Steve Baxter (Shark Tank / River City Labs)

Apr 26, 2017, 8:00 – 11:00 AM

Tech investor Steve Baxter put his life savings of $11,000 on the line to launch his first start-up, the pioneering internet service provider SE Net which was acquired by Ozemail/UUNet under the stewardship of its founded by now Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. In 2001, Steve teamed with a schoolmate to launch his second start-up, PIPE Networks which sold it to the TPG Group for $373 million.

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About this event

Tech start-up investor Steve Baxter is a proud Queenslander, born in the remote town of Cloncurry.

In 1994, at the age of 23, Steve put his life savings of $11,000 on the line to launch his first start-up, the pioneering internet service provider SE Net, from the spare room of his Adelaide home.

Servicing more than 35,000 customers, SE Net was eventually acquired by Ozemail/UUNet under the stewardship of its founding Director and now Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.

In 2001, Steve teamed with a schoolmate to launch his second start-up, PIPE Networks. Eight years later they sold it to the TPG Group for $373 million.

In the past three years he has become a major early-stage investor in Australian start-ups, helping to launch a host of companies which together boast a valuation of more than $100 million.

Three years ago, Steve launched River City Labs in Brisbane, a leading co-working community and startup hub in Queensland. In 2014, Steve underwrote the Startup Catalyst program, a mission to send 20 tech-savvy future entrepreneurs to the Silicon Valley and in November 2015, announced River City Lab’s imminent expansion plans.

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Speaker

  • Steve Baxter

    Shark Tank / River City Labs

When

When

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM UTC

Agenda

Networking and Food
Fireside Chat
Networking

Organizers

  • Chris Joannou

    Draper University

    Chapter Director

  • Mohammad Akmal Rakib

    APAC Startup Grind Australia

    Co-Director

  • Daniel Malkinson

    Co-Director

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