VENTURE CAPITAL
MEET OUR COMMENTATORS
Matthew Koertge , Managing Director , Telstra Ventures
“ My role at Telstra Ventures includes every aspect of running our firm , including managing investments , our investment process , leading our team , working with our clients and raising capital . We started Telstra Ventures in 2011 and we are one of Australia ’ s largest VC firms with more than US $ 565m under management .”
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Manuel Silva Martínez , General Partner , Mouro Capital
“ I have been investing in fintech since the late 2000s , primarily on behalf of Spanish banks . Mouro Capital is an early growth stage VC focused primarily in fintech , investing across Europe and the Americas with nearly 40 invested companies so far .”
Steve MacDonald , Angel investor and founder of MacDonald Ventures
“ I graduated college when few people had computers and students still went to computer labs . In 1999 , when I was 28 , I left my job at a publicly traded mail order pharmacy company and started my first of several healthcare software companies focused on digitising business processes and improving the customer experience , two of which sold for a combined $ 400m .
“ Prior to my last exit in 2017 , I started angel investing . In 2020 , with more than 100 early stage investments , I decided to formalise my ‘ hobby ’ by founding MacDonald Ventures .”
FEBRUARY 2021