Team

Emlyn is a successful founder and investor with personal investments in fast growing tech companies like Kami, A.Kin, MealMe, Segna, Skylark Labs, EnsuredIt and many more. He is a founder of OpenMarkets Group, one of Australia's largest online brokers. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s second largest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees:
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Masters Business Administration (MBA)
- Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI)
- Bachelor of Economics (BEc)

Chris has an existing and growing angel investment portfolio of approx 100 startups from US, Australia, NZ and Latin America, including 5 unicorns (privately held and valued over $1bn) with 10+ more expected to become unicorns over the next few years. Chris has co-invested with Tier 1 Venture Capital firms in the US such as LightSpeed Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Data Collective, Boost VC, Bessemer Venture Partners, Next View Ventures, Expansion Capital Ventures, Right Side Capital Management, Decent Capital (China), Y-Combinator, 500 Startups, TechStars and YC Continuity Fund. Chris is also a co-founder and CTO of I'm In The Right (IITR) a highly successful demurrage car fleet management company. He has had a diverse career in systems development & consulting with startups, SME and large-scale enterprises across the banking, insurance & auto-industry verticals spanning 25+ years. Using his extensive experience in IT he has applied this with vigor to finding and investing in some of the fastest growing early stage companies around the globe as well as advising his portfolio of investments.