Biography
Justine is a highly regarded Investment Director at OneVentures and is responsible for the new Victorian Growth Fund, focusing on providing Venture Credit to Victoria’s most exciting start-ups. She brings her wealth of knowledge in M&A Advisory, her passion for entrepreneurship and her experience with capital raising to the Venture Credit team. She is a valued advisor and is driving the awareness and adoption of Venture Credit (also known as venture Debt) in the Australian market.
Justine returned to Australia in late 2021, after 3 years working in Tokyo advising life science and beauty companies on cross border M&A. During her time in Tokyo, she also published a number of articles on M&A trends within the beauty and personal care sector and successfully completed Level I and II of the CFA program.
Justine leads the investment team for the Victorian Growth Fund. She is responsible for identifying and assessing potential investments, promoting the Fund and managing the partnership with the Victorian Government and other stakeholders.
Prior to joining OneVentures, Justine advanced her career at Deloitte working with high growth companies and family offices on accounting and tax compliance, structuring and advisory. During her tenure, she helped to drive Victorian representation in Deloitte’s annual Tech Fast 50 awards.
She continued to work with founders and investors in M&A Advisory where she spent many years advising on buy side, sell side transactions and capital raises, with a focus on healthcare services and consumer business.
Justine is passionate about innovation in Victoria, and takes great pride in being able to fund companies in order to see their products and services commercialised and brought to market.
