Melbourne Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Melbourne.
Stuart B Richardson
Investor
Founder @adventure-capital, @aurelius-digital, @yorkbutter, @equiem. Founding Investor @Axiflux, @121cast BEng(Aero), MBA & @stanford-university GSB - AU/US/Asia
Darcy Naunton
Investor
Founder of @york-butter-factory, @adventure-capital. Investor in @equiem, @brandscreen, @dealised, @domore-com-au, @mogeneration, @majitek.
Andrew Barlow
Investor
Entrepreneur, CEO of Webfirm, Founder of @adslot and @hitwise
Jordan Green
Investor
Founder @melbourne-angels-inc, @australian-association-of-angel-investors-ltd, successful VC, Angel and serial entrepreneur MBS (MBA) BEng (Electronics) RMIT
Nicholas Gruen
Investor
Founder: Lateral Economics and Peach Financial
Chair: Government 2.0 Taskforce and @kaggle.com.
http://www.clubtroppo.com.au
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)
Courtney DeWitt
http://thisiscourtneyd.tumblr.com
M Asif Rahman
Investor
Founder CEO at A. R. Communications. Web Industry and Optimization Expert. Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor.
http://asif.im
Rael Ross
Investor
Founded Emarr (sold to PE), founded ksk finance (PE AND lender) current CEO , founded Charatise (current CEO)
Guy King
Investor
Builder of BugMeNot and RetailMeNot. Currently working on @lifx. Self-promotion expert.
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
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.
Mike Rhodes
Investor
Founded WebSavvy - Visual SEM Management
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
Malcolm Campbell
Investor
Angel investor and advisor
Adrian Vanzyl
Investor
Investor in @chorus, @hootsuite, @isocket, @nolio, @revionics. Advisor to BugHerd, @irl-gaming.
Nathan Sampimon
Founder of Inspire9, Co-Founder of AngelCube
Chris Hitchen
Investor
Founder: AudienceTV.net, Getprice.com.au
Bevan Clark
Investor
Co-founder of retailmenot.com, trendsmap.com and cushycms.com. Investor in a bunch of others.
Rolf Von Behrens
Australian product innovation & web strategy professional w/ extensive global experience working within early-stage projects in: internet, mobile & social-web.
Andrew Hempel
Nicholas Birrell
Investor
Entrepreneur & Investor
Anita Eglitis
Co-Founder at Techseeder Pty Ltd
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.
Ralph Garbers
Ex-Microsoft Regional Manager
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.