The investment manager at a Sydney-based venture capital fund has rejected entrepreneur Matt Barrie’s criticism of the Australian VC industry.
Barrie, who is the chief executive of online work marketplace Freelancer.com, wrote an email to Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull arguing that Australia was about to miss “the biggest technology boom in the history of mankind”.
Image: Tank Stream Ventures investment manager Rui Rodrigues says the VC sector plays an important role in Australia. Photo: Peter Braig
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