Mike Zimmerman
Mike Zimmerman
Main Sequence Founding Partner
Mike Zimmerman is a Founding Partner of Main Sequence, a deep tech venture capital firm backing companies to address the Planet’s greatest challenges in food, healthcare, climate, space, security and heavy industries. Main Sequence was started in partnership with the Australian Government and CSIRO to leverage world-leading science and engineering research in solving these Planetary Challenges, and manages just over $1B AUM.
At Main Sequence, Mike invests in solutions for the Feeding 10 Billion People, Supercharge Industrial Productivity, Decarbonise the Planet and Next Intelligence Leap Challenges. Investments include Avarni, Castlepoint, Emesent, Kasada, Loam Bio, Lumachain, Plotlogic and Regrow.
He is also a Director of the Australian Investment Council, and a Board Member of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business Alumni Association.
Prior to Main Sequence, he spent more than 20 years as a founder, executive and investor in Australia and Silicon Valley. Earlier in his career he worked with Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA with honours from Amherst College.
At Main Sequence, Mike invests in solutions for the Feeding 10 Billion People, Supercharge Industrial Productivity, Decarbonise the Planet and Next Intelligence Leap Challenges. Investments include Avarni, Castlepoint, Emesent, Kasada, Loam Bio, Lumachain, Plotlogic and Regrow.
He is also a Director of the Australian Investment Council, and a Board Member of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business Alumni Association.
Prior to Main Sequence, he spent more than 20 years as a founder, executive and investor in Australia and Silicon Valley. Earlier in his career he worked with Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA with honours from Amherst College.
Related Sessions
What Will VC Look Like In 2050?
TUE, OCT 17, 2:30 PM
Conference
Although Australia's first VC fund was established in 1970, venture capital didn't truly take off in Australia until the mid 90s - and even then it was a far cry from where we are now. Today, we are home to more than 70 funds, and last year alone $3.6b of capital was raised to back our region's most ambitious founders. So what's in store for the future? In this session we'll discuss the challenges, opportunities and trends that are shaping the future of VC, and dust off our crystal balls to explore what Venture Capital could look like in Australia in 2050.
