# Gareth Dando

> Gareth Dando is a startup investor at Southern Cross Venture Partners. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Southern Cross Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/southern-cross-venture-partners)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gareth-dando-41683a93

Gareth Dando is a founding Managing Director of Southern Cross Venture Partners. Previously he was CEO of Uniseed, a special purpose venture capital fund dedicated to investment in technology from three of Australia?s leading universities, which he co-founded and built over 6 years. He had primary responsibility for many of its investmentsincluding Wedgetail/Vintela, Fultec Semiconductor, Cryptopharma, and Xerocoat.Prior to founding Uniseed, Gareth spent ten years as a strategy consultant in the UK, France and Australia with two major international firms. In London and Paris he was a consultant with OC&C Strategy Consultants, where his assignments covered a wide range of industry sectors including consumer goods, telecommunications, chemicals, transportation, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, chemicals, transportation and engineering. In Australia he helped to found the Melbourne office of LEK Consulting, and as a Senior Manager specialised in financial issues, including valuation and shareholder value analysis. His assignments covered the IT/telecommunications, resources, consumer goods, IT/telecommunications and infrastructure sectors. Gareth began his career as an IT systems consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).Gareth began his career as an IT systems consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MA in Physics from Oxford University, and a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Melbourne.

## About Southern Cross Venture Partners

VC Fund · North Sydney, Australia

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.

5 contacts available at Southern Cross Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Scull | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-scull |
| Anneliese Bisson | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anneliese-bisson |
| Bob Christiansen | Founding Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-christiansen |
| Frank Foster | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-foster |
| Gareth Dando | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gareth-dando |

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