VC | Founder & Startup Advisor | Empowering Founders to Scale | Global Citizen & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Bridge Builder

I work with two types of people:

⚡Founders and business owners preparing for capital, acquisition, or exit
⚡Investors seeking curated access to high-quality opportunities and communities 

I sit in between - connecting the right capital with the right opportunities, globally.

WHO I AM

I’m Anna C. Mallon - a serial entrepreneur, investor, and ecosystem builder with 25+ years operating across Asia, Europe, and the U.S.

I split my time between Singapore, London, and Amsterdam, after spending 15 years building companies and ecosystems in Asia.

My edge is internationalisation, scale through partnerships, and exit strategy - seen from both the founder and investor side.

TRACK RECORD (CURATED)

• Founder of 5 companies
• Involved in a $289M exit transaction (2010)
• Supported 330+ startups, raising $500M+ collectively
• Formerly led VC & Startup Ecosystem partnerships at AWS
• Led innovation programs with Meta, Google, Shell, Daimler, Bosch
• Invested across startups, private businesses, and real estate
• Worked with and alongside leading funds including Sequoia, Northzone, and global VCs
• Ran and advised venture builders, accelerators, and investor-backed programs
• Board member of a publicly listed company
• Featured in Forbes, Channel NewsAsia, Web Summit, and global media

WHAT I DO NOW

Today, I build and steward global wealth ecosystems connecting:

📍Investors seeking curated deal access
📍Founders preparing for investment, scale, or exit
📍Operators and acquirers seeking quality businesses
📍Ecosystem partners bringing capital, deals, or distribution

My work spans venture, M&A, property, and private capital — with a focus on cross-border scale, partnership-led growth, and exits.

HOW I WORK

I don’t pitch deals publicly. I don’t run mass-market funnels. LinkedIn is where I share:

✨ how investors and buyers actually think
✨why good businesses struggle to scale or exit globally
✨how partnerships compound faster than capital alone

The actual work happens outside.

In parallel I’m also a mother of two teenagers - fuelled by strong coffee ☕️and a high tolerance for complexity.

WHO THIS IS FOR

👉 Exited or near-exit founders transitioning into investors
👉 Angels, HNWIs, family offices, and allocators
👉 Operators, acquirers, and ecosystem builders

If this resonates, please reach out here or at the link below. I would be delighted to connect and hear more. 
https://www.annacmallon.com/more

Anna C Mallon ⚡⚡⚡

Most business owners don’t really own a business.
They own a job. And it’s usually not one a buyer wants.

I learned this the hard way.

For a long time, I thought I was building a company.
What I’d actually done was build myself into it (a cage).

Every decision came back to me.
Clients want me.
If I step away, things slowed.

But that’s not ownership and not transferable...
...the business is leaning on one person

When I started working with owners who wanted to sell - and when I looked honestly back at my own earlier businesses - I kept seeing the same thing.

Good businesses on the surface.
Very shaky underneath.

Buyers notice it straight away. If 

📍 the owner is the bottleneck.
📍the knowledge sits in one head.
📍the business only works when someone is constantly jumping in.

That is not something they (or we) want to buy.

That’s why these businesses get discounted.
Not because they’re bad.
Because they are risky.

The fix isn’t fancy.
And it’s rarely comfortable.

You...

👉 Hand things over.
👉 Write things down.
👉 Set it up so the business runs when you’re not there.

...Build it so you can step back.
Not so you have to save it every day.

When you do that, a lot changes.
The value improves.
The stress eases.

And the business finally starts to give some freedom.

Many owners never make that shift.
Which is why most businesses never become sellable.

5x Entrepreneur & Investor | M&A | Investor Communities I Private markets & exits | UK • EU • Asia

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Trend Micro

Joined the Trend Micro global marketing and communications (MARCOM) team as a copywriter in November 2023. Based in Ottawa, Ontario on a hybrid full-time deployment model.

Global Marketing Writer

In a limited capacity unrelated to my full-time employment with Trend Micro, I write articles on a freelance basis. You can find my work published in recent issues of the official Supply Chain Canada magazine. More to come.

Freelance Writer

seoplus+

Moved up to this role from the position of Content Marketing Specialist, lending insights and expertise to additional writers as demand for our services grew exponentially. This demand outstripped our capacity with a single internal writer, and so three additional writers would be taken on during this tenure.

Was responsible for a wide array of processes related to content deliverables for seoplus+ clients. These included research and analysis, preliminary content drafting, client outreach when sourcing additional insights/direction, basic, line, and substantive editing, proofreading, deliverable planning and strategy, and general revisions. Also edited, mentored, and provided ample support/feedback/insights/quality assurance to our three additional internal writers.

Ensured optimal value and production efficiency for the clients who counted on us, working closely with various internal departments. Particularly focused on collaboration and brainstorming amongst Content Department team members including our highly dedicated copywriters and coordination staff.

Senior Content Writer & Editor

Initially wrote for seoplus+ as an external full-time freelancer before being taken on internally in August 2017. For much of this Content Marketing Specialist tenure, I operated as the agency’s sole internal writer. Moved up to the role of Senior Content Writer & Editor upon additional writing staff joining the team.

Responsibilities included working closely on a daily basis with clients and team members to help their content vision flourish and become a tangible reality. A comprehensive and dedicated study of professional-level writing was harnessed to create compelling, reader-friendly content to help local and international businesses succeed. Specializations include brand revitalization, short-form/long-form blog and webpage content creation, whitepaper drafting and capturing/innovating upon existing content tone. Day-to-day services were driven by a meticulous attention to detail, a true passion for creativity, and a dedication to storytelling.

Content Marketing Specialist

Tim Hortons

Worked as a full-time/part-time baker and front-of-house staff during this tenure, switching to part-time employment when attending Algonquin College and searching for writing/editing internships. Maintained quality control, customer satisfaction, team spirit and a welcoming atmosphere. This long-term role ensured thorough understanding and respect for quality control in addition to time and crisis management.

Production (Baker)

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Assisted with communications/PR-based assignments at CHEO. Specific duties included meeting with and interviewing staff, collecting data to create articles pertaining to internal improvements which are published on CHEO's intranet. Other duties included collaborating with staff to seek approval on written content, as well as interviewing staff for "Getting to Know You" sections of internal newsletter, CHEO Chatter.

Volunteer Communications Assistant

Senate of Canada | Sénat du Canada

Worked with legislative directorates on editing initiatives, strategic outlooks and achievements. Repurposed content to adhere to governmental standards of communication and policy conveyance. Assisted in the development of the Senate Administration 2016-2017 Business Plan through substantive and literary editing, restructuring, readability (language level) maintenance and repurposing content.

Placement concluded April 22nd, 2016.

Student Employment - Auditing and Planning Directorate

Global Marketing Writer at Trend Micro. Occasional freelancer. Writer of fiction. Driven by the lasting power of human connection and all that it encompasses.

Previously Senior Content Writer & Editor for seoplus+. Professional background of over seven years, including agency content and communications roles. Volunteer experience within the Senate of Canada (Auditing and Planning Directorate) and CHEO. 

Ever-practicing writer of fiction and non-fiction, always striving to learn and continually refine well over a decade's worth of associated skills.

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