Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Melbourne.
Now: Singularity University; Previous: President / Chief Scientist @kaggle; Founder @FastMail (sold to Opera) and @ODG (sold to Choicepoint). Worked @McKinsey.
http://jhoward.fastmail.fm
Founder of Venture Tech firm @bluechilli investing in online startups, E&Y EOY Finalist, Patent holder, top UNSW researcher, Kidpreneur mentor, kiteboarder
http://www.bluechilli.com/blog
Founder @adventure-capital, @aurelius-digital, @yorkbutter, @equiem. Founding Investor @Axiflux, @121cast BEng(Aero), MBA & @stanford-university GSB - AU/US/Asia
Founder @general-standards, @sunship-ventures, @even-keel-lawyers • Executive Director @simplecue • Studied Law @bond-university • Passionate about Australian Startups.
@stanford-university PhD, Early Internet pioneer, 20+ Internet startups including founder/CEO Friend Finder (grew to $300M/year)
Founder: Lateral Economics and Peach Financial
Chair: Government 2.0 Taskforce and @kaggle.com.
http://www.clubtroppo.com.au
Builder of BugMeNot and RetailMeNot. Currently working on @lifx. Self-promotion expert.
http://thisiscourtneyd.tumblr.com
Started my professional journey at Bell Labs and progressed into consulting for the top 100 clients around the globe. Traveled and lived in multiple countries the past two decades.
Co-Founder at Techseeder Pty Ltd
Founder CEO at A. R. Communications. Web Industry and Optimization Expert. Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor.
http://asif.im
Founder: AudienceTV.net, Getprice.com.au
Founded Emarr (sold to PE), founded ksk finance (PE AND lender) current CEO , founded Charatise (current CEO)
Entrepreneur & Investor
Ex-Microsoft Regional Manager
Australian product innovation & web strategy professional w/ extensive global experience working within early-stage projects in: internet, mobile & social-web.
Founder of Inspire9, Co-Founder of AngelCube
Founder @melbourne-angels-inc, @australian-association-of-angel-investors-ltd, successful VC, Angel and serial entrepreneur MBS (MBA) BEng (Electronics) RMIT
Entrepreneur, CEO of Webfirm, Founder of @adslot and @hitwise
Founded WebSavvy - Visual SEM Management
Angel investor and advisor
Tech recruiter at Lookahead Search. Ex CTO of iseekgolf.com. Founder Institue graduate. PushStart Mentor. SydStart winner. Building the web since 1996.
Investor in @chorus, @hootsuite, @isocket, @nolio, @revionics. Advisor to BugHerd, @irl-gaming.
Co-founder of retailmenot.com, trendsmap.com and cushycms.com. Investor in a bunch of others.
Founder of @york-butter-factory, @adventure-capital. Investor in @equiem, @brandscreen, @dealised, @domore-com-au, @mogeneration, @majitek.
Investor in @qubop.
Founder of fLinked (exclusive social club soon to be online). Worked in business/corporate strategy @anz-banking-group @accenture and @pwc-1.