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  • Rampersand Venture Capital Funding Australia and New Zealand

    VC’s moment of truth

    Capital Brief - Feb ‘25

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  • Rampersand on Deepseek AI

    🤖 DeepSeek carpe diem

    Capital Brief - Jan ‘25

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  • Abhishek Maran Rampersand Venture Capital Australia Partner

    Meet Australia’s Inaugural FORBES 30 UNDER 30 list

    Forbes - Sep '24

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  • ‘Land of dreams’: The Australian high-flyers on edge

    The Sydney Morning Herald - Sep' 24

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  • Rampersand venture partner Rod Hamilton and co-founder Paul Naphtali.

    VC fund Rampersand ramps up hunt for next Aussie unicorn

    The Age - Sep' 24

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  • Rampersand venture partner Rod Hamilton and co-founder Paul Naphtali.

    Culture Amp co-founder Rod Hamilton joins Rampersand

    Capital Brief - Sep' 24

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  • Paul Naphtali is the co-founder of venture capital firm, Rampersand.

    Opinion: Proposed M&A shake-up threatens more than monopolies

    SmartCompany - Aug' 24

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  • Will new merger rules lead to an 'oligopolies outbreak'?

    ABC - Jul' 24

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  • Opinion: AI rockets are taking off, but can they land?

    Smart Company - Jul' 24

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  • Featuring, Andrew Poesaste, partner at Rampersand

    Glimmers of hope for startups with capital raises in 2024 up 30%

    Smart Company - Jun ‘24

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  • Rampersand partner Paul Naphtali says the startup ecosystem is already being affected by the proposed changes. Supplied.

    Unrealised Gains

    Capital Brief - May' 24

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  • Taryn Pieterse - Partner at Rampersand

    Rampersand appoints two new partners ahead of 'golden decade' for VC

    Capital Brief - Apr ‘24

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  • Paul and Helen from Rampersand Venture Capital Firm Australia

    Tech unicorns vanish as start-up funding plummets, but investors hopeful

    Sydney Morning Herald - Feb ‘24

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  • ABR Article

    Million-dollar slideshow: Investors reveal the best pitch decks they’ve seen and why they grabbed attention

    The Australian Business Review - May ‘23

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  • Rampersand, run by Paul Naphtali, last year secured more than $40 million for its next fund including from the billionaire Smorgon family and has been deploying the money.

    The fog of fear lifting as venture capital splashes $810m in three months

    AFR - Jul'23

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  • EVP's Justin Lipman, Rampersand's Taryn Pieterse, Startup Daily editor Simon Thomsen, and Square Peg's James Tynan

    Startup Daily TV: VC investors from Square Peg, Rampersand, Giant Leap & EVP share their insights on the state of Australian startup funding

    Startup Daily - Feb '23

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  • Rampersand cofounder Paul Naphtali talks to the crowd

    Rampersand’s Paul Naphtali reviews 2022 and what lies ahead

    Startup Daily - Jan ‘23

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  • Cleo Westhorpe from Pivot, Rachel Yang from Giant Leap, Paul Naphtali from Rampersand, Jay Sutaria from Hike and Taryn Pieterse from Rampersand following the Open Office Hours event.

    'We've got a lot of work to do': Venture capital makes diversity push

    Sydney Morning Herald - Dec ‘20

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  • Hugh Williams has led engineering at some of the world's most successful tech companies and is now back home in Australia looking for the next generation of start-up stars.

    The Aussie who led Google Maps returns to help local start-ups

    AFR - June' 19

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