Team

Yash Varma

Founder & Partner

Yash is a seasoned tech founder & investor
High performance coach
Lover of life. He is a global citizen having lived and worked in Australia, UK and Switzerland.

David Baxby

Advisory Board

David has significant global experience working with Goldman Sachs
Former Co-CEO for the Virgin Group in Geneva.
Former Managing Director, Wesfarmers Industrials Division

Prabhat Sethi

Advisory Board

Prabhat is former Managing Director of Murdoch
Regional Head for a leading Management Consulting firm.
Prabhat currently sits on corporate boards in the US, Singapore, Australia and India and has managed operations and executed transactions in more than 20 countries around the world.

Tim Baker

Trustee and Compliance

Timothy Baker is a Financial Services Professional with more than 25 years’ experience in the financial markets.
Tim has established and operated Hedge Funds, Superannuation Funds
Tim is also the Managing Director of Boutique Capital a fund incubator platform.

Dror Ben-naim

Chief AI Investment Strategist

Dror Ben-Naim is the visionary entrepreneur behind Smart Sparrow, the edtech company that revolutionized personalized learning on a global scale using AI. With a Phd in AI and Education and a BsC in Physics and Computer Science,, Dror took his groundbreaking adaptive learning platform from humble beginnings to multiple rounds of VC funding, strategic expansion into the US, and an ultimate acquisition by Pearson, the world's leading learning company.

Stuart Cook

Venture Partner

Stuart is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and an Australian Young CEO of The Year.
Stuart has invested in over 30 businesses, led capital raises, and has been an advisor, board member and mentor to numerous startups, charities and businesses.
Founder TWIYO Capital & Advisory.

Darren Heathcote

Venture Partner

Darren is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and startup advisor with more than a decade of experience in the tech industry. Throughout his career, he has developed a keen interest in the rapidly-evolving fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), and their profound impact on society.

Simon Herrmann

Senior Analyst

Simon Herrmann - Corporate Advisory Manager at TWIYO Capital
Simon has a background in public markets with nearly a decade experience as stock market analyst and research partner
Simon is a serial investor and passionate about ESG & impact investing.

Grace Tan

Associate

Grace has degrees in music and finance
Grace has Investment banking experience at Macquarie Group and Credit Suisse
Grace has a creative and eclectic career background. Born with an entrepreneurial mindset, she started her career as a small business owner launching a piano teaching business and growing it over 4 years.

Nam Hoang

Venture Partner

Nam is Partner at LBH Partners. NAM has extensive consulting experience, advising technology and management teams to successfully navigate transformation and M&A of enterprise IT assets.
Nam supports clients to develop and align technology and business strategy.

Phuong Hoang

Venture Partner

Phuong is a partner at LBH Phuong is an experienced technology leader with 16+ years experience in delivering enterprise IT solutions.
Extensive experience working in multiple industry verticals including real estate, banking & finance, software, retail, insurance and health.

Ryan Barnes

Venture Partner

Ryan is the Managing Partner at TWIYO Capital & Advisory
Ryan has consulted to over 50 scale-up businesses and numerous high-growth entrepreneurs in the positive impact space, assembling a growing team of 20 professionals working to help provide entrepreneurs with stronger financial literacy, governance and decision support.

Yash Varma

Founder & Partner

David Baxby

Advisory Board

Prabhat Sethi

Advisory Board

Tim Baker

Trustee and Compliance

Dror Ben-naim

Chief AI Investment Strategist

Dror Ben-Naim is the visionary entrepreneur behind Smart Sparrow, the edtech company that revolutionized personalized learning on a global scale using AI. With a Phd in AI and Education and a BsC in Physics and Computer Science, Dror took his groundbreaking adaptive learning platform from humble beginnings to multiple rounds of VC funding, strategic expansion into the US, and an ultimate acquisition by Pearson, the world's leading learning company.
As a first-time founder, Dror knows the challenges of navigating the startup world and wishes he had a "pro-founder" in his corner. Today, he's your go-to ProFounder guy - a seasoned ex-founder who is unapologetically pro-founders and invests in and advises early-stage startups. Whether you need mentoring, coaching, assistance with fundraising, investor management, team building, or product positioning, Dror wants to help founders succeed

Stuart Cook

Venture Partner

Darren Heathcote

Venture Partner

Darren is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and startup advisor with more than a decade of experience in the tech industry. Throughout his career, he has developed a keen interest in the rapidly-evolving fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), and their profound impact on society.
In particular, Darren is fascinated by the intersection of AI and digital health. He sees tremendous potential for AI to transform the lives of billions of people by improving healthcare outcomes, reducing costs, and increasing access to care.
As an experienced entrepreneur, Darren has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by startups in this space. He has advised numerous early-stage companies on their product development and go-to-market strategies, and has invested in several promising AI and ML startups.
Darren's expertise and passion for AI and ML make him a valuable resource for any startup looking to leverage these technologies to disrupt the healthcare industry and improve patient outcomes. His vision for a healthier, more connected world through AI is both inspiring and actionable, and he is committed to helping others achieve that vision as well.