Monday, August 07, 2023

Side Stage Ventures backed by founders of Linktree, Go1 and Airtasker




A $30m early stage fund -   Side Stage Ventures led by   Ben Grabiner and rich lister Markus Kahlbetzer  has been backed by a bunch of 

Aussie tech start-ups and funds .


Kahlbetzer was a founding partner at Tank Stream Ventures which led the seed round of ed-tech unicorn Go1 - and Andrew Barnes and  Tim Fung is now backing Markus!


Whose invested 


Limited Partners include 

  • Alex and Anthony Zaccaria of Linktree 
  • Tim Fung and Andrew Barnes of Go1 , 
  •  Matt Allen from Tractor Ventures , 
  • Jaddan Comerford of Unified Music 
  • Andrew Barnes of UK-based venture fund LocalGlobe


“Focus will be in investing up to $500k seed funding in creative arts and talent startups to help scale their businesses.



Some of its investments Heaps NormalMr Yum and EQL


Markus Kahlbetzer told Tegan Jones of startupdaily that the start-up ecosystem in Australia is ripe with innovation, with some successful unicorns as proof of concept!


He enthused


“We have world-class talent, a burgeoning startup ecosystem, government support and plenty of other competitive advantages in a post-COVID world that can transform Australia into a world-leading innovation hub. There has never been a better time to build and invest in Australia than now.”


Bens shares in a blog  why he is so excited https://medium.com/side-stage 

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