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Max Kausman

Building something new at Stealth

Melbourne, Victoria

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 

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Advance VC

  • Founder

    2024 - Current

    Advance VC is Australia's first dedicated fund of VC fund secondaries. We buy secondary interests in VC funds from investors & managers who need liquidity, and make limited commitments to new funds. Investors access Australia's top VC assets at a discount, with strong returns, lower risk, and faster cash distributions.

VS

Various Startups

  • Angel Investor

    2021 - 2025

    Direct and syndicated investments, founder support. Not making new investments. Current investments: - Atomic8 (Pre Seed) - Aerotruth (Seed) - Flagship (Seed) - Kismet (Seed, Series A) - Kiki (Seed) - Klikit (Series A) - Lava (Seed) - Paraform (Seed, Series A) - Questmate (Pre Seed)

C

Chronicle

  • Chief of Staff | Customer & Growth Lead

    2023 - 2024

    VC-backed presentation software. Led the customer, growth, operations, & people functions

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.

chroniclehq.com
TV

Tidal Ventures

  • VC Investor

    2020 - 2023

    VC investor. Led deals, supported founders, and grew the firm as the first investment team hire Investments: - Buildbetter - Carted - Checkbox (Board Observer) - Flagship - Loopit (Board Observer) - Orkestra (Board Observer) - Renewtrak (Board Observer) - Secure Code Warrior

B&

Bain & Company

  • Management Consultant

    2019 - 2020

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

VC

Vesparum Capital

  • Analyst

    2014 - 2017

    Advised on capital raising transactions for public and private companies

Education 

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