Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin is the founder and CEO of Venture Technology firm BlueChilli. 

BlueChilli connects entrepreneurs, investors and corporates together to solve the world's greatest challenges.

BlueChilli gives startup founders a complete digital team to build their technology, support through Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and US startup incubators, and training via a six-month accelerator program. Startups that complete the accelerator program and have technology platforms engineered by the BlueChilli product development team are eligible for matching seed funding through the BlueChilli VC funds.

Eckersley-Maslin was awarded top post-graduate researcher at UNSW for a technology that lands unmanned aircraft on warships. He commenced his engineering career as a weapons engineer with the Royal Australian Navy where he was deployed to Iraq. Eckersley-Maslin has been recognised as Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is three-time “30-under-30” winner. He is a board member of the Sydney chapter of the Awesome Foundation, and represents the Australian tech startup industry at State and Federal government levels.

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