About me.
- Partner @ Stoic VC; an early stage venture fund solving our world’s most intractable problems endemic to our bodies and the world around us. To do this, we partner with Uniseed – commercialisation body managing 65% of Australia R&D output.
- Sit on a few committees including Uniseed, Antler and NSW government’s Biosciences fund + MVP Ventures.
- Prior to this, I spent a few years investing personally, at other funds, fundraising for startups and building a webapp for psychologists.
- When I’m not investing or recovering from sporting injuries, I love to write – both in music and blogging.If you’re a self diagnosed weirdo, lets chat.
What I do.
Hoffman lays it out best:
…..venture capital investing is an exercise in “predictive anthropology.” We’re forecasting what the landscape of market demand, competition, and products/services will look like in the future.
Truths.
- Curiosity has a longer shelf life than passion.
- Surprise is a necessary condition of beauty.
- There is magic in the ordinary.
- In a world infatuated with optimisation, find a few things you care about.
- Do things that won’t compute. The difference between stupidity and intelligence is whether you stop at n, or n+1.
Personal Bets.
- Paraform - first money
- Inventia Life Science - good money
- Diagnose-io - pre-seed
- O3 - pre-seed
- Nextgen Ventures - fund I
- Stealth BCI - first money
- Stealth AI Music Therapeutic - first money
Progress.
Age: 26
Adjusted Age: 45