Craig Blair
Founder of Airtree Ventures
Craig Blair
Founder of Airtree Ventures
Sydney, Australia
Overview
Work Experience
Partner and Cofounder
2014 - Current
AirTree Ventures invests in and partners with the most ambitious founders building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow. First round. Multiple rounds.
Investor
2014
Investor & Board
2019
Investor & Chairman
2012
Pet Circle is the Australia market leader in all things for pets online
Investor
2016
Investor & Board
2018
Founder & CEO
2012 - 2014
Beamly (formally zeebox) Australia. Lead the product strategy, built the team, raised 2 rounds of capital and commercialised the business.
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
Head of Leisure Investment Banking
2005 - 2006
Principle investing using balance sheet capital
Advisor
2005 - 2005
Developed product road map, hired management team and negotiated key commercial agreements for Australian launch
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
Rethinking property management: our investment in :Different
Talks about Startup, Different and Venture Capital