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About Barry Winata

Engineer, founder, and investor. Live and work between Australia and the US (California - SF Bay Area). Ex-Sensity Systems (Verizon Acquired), Ex-Skylo (SoftBank Series B - $100M). MP @ Metagrove Ventures. I also write at The Infinite (Personal NL) and on MG's Blog.

 

Approach

I've been fortunate to wear many hats throughout my career; technology, partnerships, product, operations, strategy, etc. I usually take a bottoms-up approach and evaluate a company on each level with a fine-tooth comb.

 

I'm a big advocate of transparency. This means I provide honest feedback via my deal memos to the founders so they can improve their gaps and weaknesses.

 

How I can help:

  • Introductions to my personal network (those who can value-add), mainly across ANZ and the US
  • Advisory and help on technology, leadership, hiring, global expansion, operations, product, and strategy
  • Partnerships
  • Fundraising

 

Investments

  • Fathom / USA / JCal's LAUNCH Accelerator
  • Thyrft / USA / Y-Combinator W21
  • BusinessOnBot / INDIA / Y-Combinator W21
  • LifeComp / SWEDEN
  • Unhedged / AUSTRALIA
  • StoryTiling / AUSTRALIA
  • WeFunder / USA
  • Vampr / USA
  • Envel.ai / USA

 

My deal flow comes in from different networks i.e. accelerators, top-tier universities, incubators, friends, and fellow investors/VCs.

Stages
  • Pre-seed
  • Seed
Team

Barry Winata -- lu.ma/barrywinata // barrywinata.com

Requirements
  • You and I must be connected directly. Feel free to reach out via email or LinkedIn and happy to do a meet/greet. Always a treat for me to meet like-minded folks.
  • Provide support if you can to the founders/company i.e. social media, product/service evangelism, additional value-add (if possible), introductions etc.

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Commitment to invest required: none

Fees to join: none