I'm hesitant to say a ton, but there are several I can name of the top of my head who are investing or are looking to invest. Alex Sparkes and David Kowalski of Country Cars.com.au (http://www.ipitch.com.au/ profile/green-lane-digital), Mike Cannon Brookes has expressed interest in investing in some Aussie startups at Innovation Bay dinners, Andrew Barlow from Hitwise invests in TradeSlot and Qmcodes, Marc Lehmann of Sassu (http://www.ipitch.com.au/profile/saasu-com) is actively looking to partner or incubate complimentary startups...
I'm not saying there's a ton, but the number is growing. I think that is always the funny thing though is that we do often get big Aussie VCs judging these pitching competition, but most of the time they would ever invest in the types of companies they are judging. That said I know companies who have received investment post Tech 23 and MEGA. On Nov 30, 5:10 pm, Mark Burch <m...@markburch.net> wrote: > Interesting article. > > "There are plenty of pockets of the super rich throughout the world. But > unless you earned it from a high tech start-up, you're culturally loath to > give it out to a guy you don't know with an unproven idea." > > I'm wondering: How many Australian's have been through blockbuster sized > exits in the past decade? > > Are there Australians doing this kind of thing? > "Vishal Gondal, founder of IndiaGames and a rare Web entrepreneur who's made > money in India, has had it with the partial solutions. He's sick of attending > startup events where three smart kids win the competition and the so-called > "early stage VCs" judging it all say the companies are still too early stage > for them to invest in. "Why are they even there?" he says of the VCs. At a > recent competition Gondal stood up and personally committed $100,000 to the > winner on the spot-giving his wife palpitations." > > Regards, > Mark Burch > > From: Elias Bizannes [mailto:elias.bizan...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, 30 November 2009 4:47 PM > To: silicon-beach-australia > Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] We're not the only ones who have issues with > getting angel investment > > You forgot the link :) > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/29/india-angel-investors/ > > Elias Bizanneshttp://eliasbizannes.com > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Phil Sim > <phi...@mediaconnect.com.au<mailto:phi...@mediaconnect.com.au>> wrote: > This Techcrunch article discussses the issues that India is having > encouraging angel investment. All very familiar! > > -- > Phil Sim > Chief Executive Officer, > MediaConnect Australia Pty > Ltdwww.mediaconnect.com.au<http://www.mediaconnect.com.au> > phi...@mediaconnect.com.au<mailto:phi...@mediaconnect.com.au> > Ph: +61 2 9894 6277 > Fax: +61 2 8246 6383 > Mobile: 0413889940 > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion:http://tr.im/ujKF > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself:http://tr.im/ujMm > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com<mailto:silicon-beach-austra...@goo > glegroups.com> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:silicon-beach-a > ustralia%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion:http://tr.im/ujKF > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself:http://tr.im/ujMm > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
