# Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in Oceania 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. ## 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. ## Kurt Alexander - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical Kurt Alexander ## 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 ## 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 ## 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. ## 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. ## Trevor Folsom - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce Elevation Capital was formed by a group of successful entrepreneurs who have co-invested in order to pool together their capital and experience. We consider ourselves to be “venture accelerators” rather than venture capitalists. After starting my first fledgling business at the age of 17, I truly understand the unique challenges faced byentrepreneurs and I am aware that it takes more than just capital for a company to succeed.Recently, Blueprint Management and the various business's we developed (up to 10 companies over 13 years) has given me exposure to the difficult challenges that every entrepreneur will face. My experience has involved the creation of a company with only $10K start-up capital, which grew to over 950 staff. This business was then sold to a private equity group. The success of this venture has given me invaluable knowledge that I can now share with others to guide them in the future.Specialties:If there is one simple thing I have learnt in recent times about investing into growth companies, it is: "to not waste anyones time".Elevation Capital is a professional and committed organisation and is able to invest quickly when a good business opportunity presents itself. We appreciate the challenge that entrepreneurs face when trying to raise capital while also dealing with the daily time constraints of running their businesses. ## 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 ## 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. ## 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. ## Todd Forest - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Real Estate, Apps, Marketplace Todd Forest - Managing Director @ NAB Ventures ## Robin Chiang - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 Robin Chiang ## 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. ## Darren Patterson - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Sports, 3D Technology, Commercial Real Estate Mr Patterson has more than 20 years’ experience working with both start-up and blue-chip technology companies spanning Australia, Europe, US and Asia. As a leading senior executive, his experience includes telecoms, IT, digital media and venture capital. Mr Patterson is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Alchemy Ventures, an ESVCLP venturecapital fund established to invest in teams and ideas which changes lives and industries, whilst having a positive impact on human and environmental wellness.Mr Patterson's international experience has seen him hold senior business development roles with Yahoo, ECI Telecom, Energis Communications / Cable and Wireless PLC and Cisco Systems. He has been an investor in technology ventures Abyss Solutions, Persollo, Republic Capital Management, Firstwave Cloud Technology, Lumific and Datasift where he secured investment from US venture funds.Most recently he was the CEO and Co-Founder of Australia’s only regulated property investment platform, BrickX, and was CEO and executive director of Property Connect Holdings (ASX:PCH).Mr Patterson holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Directors. ## Saar Gillai - Type: Angel - Location: Los Altos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: Electronics, Manufacturing Saar Gillai is an Independent board director at Xilinx, Semtech, and Liquid Instruments as well as a CEO advisor to multiple companies. Saar is also an executive mentor at Merryck. Previously, Saar was the CEO of Teridion, a SaaS startup focused on cloud networking, where he grew recurring revenue 50% YoY, and expanded the product line to go afterthe SD-WAN market.Before Teridion, Saar was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of HPE’s Communications Solutions Business (CSB), a global billion-dollar division with over 4000 employees. In this role, Saar integrated multiple units and acquisitions into one cohesive division focused on the Telco space. He established HPE as a key player in the software-defined next-generation service provider market and grew network virtualization revenue by over 10x within two years.Before running CSB, Saar spent two years as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of HP Cloud where he played a vital role in aggressively driving and consolidating HP's disparate cloud efforts into a full business unit with the number one market position in private cloud while working closely with F50 enterprises on their cloud adoption and digital transformation journey.Prior to HPE, Saar was SVP of Products and Solutions at 3com, where he played a key role in rebuilding 3coms enterprise offerings, driving the collaboration with H3C, a Chinese subsidiary, and ultimate sale to HP for ~$3B, achieving a 350% valuation increase in 18 months. In addition, Saar has held C level positions at Tropos Networks and Enfora; two startups focused on Wireless Mesh and M2M / IoT, and spent seven years at Cisco Systems in a variety of leadership positions, including VP of Engineering for the Wireless Networking business undevelopment and operations with Enfora, Inc., a wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) company. In addition, Mr. Gillai served for seven years in a variety of leadership positions with Cisco Systems, Inc., including as Vice President of Engineering for Cisco’s Wireless Networking business unit. ## Brian Hartzer - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Brian was appointed Managing Director & CEO in February 2015. Brian joined Westpac as Chief Executive, Australian Financial Services in June 2012 encompassing Westpac Retail & Business Banking, St.George Banking Group and BT Financial Group.Brian was appointed Chairman of the Australian Bankers' Association in February 2015. Priorto joining Westpac, Brian spent three years in the UK as CEO for Retail, Wealth and Ulster Bank at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Prior to that, he spent ten years with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) in Australia in a variety of roles, including his final role as CEO, Australia and Global Segment Lead for Retail and Wealth. Before joining ANZ, Brian spent ten years as a financial services consultant in New York, San Francisco, and Melbourne. Brian graduated from Princeton University with a degree in European History and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. ## Mike Wallas - Type: Angel - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video, Water, Biotechnology Mike Wallas - Advisory Board @ Optifire Pty Ltd ## Ieva Zubavičiūtė - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, B2B Ieva Zubavičiūtė ## Carl Bass - Type: Angel - Location: Berkeley, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Computer Carl Bass was president and CEO of Autodesk from 2006-2017. He spent 24 years at Autodesk where he held a series of executive positions including chief technology officer and chief operations officer. Carl co-founded Ithaca Software, which was acquired by Autodesk in 1993. Bass serves on the boards of directors of Autodesk, Zendesk Inc., Formlabs,Built Robotics, Zoox, Planet Labs, and Autolabs AI; on the board of trustees of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Art Center College of Design, and California College of the Arts; and on the advisory boards of Cornell Computing and Information Science, UC Berkeley School of Information, and UC Berkeley College of Engineering. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University.Bass serves on the boards of directors of Autodesk and HP Inc.; on the board of trustees of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Art Center College of Design, and California College of the Arts; and on the advisory boards of Cornell Computing and Information Science, UC Berkeley School of Information, and UC Berkeley College of Engineering. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University. Bass is a maker and spends his spare time building things—from chairs and tables to boats, and most recently, an electric go-kart. ## 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. ## Bosco Tan - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Bosco Tan ## Steven Adams - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Organic, Agriculture Steven Adams ## 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 ## 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 ## Marko Bogoievski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing Marko retired as CEO of Morrison & Co in 2021 after 13 years of leading the business. He continues to provide guidance for investments in telecommunications and digital infrastructure. His 30 year career has been in the infrastructure and technology sectors in a variety of senior finance, operational and sales roles in the United States and NewZealand. Prior to joining Morrison & Co in 2008, Marko was CFO of Telecom NZ, responsible for corporate finance, M&A and group strategy. Marko is Chair of Vodafone New Zealand. ## 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## Wolfgang Leitner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Nutrition, Sustainability, Food Processing Wolfgang Leitner is CEO of Andritz. ## David Griffin - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering David Griffin - CEO @ Vortini ## 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. ## Simon Sheikh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Simon Sheikh ## Mark Steinert - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, Commercial Mark Steinert ## Donald Kirk - Type: Angel - Location: Stafford, Virginia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Retail, Medical Donald Kirk ## 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 ## 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. ## Cyan Ta'eed - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Consumer, CleanTech, E-Commerce Cyan Ta'eed was born in Sydney, Australia. She worked as a graphic designer before co-founding Envato in 2006 with her husband, Collis Ta'eed, and his best friend, Jun Rung. She now serves on Envato's Board of Directors. Cyan Ta'eed is also the co-creator of New Day Box, a charity focusing on women in crisis. ## Melvin Benn - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recycling Melvin Benn ## 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 ## Michael Gonski - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Legal, Drones, Software Michael Gonski ## Neil Perry - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recycling Neil is Co-Owner and Consultant of Rockpool Dining Group. ## Kevin Parker - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recycling Kevin Parker ## Michael Waters - Type: Angel - Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Property Management Michael Waters ## 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. ## Karl Iagnemma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: 3D Printing Karl is an authority on robotics and autonomous vehicles. His commentary has been published and broadcast worldwide on Bloomberg, The Economist, CNBC, and BBC, among others. As former director of the Robotic Mobility Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), his research resulted in more than 150 technical publications, 50 issued orfiled patents, and numerous edited volumes, including books on the DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge autonomous vehicle competitions.In 2017, Karl was named one of the “Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” by Goldman Sachs and designated a member of the “Recode 100” list of technology influencers. Karl holds MS and PhD degrees from MIT, where he was a National Science Foundation fellow, and a BS from the University of Michigan, where he graduated first in his class.Iagnemma co-founded nuTonomy, Inc. in 2013 and saw the company through acquisition by Aptiv in late 2017. nuTonomy was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018 and Iagnemma was selected as a 2017 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. He is now president of Aptiv Autonomous Mobility, which is building the world’s safest and smartest driverless vehicle software. ## 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. ## 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. ## Phillip Vernon - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, CleanTech Phil has 25 years experience in financial services covering funds management, superannuation and capital markets. He was a member of the Executive Committee of Perpetual Limited heading up its Corporate Trust division and has extensive experience in corporate governance and industry regulation including a long involvement with the AustralianSecuritisation Forum, Australia’s peak body representing the securitisation industry in Australia acting as chairman of its National Committee, Education and Regulatory committees. Phil has a long involvement in sustainability and corporate social responsibility and is a director of Planet Ark, a not for profit environmental organisation. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co