Melbourne Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Melbourne.
Jeremy Howard
Investor
Now: Singularity University; Previous: President / Chief Scientist @kaggle; Founder @FastMail (sold to Opera) and @ODG (sold to Choicepoint). Worked @McKinsey.
http://jhoward.fastmail.fm
Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin
Investor
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
Stuart B Richardson
Investor
Founder @adventure-capital, @aurelius-digital, @yorkbutter, @equiem. Founding Investor @Axiflux, @121cast BEng(Aero), MBA & @stanford-university GSB - AU/US/Asia
Kurt Falkenstein
Investor
Founder @general-standards, @sunship-ventures, @even-keel-lawyers • Executive Director @simplecue • Studied Law @bond-university • Passionate about Australian Startups.
Andrew Conru
Investor
@stanford-university PhD, Early Internet pioneer, 20+ Internet startups including founder/CEO Friend Finder (grew to $300M/year)
Nicholas Gruen
Investor
Founder: Lateral Economics and Peach Financial
Chair: Government 2.0 Taskforce and @kaggle.com.
http://www.clubtroppo.com.au
Andrew Hempel
Guy King
Investor
Builder of BugMeNot and RetailMeNot. Currently working on @lifx. Self-promotion expert.
Courtney DeWitt
http://thisiscourtneyd.tumblr.com
PK Rasam
Investor
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.
Anita Eglitis
Co-Founder at Techseeder Pty Ltd
M Asif Rahman
Investor
Founder CEO at A. R. Communications. Web Industry and Optimization Expert. Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor.
http://asif.im
Chris Hitchen
Investor
Founder: AudienceTV.net, Getprice.com.au
Rael Ross
Investor
Founded Emarr (sold to PE), founded ksk finance (PE AND lender) current CEO , founded Charatise (current CEO)
Nicholas Birrell
Investor
Entrepreneur & Investor
Ralph Garbers
Ex-Microsoft Regional Manager
Rolf Von Behrens
Australian product innovation & web strategy professional w/ extensive global experience working within early-stage projects in: internet, mobile & social-web.
Nathan Sampimon
Founder of Inspire9, Co-Founder of AngelCube
Jordan Green
Investor
Founder @melbourne-angels-inc, @australian-association-of-angel-investors-ltd, successful VC, Angel and serial entrepreneur MBS (MBA) BEng (Electronics) RMIT
Andrew Barlow
Investor
Entrepreneur, CEO of Webfirm, Founder of @adslot and @hitwise
Mike Rhodes
Investor
Founded WebSavvy - Visual SEM Management
Malcolm Campbell
Investor
Angel investor and advisor
Matt Allen
Investor
Tech recruiter at Lookahead Search. Ex CTO of iseekgolf.com. Founder Institue graduate. PushStart Mentor. SydStart winner. Building the web since 1996.
Adrian Vanzyl
Investor
Investor in @chorus, @hootsuite, @isocket, @nolio, @revionics. Advisor to BugHerd, @irl-gaming.
Bevan Clark
Investor
Co-founder of retailmenot.com, trendsmap.com and cushycms.com. Investor in a bunch of others.
Darcy Naunton
Investor
Founder of @york-butter-factory, @adventure-capital. Investor in @equiem, @brandscreen, @dealised, @domore-com-au, @mogeneration, @majitek.
Paul Armstrong
Investor in @qubop.
Juliana Yoon
Investor
Founder of fLinked (exclusive social club soon to be online). Worked in business/corporate strategy @anz-banking-group @accenture and @pwc-1.