Investment Notes: ausbiz
Founded by Kylie Merritt and David Koch, ausbiz is Australia’s dedicated business and finance streaming service and has cemented itself as the go-to news platform for experienced Australian investors.
Llew is a leading Australian serial startup entrepreneur and investor that has foundered and exited to ASX entities over his 24 year investing, digital and marketing career.
He is the former Founder, Managing Director & Chair of The Reload Group, one of Australia’s largest digital & eCommerce marketing agencies that was sold to Hardie Grant Media in 2022. From 2006 Llew built the Reload business to 85 staff and 300 clients located in offices throughout Brisbane, London and Manila.
From 1999 to 2006 Llew was co-Founder of leading Queensland web, eCommerce and digital agency Alfresco, that was sold to a consortium led by the ASX listed STW Group.
Llew is the former Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) for the RCL Muru-D Accelerator and Activate+ programs and is the EiR for the Bentleys Carefactor Aged Care Tech Accelerator.
Llew holds a BA from the ANU, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders (FIML).
Portfolio company board positions: YouPay Chair of the Board and Non Executive Director
Heath is a Partner at Bentleys Qld responsible for advising high growth clients, private family enterprise, multinational corporations, Government, Banks, Churches and healthcare institutions. Through this role Heath advises several Boards of Multi-Billion dollar organisations, Chairs a number of Advisory Councils and Family Councils, and works with high growth business owners around their scale up and commercialisations activities.
Heath is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia, New Zealand, and Responsible Manager (RM), Board and Investment Committee member for Bentleys full and unrestricted Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL).
Heath is a well regarded and long standing active early stage investor (angel, seed and venture capital) and later stage private equity investor. Heath is also a CSIRO ON mentor, Brisbane Angels Member and a QLD Government Mentoring 4 Growth mentor. Heath’s interests are particularly focused on the technology transfer from research institutions into commercial business outcomes.
Portfolio company board positions: Hayylo Non Executive Director
Founded by Kylie Merritt and David Koch, ausbiz is Australia’s dedicated business and finance streaming service and has cemented itself as the go-to news platform for experienced Australian investors.
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