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Xero founder sells $94.5m in shares to fund philanthropy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... Thiel back in April. Thiel, who became Facebook's first outside investor in 2004, broke rank with the majority of Silicon Valley by supporting Donald Trump during the 2016 US Presidential election. Thiel was later appointed to then President-elect Trump's ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... a business using bitcoins as a barter of exchange will be subject to GST. Michael Dunworth, chief executive of Silicon Valley-based blockchain outfit Wyre encouraged financial advisers to consider bitcoin as an asset class. "A lot of people say that ...

ANZ hires Silicon Valley consultant for innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... and retail. He was a founding partner of Macquarie Technology Ventures and was most recently chief executive of a Silicon Valley consulting firm. Spector will lead a Group-wide function to accelerate ANZ's efforts to make customers' lives simpler and ...

Quantifeed launches portfolio for car lovers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... combustion engine. "While the relationship between incumbent carmakers, vehicle part manufacturers and new entrants from Silicon Valley is sometimes portrayed as a competition, we at Quantifeed view it as a symbiotic relationship," Schneider said. "The ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... doubled to US$23 billion since it hit the US$10 billion mark just three years ago. Australia-born chief executive of Silicon Valley-based blockchain outfit Wyre, Michael Dunworth, said for financial advisers who are trying to figure out how the industry ...

Global VC fund opens Australian office

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... have already invested in 20 Aussie start-ups. Partnering with Melbourne and LaunchVic helps us bring a slice of Silicon Valley to Australia through our start-up, investor, and corporate programs."

AirTree hires former Accel vice president

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... to hunt for startup opportunities. Sydney born Cameron will relocate home in February after four years with the Silicon Valley giant, overseeing several of its fintech, cybersecurity and online marketplace companies. In a statement Cameron said the Australian ...

State Street partners with blockchain startup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... in order to offer more transparent, timely and auditable means of reporting. The investment manager has engaged Silicon Valley-based PeerNova to develop a program via its Cuneiform platform aimed at enhancing asset and transaction-based tracking for ...

Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... will connect Australian agribusinesses with leading global developments in agtech and the investment expertise of Silicon Valley. Fellow Finistere Ventures partner Dr Spencer Maughan said: "Australia has a very high standard of scientific research and ...

QIC equities head joins Silicon Valley firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
QIC's head of equities has left the group to join a Silicon Valley-based firm co-founded by a former QIC chief strategist. Rob Wood was head of equities at QIC from 2009 to 2015; prior to that, he was head of world equities at Suncorp. He has also held ...