Steve is a Venture Partner at Antler, a global VC fund that backs exceptional founders from Day 0 - pre-idea, pre-team, or pre-seed, and supports them for the life of their business. As a CEO, Steve has led five deep-tech startups from Day 0 through to profitability, exit or failure, backed by Series A funding from five of Australia's leading venture capital funds. These companies have helped customers increase revenue and reduce costs through innovative applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud infrastructure and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Steve built and led Melbourne-based Offspring Ventures, investing in spin-off ventures from Australia’s leading R&D institutions, including Inference (acquired by Five9 $US172M), Dimerix (ASX:DXB) and iCeutica (acquired by Iroko Pharma).
Steve has helped the Federal and Queensland governments select recipients for over $500M of startup innovation grants over the last 20 years.
Steve has lived on the Sunshine Coast for the last 13 years and provides startup, innovation advisory and fractional CEO services through Secret Sauce IP Ventures.
