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