Optio Capital is an Australian investment firm focused on global opportunities within the Blockchain & DeFi markets.Investments:Zest Protocol (Bitcoin Liquidity)Illustrated World Series (Creator Economy)Neomoon (Financial Inclusion)Wayru (IoT infrastructure)

Meld Ventures is an Australian based firm dedicated to backing the next wave of blockchain entrepreneurs. We support bold innovative projects across multiple industries including DeFi, Supply Chains, Commodities, NFT’s and Finance.Investments:Meld Gold (Digital Gold)Swell Network (Liquid Staking)Algomint (Bridging Platform)Originals Only (NFT Minting platform)Otherverse (Metaverse)Maple Finance (Corporate Debt marketplace)Apollo Capital (Managed Crypto Fund)prePO (Decentralised trading platform)2pi.finance (Next-gen Defi products)Verida (Network of personal data)PrimeDAO (Building links between DAOs and protocols)Tinyman (Decentralised trading protocol)dHedge (Managing investment activities on Ethereum)PLANETS.Fund (Fund supporting Planet Watch air sensors)Meld Ventures sees a future powered by blockchain technology and creativity.

Algomint is the preeminent digital asset minter on the Algorand protocol.

Patient Wolf is born from a belief that well-crafted and considered things have no fear of time. Quality things. Original. Hand-crafted. Defined. Measured. Made with equal parts expertise and attitude. It takes considerable effort to realise them, and it takes even more to critique and refine. But they’re worth waiting for.Patient Wolf delivers a new wave of unrestrained craft-led influence that respects tradition yet challenges the future. Our gin is crafted by hand in our custom built German made copper still.

Investor in the Sydney Angels Sidecar Fund #1Exits: Share SalesInstaclustr - A platform that helps run and scale open sourced tech EzyCollect - An automated receivables management SaaS solutions Exits: IPOCollaborate - A marketplace where owners and renters transact directly Clarity Pharmaceuticals - Providing antibody and peptide imaging services

Meld Gold is an industry backed 'digital gold certificate' empowered by a marketplace of golddealers, refineries, independent vaults, mints and specialist partners. The platform allows the entire supply chain to benefit by creating efficiencies and greater liquidity, decreasing of costs, and improving transaction speeds.

We are technology specialists and experts in collectables strategy, using cutting edge blockchain technology to empower our people to create the most meaningful NFT consumer experiences.

Prismatic offers treasury management as-a-service to DAOs with the goal of enabling decentralised communities to manage their treasuries effectively in a secure and transparent manner.

Glow is a consumer engagement and insights platform that unites agencies, brands and consumers.We're unlocking research, opinion and insights across a range of industries and challenging the way thought leadership is produced, shared and accessed. Agencies and brands using Glow can produce their own surveys to access a panel of over 30m people globally in minutes - from start to finish - before adding their own findings and developing value-added insights.We're transforming research capability by giving agencies, brands, decision makers and the media access to consumer insights based on real data that everyone can access

Verrency provides a curated API payments platform that enables card issuers and their processors to deliver the latest innovative payment capabilities quickly and cost effectively. Verrency’s platform has been designed with Tier 1 issuers/processors in mind and works seamlessly with their existing payments infrastructure, messaging and protocols.V+ is the global partnership & investment initiative of Verrency. Working with leading fintechs and financial service providers across AsiaPac, Americas & Europe with a focus on loyalty, rewards, wallets, charities, investments, data enhancement and analytics, V+ can dramatically enhance distribution capabilities via connection into major enterprise clients locally, regionally and globally.

Worked with a variety of entrepreneurs and founders on product and capital initiatives. This included the building of business structures and market strategies, to capital and investor introductions.

Havas Ventures is the corporate venture arm for the Havas network in Australia.Havas Ventures provides strategic consultancy, marketing communications planning & execution, direct capital investment and global network access.We partner with emerging ventures to drive growth in a meaningful way.www.havasventures.comHavas Ventures is part of the Havas Group, a truly global network, with over 18,600 staff in over 100 countries, comprising the 5th largest marketing and communications network in the world.

Investment vehicle with a focus on Seed, StartUp and Early Expansion Capital across the Australian and New Zealand markets.Industry Preference: technology, internet, digital media, TMT

Air Rent It is a peer-2-peer marketplace for the renting of tools & equipment.• Management of day to day activities for running the businessOverall strategic planning for growth and development Daily front-end and back-end management of the website including the Content Management System (CMS)Product, marketing & sales, operations, administrationManagement of B2C target development and overall engagement with end usersDevelopment of external supplier partnerships and agreements Financial modelling and reporting for operations including sales analysis reports• Accountable for developing, launching and testing new product initiativesImplementation of product roadmapsSimplification of processes using Agile Project Management tools• Responsible for key metricsCustomer acquisition cost (CAC), activation, retention, active users, engagement, online advertising (FB: newsfeed clicks, likes), revenue metricsAchievements:• Successfully designed and launched a live website in time and under budgetManagement of market research, development of wireframes & storyboards, product roadmap for the business, and marketing and growth initiatives on a shoestring budget• Project Management for testing, developing and launching new product initiativesDevelopment of an item coverage product feature. This feature allowed users to cover their items (tools & equipment) from damage or lossManagement of the successful transition from a subscriber business model to a marketplace transaction business model. This resulted in an increase of # users and revenueLed the successful crowd-funding initiative (via Pozible.com) to upgrade the website and User Experience (UX). • Improvement of key metricsDecreased the customer acquisition cost (CAC) while increasing customer lifetime value (CLV)Increase in Activation rate by setting up customer feedback loop. Increased retention rate through the redesigned website and UX

The Enterprise Network for Young Australians (ENYA) is a not for profit organisation run for young people. ENYA supports and promotes the active participation of young people in enterprise, in an ethical and sustainable manner. ENYA believes that not only does youth enterprise impact on employment, business acumen, workplace opportunities and financial independence amongst young people; it also encourages young people to become active, innovative, creative and socially responsible citizens.

Specialties: Digital, Online, StartUps.

Specialties: Product, Marketing, Sales

As a component of my BCA Degree (2003-2006) I was required to work on a live business project, developing a software licence management system whilst working in a four member team. Our client was The New Zealand Treasury, the Government Department responsible for managing the financial operation of New Zealand.

Established Boutique Waiter Services Business - focusing on Corporate functions, Embassy work and private clients with seven staff, whilst an undergraduate at Victoria University of Wellington, NZ