“I worked with Matt when I participated in the Founder Institute in Melbourne. Matt was one of our course directors and mentors. We were very lucky to have someone of Matt’s calibre leading the program. He has a wealth of expertise in building start-ups, and all things technical. But what impressed me the most about Matt was his passion for helping the class build and test our businesses in the right way. Sometimes this called for a large helping of ‘tough love’, but ultimately that’s what gave the class the best chance of launching a viable company.”
About
I do four things:
* co-founder of Tractor Ventures. The most flexible non-dilutive funding available to Australian and New Zealand startups available.
* I’m the chairman of Qsic. We stream the audio and messaging into QSR, grocery and P&C stores globally
* I’m on the investment committee for the Alice Anderson fund, a $10M co-investment fund of the Victorian Govt to invest into women lead startups.
* I’m the co-founder and a VP at SideStage ventures. A pre-seed and seed fund backing early Aussie startups.
Since '96 I have:
- been a software developer, mostly on the web.
- ran a hosting company.
- co-founded and exited (with varying degrees of success) 5 tech startups. (River Dynamics, YourWeb, ProcessGo, Wattcost, DoneSafe).
- become a partner at Lookahead Search, opened and ran the Melbourne office.
- directed Founder Institute for two semesters in Melbourne.
- was the President then Treasurer of Ruby Australia.
- made 50+ early stage investments (Pin Payments, Practice Ignition, Buildkite, Gyde, Hava, Teamsquare, Mentor Loop, Spaceship financial, CodeLingo, Making Things, Taggd).
- helped Blackbird Ventures with deal flow
- Invested in and mentored with StartMate since 2017 Sydney batch, Partner since MEL17
- joined the Amazon AWS Startup team in Melbourne, VC BD.
- formed Tractor Ventures, Australia’s first Revenue Based investment fund.
My goal is to connect dots, to help people with the others in my network. I have a specific interest in companies that allow software development teams to be as focussed as possible.
https://linktr.ee/mattallen
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It’s been amazing to watch Side Stage Ventures support the Leonardo.Ai founders throughout an incredible 18 month journey since launch. Yesterday…
It’s been amazing to watch Side Stage Ventures support the Leonardo.Ai founders throughout an incredible 18 month journey since launch. Yesterday…
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Ploughing a furrow with Tractor Ventures at Forward Fest. If you're looking for a modern alternative funding pathway for your scale-up come find me…
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Today marks a huge milestone for Leonardo.Ai as we join the Canva family. I’m incredibly proud of what our team has achieved over a short 20 months…
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