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Rachael Neumann

Founding Partner at Flying Fox Ventures

Melbourne, Victoria

Overview

Work Experience

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Flying Fox Ventures

  • Founding Partner

    2021 - Current

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Working Theory Angels

  • Founding Partner

    2020

    Working Theory Angels is now Flying Fox Ventures! Come check us out at flyingfox.vc

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National Gallery of Victoria

  • Council of Trustees

    2020

High growth startups (early stage)

  • Advisor & Angel investor

    2017

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StartupAUS

  • Board Of Directors (former Chair)

    2017 - 2021

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Head of Startups, Australia & New Zealand

    2019 - 2020

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LaunchVic

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2017

    LaunchVic is the Victorian Government's $60m initiative launched to strengthen Victoria’s entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem via investment in infrastructure, capability, education and scale to cement the State's position as number one destination for start ups and entrepreneurs in Australia.

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Eventbrite

  • Managing Director, Australia

    2014 - 2016

    · Launched and lead all aspects of AU business including strategy, marketing, sales, ops, facilities, recruiting and HR · Fully accountable for performance against key metrics, budget; manage key stakeholders across business & geos · Designing ‘play book’ for growth and expansion best practices · Represent Eventbrite externally, with 100+ media impressions and public speaking engagements

  • Director, Customer Experience Strategy

    2013 - 2014

    · Led the Customer Service function, re-imagining how to serve customers through channel-choice architecture to drive efficiencies and customer delight · Launched company-wide NPS program to provide insight and a continuous feedback look from our organizers, consumers, and employees · Started Nashville office: selected city, secured office space and oversaw fit out, hired 80 heads in 4 months

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Bain & Company

  • Case Team Leader

    2011 - 2013

    • Growing expertise in consumer products & retail, advising world’s largest FMCGs and iconic brands to grow despite macro headwinds, industry context (supplier and grocer roles) and capture share in mature and growth markets; Identify opportunities for leveraging technology and omni-channel strategies to realize new and exciting ways to reach consumers • Worked with global technology company to improve world wide sales force effectiveness • For private equity clients, conduct due diligence on targets in a highly informative, quick and comprehensive way, usually with little publically available information, driving to acqusition recommendation

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