|   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 Equity

|   Location: Sydney, AU

Bevin leads OneVentures’ growth technology investment strategy for Fund V and Fund VII and serves on their Investment Committees.

With over 20 years of experience in technology investing, M&A and capital markets, Bevin provides strategic guidance to portfolio companies and sits on the boards of Lumary and MyPass. He specialises in driving growth through acquisitions, organic expansion and operational excellence.

Before joining OneVentures, Bevin was a Partner at Bailador Technology Investments, where he led growth-stage technology investments across Australia and New Zealand. During his tenure, Bailador achieved nine successful exits, delivering over $250M in returns at an average 3.1x CoC and 25% IRR. Key investments included Rezdy, RC TopCo, Standard Media Index and Updoc.

Prior to that, Bevin was Head of M&A at Catapult Group, where he led acquisitions that expanded the company’s scale and market presence globally and secured over $150M in financing. Earlier in his career, he was a graduate analyst in corporate finance at Deloitte and a vice-president in investment banking at the Royal Bank of Scotland, advising emerging companies across capital markets and M&A.

Bevin graduated with a Master of Commerce from the University of Sydney and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

|   MCom (USYD), BCom (USYD)

|   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.

|   BCom, CFA, CA

|   Growth Equity 

|   Location: Sydney, AU

Jay identifies and analyses growth equity investment opportunities while supporting portfolio companies with research, strategic planning and problem-solving to help them scale into new markets.

He collaborates with CFOs and leadership teams to simplify financial complexities and drive growth and serves as a Board Observer for Lumary, Kepler Analytics and Flippa.

With over 15 years of global equities experience specialising in high-conviction, long-term growth strategies, Jay began his career as a software engineer, and has held roles in risk modelling, portfolio management and public equities focused on technology at CITIC Securities (HK), HSBC (UK, HK), and Goldman Sachs (UK). He was also a buy-side investment analyst for a boutique global equities fund manager.

Jay holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Software and a Master of Commerce in Finance from the University of New South Wales.

|   BEng (Hons), MCom (Finance)

|   Growth Equity

|   Location: Sydney, AU

Seth works in the Growth Equity team, supporting deal sourcing, analysis, due diligence and monitoring portfolio investments.

He has experience creating predictive and stochastic models for a range of applications and is proficient in R and Python.

Seth graduated from UNSW with a double degree in Actuarial Science and Commerce (Finance). During his degree, Seth worked at Bailador, assisting in portfolio management, due diligence, investment proposals and modelling.

|   BCom / BSc (Actuarial Studies & Finance)