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Meet our board and investors
These are the big thinkers who have offered their support and guidance to help grow DesignCrowd into a global marketplace that brings businesses and designers together.
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Board members
Alec Lynch
Director & Chief Executive Officer
Alec is the founder and CEO of DesignCrowd. Alec holds a Bachelor of Information Technology from the University of Technology Sydney where he was awarded the University Medal and a Co-Op Scholarship. In 2011, 2012 and 2013, Alec was named in the top "30 Under 30" entrepreneurs in Australia and in 2014 Alec won Ernst & Young's Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year for NSW, Australia.
John Dyson
Director
John Dyson is a founder and Investment Principal at Starfish Ventures. John has personally overseen and managed investments in a range of technologies and industries and has achieved numerous exits for his portfolio companies including a NASDAQ listing, ASX listings and trade sales to local and overseas companies. John holds a Bachelor of Science from Monash University.
Craig Blair
Director
Craig is a founder and partner at AirTree Ventures. Previously, Craig was at Netus Ventures and was the founding CEO at Beamly and a director at Lastminute.com. Craig holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Sydney and an MBA from INSEAD.
Todd Forest
Director
Todd was DesignCrowd's first angel investor in 2009 and is currently the head of NAB Ventures. Previously, Todd worked as in executive roles at JobFox, Microsoft and Ninemsn. Todd holds an Bachelor of Economics from Dartmouth and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
Investors
AirTree Ventures
airtree.vc
Starfish Ventures
starfishvc.com
Right Click Capital
rightclickcapital.com
Grand Prix Capital
grandprixcapital.com.au
Tasman Ventures
tasmanventures.com