Top 30 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Australia in October 2023
Top 30 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Australia in October 2023
| Investor | Food and Beverage Australia investments |
|---|---|
| Cyan Ta'eed | 2 |
| Collis Ta'eed | 2 |
| Patty Mills | 1 |
| Geoff Levy AO | 1 |
| Justus Hammer | 1 |
| Anthony Zaccaria | 1 |
| Dominic Pym | 1 |
| Chris Morris | 1 |
| Adam Milgrom | 1 |
| Michael Doubinski | 1 |
| Matt De Boer | 1 |
| Rob Lederer | 1 |
| Andrew R Banks | 1 |
| Bec Milgrom | 1 |
| Kate Morris | 1 |
| Michael Rosenbaum | 1 |
| Nick Shelton | 1 |
| Simon Griffiths | 1 |
| Guy King | 1 |
| Ruslan Kogan | 1 |
| Matt Berriman | 1 |
| Marat Kichikov | 1 |
| Nick Humphreys | 1 |
| Howard Fyffe | 1 |
| Mike Wallas | 1 |
| David Shein | 1 |
| Chadd Ciccarelli | 1 |
| Matthew Kelly | 1 |
| Warren Hogarth | 1 |
| Scott Heyes | 1 |
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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.
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- Consumer, CleanTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Trace — trace helps individuals and businesses go carbon neutral - measure (for free), reduce & offset your carbon footprint. Track your impact across our handpicked project portfolio including biodiversity in Australia.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
- Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
Collis Ta'eed grew up in Papua New Guinea. He moved to Australia to attend university and later worked as a web designer, selling Flash stock on the side. His experience selling stock inspired him to co-found Envato with his wife, Cyan Ta'eed, and best friend, Jun Rung. Collis has served as Envato's CEO since the company'sfounding in 2006.
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- E-Commerce, Email, Big Data
- Angel, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
- CM Commerce — Increase sales and revenue with ecommerce email marketing. Do it all while saving time with premade workflows that can be ready in minutes.
- Bloom Impact Investing — Bloom Impact Investing provides an investment platform to investors wanting to make a difference to the environment. Join us to access clean energy and cleantech investment portfolios that your future self will thank you for.
Patty Mills
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- Apps, Hospitality, Food and Beverage
- Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
Geoff is a founding partner of OIF and an Investment Committee member. He has significant experience in venture capital, investment banking and commercial law. He is currently Chairman of Monash Private Capital and ASX-listed Cromwell Property. Previously he was CEO of Investec Bank Australia, principal of Wentworth Associates, a partner ofFreehills and he has extensive senior board experience.
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- FinTech, Payments, Crowdfunding
- Series B, Seed, Series A
- Australia, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- EFTsure — Discover why hundreds of Australian organisations choose eftsure to reduce the risk of payment error, fraud and cybercrime.
- OurCrowd — Access exclusive VC angel investment deals in pre-vetted startup companies. Join now.
- All G Foods — Called All G Foods, the company uses technology to develop dairy proteins that can be included in milk and other “cow-free” dairy products, as well as to enhance its incoming plant-based meat ranges.
Justus is a seasoned entrepreneur who has been working in the technology space for over a decade. First as a founder of Spreets and later as an investor and advisor to other startups such as Airtasker. His latest venture is Sellable with which he plans to revolutionise the real estate landscape in Australia.
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- Retail, Fashion, FinTech
- Seed, Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Upstreet — 'NextGen Loyalty Solution', 'FinTech', 'Share Trading', 'Marketing Solution', 'B2B', 'B2C', 'DtC', "Share Rewards"
- Mon Purse — Superior quality leather accessories for both women & men. Add your monogram to our cosmetic cases, bags, pouches, phone cases, travel and tech accessories.
- Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.
Anthony Zaccaria is the Co-Founder of Linktree.
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- Wellness, Marketing, Craft Beer
- Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- beehiiv — Access the best tools available in email, helping your newsletter scale and monetize like never before.
- Heaps Normal — Heaps Normal is an independent, alcohol-free beer company supporting everyday legends to dial the good times up to 11 and still perform at their best the next day.
- Mindset Health — Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy.
Dominic Pym is Co-Founder at Pin Payments.
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- Cooking, Hospitality, Marketplace
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Gathar — Book a dining experience in your own home. Browse menus and book online, and our Culinarians will bring the ingredients, cook, and clean up.
- Aussie Angels — A platform for investors to launch & lead syndicated investments into startups. Apply to join syndicates and invest on a deal-by-deal basis.
Chris is a founding member of Computershare Limited (established in 1978) and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1990. Chris’ extensive knowledge of the securities industry and its user requirements from both a national and international perspective, coupled with his passion and long term strategic vision, have been instrumental in developingComputershare into a global company that is unique in its provision of a full range of solutions to meet the needs of listed companies and their stakeholders.Chris became the Computershare Group's Executive Chairman in November 2006 and relinquished his executive responsibilities in September 2010. Chris was last re-elected in 2012, but retains the role of Non-Executive Chairman. Chris now brings his extensive experience guiding Computershare to the board of Smart Parking.
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- Mobile, Software, Apps
- Angel, Series A, Post-IPO Equity
- Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Adslot — Pioneering the next generation of media. Advancing how brands, agencies and publishers collaborate. Learn more about Adslot Media and Symphony.
- Aston Club — Aston Club is a mobile app that allows patrons to pay for food and beverage in bars, restaurants and pubs through their mobile phone. Aston Club is a simple, secure, and fast Point-of-sale integrated payment solution that aims to help hospitality venues increase their bar efficiency and table turnover, improve the customer experience, and enhancepayment security.
- Auga Technologies Limited — Auga Technologies is a high-growth technology company building a dominant global position in the facilitation of real-time audience engagement and insight.
Adam is an active impact investor and has built a portfolio of investments across a wide range of industries and asset classes that align profit with purpose.Adam has a proven track record in consumer marketing, ecommerce and innovation. He has deep ties to philanthropy, social enterprise and impact investing.Adam is VP of Giant Leap Fundwhich has been established by IIG as the first Australian VC Fund 100% committed to making early-stage investments with positive impact.
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- EdTech, Medical, Hospital
- Seed, Angel
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
- More Good Days — More Good Days offers evidence-based pain management programes, education, and health services.
- HEX — Innovation education for the gap year generation. Get ready to lead in an exponential world. Start with HEX. Then choose your future career.
Michael Doubinski - Founder @ HotelsCombined
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- Pet, SaaS, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Mad Paws — Mad Paws is a Sydney-based start up that was created to fill in the ever growing need in the pet boarding market for affordable, and local pet accommodation while still maintaining the care, love, and attention pets received at high-end, expensive, pet boarding services.
- Sherpa — Sherpa is a last mile courier market place. Through SherpaFleet; a delivery and driver management software as a service platform (SaaS) we help businesses manage their fleets and access the inventory from other fleets and including sharing their own.This creates a more efficient and effective last mile solution for businesses overalldisrupting the principle of owning the driver.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
Matt De Boer is the Partner and founder of Athletic Ventures. He previously worked at Walsh & Company as a Funds Management Internship. Matt De Boer attended The University of Western Australia.
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- Food and Beverage, Sports, Travel
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
- Smartabase — Human performance optimization software helps elite sports teams & military organizations with data-driven, performance-enhancing solutions
- Heaps Normal — Heaps Normal is an independent, alcohol-free beer company supporting everyday legends to dial the good times up to 11 and still perform at their best the next day.
Rob Lederer - Owner & CEO @ RTL Group Investments
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- Financial Services, Apps, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Earnd — Join Wagestream's financial wellbeing revolution. See how tools like earned wage access help improve employee experience and staff performance.
- FrontYa — FrontYa increases your home purchasing power by doubling your savings for deposit and stamp duty so you can buy or upsize sooner. No debt, repayments or fees.
- All G Foods — Called All G Foods, the company uses technology to develop dairy proteins that can be included in milk and other “cow-free” dairy products, as well as to enhance its incoming plant-based meat ranges.
Andrew R Banks
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- Grocery, Medical, Health Care
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Deliciou — Plant-based meat, seasonings, spices and condiments. Free worldwide shipping.
- CancerAid — We empower people and organisations affected by cancer to thrive with our expertise, empathy and technology.
Bec Milgrom is a Director of Tripple.
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- Farming, FinTech, Lending
- Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Heaps Normal — Heaps Normal is an independent, alcohol-free beer company supporting everyday legends to dial the good times up to 11 and still perform at their best the next day.
- Steward — Steward is a mission-driven lender partnering with regenerative farms and agriculture businesses to transform local food systems. Apply for a loan or lend support.
Kate Morris Founder at Adore Beauty
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- Marketing, Recycling, Craft Beer
- Seed, Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Heaps Normal — Heaps Normal is an independent, alcohol-free beer company supporting everyday legends to dial the good times up to 11 and still perform at their best the next day.
- Who Gives a Crap — We make super-soft, 100% recycled toilet paper, and we donate 50% of profits to build toilets in the developing world. Good for your bum, Great for the world!
Michael Rosenbaum - CEO & Founder @ Spacer
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- E-Commerce, Delivery, Internet
- Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Zoom2u — Zoom2u is a Delivery platform that connects you with a community of couriers across Australia. Deliver from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and more.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
Nick Shelton is a Director & Publisher at Broadsheet Media. He attended Melbourne Business School.
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- Apps, Hospitality, Food and Beverage
- Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
Simon Griffiths is the co-founder and CEO of Who Gives a Crap.
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- AgTech, Funerals, Marketing
- Series A, Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Bardee — Transforming food waste into insect protein and fertiliser
- Heaps Normal — Heaps Normal is an independent, alcohol-free beer company supporting everyday legends to dial the good times up to 11 and still perform at their best the next day.
- Bare — Bare provides a quality cremation service and a dedicated care team that helps you each step of the way. Arrange online or via phone. Call us on 1800 071 176
Guy King is the Co-Founder of Stateless Systems Pty Ltd. Guy King wrote BugMeNot as a "slapped-together" weekend project in 2003 that went on to become a worldwide hit. After time working a Realestate.com.au, Guy King founded Stateless Systems in 2007 and launched RetailMeNot, a consumer coupon sites.
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- Internet, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Influx — Hire 24/7 teams to clear the inbox as you need it. We match your brand voice exactly with all management, training included.
- YourGrocer — YourGrocer provides online grocery delivery from local independent shops in Melbourne
Ruslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, having created and run many successful businesses. He is one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, and his Internet ventures have expanded to include a global footprint. His companies have operations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, with much more international expansion planned. Histremendous success made him Australia's wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. The technology manufacturer and online retailer he created, Kogan.com, has gone on to become the biggest online retailer in Australia, valued at over $400 million.Ruslan Kogan is a regular guest contributor to TechCrunch, Forbes, Gizmodo, and other outlets.
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- Apps, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
- ArchiPro — Browse projects, find products, connect with professionals and learn about building, all in one place. Find everything you need to build your dream right here.
- Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
Matt Berriman is the Chairman of Mental Health Australia.
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- Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Ratio Ventures — Ratio Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.
- Tailwind Acquisition — Tailwind Acquisition is a purpose-built investment company that seeks to partner with a world-class founding and executive team. The company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It also seeks tocapitalize on the multiple decades of combined investment experience of the company’s management team, the board of directors, and Advisors who are both technology entrepreneurs as well as technology-oriented investors with a shared vision of identifying and investing in technology companies.Tailwind Acquisition was founded in 2020 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
- TRAVLR — TRAVLR is a revolutionary white label technology provider that consolidates the global travel industry into one seamless platform via its unique ‘Travel as a Service’ model.The company licences its full service travel platform to the world’s leading media companies, enabling their audiences to discover, plan and book curated, once-in-a-life-timetravel experiences.In turn, media companies are able to retain audiences within their ecosystem for longer, optimising for conversion by providing customers a seamless path from content through to real world experience.This unique ‘win-win-win model’ benefits all key stakeholders including consumers, media companies and the travel industry, who have traditionally experienced a fragmented travel booking journey across multiple platforms and providers.TRAVLR was founded in 2017 by Bali Bible founder Simon te Hennepe and has strategically located offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Denpasar. Its partners include Network 10, MTV, Bali Bible and Stuff.co.nz.
Marat is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry and early stage investor. He is the founder of several successful companies, including a consumer finance bank, few e-commerce companies and investment fund. He serves on the board of his several portfolio companies (Bioloka, Wow Cube, F3 and RelesticaHolding), utilizing his knowledge and expertise in Blockchain industry which he joined to in 2013 as a partner in Bitfury Group. In both as a fund and as an angel investor, Marat have invested in 30+ fin tech, e-commerce, blockchain technology, educational, healthcare and gaming companies, providing business expertise and financial & advisory support to founders. Marat has a master's degree in finance & business management and a bachelor's degree in law. In his free time, Marat likes surfing and skiing!
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- Software, Education, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Intropia — Find Web3 jobs and other opportunities, capitalize your network, and hire the best talent.
- Starly.io — Launchpad and marketplace for your gamified NFT collections
- EWA Learn — Start learning English, French and Spanish with EWA: conversational vocabulary, interactive exercises, modern examples and fun tasks are waiting for you!
Nick Humphreys is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Linktree.
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- Wellness, Marketing, Craft Beer
- Seed, Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Heaps Normal — Heaps Normal is an independent, alcohol-free beer company supporting everyday legends to dial the good times up to 11 and still perform at their best the next day.
- Mindset Health — Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy.
Howard Fyffe is a Managing Director at VAST Data. He Attended NYU Stern School of Business.
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- Delivery, Logistics, Hospitality
- Angel
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Drive Yello — Looking for fast & express courier & logistics delivery services? Drive Yello is your last mile delivery partner serving Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
Mike Wallas - Advisory Board @ Optifire Pty Ltd
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- Video, Water, Biotechnology
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- PERKii — PERKii Targeted Release Probiotics are naturally micro-shielded to resist stomach acid up to 10,000x stronger than non micro-shield probiotics. For a targeted release in your gut and a difference you can feel. PERKii Probiotic Drinks are bottled with one billion or more probiotics per serve.
- Clipchamp — Clipchamp is the online video editor that empowers anyone to tell stories worth sharing. Our in-browser platform gives users access to professional video editing tools and features from simple cropping and resizing to special effects like transitions, motion titles, and even Green Screen. Also on offer – an 800 thousand asset strong stock libraryand hundreds of editable video templates.
David has been involved in investing in and managing a number of start-up and early stage technology companies, many of which have been successfully exited. David was the founder and Managing Director of Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd. and established Dimension Data Australia (formerly Com Tech Communications) in July 1987 as a SpecialistSupplier of networking and communications products. At the time of sale, Dimension data employed over 1400 people, had revenues of $700mil with no external debt. The company was sold for an enterprise value of over $1bil on 2000. David actively mentors management teams. David recently served as the Chairman of Centric Wealth Advisers Ltd. and was Chairman of Holly Connects, Inc. David was also Executive Chairman and Founding Investor of Macromatix . David is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Montech Holdings Limited. David holds a B.Comm and B. Acc from the University of Witwatersrand.
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- Construction, Software, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Series C
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tapit — Tapit is a pioneer within the contactless communications sector (mobile 3.0). Since 2011 Tapit has worked with global brands including Google, Microsoft, Samsung & Visa to deploy, manage and analyse their contactless infrastructure including NFC tags, Beacons and QR codes. Leveraging Tapit and the power of contactless communicationsprovides global companies with a fast, simple and secure way to engage with consumers via their smartphone directly from physical environments such as outdoor media and retail.
- Human — Human aims to assist medical professionals and patients to make more statistics selections.
- All G Foods — Called All G Foods, the company uses technology to develop dairy proteins that can be included in milk and other “cow-free” dairy products, as well as to enhance its incoming plant-based meat ranges.
Chadd Ciccarelli
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- Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Triggr — SaaS Platform, Real-Time Sales Notifications and Top Quality Contact Data to Help Your Sales Team Close More Deals.
- Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
- GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.
Matthew Kelly
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- Delivery, Logistics, Hospitality
- Angel
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Drive Yello — Looking for fast & express courier & logistics delivery services? Drive Yello is your last mile delivery partner serving Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
Warren Hogarth is a venture capitalist at Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2008, Warren completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering, where he developed fuel cell technology. During this time, he was a visiting Fulbright Scholar toPrinceton University and a Guest Scientist at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. Warren has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Queensland.
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- FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
- Seed, Series B, Series C
- United States, Australia, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
- NayaPay — One wallet for all your everyday payments. Send money, pay bills, chat with friends and shop worldwide with a free Visa debit card.
- Fable Food — Noun - A tasty story with animals as characters, not dishes . Open your eyes to the incredible taste, texture and goodness of Fable.
- Great Question — The only all-in-one customer research platform loved by people who do research and endorsed by researchers. Great Question automates research tasks, making it easy to spend more time speaking to customers.
Scott Heyes is a CFO at Mendoza Ventures. He Attended Columbia Business School.
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- Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.
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