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Max Kausman

Building something new at Stealth

Sydney, New South Wales

Overview 

Max Kausman is a seasoned venture capital investor based in Sydney, with a background in startups and tech. He has held key roles at Tidal Ventures as a VC Investor and at Chronicle as Chief of Staff, showcasing his expertise in customer growth and investment strategy. Max's career highlights include his experience as an angel investor in various startups and his role as a management consultant at Bain & Company, demonstrating his diverse skill set and ability to drive strategic growth in the tech and startup ecosystem.

Work Experience 

  • Building something new

    2024 - Current

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    Mix of direct and syndicated investments. I help founders with networks, fundraising, growth, strategy & more. Current investments: - Atomic8 (Pre Seed) - Aerotruth (Seed) - Flagship (Seed) - Kismet (Seed, Series A) - Kiki (Seed) - Klikit (Series A) - Lava (Seed) - Paraform (Seed) - Questmate (Pre Seed)

  • Chief of Staff | Customer & Growth Lead

    2023 - 2024

    Chronicle is a modern presentation format enabling users to deliver impactful storytelling, effortlessly. I was the company's first customer/growth hire, responsible for the end-to-end customer experience, and was promoted to Chief of Staff, adding responsibility for strategy, operations, people & culture

Chronicle is a modern format of presentation.

Raised $7,500,000.00 from Kashish Sharma, iSeed, Accel, Square Peg Capital, Ben Grabiner and Giridhar Malpani.

  • VC Investor

    2020 - 2023

    Tidal Ventures is Australia’s leading seed-stage venture capital firm. I was the first hire into the investment team, working on end-to-end investment processes, active portfolio support, and fund operations, including building Tidal's Expert Network. Investments: - Buildbetter - Carted - Checkbox (Board Observer) - Flagship - Loopit (Board Observer) - Orkestra (Board Observer) - Renewtrak (Board Observer) - Secure Code Warrior

  • Management Consultant

    2019 - 2020

    Strategy consulting, focusing on private equity, technology, and financial services

  • Analyst

    2014 - 2017

    Advised on capital raising transactions for public and private companies

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