Meet the Team

Chief of Staff - Investments

Watch more comedy.

Clare Birch

Dr Izzy Bigio

Platform Manager - Aotearoa

"Creativity is intelligence having fun." - Albert Einstein

James Palmer

Naivety is powerful when applied to the right problem.

Mason Yates

I’m most excited about things I haven’t seen before

Max Meyer

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier

Meg Williams

Will make a playlist for any situation

Giants Lead

Michael Tolo

Nick Crocker

I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.

Nick Erzetic

"The grass is greener where you water it"

Portfolio Data Analyst

Niki Scevak

"The more ambitious you are, the more likely you are to succeed"

Phoebe Harrop

Companies are just people. The best companies grow from the best people.

Rick Baker

Passionate about Aussie and Kiwi startups.

Robyn Denholm

I believe bold ambitions enable a better world

Operating Partner

Samantha Wong

Silk Kadala

Learn from everyone, follow no one.

Tom Humphrey

"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world"

Investment

People & Productivity

We're true believers who have come together to propel Australia and Aotearoa's most ambitious startups forward.

Becca Kennedy

Executive Assistant (Nick Crocker and Sam Wong) & Auckland Office Manager

"It's nice to be nice"

Carlene Kemp

Head of People

Ed Little

What could possibly go wrong?

IT & Security

Mahalia Lum

Executive Assistant (Alex Apoifis & Tom Humphrey) and Sydney Office Manager

Get excited for the little things

Morven Brown

Executive Assistant (Nick Crocker & Michael Tolo), Melbourne Office Manager

Time is how you spend your love

Sophie Steverson

EA to Rick Baker and Niki Scevak + Leadership Operations

Zac Hardman

IT & Project Analyst

No code, no worries

People & Productivity

Founder Success

We're true believers who have come together to propel Australia and Aotearoa's most ambitious startups forward.

Alissa Lucas

Everything happens for no reason

Impact Associate

Ariella Werner-Seidler

Event Coordinator

Danielle Pinkus

Head of Community

Kate Glazebrook

Head of Impact & Operating Principal

It’s the simple (even boring-sounding) characteristics that matter most in a person

Luc Fagerberg

Portfolio Community Manager

When you help someone, you help everyone

Founder Success

Operations

We're true believers who have come together to propel Australia and Aotearoa's most ambitious startups forward.

Alex Apoifis

Partner, Chief Operating Officer

Anthoney Duong

Legal Counsel

Catt Vongpraseuth

Business Operations Analyst

Cindy Lam

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.-Wayne Gretzky” -Michael Scott

Legal Counsel

Jasmin Jenkins

Head of Investor Relations

We get to think the world is progressing when it is only repeating itself - Rudyard Kipling

Josh Golde

Financial Accountant

Life's a garden, dig it

Justine Nangle

If I didn't become a lawyer I would have loved to work in musical theatre

General Counsel

Kevin Gandiya

Head of Fund Operations

Lucia Salim

Financial Accountant

I’m just me

Nina Miller

Compliance & Risk Manager

I think in 24 hour time

Sam Broadley

What’s the worst that can happen!

Fund Accountant

Sammy Althaus

Business Operations Analyst

When there is a will, there is a way

Sean Weston

Business Operations Analyst

I am a long suffering Aston Villa fan and spent a month in Russia for the 2018 World Cup.

Sue Zann Wong

Life without adventure is like pizza without cheese.

Fund Accounting Manager

Operations

Brand & Comms

We're true believers who have come together to propel Australia and Aotearoa's most ambitious startups forward.

Joel Connolly

Brand & Comms

Creative Director & Head of Blackbird Foundation

Still trying to make fetch happen.

Melia Rayner

Brand & Comms

Head of Communications

Being interested is more important than being interesting

Theia Gabatan

Brand & Comms

Marketing and Community Coordinator @ Blackbird Foundation

I take a militant approach to curating my wardrobe and my playlists

Brand & Comms

Startmate

We're true believers who have come together to propel Australia and Aotearoa's most ambitious startups forward.

Akshat Pande

Finance Manager

Ben Simai

Operations Associate

Brady Flockart

Investments & First Believers, Startmate

Cameron Ensor

Student Fellowship Associate

I had a pet cow, Milko, growing up

Ewa Lobaza

Customer Relationship Lead

Kelly Spoerk

Head of Projects & Community

Leave the jersey in a better place

Maisy Bennett

Special Projects

Matt Kolomyjec

Fund Operations Associate

Keep pushing until you prove the system wrong.

Michael Batko

CEO

Hello, Hello!

Phoebe Pincus

Chief of Staff

ALWAYS SWIM

Renee Bibby

Operations Associate

Ryan Walker