Equanimity Investments

Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in New York. Lerer Hippeau was founded by Ken and Ben Lerrer, co-founders of the Huffington Post and Thrillist respectively, and the majority of our team consists of fellow startup founders and operators. We look to invest in entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight, focused execution, and unwavering ambition. Historically, we have invested primarily in early-stage companies based in New York (although we are not limited to NY), and almost exclusively headquartered in the United States.

We are focused on identifying exceptional founders leading high growth businesses. We then work with the founders and provide support for them, their team and their business. This is what sets us apart from the rest. We are one of the most active providers of early stage investments to startups in Australia. We provide more than just our capital to help the best founders build and grow amazing tech businesses that disrupt industries and change the world. Our portfolio of over 20 startups includes some of Australia's most exciting startups, including Airtasker, GO1 and Sendle.

H2 Ventures is a leading fintech and data investment firm. Since 2013, H2 Ventures has been reinventing financial services by bringing together talented entrepreneurs, investors, forward thinking established financial services organisations and other thought leaders in the world of technology enabled disruption. In 2017 we branched into data and artificial intelligence (A.I.) enabled disruption. We provide equity capital as well as knowledge and mentoring to support high calibre founders who will not only drive their businesses with passion and energy, but also take responsibility for the focused execution of their idea. We operate the H2 Accelerator, Australia's only dedicated fintech, data, and A.I. accelerator, with the vision of cultivating a critical mass of talented people to work on world changing ideas.

Sequoia Capital is one of the oldest and most well-known venture capital firms in the world. Sequoia has invested in some of the most famous venture success stories including Apple, Google, Oracle, PayPal, Stripe, YouTube, Instagram, Yahoo! and WhatsApp. Along with its US presence, Sequoia now has multiple affiliates in other markets including India, Israel and China.

Andreessen Horowitz backs bold entrepreneurs who move fast, think big, and are committed to building the next major franchises in technology. Founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the firm provides entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights in innovation, executive and technical talent, market intelligence, policy and regulatory affairs, business development, and marketing and brand-building.

Accel is a leading US-headquartered early and growth-stage venture capital firm. Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. Founded in 1983, Accel brings more than three decades of experience building and supporting hundreds of companies. Accel's vision for entrepreneurship and business enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be responsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel-backed companies include Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Lookout Security, MoPub, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, Vox Media and others.