I’m a founder, operator and investor (and bit of a nerd). Co-founder and Partner at Galileo Ventures, a new $10m seed VC fund dedicated to the next generation of emerging founders. Building a new global fund but in a more Aussie way 🐨. I learn by doing and teaching, having supported founders launch over 120 startups from ‘0 to first customer and investor’, as well being in product and engineering roles within early-stage businesses.
Previously, I started one of the first student focussed multi-university accelerators, INCUBATE, in the Asia Pacific region. I started my life in startups originally at Atlassian, as well having a bunch of side hustles from an early age.
Things I believe in:
- It takes a community to do anything good. 🙋
- The future is better when it’s built by diverse people.
- Entrepreneurship is the most important force for change, and not just for the lucky geniuses.
- We need a new way to learn, with entrepreneurial thinking at the core.
Selected Writing
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Talks
I have done a few talks over the years, often for universities or industry conferences. My favourite talk was for TED at TEDxYouth Sydney 2019 where I launched a startup live on stage in front of a bunch of students. It was fun.
Long Bio
James is on a mission to support and invest in the next generation of emerging founders.
James Alexander is the Co-founder of Galileo Ventures, a new $20m global VC-accelerator (seed fund and accelerator) dedicated to supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs or, as James likes to call them, emerging founders. Galileo aims to invest in over 40 startups founded by emerging founders at universities initially across Australia and New Zealand and then across Asia and globally.
Prior to Galileo James founded INCUBATE, Australia’s largest student accelerator program at The University of Sydney. INCUBATE has graduated over 100 startups, across many sectors and technologies, who have gone on to raise over $40 million in seed funding, created hundreds of jobs and have a combined portfolio valuation of over $60 million.
James also advises leading Higher Education institutions on entrepreneurship programs and teaches Technology Ventures Creation at The University of Sydney, a leading engineering course on entrepreneurship and building technology companies.
In his spare time James blogs, tweets and loves to collect cutting-edge electronic music.