Michael An
Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Perle Ventures
Michael An is a Series A investor at Perle Ventures focused on EdTech and Education. Michael is the Managing Director at Perle Ventures. His focus is sounding out target investee companies and engaging with founders, entrepreneurs and management to assess the potential for an alignment of interests. His experience consists of more than a decade as a founder, investor, board member and adviser to multiple companies at various stagesincluding startup, growth and exit spanning technology, education, telecommunications and financial services. Michael's expertise supports every facet of business development, from finance to marketing, project management to corporate strategy.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- EdTech 1 (100%)
- Education 1 (100%)
- Online Portals 1 (100%)
- Information Technology 1 (100%)
Investments
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| Academy Xi is a future focused training company that provides short, practical and skill specific programs for individuals and teams to upgrade their capabilities in design and emerging technology. Our product mix is focused on emerging fields in Design and Tech and, in our classes, we aim to help individuals transform their careers. Ourteam training programs continue to attract large, progressive organisations who are looking to scale their design and tech capabilities. Using a structured, modular approach we customise our core programs to fit the unique needs of every company we engage with. We’re problem solvers and strive to embed purpose into what we do. Our vision is to truly transform the world through education and the community we’re building. | $2.3M / Series A / Jun 14, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Perle Ventures
Perle Ventures is a sydney based venture capital group. They have invested in and supported multiple venture and growth stage technology companies led by dynamic entrepreneurs with innovative ideas, and more importantly, logical vision.
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Shayne Smyth
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Zac Brookes
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What does Michael An invest in?
Michael An invests primarily in EdTech, Education and Online Portals startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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