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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 ...

Advisers under the Periscope

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... Franciso-based StartUp Adviser Richard Arnold and Veeroll.com founder Gideon Shalwick will be around to inject some Silicon Valley vibe. The summit will be held in Brisbane at the Royal International Convention Conference (Brisbane Showground) from February ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... conceivably offer chief risk officer outsourcing. They will use technology differently. State Street has an office in Silicon Valley. The pipe work needs upgrading but custodians are going to be data innovators," he said. On the other side, arguing that ...

NZ Super Fund takes big stake in LanzaTech

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... million) values the company at about $US400 million and makes the super fund the second-biggest shareholder behind Silicon Valley-based Khosla Ventures with 42%. One of Lanzatech's original investors was Stephen Tindall's KIWI fund, which owns 8.66 per ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... for an hour to the CEO of the world's leading Bitcoin exchange in the premises of his venture capital sponsor in Silicon Valley. "We've got to open our minds to it, and in my mind, that starts with the importance of the people in the key roles within ...

OneVentures launches second fund for HNWs and instos

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... additional funding for the portfolio. Of eight of the fund's portfolio companies, two are now operating out of Silicon Valley and one out of Boston. "OneVentures is demonstrating a capability to do deals of global significance," Michelle Deaker, managing ...

VC capital raising crash 75pct in 2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... situation that usually forces those companies overseas. It is estimated that up to 10,000 Australians currently work in Silicon Valley in the US.