Hi, I'm
jeremy.
liddle
Investment & Impact | Media Relations
Tech & Finance - Climate
My
Story.
During my 20+ years of founding & scaling businesses, I came to realise that entrepreneurs solve the world's biggest problems.
However, a lack of access to smart money & global markets inhibits so many from changing the world.
I cofounded SDGx to help solve this problem through investment, advisory, and impact work that targets the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with an initial focus on climate tech.
I am also a partner at Third Hemisphere, a tech and finance media relations firm that elevates the voices of innovators & leaders who are breaking new ground & changing the world for the better.
I've now invested in 25+ tech companies, coached/advised hundreds, and manage all media for organisations such as Australian Ethical ($5bn+ FUM), Volt bank, Cicada Innovations, SocietyOne, and Limepay.
But how did I get here?
In 1999 I finished school & because I've always loved helping people, started a psychology degree. After experiencing a dark period, I was on the couch of a psychopharmacologist who turned my life around & was then diagnosed with cancer. Before he died, Dr John Anderson changed my life. He said to me;
“If you can get to the end of your life, look back & know that you made every step count, you will die a happy man.”
So making every step count became my guiding principle & I will be forever grateful to John for setting me on this path.
That is why I got into business with my brother & opened 8 retail outlets across Sydney & Singapore, aged 20 to 23. Business became my vehicle to make enough money to have a large positive impact on the world.
At 24 I founded a company called RioLife because the Acai industry operated on the triple bottom line principle: it's good for the people (fair trade), the planet (Greenpeace endorsed) & we could make a profit. We also donated 1% of our revenue to a charity school for the children of the women who harvested our berries.
At 30, after publishing "From Idea to Startup" and coaching ~200 startups, I was asked to take over as President in Australia for the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance.
My work with UN agencies & the G20 proved that high growth, early-stage companies create the innovation & growth the world needs, & that access to smart money & global markets are the greatest accelerators.
Now through Third Hemisphere and SDGx I am investing in founders who solve the world's biggest problems and generate above-market returns in doing so.
here's what I've done so far.
Founding Partner
SDGx is a global exponential technology venture capital, venture building and research group reimagining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). SDGx offers a full-service ecosystem that includes business intelligence, deal flow scouting, venture acceleration and innovative investment to all sectors - private, public, and civic.
Exec Director, Strategy & Finance
Third Hemisphere is a full-service public relations and investor relations firm for innovators and thinkers who are breaking new ground, and changing the world for the better. I'm excited to bring my 18 years of entrepreneurship, startup advisory, and venture capital investment experience to advise Third Hemisphere and its clients on strategy and communications.
Ambassador & Advisor
In its previous incarnation, Young Achievement Australia was one of the best programs Australia has ever seen for youth entrepreneurship. Young Achievement Australia built a legacy of over 200,000 inspired and empowered students between 1977 - 2009. Since relaunching in 2016 under the global JA Worldwide banner, we are once again working towards being the premier organisation supporting youth entrepreneurship for young people in Australia.
Co-founder, Exec Director & General Partner
A Digital Investment Firm for private technology companies and investors.
We help Pre-Series A tech companies and sophisticated/accredited, professional and institutional investor by providing an investment platform, Venture Capital funds and advisory from Seed to IPO or acquisition.
Director
Phoria are transforming human experience of physical and digital spaces by Scanning, Capturing, Planning & Managing unique building and other site content.
They're building a platform of extended reality applications for property, construction, retail and government.
B20 (G20 Business) SMEs Development Task Force
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) account for over 95% of enterprises, 60-70% ofemployment and 55% of the gross domestic product and are essential to strengtheningproductivity and delivering more inclusive growth.
B20 (G20 Business) SMEs Development Task Force
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) represent the vast majority of enterprises worldwide. They are an essential pillar of innovation, economic and social progress as well as job creation.
B20 (G20 Business) SMEs Development Task Force
SMEs are vital sources of productivity and innovation, of economic growth and job creation.Since global economic growth is weak and investor confidence is low, the G20 governmentsand business communities highly value the development of SMEs.
B20 (G20 Business) SMEs & Entrepreneurship Task Force
B20 is an influential platform that serves as an intermediary group between G20 Governments and the international business community. Primary mission of the B20 is dealing with the urgent and significant global issues by developing actionable recommendations.
President, Australia
The G20YEA consists of 20 of the leading organizations across the G20 that represent over 1million young entrepreneurs employing 12 million people, with a greater network of over 11million entrepreneurs.
Chair, G20 YEA Strategic Planning Committee
After stepping down as Chair of the Steering Committee at the end of 2015, Australia was voted in as Chair of the Strategic Planning committee. This position stands for 2 years.
Chair, G20 YEA Steering Committee
SMEs are vital sources of productivity and innovation, of economic growth and job creation.Since global economic growth is weak and investor confidence is low, the G20 governmentsand business communities highly value the development of SMEs.
Host, 2014 G20 YEA Summit Sydney
The young entrepreneurs of the world gathered at the Sydney G20 YEA Summit support theAustralian G20 priorities on private sector led growth and greater resilience of the worldeconomy.
Investment & Networking Expert
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized agency of theUnited Nations. Its mandate is to promote and accelerate sustainable industrial development in developing countries and economies in transition.
Co-founder, CEO & Director
A wholesale, marketing and distribution business handling food, beverage and other health &wellness products with national Australian & New Zealand distribution.
i sit on boards and help technology companies.
Jeremy is a Founding Partner at SDGx, a Singapore based deep technology venture capital, acceleration, and research group. SDGx is reimagining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In 2010, Jeremy began his journey as a startup advisor and in 2014 as a venture capital investor. He was a founder and General Partner of CapitalPitch, an Australian venture capital firm where he oversaw investments in companies such as Oovvuu, Phoria, Kami and Umano.
Jeremy has also been an entrepreneur for over seventeen years in finance, technology, retail, and distribution. In 2010, his company RioLife was named Australia's fastest growing small business by My Business Magazine.
During this time, Jeremy was President of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance Australia (G20YEA) and Chair of the G20 YEA Steering committee. He served on the G20 Business (B20) SME development and Entrepreneurship task forces. Jeremy was also engaged by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) as an expert on investment, networking, youth, employment and entrepreneurship.
Over the course of his career, Jeremy has trained and advised hundreds of startups on financing and strategy. He has also sat on boards and specialised in technology company advisory for scaling up.
He is a Tedx speaker and author of the book "From Idea to Startup". He also co-authored the 2014 G20 Youth and Young Entrepreneurs’ United Nations White paper. This contributed to the development of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
He holds a Bachelor of Business (Management) from Monash University and RG146. Jeremy is now completing a Masters of Finance from Griffith University.
I speak about ideas worth sharing.
TEDxMacquarieUniversity:
Jeremy Liddle on how entrepreneurial thinking can change the world.
Turkey Innovation Week:
"Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship" keynote by Jeremy Liddle
Sky News Business:
Jeremy Liddle, CEO of ENYA, talks Young Entrepreneurs & G20 YEA
Sky News Business:
Jeremy Liddle talks to Carson Scott about the 2012 Australian budget
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From Idea to Start-Up
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