Director of New Venture and Entrepreneurship, ANU
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Principal (former) | Main Sequence Ventures | Dynamic Business, Business News Australia, Main Sequence, Startup Daily (Wed 23 Sep 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 19 Mar 2024), Main Sequence Ventures team page |
| MD (former) | Blue Sky Ventures | Startup Daily (Mon 23 May 2022), Startup Daily (Mon 12 Dec 2016) |
| Director of New Venture and Entrepreneurship (former) | ANU | Startup Daily |
| Director (former) | Kinoxis Therapeutics | Uniseed, Startup Daily |
Stories naming Dr Elaine Stead. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of deep tech investor Main Sequence covering Elaine Stead's promotion to Partner, portfolio unicorns Gilmour Space and Advanced Navigation, CSIRO's expanded Atmosphere backing, and a fourth fund now being raised.
Main Sequence announces Elaine Stead's promotion to Partner while preparing its fourth fund; CSIRO has lifted its commitment to the firm's Atmosphere pre-seed program, and two portfolio companies have reached unicorn status.
Melbourne biotech Kinoxis completed a $6.75 million round with new backer MainSequence and won a $2.5 million government-funded CUREator+ grant for dementia and pain drug development; MainSequence's Elaine Stead joins the board.
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Melbourne dementia drug developer Kinoxis secured $6.75 million equity led by Main Sequence plus a $2.5 million Medical Research Future Fund grant via CUREator+, funding trials of its agitation and pain drug candidates.
Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
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An Australian online training platform has secured fresh capital from new and existing backers, plus a government grant, valuing it above fifteen million dollars as it plans overseas offices.