# Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in Australia in October 2023 ## Nicholas Assef - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Battery Investment banker, founder, angel capitalist. FOcussed on industrial technology applications including renewable energy and recycling technology. ## Didier Elzinga - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Music Didier previously co-founded technical academy award winning Rising Sun Research and is non-executive director at Tourism Australia, the Atlassian Foundation and Slingsby Theatre. If you want a short meeting, don't ask about philosophy (you were warned!). ## John Clifford - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Energy, Energy Storage John Clifford ## Kurt Alexander - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical Kurt Alexander ## Mike Zimmerman - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Michael brings over 20 years experience in strategy, business development and general management of technology startups and other high growth companies. Michael founded BuildingIQ in 2009 and served as its CEO until 2013. Prior to founding the company, Michael was a General Partner at Technology Venture Partners (TVP), a leading Australian venturecapital firm. Prior to TVP, he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Altos Ventures, and a senior executive at iOwn Holdings, a leading Internet mortgage company (sold to Citigroup in 2001). Previously, Michael worked with Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA with Honors from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford Business School. ## James McKinnon - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Cyber Security, Software, Information Technology James McKinnon - Managing Partner @ MIRIN CAPITAL ## Mike Wallas - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video, Water, Biotechnology Mike Wallas - Advisory Board @ Optifire Pty Ltd ## Robin Chiang - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 Robin Chiang ## Alan Jones - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, IT, Other Alan Jones is a mentor and entrepreneur-in-residence with many of Australia's tech startup accelerators, specialising in strategy for product development and marketing.Alan draws on hands-on experience founding and co-founding web and mobile startups, as well as senior management experience in larger companies including Yahoo!, News DigitalMedia and Microsoft. At Yahoo! he was Product Director, South Asia for Yahoo! Inc.Alan advises and invests in early-stage startups directly and through Startmate and Pollenizer Ventures. His investments include ChromaSun, BugHerd, Grabble (acquired by WalMart in 2011), ScriptRock, Flightfox, Spreets (acquired by Yahoo7 in 2011), OtherLevels and NinjaBlocks. Alan is a co-founder of digital agency The New Agency, Editor-in-Chief of FromLittleThings.co, is a mentor for Startmate, and is the Social Media and Web Director for TEDxSydney. ## William Welty - Type: Angel - Location: Manassas, Virginia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical William Welty ## Donald Kirk - Type: Angel - Location: Stafford, Virginia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical Donald Kirk ## Andrew Coppin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Logistics, 3D Printing Andrew Coppin - Advisor @ DisruptSports.com ## David Griffin - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering David Griffin - CEO @ Vortini ## Mark Steinert - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, Commercial Mark Steinert ## Melvin Benn - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recycling Melvin Benn ## Luke & Janelle Roberts - Type: Angel - Location: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Software, Health Care Luke & Janelle Roberts ## Michael Gonski - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Legal, Drones, Software Michael Gonski ## Paul Rayson - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Paul Rayson is a CEO at Hearts and Minds Investments. ## Simon Sheikh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Simon Sheikh ## Jutech Pty Ltd - Type: Angel - Location: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical Jutech Pty Ltd ## Peter Los - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Energy, Energy Storage Peter Los is a Founder, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager at Eye Management. ## James Height - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Recycling, Consumer Goods James Height Co-Founder at Adore Beauty ## Duncan Alexander - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Manufacturing Duncan Alexander ## Kevin Parker - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recycling Kevin Parker ## Quentin Wallace - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Internet, Automotive Quentin Wallace is the Partner and Co-Founder of Archangel Ventures. ## Ieva Zubavičiūtė - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, B2B Ieva Zubavičiūtė ## Matt Fayle - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, 3D Printing, Sporting Goods Matt Fayle - CEO & Founder @ TheLoop ## Michael Waters - Type: Angel - Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Property Management Michael Waters ## Greg Ruddock - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Manufacturing Greg Ruddock is a Chairman at Calyx Private Equity. ## Matthew Browne - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Internet, Automotive Matthew Browne is a Co-Founder and CIO at Upflowy. ## Julian Sarokin - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology Futurist • Crypto • Founder @ The Automation Fund ## Chris Sang - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer, Venture Advisor, Global Investor ## Michael Stoppelman - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Michael Stoppelman is an active angel/seed investor in Los Angeles. He's the former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Yelp. He started at Yelp as a software engineer working on the search engine. He took over as head engineering in 2012 after serving as a manager and Director of Engineering in the proceeding years. He scaled theengineering team from 30 to over 500 engineers. Prior to Yelp he was a software engineer at Google for 3.5 years and served as the tech lead for the AdSense Traffic Quality team. He received his BS in Computer Science from Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003. ## Sean Parker - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Music Sean Parker is the Founder and Chairman of Airtime. He previously worked at Brigade as a Co-Founder & Executive Chairman. Sean Parker attended Oakton High School. ## Cameron Adams - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Consumer Goods, Sustainability, Transportation Prior to Fluent, Cameron spent almost 4 years at Google, first working as lead designer on Wave and then creating future concepts for browsing social content. Prior to that he ran his own successful design consultancy, has authored four books on web design and regularly speaks at conferences around the world. ## Nathan McLay - Type: Angel - Location: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recycling Nathan McLay is the Founder and CEO of Future Classic. He previously worked at Australian Independent Record Labels Association as a Director. Nathan McLay attended the University of Technology Sydney. ## Sandy Kory - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Analytics, FinTech Prior to MVP, he was Vice President at Arbor Advisors, leading their highly successful entry into the digital media and interactive marketing industries. He advised clients in a number of industry-leading transactions, such as the sale of WorldClass Strategy to EducationDynamics, the sale of ReliableRemodeler.com to Quinstreet, the sale ofInvestopedia.com to Forbes Media, and the sale of Interest.com to Bankrate.Sandy is a regular speaker at industry conferences, including Ad-Tech and LeadsCon. He received his B.A. in Psychology and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University. ## Josh Hannah - Type: Angel - Location: Oakland, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Josh Hannah is a general partner with Matrix Partners. His entrepreneurial career began in 1999 when he cofounded Flutter.com in London and later led a merger with his biggest competitor, Betfair.com. The combined entity revolutionized the gaming industry by building the world’s first online marketplace for sports betting. Josh returned to theStates in 2004. Soon after, he and a partner purchased eHow, an ailing, Web 1.0, how-to directory. Josh and his partner outsourced content creation to the community and employed then-new advertising and search engine optimization techniques. They increased revenue and traffic 30-fold before selling the company to Demand Media in 2006 for a 400-X return. As a partner at Matrix, Josh has invested in Huddle, Inflection and Taulia. Prior to joining Matrix, Josh invested in successful startups such as Aardvark (acquired by Google), Blingo (acquired by Publishers Clearing House), Designer Apparel (acquired by Sugar Media), Friendster (acquired by MOL Global), Minted, uShip and Wetpaint. ## John P. Clifford Jr. - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering Mr. Clifford is Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Travelers, a position he has held since May 2007. Mr. Clifford has led Human Resources for the company since the April 2004 merger of The St. Paul Companies, Inc. and Travelers Property Casualty Corp. Prior to the merger, he led Human Resources for The St. Paul Companies after beingpromoted to Senior Vice President of Human Resources in 2002. Mr. Clifford, who has more than 30 years’ experience in Human Resources, joined The St. Paul Companies in 1984 as a compensation analyst. He was promoted to Compensation Manager later that year; to Compensation and Benefits Officer in 1994; and to Vice President of Compensation and Benefits in 1999. ## Eric Ries - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Media and Entertainment Eric is the author of New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, The Startup Way, and The Leaders Guide (funded by one of the top Kickstarter book campaigns of all time). He's also the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, practiced by individuals and companies around the world and the inspiration behind the LTSE. He has founded a numberof startups, including IMVU, where he served as CTO, and has advised on business and product strategy for startups, venture capital firms, and large companies across many industries. ## Bill Tai - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Bill Tai is a Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder, and Founding Investor of Treasure Data and he was a Chairman of the Board and Co-founder of IP Infusion. He attended Harvard Business School, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Curtin University. ## Craig Barratt - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Music, Computer, Database 20 years in communications and networking: SVP Google, CEO Alphabet Access, President Qualcomm Atheros, CEO Atheros Communications. ## Allan Moss - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology Allan Moss acts an adviser to Anchorage’s Investment Committee. Currently Principal of Allan Moss Investments, a private investment company, Allan retired from the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Group in May 2008. He was with Macquarie Group for 31 years and served as CEO from 1993 to his retirement in2008. He was also a non- executive director of CSR Ltd from 1996 to 2001.Allan graduated from Sydney University in Arts with a major in Economics and in Laws with Honours. He is also a graduate of Harvard University with a Masters Degree in Business Administration with High Distinction. Allan has received numerous industry awards and recognitions. He was twice named by Barron’s Magazine as one of the 30 most respected CEOs in the world (2006, 2007). He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005. ## Karlie Kloss - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Health Care Karlie Elizabeth Kloss is an American fashion model. Models.com ranks Kloss as a supermodel. Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2013-2015. In 2016, Kloss started Kode with Klossy, a summer camp that provides scholarships to teach young girls how to code. ## Douglas English - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, Consumer Goods, Sustainability Doug developed and led key architecture projects for major financial and consulting organizations such as NAB, ANZ and EDS. His sneezes are so tectonic, we've come to consider them performance art. ## Kate Morris - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Marketing, Recycling, Craft Beer Kate Morris Founder at Adore Beauty ## Bosco Tan - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Bosco Tan ## Joshua Payne - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Internet, Automotive Joshua Payne is a Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Battery Future Acquisition Corp. ## Mathew Kuppe - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Manufacturing Mathew Kuppe is a founding partner and managing director for 360T Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, a position he has held since December 2006 when he opened up the company´s regional headquarters in Singapore.Prior to this role Mathew held the position of chief technology officer at the company´s headquarters in Frankfurt, where he was responsible for thelong-term architecture, technical organization and overall technical strategy of the company.Mathew brings more than 15 years experience in Information Technology to his role at 360T including more than 7 years in the finance industry working for Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in London and Singapore, and for CIT Group in Sydney developing and implementing financial software and systems.Prior to founding 360T, Mathew served as a senior manager in systems development for Newcourt Financial in Sydney. ## Glenn Butcher - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Energy, Sustainability, Renewable Energy Glenn Butcher - Venture Partner @ CP Ventures # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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