Growth Credit

|   Location: Sydney, AU

Michelle is a Founding Partner and the Managing Partner at OneVentures. She serves on the investment committees of OneVentures funds and has led the capital raising activities for the firm. Her focus today is in the technology growth practice, though she has also worked extensively across both healthcare and technology investments.

With over 25 years’ experience building and investing in high growth technology companies across Australia and the US, Michelle has a proven track record in global business expansion and Australian R&D commercialisation. She has led or co-led, and served as a Director of, several landmark investments including Employment Hero ($2B valuation, 13x ROI, Returned 1.5x Fund II), Phocas (7x ROI, acq. Accel-KKR), Smart Sparrow (acq. Pearson Learning), My Mobile Data (acq. ASX:AYS), Hatchtech (Lic. to NYSE:RDY), and Vaxxas. Michelle chaired the Employment Hero board until December 2023 and continues to serve as a Director, alongside board roles at Vaxxas and Buildkite, and previously Phocas.

A current member of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payment Systems Board, Michelle is also a former board member of Australia’s National ICT Centre of Excellence (NICTA, now Data61), Seven West Media (ASX:SWM) and served on the NSW Government’s Digital Economy Taskforce.

In the lead up to founding OneVentures, Michelle worked for a leading family office on their alternative investments, served as an entrepreneur in residence at Southern Cross Venture Partners and was an angel investor. Prior to her investment career, Michelle was a business entrepreneur and founder, including one of Australia’s first fintech companies, E Com Industries (www.giftvouchers.com) (acq. LSE:ReD, 4.6x, 70% IRR), IT services business, Networks Beyond 2000 and a tertiary tutoring business.

Michelle is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chief Executive Women (CEW). She was a founding advisory board member of Head Over Heels (now Apropela), supporting women entrepreneurs, and served on the advisory board of the Indigenous fund Ochre Ventures.

In addition to these roles, she lectures in the Australian Investment Council’s Foundations of Private Capital Venture Capital Course and is a Co-Founder of WinVC, a non-profit women-led initiative supporting the career trajectory of women investors in venture capital.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours), a Master of Science and a PhD in Applied Science.

|   BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD 

| Growth Credit

| Location: Sydney, AU

Nick heads OneVentures’ Growth Credit practice and serves on the investment committees for the Growth Credit and Growth Equity funds as well as the OneVentures Board.

With nearly 20 years of experience in growth credit investing and debt advisory, he has led over $500M in financing for more than 100 companies across sectors including SaaS, PropTech, FinTech, RetailTech and MedTech. Notable investments include Fleet Space, Shippit and HomeTime.

Before joining OneVentures in 2019, Nick was a Principal at Kreos Capital, Europe’s largest growth credit fund (now part of BlackRock), where he specialised in deal origination, execution and portfolio management. He began his career at KPMG in corporate finance, focusing on debt advisory and credit transactions.

He is a mentor in the AIC Women Mentorship Program and regularly shares his insights as a keynote speaker on Growth Credit and alternative financing.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Manchester University, a Diploma in Corporate Finance from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Diploma in Treasury Management (AMCT) from the Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK).

| BSc (Hons), AMCT

|   Growth Equity & Growth Credit

|   Location: Melbourne, AU

Justine is responsible for identifying investment opportunities in Victoria and supporting portfolio deals based in the region across both Growth Equity and Credit. She leads the OneVentures Victorian Growth Fund (VGF), which invests in the state’s most promising scale-up companies.

As a Board Observer and investor, Justine works closely with portfolio companies such as XYSense, Drawboard, AmazingCo and 6clicks.

Justine has over 15 years experience working with growth stage companies across capital raising, M&A and capital management. Previously, Justine was a Senior Vice-President at Deloitte Corporate Finance in Tokyo, leading domestic and cross-border transactions. Originally from Melbourne, she returned to Australia in 2021, bringing extensive M&A experience and strong local networks.

Justine holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, majoring in Accounting and Finance. She is both a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

|   BComm, CFA, CA

|   Growth Credit   

|   Location: Sydney, AU

Mario is an Investment Director on the OneVentures Growth Credit team, where he is responsible for deal sourcing, evaluating opportunities, executing transactions and supporting portfolio companies as they scale and secure follow-on funding.

He has over a decade of experience across venture capital, growth investing and operating roles in Europe, Latin America and Australia, with a strong focus on B2B SaaS technology-enabled businesses and growth-stage companies.

Prior to joining OneVentures, Mario spent three years at Octopus Ventures in the UK as an investor in the B2B SaaS team, one of the most active venture investors in the UK and mainland Europe. During his time at Octopus, he invested in companies across the UK, Europe and Australia, including Pendula, an Australian SaaS company later acquired by Accel-KKR.

Before Octopus Ventures, Mario was COO at Equity Advisors, a Colombian fractional CFO and financial advisory firm, and earlier an Investment Manager at Axon Partners Group investing across Latin America.

Mario holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, where he served as Deputy Managing Director of the Oxford Seed Fund, a Master’s in Corporate Finance from CESA Colombia, and a dual degree in Industrial Engineering and Economics from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.

|   MBA, M. CorpFin, B. Eng, B.Econ

|   Growth Credit

|   Location: Sydney, AU

Ryan is an Investment Manager on our Growth Credit team and is responsible for deal sourcing, evaluating opportunities, executing transactions and assisting portfolio companies in scaling and securing follow-on funding where appropriate.

He has worked on deals with companies such as Cascade and Biza.

Previously, Ryan worked at Wayflyer, a venture-backed fintech scale-up providing revenue-based financing to eCommerce brands. He led business operations and new product development, helping scale the company from 30 to 300 employees. Before that, he advised consumer goods and financial services clients as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from University College Dublin.

|   B.Sc. Economics & Finance

|   Growth Credit  

|   Location: Melbourne, AU

Shawn plays a key role in the Growth Credit team, contributing across the entire deal cycle through portfolio analysis, due diligence and guiding transactions at every stage.

Before joining OneVentures, Shawn worked in the strategy team at Accenture, focusing on growth, decarbonisation, M&A and technology. Prior to that, he worked at Uber as an Operations Associate, managing consumer behaviour and lifecycle across the Rides, Eats and CommOps teams.

Shawn holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, majoring in Economics and Finance. He represented his university in international case competitions in Norway and Thailand, providing strategic advice to multinational companies.

|   BCom (Economics & Finance)