Class) at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Materials Science / Nanomaterials at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland (UQ). Anthony has also completed a Graduate Certificate (Research Commercialisation at UQ and an Executive Masters of Business Administration at QUT.Anthony currently holds the position of Investment Manager at Uniseed Ventures. In this role Anthony is responsible for- Provision of on-going guidance and direction to investee companies, including the role of Director and / or project manager where appropriate;- Development of financial and commercial strategy, including identification of finance requirements, and investment and divestment strategies for investee companies;- Management of the process of assessment and due diligence on potential ICT and physical sciences investments- Uniseed Investment Committee Member- Management of the relationship between UniSeed and its partner universities including, where necessary, working with partners to identify potential investments for Uniseed- Development and maintenance of Uniseed's relationships with the QLD and NSWGovernment, Australian VC and commercialisation sector

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Media and Entertainment, Art
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $121k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GiggedIn — Link Satset138 hadir sebagai solusi cepat dan handal untuk semua kebutuhan deposit Anda, khususnya melalui QRIS.
  • Hypometer Technologies — Advanced sports predictions based on in-house machine learning models and over 15 years of research and development
  • Grocery Butler — GB is The Website Sharing all recipe and craft and arts
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Stephen Garden
Angel · Dallas, Texas, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Stephen Garden (born 30 August 1984 - London, United Kingdom) is a British entrepreneur, Tech Investor and Executive Chairman of Caylent Inc which is a full spectrum AWS Cloud Native and DevOps consulting partner. Stephen Garden was the founder and CEO of Onica, one of Amazon Web Services largest consulting partners. Onica was acquired by Rackspacein November 2019. Prior to being acquired, Onica grew to 350 employees across 12 offices in just 6 years, generating almost $200 million in revenue.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kibsi — Kibsi is an end-to-end, fully integrated environment designed for building computer vision applications. Our cloud native, low-code platform democratizes computer vision, allowing customers to focus on their business needs, not the complexity.
  • Caylent — Caylent is an AWS cloud consulting and engineering company that helps organizations drive cloud evolution.
  • Archera — Archera saves customers millions through no-cost cloud commitment and savings optimization and unique commitment insurance, financing, and financial services. Unlock commitment flexibility and take control of cloud purchasing.
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Paris Smith
Angel · Netherlands, Missouri, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Paris Smith started her gaming career in 1995 by taking bets at WWTS, an offshore sports betting company that was later sold to Betcorp Ltd. Having worked her way up the business to become COO, she joined Curacao-based Pinnacle in the same role from 2006. Pinnacle soon recognised Smith’s efforts in shifting the focus away from North America towardsgrowth markets in Asia and Europe, by promoting her to CEO in 2008. Almost a decade on, Pinnacle continues to flourish under her leadership. The operator emphasised its desire for data driven innovation by launching a revamped eSports portal in 2017.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Sports, Basketball
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Basketball Forever — Basketball Forever.
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Craig Piggott
Angel · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Craig Piggott is the CEO and Founder of Halter. He previously worked at Rocket Lab USA as a Mechanical Engineer. Craig Piggott attended the University of Auckland.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Video, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MagicBrief — Save Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok ads in a creative library that enables you to rework them in your own storyboards, which you can share with your team.
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Stephen Baxter
Angel · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Stephen Baxter - Founder @ River City Labs

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Go1 — Simplify employee training with one subscription that delivers essential learning from 250+ providers, integrated seamlessly into your HR tech stack.
  • Travelshoot — Your holidays are really important to us to create good memories and we are offering Worldwide Photographer Services. Get the best vacation photographer NYC & across the globe. Visit us now!
  • Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.
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Zach Klein
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Zach Klein is the Founder and Partner of Founder Collective. He attended Wake Forest University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Social Media, Art
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Jupe — Jupes are off-grid dwellings built to be mobile, from deep nature retreats to concert festivals. Each Jupe is electrified with charging outlets, climate controls, and a temperature-moderated queen mattress.
  • MagicBrief — Save Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok ads in a creative library that enables you to rework them in your own storyboards, which you can share with your team.
  • Hellosaurus — Ad-free interactive videos by award-winning creators. Built for kids, loved by parents.
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Larry Lopez
Angel · Perth, Western Australia, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

In 2006, Larry Lopez moved from Silicon Valley to Perth, bringing with him his wisdom of technology investment, global venture capital, entrepreneurship and financing for start-up companies.For eighteen years, Larry held senior and executive positions at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), playing a key role in the growth of the SVB Financial Groupfrom a community bank to a global financial leader. In his role at SVB he sponsored the Bank’s investment in numerous European, Israeli and Australian venture capital funds. Over the years, Larry worked with hundreds of offshore companies launching products in Silicon Valley, and served on boards in Stockholm, London and Australia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Virtual Reality, Content Creators
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • SpaceDraft — SpaceDraft helps you visualise and collaborate for time, space & action, so you can spend less time explaining.
  • SWAN Systems — A revolutionary all-in-one water and nutrient irrigation management software to manage outputs for better yields at lower costs; discover how.
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David Sargeant
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

David is a consultant, advisor, investor and dealmaker in the sports betting, iGaming and gambling industry, specializing in the U.S. market.Over nearly 20 years, he has worked with the biggest names in sports and sports betting globally, focusing on the USA since the repeal of PASPA in 2018.He has worked with teams, leagues, casinos, tribes,racetracks and media companies, and is responsible for over 40 deals across 16 U.S. states since 2018 including deals involving The Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), New York Jets (NFL), the Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL), the Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB), The Texas Rangers (MLB), The Dallas Stars (NHL), The Calgary Flames (NHL), NASCAR, the PGA Tour, CBS Sports, Madison Square Gardens, Meadowlands Race Track and the Football Hall of Fame Village. He has worked on the biggest sports betting partnerships state-by-state including those in Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Texas.Additionally, he works as an investor and an advisor with startups entering the multi-billion dollar U.S. sports betting and iGaming industry, and engineered the first-ever U.S. sports betting deal (between two software companies). He has led several high profile startup exits including the recent sale of marketing automation platform Fresh Eight and the sale of AI and data platform VAIX, both sold to Sportradar.Outside the USA, He has worked extensively on sports betting projects worldwide, including in the UK, Ireland, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Singapore, Chile, Tanzania, Nigeria, and South Africa.He is a speaker, moderator, and chairperson at gambling conferences and events all over the world, including ICE Totally Gaming in London, Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas, SXSW in Austin Texas, European and World Lotteries Seminars across the world, SBC in London and New York, WGES in Barcelona, iGaming Asia in Macau, and iGB Live in Amsterdam.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Sports, Basketball
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Basketball Forever — Basketball Forever.
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Simon Hackett
Angel · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

After graduating from the University of Adelaide, Simon Hackett founded Internode in 1991. Internode grew to become the largest privately held national broadband services provider in Australia, and it was sold to iiNet Limited in 2012. Simon is now invested in a variety of Australian and US startups in fields he is passionate about.Simon is akeen supporter of electric vehicles. Meeting Elon Musk at FiRe in 2008 led to him being the first Australian customer of Tesla in 2009. His family now owns multiple Tesla vehicles (and no gas-powered ones).In the energy sustainability field, Simon has invested in startups in Australia and the US, most significantly in Redflow (ASX:RFX), where he is a significant shareholder and a member of the board. He considers this to be a case of putting his money where his beliefs are.Simon is also a board director of the National Broadband Network (www.nbn.com.au) in Australia.Simon is a serial delegate at the SNS FiRe conference, having participated in almost all FiRe events since their inception.Away from the office, when he isn't spending time with his family, Simon is usually off flying in something.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Advice, Venture Capital, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Nano Nouvelle
  • BlueChilli — We help impactful startups scale, globally. Learn more about our award-winning accelerator programs & meet our portfolio companies.
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Nick Crocker
Angel · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Nick is a partner at Blackbird Ventures based in Melbourne. He also runs Startmate, Australia's best startup accelerator.Previously, Nick worked on Product Strategy & Operations at Under Armour and was a Product Manager at MyFitnessPal, the world's most popular health and fitness application. In 2012, Nick co-founded Sessions, ahealth coaching company, which MyFitnessPal acquired in 2013. Sessions was backed by Collaborative Fund, Blackbird Ventures, SV Angel and Joshua Kushner. Nick also co-founded We Are Hunted, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Analytics, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Marqo — A tensor-based search and analytics engine that seamlessly integrates with your applications, websites, and workflows.
  • XY Sense — XY Sense is the leading occupancy sensor platform helping workplace teams access and act on data in real-time. Supercharge your return to office with XY Sense.
  • MagicBrief — Save Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok ads in a creative library that enables you to rework them in your own storyboards, which you can share with your team.
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Andrew Bogut
Angel · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Andrew Bogut

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, eSports, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series D
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • SportsIcon — Login alternatif VIP VICTORY77 dengan mudah dan cepat! Nikmati pengalaman bermain slot gacor online yang menguntungkan dan aman di sini.
  • Bare — Bare provides a quality cremation service and a dedicated care team that helps you each step of the way. Arrange online or via phone. Call us on 1800 071 176
  • Live Graphic Systems — Live Sports Graphics - "Next-gen" live graphics for a new era of sports broadcast. No hardware, no designers, no graphics operators, up and running in minutes.
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Jean Sini
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Jean Sini (born July 20, 1973) is a New York- and San Francisco-based investor. Jean is General Partner at Partech Partners. Previously, Jean was Chief Technology Officer at real estate startup Cadre. Before that, he was cofounder and Chief Technology Officer of Fountain, started in 2013 with Mint.com founder Aaron Patzer, and sold to Porch.com in2015. He is also an investor in and advisor to early stage startups, including Boxbee, Canva, Treasure Data, FieldWire, People.ai, ProdPerfect. He was previously CTO at One Kings Lane, and earlier Vice President of Data Aggregation Engineering at Mint.com, acquired by Intuit for $170m in November 2009. In 2005 he co-founded and was CTO at Activeweave, sold to TwelveFold Media in April 2008.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Architect.io — Democratize your dev, staging, and prod deployments and environment creation with our dependency-aware continuous delivery platform.
  • Product Science — Product Science increases product metrics for mobile applications and helps apps work faster by providing insights into key performance issues that impact user experience.
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Kevin Hale
Angel · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Kevin Hale was a partner at Y Combinator. He worked with their portfolio companies on user experience design, product development and customer support. In 2006, he co-founded Wufoo, which was one of the earliest Y Combinator funded startups. The online form builder was later acquired by SurveyMonkey. He attended

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Stilt — The number one place for financial resources and immigration guidance for students and immigrants in the U.S.
  • Postscript — Engage with customers wherever they are. Postscript helps you build strong customer relationships across the entire buying experience. Start your free trial today.
  • Taali Foods — Taali is a 'better for you' food company. We have a simple vision, we want our products to be a delicious and guilt-free snack that is loaded with the good stuff.Our anchor brand Taali Taali is a guilt-free snack made from popped water lily seeds. Our products are made of Non-GMO, whole, and natural ingredients that you can pronounceand spell to create a difference you can taste. We have on average 20% fewer calories and 67% less fat per serving (28g) than the leading popcorn brand. Roasted never tasted this good.
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Adrian MacKenzie
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Adrian MacKenzie is a Director on the Board of Ascender, and founder of 5V Capital, where he has made several successful investments in both established and venture capital businesses. His recent success includes the acquisition of Ascender, becoming the major shareholder in Madman Film & Entertainment, and the successful exit of his investmentin Mysale, where he remains a director. His venture capital investments include Canva, Standard Media Index, ImageBrief and Parcelpoint.Prior to 5VC, Adrian was Managing Partner and board member at private equity firm CVC Capital Partners (London), where he worked on numerous transactions before moving to Hong Kong to help establish the Asia Pacific business, and then to Sydney to open the Australian office. During this time, he completed many significant transactions including Pacific Brands, Tech Pacific, Affinity Healthcare and Nine Entertainment. Having become a Managing Partner and board member, Adrian left CVC after 17 years in 2012. Adrian’s career began in corporate finance with J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co Ltd, in the London and New York offices.Adrian holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in engineering and economics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Other, Advertising
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CalReply — Drive results and measure impact with personalized outreach to each customer, sent when subscribers are most likely to engage with Rokt Calendar.
  • ImageBrief — ImageBrief is an online marketplace that connects image buyers with a global network of professional photographers. Buyers can post a brief for an immediate image requirement and photographers submit images that are tailored to the buyer's request.Targeted at advertising agencies, marketing departments, magazines and graphic designers,ImageBrief provides an alternative solution for image buyers who no longer wish to spend hours trawling through image stock libraries. ImageBrief is not a stock library but is a crowd sourced buyer-driven marketplace connecting image buyers and photographers. By letting buyers outline their needs within a brief and allowing photographers to respond, it turns the traditional image buying process on its head. ImageBrief provides a new way for buyers to source rights-managed images that perfectly match their usage and exclusivity requirements. Photographers ensure that their image meets the requirements before submitting, which means buyers only see images they can actually use.ImageBrief also allows buyers and photographers to interact and collaborate directly while working on the brief. Both buyers and photographers can ask questions, provide each other with feedback, or clarify requirements. Perhaps the greatest difference however is that buyers establish their usage requirements and budget up-front. This allows photographers to understand the terms of the brief and to decide whether to respond.
  • ParcelPoint — Our vision is a world where people are more connected to their community. Parcelpoint has over 1400 locations to pickup or drop off your online orders.
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Oji Udezue
Angel · Austin, Texas, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Oji Udezue is the current Chief Product Officer of Typeform. He previously worked atParsable as a Chief Product Officer/Consult. Oji Udezue attended Columbia Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Video
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ZenHub — ZenHub helps your teams get more done faster with time-saving agile automations, fewer meetings, and more visibility in GitHub.
  • Vouch — Vouch allows you to collect, edit & share authentic videos with a single link. Capture customer video testimonials, employee feedback, win-loss reports & more.
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Sean Parker
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Sean Parker is the Founder and Chairman of Airtime. He previously worked at Brigade as a Co-Founder & Executive Chairman. Sean Parker attended Oakton High School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Music
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • IgGenix — IgGenix is a biotechnology company, directly address food and other severe allergies by re-engineering key antibodies involved in the allergic cascade. IgGenix isolates and transforms allergen-specific IgE antibodies into IgG antibodies that are designed to alleviate and possibly prevent the allergic cascade.
  • ByHeart — ByHeart operates as a fully integrated infant nutrition company. It is dedicated to translating leading nutrition science and breastmilk research into evolved foods and formulas to support babies’ health and parents’ peace of mind. Its products strive to be next to nature made from hand-picked ingredients using small-batch blending and sit at theforefront of immune, microbiome, cognitive, and digestive health.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
  • RevUp Software — RevUp Software is bringing leading-edge, easy to use analytics to Non-Profits, Academic Institutions and Political Organizations. We help fundraisers, while working with existing software, create new ways to identify, target, and engage their networks.
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Josh Hannah
Angel · Oakland, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Josh Hannah is a general partner with Matrix Partners. His entrepreneurial career began in 1999 when he cofounded Flutter.com in London and later led a merger with his biggest competitor, Betfair.com. The combined entity revolutionized the gaming industry by building the world’s first online marketplace for sports betting. Josh returned to theStates in 2004. Soon after, he and a partner purchased eHow, an ailing, Web 1.0, how-to directory. Josh and his partner outsourced content creation to the community and employed then-new advertising and search engine optimization techniques. They increased revenue and traffic 30-fold before selling the company to Demand Media in 2006 for a 400-X return. As a partner at Matrix, Josh has invested in Huddle, Inflection and Taulia. Prior to joining Matrix, Josh invested in successful startups such as Aardvark (acquired by Google), Blingo (acquired by Publishers Clearing House), Designer Apparel (acquired by Sugar Media), Friendster (acquired by MOL Global), Minted, uShip and Wetpaint.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ClayStack — Multichain liquid staking platform that allows users to stake their assets, mint staking derivatives, and participate in DeFi.
  • Ondo Finance — Institutional Grade Finance. On-Chain. For Everyone.
  • Meson Network — meson network provides fast,stable,cheap content delivery globally
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Allison Pickens
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Allison Pickens is an internationally known thought leader on Customer Success and scaling teams during hyper-growth. As former Gainsight's Chief Operating Officer, Allison manages corporate strategic planning, corporate development, and operational responsibilities that are critical to the company and its customers’ success.Allison wasnamed one of the top women leaders in SaaS, one of the 50 people in the sales and business development industry, and named a Customer Service Influencer. She is an international speaker and blogger, and the host of The Customer Success Podcast. She also serves as a Board Director at SaaS companies RainforestQA and eCompliance and is a Growth Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. She has a passion for helping companies create exceptional Customer Success initiatives across their company.Allison built and scaled Gainsight’s post-sales functions, including a global team of more than 150 team members across Customer Success Management, Professional Services, Support, Business Operations, Customer Marketing, Value Consulting, and Customer Engineering. Before that, she built Gainsight's Sales Development and Business Operations, teams.Allison started her career in management consulting for Fortune 500 companies while at Boston Consulting Group and later worked in private equity investing at Bain Capital. At both companies, she helped organizations drive change and scale teams. Allison has a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale University, as well as an MBA from Stanford University. On weekends you can find Allison geeking out about blockchain or hiking in the Marin Headlands.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Cercli — The single platform for MENA companies to hire, manage and pay your global workforce
  • PipeDreams — PipeDreams invests in trusted plumbing and HVAC businesses. We buy businesses with amazing teams and use technology to grow them into industry-leading organizations.
  • Unstructured Technologies — Unstructured helps you get your data ready for AI by transforming it into a format that large language models can understand. Easily connect your data to LLMs.
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Zach Kitschke
Angel · Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Canva now has, after only two years more than 10 million users across 179 countries, and is used daily by many social media marketers, bloggers and small businesses to create things like posters, business cards and presentations. More than 100 million designs have now been created using the platform.The company is also made famous for theappointed Apple’s Chief Evangelist, Guy Kawasaki as it’s ambassador.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Publishing, Social Media
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • The Daily Aus — We offer young Australians a digestible and engaging way to access the news. Our objective is to provide the context to a news story making the rounds.
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Marc Andreessen
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Marc Andreessen was the Co-founder of LoudCloud Systems.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Libermans Co — We are the Liberman Siblings: David & Daniil, Anna, and Masha.
  • Canonical Crypto — Canonical backs technical founders building decentralized AI infrastructure. We invest early in the picks-and-shovels of the post-AGI future.
  • Redbeard Ventures — We are an early-stage VC firm led by a team with operating and investing experience looking to enable the future of the Metaverse and develop frontier tech to better the world! View our portfolio
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Damian Miles
Angel · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Damian Miles is a Co-Founder and CTO at Ritestream. He attended the TAFE Queensland Brisbane.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Broadcasting, Video on Demand
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • VDYO — Launch your video-on-demand and OTT experiences fast with VDYO.
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Amir Suissa
Angel · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Amir Suissa - President of the Board @ wefox

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Credit, Dating, Banking
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • LEND — LEND provides peer to peer lending in Switzerland. It connects investors with borrowers. Moreover, investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. The company is based in Switzerland and it was founded in 2015.
  • Lua — Lua is a swipe-free dating app focused on depth and intimacy. With our smart & unique matching model, users receive hand-picked matches that consider their interests, personal sharings, and engagement holistically.Once matched, users are guided through a series of intimacy-building questions during a mystery meeting, before being given theoption to reveal their personal profile, and continue the journey with that special someone in the light.
  • Black Label — Jasper, formerly CreditStacks, is a financial service company that offers a credit card designed for professionals. Jasper uses technology to assess applicants holistically, so applicants may qualify for a premium Jasper Mastercard, issued by WebBank, even if they are just starting their credit journey.The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in New York City, New York.
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Rayn Ong
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Rayn Ong - Partner @ Archangel Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Marketplace, SaaS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Minke — Send, save and invest crypto with zero fees and an experience as intutive as your bank.
  • Pushas — Buy & Sell Authentic, Brand-New Sneakers From Australia's Favourite Sneaker Store. Widest selection of hype, exclusive sneakers: Air Jordans, Yeezys, Nike, Adidas, Off-Whites & more. AfterPay, Klarna, ZipPay & Laybuy available. 'Authenticity' guarantee on every sneaker purchase or your money back.
  • Vouch — Vouch allows you to collect, edit & share authentic videos with a single link. Capture customer video testimonials, employee feedback, win-loss reports & more.
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Michael Stoppelman
Angel · Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Michael Stoppelman is an active angel/seed investor in Los Angeles. He's the former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Yelp. He started at Yelp as a software engineer working on the search engine. He took over as head engineering in 2012 after serving as a manager and Director of Engineering in the proceeding years. He scaled theengineering team from 30 to over 500 engineers. Prior to Yelp he was a software engineer at Google for 3.5 years and served as the tech lead for the AdSense Traffic Quality team. He received his BS in Computer Science from Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • T2 — T2 is in early alpha. 280 character text, replies, and likes - that's it for now. Browse content now and sign up for the waitlist.
  • Morty — Morty is an app for discovering, booking, and tracking escape rooms. Find legendary escape games, coordinate with friends, and record your wins.
  • ParadeDB — ParadeDB is a modern Elasticsearch alternative built on Postgres.
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Chris Anderson
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Chris Anderson is a head of conference organisation TED.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, Journalism
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Curio — Be one of the first to access Rio, the leading AI for fact-checked news. Free for early users.
  • Quillette — What is Quillette? Quillette is an Australian based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. We are politically non-partisan, but rely on reason, science, and humanism as our guiding values. Quillette hosts the Quillette and Quillette Cetera podcasts, and every year we throw Quillette Socials for our
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Woody Harrelson
Angel · San Clemente, California, United States · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Woody Harrelson - Advisory Board @ Surfrider Foundation

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Publishing, Web Design
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Abbot's Butcher — Premium plant-based proteins, crafted from wholesome ingredients. Soy-free, gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO.
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Andrew Hamilton
Angel · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Andrew Hamilton is a managing Director of Hamilton & Associates.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Advice, Retirement, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Super Fierce — Super Fierce is a financial service company that provides financial advisory, superannuation, and financial wellness services.
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Mike Wallas
Angel · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Mike Wallas - Advisory Board @ Optifire Pty Ltd

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Gaming, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • PERKii — PERKii Targeted Release Probiotics are naturally micro-shielded to resist stomach acid up to 10,000x stronger than non micro-shield probiotics. For a targeted release in your gut and a difference you can feel. PERKii Probiotic Drinks are bottled with one billion or more probiotics per serve.
  • Clipchamp — Clipchamp is the online video editor that empowers anyone to tell stories worth sharing. Our in-browser platform gives users access to professional video editing tools and features from simple cropping and resizing to special effects like transitions, motion titles, and even Green Screen. Also on offer – an 800 thousand asset strong stock libraryand hundreds of editable video templates.
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Steve Baxter
Angel · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Steve Baxter - Non-Executive Director @ OtherLevels

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Transportation, SaaS, Photography
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Go1 — GO1 provides a platform that allows companies to upscale their workforce with on-demand training and a dynamic content-driven platform for companies that are Open to Learn. The funding follows an integration with Microsoft Teams, which enables organizations using Teams to learn directly within their workplace ecosystem. Individuals can now find,consume, share, and discuss learning resources from its library of online learning resources.
  • Travelshoot — Your holidays are really important to us to create good memories and we are offering Worldwide Photographer Services. Get the best vacation photographer NYC & across the globe. Visit us now!
  • Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.
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Daniel Gavel
Angel · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Daniel Gavel is an entrepreneur and investor who has founded a number of businesses including early stage investment firm Black Sheep Capital, leading Queensland property developer Golden State Property, and venture capital firm Full Circle Venture Capital.Dan started out in financial advisory, growing his own practice before exiting the industryin 2013 and establishing Black Sheep Capital to invest in early-stage tech companies and other assets. Today, Black Sheep Capital is one of Australia’s most active angel and seed investors, and has funded a wide range of startups including Airtasker, Sendle and Go1.Dan plays an active role backing and mentoring startups, and contributing to the development of Australia’s innovation eco-system. He brings his commercial acumen and strong corporate networks to his investment activities, and believes strongly in the power of collaboration in helping new ventures grow to their full potential.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Machine Learning, CRM
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Hypometer Technologies — Advanced sports predictions based on in-house machine learning models and over 15 years of research and development
  • Modo — Declutter your mind with our app to boost your mental wellbeing and productivity. modo helps you be present in the moment and focus on what matters most.
  • Curious Thing AI — Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more.
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Su-Ming Wong
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Su-Ming Wong is an investment professional with over 30 years’ direct investment, international corporate advisory and merchant banking experience.He is a director of several portfolio companies including Lorna Jane and Scentia. Prior portfolio directorships include SG Fleet, H-E Parts, TSmarine, Retail Apparel Group, Dexion, Amdel, Mulford andIntercast & Forge.Su-Ming Wong was a member of the Council of University of Technology, Sydney (2010 – 2014). He was a founding director of National ICT Australia (a centre of excellence in ICT research & development), a member of the Industry Research and Development Board and a director of Unisearch. He was a council member of the Australian Venture Capital Association and was a member of the South Australian Government’s Venture Capital Board.He holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Social Media, Private Social Networking
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Booktopia
  • Tapestry — Discover Tapestry's Online Learning Journal from The Foundation Stage Forum and how it supports Early Years settings. Sign up to a free two-week trial today
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Opher Yorn Tov
Angel · 1 investments in Australia Media (entertainment) startups

Opher Yorn Tov

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Journalism, Marketplace, Digital Media
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Inkl — Discover the simplest way to read world-class journalism online.
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Media (Entertainment) Angel investor funding in Australia at a glance

Stats across 69 deals from 109 investors.

109
investors
in Australia Media (entertainment) startups
69
deals
in Australia Media (entertainment) startups
$1.8M
median round
in Australia Media (entertainment) startups
5%
lead investors
lead at least one round
54%
Seed
most common funding stage

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