CB

Craig Blair

Partner & Cofounder @ Airtree Ventures | Investing in Iconic Tech

Sydney, Australia

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Corporate Development
Investments
Venture Capital
Business Strategy
Online Advertising
Business Incubation
Digital Marketing
Incubation
International Business Development
Financial Analysis
Capital Raising
Management
Digital Media
Business Planning
Business Modeling
Negotiation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Digital Strategy

Education

Work Experience

2014

  • Partner and Cofounder

    2014

    AirTree Ventures invests in and partners with the most ambitious founders building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow. First round. Multiple rounds.

2014

  • Investor

    2014

2019

  • Investor & Board

    2019

  • Investor & Chairman

    2012

    Pet Circle is the Australia market leader in all things for pets online

  • Investor

    2016

  • Investor & Board

    2018

2012 - 2014

  • Founder & CEO

    2012 - 2014

    Beamly (formally zeebox) Australia. Lead the product strategy, built the team, raised 2 rounds of capital and commercialised the business.

2006 - 2011

  • Venture Investor

    2006 - 2011

    Australian venture capital firm that returned 4x cash on cash. Portfolio included Downstream Marketing, ReachLocal, Allure Media (Gawker, Sugar Publishing), Wayfair, Switchwise, The Video Company, Ourdeal and Travel.com

2005 - 2006

  • Head of Leisure Investment Banking

    2005 - 2006

    Principle investing using balance sheet capital

2005 - 2005

  • Advisor

    2005 - 2005

    Developed product road map, hired management team and negotiated key commercial agreements for Australian launch