James Douglas

Partner

2022 - Current

Co:Act is a Melbourne based Venture Capital firm. It is an investment partnership of experienced venture investors with a network of founders, business leaders and family offices. We are passionate about Australian innovation and technology. The Partnership is focused on investing in and supporting Australian early-stage companies, helping to build effective organisations, to drive strategy and mobilise capital to deliver revenue and growth. Our experience includes founding start-ups that have grown into ASX listed companies, leading venture investment funds, managing significant Australian family offices and leading established Australian businesses We seek to provide innovative Australian start up companies with more than capital and experience. We deliver the benefit of an extensive network of Founders, business owners and C-Suite professional who can provide our investee companies with a vast range of experience across multiple sectors and stages of development, mentorship and better access to help mobilise capital, source talent and develop and promote their technology, innovation, product or service Our name summarises the philosophy we bring to the companies that we support: Collaboration. Capital. Action

Director

2020

Member of the Board Audit & Risk Committee Member of the Board Equity Investment Committee

Chair

2011 - 2024

Director, Investment Director & Venture Partner

2018 - 2023

Established and led the Acorn Capital Expansion Platform, a venture capital fund focused on supporting early stage Australian technology and innovation companies

Director

2018 - 2022

Director

2020 - 2022

Director

2020 - 2022

Director

2020 - 2022

Founder

2010 - 2022

Newmarket Capital is a late stage venture capital fund primarily investing in Australian physical technology companies. Newmarket's mission is to support Australian innovation in engineering and manufacturing and to help create an ecosystem where Australian ideas can be developed and commercialised by Australians. Newmarket Capital focuses on companies that need transition capital and capability, including earlier stage ventures looking to drive growth and more mature companies needing to make real change. We take significant shareholdings and work hands on in a direct and focused way with investee companies. We don’t have exit time frames – our focus is on working together to create long term value. We look for – Innovative, Globally relevant, Scalable and Disruptive Ideas We want to work with Founders as Our Partners

Director

2015 - 2019

Non-executive director Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee 2017-2019 Aerospace Business of the Year - 2019