# Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in Oceania in October 2023

## Jill Preotle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Big Data, Catering, Hospitality

Jill Preotle is a private equity investor who works with entrepreneurs seeking access to capital and growth markets. She serves on the boards of Zipcar, Red Tail Solutions, iTeam, Dancing Deer Baking Company, TaskRabbit and Daily Grommet. She holds a J.D. degree from New York University Law School.

## Cyan Ta'eed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Rowan Simpson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Music, Parking

Rowan Simpson - Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group

## David Brain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Parking

David Brain is the Chair of Advisory Board at Parkable. He attended the University of Redlands and the University of East Anglia.David Brain is president and CEO of Edelman’s Asia Pacific business of almost $70 million in fees and 1,100 employees. Previously he ran the firm’s London-based EMEA business, leading its transformation from traditionalPR agency to the region’s social digital communication leader, more than doubling its size to over $100 million fee income.He has worked in the region for nearly a decade with Edelman, Visa International and advertising firm Batey Ads.David studied at Redlands University in California and graduated from the University of East Anglia in the UK. After leaving university, David trained as a journalist and has since worked at PR agencies Burson-Marsteller and Weber Shandwick.David has directed award-winning campaigns for Unilever, Heineken and Jim Beam. His first book, “Crowd Surfing: Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Consumer Empowerment,” is published by Bloomsbury.

## Collis Ta'eed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Email, Big Data

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.

## Steve Baxter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Transportation, SaaS, Photography

Steve Baxter - Non-Executive Director @ OtherLevels

## Michael Doubinski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Pet, SaaS, Internet

Michael Doubinski - Founder @ HotelsCombined

## Jason Kilgour
- Type: Angel
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Parking

Jason Kilgour serves as the Chief Executive Officer of MedKeeper LLC and also has been its President since 2001. Prior to MedKeeper, Mr. Kilgour served as Director of Business Development at Thomson Micromedex, a leading provider of health information to professionals and consumers. At Thomson, he was responsible for managing MedKeeper LLC,strategic planning, new product development, and business development activities. Prior to Thomson, Mr. Kilgour held positions in Marketing and Business Development at Novartis Pharmaceuticals. During his tenure at Novartis, he was responsible for activities including capacity planning, new product planning, product line forecasting, market research, strategic planning and partnership development.

## Michael Rosenbaum
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, Internet

Michael Rosenbaum - CEO & Founder @ Spacer

## Tony Gandel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Delivery, Internet, Logistics

Tony is the founder of Gandel Invest and has over 25 years' experience in the Australian property industry.At Gandel Invest, Tony and the team are focussed on innovation and growth and believe strong relationships with our business partners are integral to successful investments.Before founding Gandel Invest, Tony held the position ofJoint Managing Director of Gandel Retail Management (GRM), a specialist property management group. GRM was established in 2002 when the retail assets of Colonial First State Property Trust were merged with the retail assets of Gandel Retail Trust.As Joint Managing Director of the Gandel Group’s retail assets, Tony was instrumental in this transaction, which consolidated Gandel Retail Trust’s position as the second largest retail trust on the Australian Stock Exchange.At Gandel Retail Management, Tony was responsible for acquisitions, leasing, centre management and operations, marketing and investor relations.During his time as Joint Managing Director, funds under management increased from approximately $2bn to $8bn through organic growth and conservatively financed acquisitions.Tony commenced his career in the Marketing Department at Cadbury, where he held the position of Marketing Product Manager. Tony left Cadbury to join the Gandel Group, where he held several roles across the Gandel Group before being appointed to Joint Managing Director in 1998.Tony’s experience in property has also seen him successfully partner with a number of property developers in residential and commercial developments.Tony holds a Bachelor of Business from Monash University and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

## Emlyn Scott
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Emlyn is a successful founder and investor with personal investments in fast growing tech companies like Kami, A.Kin, MealMe, Segna, and EnsuredIt. Managing Partner at CP Ventures and the founder of OpenMarkets Group, Australia's second-largest retail broker. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s secondlargest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Masters Business Administration (MBA), Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI), and Bachelor of Economics (BEc).

## Richard Mergler
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Parking

Richard Mergler - Board Member @ Presence Orb

## Jolie Baasch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Logistics, Transportation

Jolie Baasch

## Larry Summers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Big Data, Internet, Hospitality

Larry Summers

## 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.

## Connor Theilmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Connor Theilmann is the Chief Business Officer at ServiceTitan. Previously he was an investor at Accel in Palo Alto. He attended The Wharton School for Accounting and Finance & the Penn Engineering School for Computer Science.

## 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.

## Akshay Kothari
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Akshay Kothari is the co-founder of Pulse, a mobile application that allows you to read all your favorite content in one place. Pulse began as a class project in the Launchpad class at Stanford University, and has grown to over 30 million users today. It won the coveted Apple Design Award in 2011 and was inducted into the App Store Hall of Fame.Pulse was recently acquired by Linkedin for $90 million.

## Les Szekely
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Les Szekely B.A. LL.M. FAICD, is an active business angel, mentor, and M&A consultant. He started GPC in 2010 after a career of almost 30 years as a tax consulting partner and director with Horwaths Chartered Accountants and then Deloitte. He is the author of over a dozen books on taxation law, has been an active angel investor since 1999 andis currently a director of several early stage and maturing companies.

## Mark Livings
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Content Marketing, Information Technology, Software

Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.

## Andrey Shirben
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Travel, Printing, Software

Time Traveler (trying to crack Teleportation as well). Andrey has been building companies, projects and ventures since he was 19 and hasn't stopped since (some call it serial entrepreneurship, he simply calls it "a way of life"). He has been investing in early stage start-up companies over the past 8 years, helping otherentrepreneurs build great companies. In 2012 he has founded SYD Ventures , which is not your ordinary fund - in fact it's not a fund at all - it's a start-up company that just happens to invests in other startups.Andrey invests in people, rather than ideas. He invests in startups, he can personally get involved in and help build and scale them. He invest relatively small amounts, mainly at very early seed and pre-seed stages, and being long-time entrepreneur himself, he understands the needs and interests of the startup venture and the entrepreneurs leading it.

## Lisa Kate Miller
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Automotive, Electric Vehicle

head of product

## 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

## Matthew Kelly
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Hospitality

Matthew Kelly

## Rayn Ong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Marketplace

Rayn Ong - Partner @ Archangel Ventures

## Artesian Investment
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture, Information Technology

Artesian Investment

## Laura Faulconer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Finance, Architecture, Mechanical Engineering

Laura Faulconer has built a career in entrepreneurship support, architecting and delivering major initiatives aimed at accelerating commercialisation of IP-anchored advanced technologies. Trained as a biomedical engineer, she has worked at the intersection of research translation, commercial development and fundraising with deep experience inmedical devices and health technologies.Before joining WNT, she was CTO for The Actuator/STC Australia where she designed and launched a seed-to-Series A accelerator for regulated medical devices, forming the basis for a dedicated $75M (AUD) seed investment fund. While there, she designed and launched Australia's largest and longest-running medical device startup competition, with ongoing support from major corporates, governments and publicly funded research organisations. She scaled this program from state-based to national and laid the groundwork for international expansion. She has also held roles including Associate Professor of Science at Monash University, in Global Challenges: science + entrepreneurship = impact; Marketing & Business Development Officer at MiniFAB, a contract point of care diagnostics manufacturer; Director of Innovation Projects at COIN, a not-for-profit entrepreneurship support initiative cultivating an emerging nanobiotechnology cluster.She is an experienced entrepreneur, and is passionate about mentoring and enabling fellow entrepreneurs.

## Dylan Field
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Dylan Field is the CEO and Co-founder of Figma, a design and prototyping platform for teams who build products together. With the support of the Thiel Fellowship, Dylan dropped out of Brown University to start Figma with his TA Evan Wallace (who became Figma’s CTO). They built Figma on the web in the hopes of tearing down the walls around thesiloed design process. Dylan champions open, accessible design and believes such tooling must evolve for a cloud-based, collaborative world. He tweets @zoink

## Howard Fyffe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Hospitality

Howard Fyffe is a Managing Director at VAST Data. He Attended NYU Stern School of Business.

## Cameron Adams
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Farming, Software, Recycling

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.

## Nikki Warburton
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Automotive, Publishing

Nikki Warburton, Non Executive Board Director.

## Laurence Escalante
- Type: Angel
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Automotive, Publishing

Laurence Escalante is the Founder and CEO at Virtual Gaming Worlds.

## 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.

## 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

## 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.

## Pip England
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Parking

Pip England is a Chief Executive Partner at Chapman Tripp.

## Michael Acland
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Parking

Michael Acland

## Clare England
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Parking

Clare England is a Senior Communications Specialist, Auckland.

## George Gong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Blockchain

George Gong - Managing Partner @ Jubilee Capital Management

## Adam Milgrom
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: EdTech, Medical, Hospital

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.

## William Sahlman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing

Lead Entrepreneurship Professor and Dean of External Relations, Harvard Business SchoolWilliam Salhman is an advisor to HST Solar where he guides the firm on strategy. He is the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff – Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The d’Arbeloff Chair was established in 1986 to support teachingand research on the entrepreneurial process. His research focuses on the investment and financing decisions made in entrepreneurial ventures at all stages in their development. Sahlman has written numerous articles and two textbooks on topics including entrepreneurial management, venture capital, private equity, deal structuring, incentives, commercializing science, and the role of entrepreneurship in the global economy.In April 2011, the National Venture Capital Association gave Sahlman The American Spirit Award, which was created in 1999 to recognize individuals who have shown outstanding leadership by applying business skills, knowledge, expertise and resources to make a meaningful contribution to society. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business Economics (1982), also from Harvard.

## Andrew Coppin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Retail, Logistics, 3D Printing

Andrew Coppin - Advisor @ DisruptSports.com

## Quinn Quinn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Transportation, Software, Apps

Adrian became a serial entrepreneur who had multiple exits across the USA, Australia and NZ. Adrian is co-founder and lead investor at AngelCube, Melbourne’s first venture accelerator, which provides seed investment and mentoring for technology start-ups and recently won StartupSmart magazine’s “Best Start-up Investor” award. Adrian is alsofounding chairman of Investors' Organisation, whose mission is to grow the pool of investors willing to support Australia’s next generation of entrepreneurs, through collaboration and idea exchange. Adrian has invested in more than 40 Australian and US startups.

## Nicholas Muldoon
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Logistics

Nicholas Muldoon is the Co-CEO at Easy Agile and Host at Siligong Valley. He is a former Staff Technical Program Manager at Twitter and Agile Product Marketing Manager at Atlassian.
Mr. Muldoon graduated from Macquarie University with a bachelor of business administration in Information Technology.

## 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

## Craig Winkler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Apps

Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his timeworking in the philanthropic sector.

## 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.

## 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.

## Guy King
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, B2B

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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