Icehouse Ventures’ team of 1,500

Icehouse Ventures’ team of 1,500
The Icehouse Ventures team tries to get investors chipping in to support the start-ups. (Photo: supplied)
Dan Brunskill
As the venture capital market gets increasingly competitive, Icehouse Ventures is differentiating itself by putting more emphasis on having its own investors get hands on with its portfolio.The venture fund said it is focused on pulling its 1,500 investors off the sidelines to offer their experience and connections to businesses in the portfolio.“The traditional venture fund’s goal is to get as few investors as possible to write as large a cheque as possible, and then leave them alone,” said Jack McQuire, a partner at the firm...

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