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Rob Newman
Owner, Investment Director / Stone Ridge Ventures
Dr Rob Newman has established a unique track record as a successful Australian high technology entrepreneur in Australia and Silicon Valley.
He has twice founded and built businesses based on Australian technology and both times successfully entered overseas markets. One of those companies, Atmosphere Networks, was established by Dr Newman with US Venture Capital backing of US$34M and he ran it until it was acquired for US$123M.
Dr Newman is a venture capitalist and co-founder of Stone Ridge Ventures. He was previously an investment director of Foundation Capital.
Dr Newman was a co-founder of QPSX Communications and inventor of the technology which it sold to global telcos. He was also a founder of Pointerra and heavily involved with Nearmap, with both listed companies in the geospatial field.
He has twice founded and built businesses based on Australian technology and both times successfully entered overseas markets. One of those companies, Atmosphere Networks, was established by Dr Newman with US Venture Capital backing of US$34M and he ran it until it was acquired for US$123M.
Dr Newman is a venture capitalist and co-founder of Stone Ridge Ventures. He was previously an investment director of Foundation Capital.
Dr Newman was a co-founder of QPSX Communications and inventor of the technology which it sold to global telcos. He was also a founder of Pointerra and heavily involved with Nearmap, with both listed companies in the geospatial field.
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| NEWS: Tagged in Tech entrepreneurs to mentor Curtin Accelerate | 07 Feb 2024 |
| NEWS: Tagged in Promise of new era in venture capital | 29 Mar 2023 |
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Positions - Current
| Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank | WA staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner, Investment Director | | 2006 |
Positions - Previous
| Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive, Managing Director | | 2015 - 2023 | 388 |
| Co-Founder, Non-Executive Director, Chair 2016-2017 | | 2016 - 2018 | |
| Non-Executive Director | | 2009 - 2015 | 388 |
| Investment Director | | 2002 - 2006 | |
| Founder, Technical Director | | 1987 - 1991 | |
| Lead Mentor | | 2015 - | 15 |
Directors Interests
| Company | Date | Transaction type | Number of shares | Price per share | Transaction value | Nature of change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nearmap | 06 Dec 2022 | Other | 2,248,746 | OtherCancellation of securities | ||
| Nearmap | 19 Nov 2021 | Other | 556,009 | OtherOptions expired | ||
| Nearmap | 19 Nov 2021 | Issued | 749,274 | $0.87 | $651,868 | OtherIssue of options: Estimated Value |
| Nearmap | 12 May 2021 | Bought | 933,908 | $0.71 | $661,207 | Exercise of options |
| Nearmap | 12 May 2021 | Other | 933,908 | $0.71 | $661,207 | Exercise of options |
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