Andrew Stead Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Fortitude Valley, Qld, Au

SeventyTwo Capital is a corporate finance boutique firm specialising in strategy and capital raising that serves a global client base. My focus is supporting startups to scale.

Newcastle, New South Wales, Au

Sydney, Au

Unify Ventures operates multi-thematic VC fund of funds as well as a co-investment fund to maximise returns by following the best companies uncovered by partner funds.

Adelaide, South Australia, Au

I have been a board member since the launch of Fivecast, which offers law enforcement, military and national security agencies an automated forecasting capacity. Fivecast has offices in Australia, US and the UK, and has raised venture capital from Main Sequence, SAVCF and 1011.

Surry Hills, New South Wales, Au

Surry Hills, New South Wales, Au

I was a board member since the launch of HIVERY, which was an AI company focused on helping companies generate higher returns from retail space. HIVERY had offices in the US, Japan and Australia, and raised venture capital from Blackbird, AS1, OneVentures and Tiger Global.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Working for the Chairman and CEO, my responsibilities covered M&A, strategy, and strategic partnerships in the consumer and SME lending spaces across Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

I established and led Firemark Labs, an insurtech product incubator mandated to explore emerging customer needs, new market segments, introducing new technologies, and utilise data and analytics, to rethink how a traditional industry could engage with its customers.

Kent Town, Sa, Au

I was a board director of the not-for-profit Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre, that brought together researchers and industry to tackle the big data challenges that are faced by Australia's law enforcement and national security agencies.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

I am a co-founder and was a committee member of Sydney Angels, an early stage investment group offering qualified investment opportunities in innovative businesses to sophisticated investors. During my tenure, members invested in 50 startups and we setup two $10m Sydney Angels Sidecar Funds.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Responsible for the commercialisation of research and consulting outcomes, I led the creation of seven emerging technology spin-out companies with the founding teams and investors, and managed a diverse equity portfolio through board representation.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

I worked with deeptech founders from the private and public sectors to commercialise intellectual property through startup companies across the IT, engineering, cleantech and life science sectors.

Bsc (Hons), Geomorphology

Mba