# James Demetriou > James Demetriou is a startup investor in Hawthorn. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Location: Hawthorn, Australia - Last updated: Oct 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-demetriou-4128a448/?ppe=1 James Demetriou is a startup investor in Hawthorn. James is a Business Development Director within the Research, Innovation & Commercialisation (RIC) team at the University of Melbourne. In this role, James is responsible for leading the growth, development and management of a pipeline and portfolio of commercial opportunities for the University with a focus on Education.James is a seniorexecutive with extensive management experience in local and international corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and turnarounds across the education, manufacturing and rural sectors. He also has extensive experience in commercialising technology, particularly sport technologies, and has been involved in 7 start-ups over the past 15 years. James has played a major role in Australian sport over the past 40 years as a senior player at the Essendon Football Club (1975-1976), a Board Director of Essendon Football Club in the mid to late 90s, one of the founders and first Chairs of the Australian Sports Technologies Network and Sports Without Borders, and a sessional lecturer in the Master of Sports Technology at the RMIT.Over the last decade, James’ interest in the business of education over the past 10 years saw him become the first Executive Director of the North Melbourne Football Club’s Learning and Life Centre at Arden Street (2009-2010), Advisory Board Chair of the Greater Western Sydney Giants’ Learning and Life Centre (2013), Chair of Finpa New Media Pty Ltd (an educational technology company), Director of the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship at Swinburne University of Technology, as well as a lecturer in one of their Master’s Programs.James is currently the Non-Executive Chair of both the Australian Sports Technology Network and Sports Without Borders. He is also a Non-Executive Director of various organisations, including the Australian Independent Rural Retailers. James holds a Bachelor of Laws and Master of International Business from the University of Melbourne, a Diploma of Education from Monash University and is an Alumnus of the Anderson Business School (UCLA). ## Contacts 5 contacts available for James Demetriou: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/james-demetriou?utm_source=investor_profile ## FAQ ### How do I contact James Demetriou? Public channels for James Demetriou include LinkedIn. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co