Alan Jones
Overview
Alan Jones is an Australian angel investor and startup founder coach with extensive experience in the tech industry. He has been actively involved in mentoring and investing in early-stage startups, particularly in the technology sector. His investment focus includes software, cyber security, mobile applications, and other technology-driven industries. He has a strong presence in both the Australian and United States markets, reflecting his international investment interests. In addition to his investment activities, Alan has been a mentor and entrepreneur-in-residence with many of Australia's tech startup accelerators, specializing in strategy for product development and marketing. He has hands-on experience founding and co-founding web and mobile startups, as well as senior management experience in larger companies including Yahoo!, News DigitalMedia, and Microsoft. At Yahoo!, he was Product Director for South Asia. Alan advises and invests in early-stage startups directly and through Startmate and Pollenizer Ventures. His investments include ChromaSun, BugHerd, Grabble (acquired by WalMart in 2011), ScriptRock, Flightfox, Spreets (acquired by Yahoo7 in 2011), OtherLevels, and NinjaBlocks. Alan is a co-founder of digital agency The New Agency, Editor-in-Chief of FromLittleThings.co, is a mentor for Startmate, and is the Social Media and Web Director for TEDxSydney. Alan's investment strategy focuses on identifying and supporting innovative startups with high growth potential. He emphasizes the importance of a strong founding team, a clear product-market fit, and scalable business models. His diverse portfolio reflects his commitment to fostering innovation across various sectors, including technology, media, e-commerce, fintech, healthtech, edtech, proptech, agtech, cleantech, foodtech, logistics, and entertainment. Alan's approach combines strategic insight, product intuition, and a hands-on mentoring style to help startups navigate the challenges of scaling and achieving long-term success.
Investment Focus
- Strong founding team
- Clear product-market fit
- Scalable business model
- Innovative technology solutions
- High growth potential
Portfolio Companies
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What sectors does Alan Jones invest in?
Alan Jones invests in Technology, Media, Software, HealthTech, FoodTech and EdTech, and is based in New South Wales, Australia. Alan Jones is listed as a angel investor in the ConnectSafely investor database.
What stage does Alan Jones invest at?
Alan Jones backs companies at Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Series B, Growth and Late Stage, writing cheques of 500K - 5M.
Which regions does Alan Jones invest in?
Alan Jones invests across United States and Australia.
What companies has Alan Jones invested in?
Alan Jones's portfolio includes Canva, Bugcrowd, Goterra, Biteable, HappyCo, Bindimaps, Cardly and Bugherd.
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