Todd Deacon
General Partner @ AO Ventures & Wildcard Ventures || Partner @ The Fund || startup-reading.com
Greater Melbourne Area
Invests in
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Min Investment:
$50,000.00Max Investment:
$100,000.00Target Investment:
$50,000.00
Skills
Education
Lists including Todd
Investments
Played
Total Funding:
Simbull
Total Funding: $120K
Get DUCK
Total Funding: $120K
XPAND Gaming
Total Funding: $120K
Stready
Total Funding: $120K
inStryde
Total Funding: $50K
Herd App
Total Funding:
MyARC
Total Funding:
Hormonious Flo
Total Funding:
ROOK
Total Funding:
Ten-X
Total Funding: $50M
Swing Vision
Total Funding: $120K
A-champs
Total Funding:
Modu
Total Funding:
Arete
Total Funding: $120K
Gamesense
Total Funding:
Snapscreen
Total Funding:
MyFavorito
Total Funding: $120K
Str8bat
Total Funding:
TenX Pro
Total Funding: $120K
MODU Research
Total Funding: $120K
ELANATION
Total Funding: $620K
SwingVision
Total Funding: $8.9M
Snapodds
Total Funding: $120K
gameSense Sports
Total Funding: $120K
A-Champs
Total Funding: $120K
Str8bat Sport Tech Solutions
Total Funding: $120K
Work Experience
2021
General Partner - AO Ventures & Wildcard Ventures
2021
AO Ventures & Wildcard Ventures are the venture capital vehicles of Tennis Australia and the Australian Open Grand Slam.
2021
Partner - The Fund (Australia + NZ)
2021
Investing in Australian & New Zealand founders at pre-seed stage.
2021
Director, Board Member
2021
2019 - 2022
Managing Director
2019 - 2022
Focused on investing in early stage startups in SportsTech across the globe.
2019 - 2021
Commissioner
2019 - 2021
Commissioner on the inaugural commission for the Suncorp Super Netball league.
2018 - 2019
Advisor
2018 - 2019
Advisory role with The Player's Tribune post the acquisition of Unscriptd in December 2018.
2013 - 2018
Co-founder | Chief Operating Officer
2013 - 2018
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Unscriptd, an athlete media publishing & technology platform in sports. Unscriptd was acquired by Google ventures backed The Player's Tribune in New York in Dec 2018 With teams in Melbourne, New York, London, Barcelona, Unscriptd unlocks the power of Athlete media for the the world's best athletes, teams, leagues and brands. Our unique proprietary technology platform allows us to simplify the creation, distribution, measurement and quantification of that content at scale and across multiple social channels simultaneously.
2009 - 2013
Management Consultant - Head of Insights
2009 - 2013
Gemba is a leading authority in the ever-changing world of sport and entertainment. Offering specialised services across insights, strategy and communications, we are passionate about our clients, proud of the work we do and love operating in one of the most dynamic industries on the global stage. Insights Our industry-leading insights program explores human relationships with sport and entertainment; in depth and on a truly global scale Strategy Delivering world-class business and brand strategy for governments, sporting organisations, sponsors and brands in the sport and entertainment industry. Communications Unrivalled expertise in planning, development and execution of compelling marketing campaigns for some of the biggest brands in global sport and entertainment. Gemba has offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Shanghai and Sydney. www.thegembagroup.com
2006 - 2009
General Manager - Sweeney Sports
2006 - 2009
2004 - 2006
General Manager - Marketing Star City Casino
2004 - 2006