# Michael Priddis

> Michael Priddis is a startup investor at Faethm Ai (Sydney). See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Faethm Ai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faethm)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpriddis/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/michaelpriddis?lang=en

Michael Priddis is a startup investor at Faethm Ai in Sydney. Michael is CEO of Faethm, an R&D firm that helps companies and governments to prosper from emerging technologies, particularly AI, robotics and advanced materials. Faethm builds Applications of new technologies in collaboration with R&D labs and industry partners, and develops strategic and policy responses to navigate the economic andsocial Implications of technology-driven change. Examples include Tandem, a product to help navigate the automation of work, and R&D programmes underway that are developing breakthrough technologies for cancer diagnosis, surgery, and energy production.Michael founded Faethm in early 2016, before which he was a Partner at The Boston Consulting Group and founding Managing Director, Asia of BCG’s innovation and product development practice, Digital Ventures. Michael led the set-up and scaling of BCG DV across Asia as a member of the Global Executive Team, as well as building disruptive new products and businesses for clients across the region.Before joining BCG Michael founded and was CEO of S&C, an award-winning product design and development company, which was the 19th fastest growing company in Australia in 2012, shortly before it was acquired by BCG.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8seats | 8seats is a new kind of messaging platform that allows small and large teams to communicate more effectively and efficiently. | $1.2M | Seed | Dec 18, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Black Nova Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-nova-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Faethm Ai

VC Fund



2 contacts available at Faethm Ai.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Greg Miller | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-miller |
| Michael Priddis | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-priddis |

## FAQ

### When did Michael Priddis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Priddis closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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