Board Director

Michelle Deaker - Managing Partner, OneVentures.  Michelle established OneVentures in 2006, coming into the venture capital industry as a successful entrepreneur. Her company, E Com Industries, became the leaders in prepaid card and electronic voucher technologies in Australia and was acquired by a UK publicly listed company returning $30m cash and an excellent return to investors. Through her interest in high growth companies, Michelle has provided advice for, invested in and raised capital for emerging technology companies. She has extensive experience in the development of early stage companies, a strong background in Australian R&D and expertise in international business expansion.  Michelle has four active board and advisory positions with OneVentures investee companies including Datacastle (Seattle) and AdGent 007 (San Francisco).  OneVentures current fund is a $40million IIF Fund backing innovative companies with global relevance in CleanTech, IT&T /New Media and LifeSciences. Michelle started her career working for and with CSIRO and Australian Universities developing a strong pedigree in the clean technology sector.  She holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours), and with both a Commonwealth and CSIRO Postgraduate Research Scholarships, was awarded a Masters of Science and a PHD in Applied Science.