Toby Heap

Founding Partner
2014
H2 Ventures invests alongside entrepreneurs and other investors in early stage fintech, data and artificial intelligence ventures and runs a leading Australian startup accelerator program.

2020 - 2022

Non Executive Director
2020 - 2022
Zemble is a web-based SaaS platform for mapping and executing complex processes involving many stakeholders, steps and materials.

2015 - 2022

Non Executive Director
2015 - 2022
Equitise is a leading Trans-Tasman equity crowd-funding platform that makes investing in innovative high-growth private companies accessible and efficient for all investors.

2017 - 2020

Alumni Council Member & President
2017 - 2020
The Alumni Council represents the community of more than 350,000 alumni of The University of Sydney, Australia's first university and one of the world's leading academic institutions. President from June 2018
Member, Interim Governing Council of The Sydney Knowledge Hub
2019 - 2019
The Sydney Knowledge Hub helps researchers build strong partnerships with industry by providing a collaboration space and an innovation ecosystem to improve commercialisation outcomes.
Member, Strategy & Risk Committee of Senate
2017 - 2019
The role of the committee is to monitor and advise Senate on the University’s Strategy and strategic direction, risk, and major projects including those related to information technologies and digital transformation.

2015 - 2020

Non Executive Director
2015 - 2020
Chair of the Investment Committee, Member of the Audit & Risk Committee, Member of the Marketing & Fundraising Committee Cancer Council NSW is an independent charity that works across every area of every cancer: conducting and funding world-class research into preventing cancer; supporting people as they navigate the cancer journey; and advocating to ensure that governments take action on cancer.

2018 - 2019

2018 Eisenhower Fellow
2018 - 2019
“To study the relationship between corporate governance, innovation, and leadership at leading companies, non-profit organisations, and educational institutions.” Eisenhower Fellowships exists to inspire leaders around the world to challenge themselves to envision how they can effect positive change to better the world around them.

2017 - 2018

2017 Churchill Fellow
2017 - 2018
“To investigate and learn from startup accelerators and innovation ecosystems in Israel, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, The United Kingdom, India, China, and Singapore” The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust rewards proven achievement of talented and deserving Australians to travel overseas to conduct research in their chosen field for the enrichment of Australian society.

2016 - 2018

Non Executive Director & Chair
2016 - 2018
Shaun Parker & Company is an internationally acclaimed Australian contemporary dance theatre company renowned for its fresh, energetic and emotional performances featuring stimulating choreographic forms, arresting musical scores and theatrical invention. The company is resident at the Seymour Centre in Sydney and tours its innovative and diverse dance works around Australia and internationally. Shaun Parker and Company regularly tours internationally across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, including a sold-out season at London’s prestigious dance house Sadler’s Wells. The company has won two Australian Dance Awards, a Banksy Award, and the Argus Angel Award. Chair from July 2016 - August 2018

2015 - 2017

Non Executive Director
2015 - 2017
Stone & Chalk is an independent, not-for-profit Fintech hub whose overarching objective is to help foster and accelerate the development of world-leading Fintech start-ups. It is a physical “centre of gravity” for the local Fintech eco-system. I was part of a small group that conceived and established Stone & Chalk.

2015 - 2016

Member of the ASIC Digital Finance Advisory Committee
2015 - 2016
DFAC advises ASIC's Innovation Hub on matters to do with the regulation of fintech.

Investor and Board Director