Bob Christiansen
Founding Managing Director @ Southern Cross Venture Partners
Brisbane, Australia
Bob Christiansen is a founding Managing Director of Southern Cross Venture Partners. Previously, he was a General Partner and member of the Investment Committee of the venture capital firm Allen & Buckeridge for eight years. At A&B he was a Director of several portfolio companies, including eServ Global, Wedgetail Communications, VaSTSystems, 8020 Software, Fultec Semiconductor, Mantara, Xerocoat and ActiveTorque. He is also a director of the Queensland Government supported technology incubator, iLab.As an active investor and board member, Bob brings his more than thirty years of experience in computer services, software, and technology with an emphasis on technology applications, business management and operations, system design and development. This experience has been obtained in both large international and small entrepreneurial companies primarily in the USA and Europe.Bob spent seven years in senior operations and technology roles with Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) in Europe and the US. Subsequently, he helped found two US-based technology companies, including Corbel & Co – a Florida software company applying artificial intelligence technology in the field of complex document creation. Corbel grew from a small start-up to a leading provider of computer and related services to the employee benefits industry in the US and in 1993, was successfully sold to NASDAQ listed Broadway & Seymour Inc. Prior to returning to Australia in 1998 Bob acted as Chief Technology Officer for the Advisor Technology Services Division of Fidelity Investments in Boston. Fidelity is the world’s largest mutual fund company.He holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Diploma of Information Processing from the University of Queensland.
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About Southern Cross Venture Partners
Southern Cross Venture Partners was launched in 2006 by veteran venture capitalists who have managed and operated companies themselves. Southern Cross Venture Partners assist early stage technology companies that demonstrate the potential for exceptional growth and market leadership build significant businesses. The founding principle of SouthernCross is partnership -- they are passionately committed to doing everything they can to help their portfolio companies succeed. Their team has a strong record of utilizing their start-up and management experience, industry knowledge, network of business/customer relationships, and recruiting skills to assist in building significant shareholder value.Southern Cross is currently investing in companies that fit their investment criteria. They prefer to act as lead or co-lead in the early stages where they have experience that can help build value rapidly. They do not have a minimum investment amount, however, a typical initial investment will be $2 million to $5 million with an ability to invest more money in later rounds.
Southern Cross Venture Partners Contacts
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John Scull
Managing Director
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Anneliese Bisson
Chief Financial Officer
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Bob Christiansen
Founding Managing Director
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Frank Foster
Venture Partner
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Gareth Dando
Managing Director
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