Draper University

Focused on global business development and partnerships for leading Silicon Valley Venture Network, Founder Residency and Accelerator.

Led major deals to accelerate global entrepreneurship and ecosystem growth for partners ranging from governments to leading blockchains including Jetro Japan, Cyberport Hong Kong, Stellar Development Foundation, and the Cardano Foundation.

VP - Ecosystem Growth

DraperU is a leading pre-accelerator located in Silicon Valley founded by Venture Capitalist Tim Draper. Their entrepreneurship programs have gathered 2100 entrepreneurs from 101 different countries with  US$900m raised in venture capital.

Led major crypto program deals: Algorand, VeChain, NEO, CEEK, etc

Head of Business Development and Partnerships - APAC

Bevy

Helping brands build, grow, and scale their communities. Clients include Slack, Twitch, Atlassian, Asana, Webflow, etc

Investor

LawAdvisor Ventures

Helping leading Legal-tech platform LawAdvisor connect to Startups.
Raised US$5M Million Seed from backers, including Google Maps founder Lars Rasmussen, ex-Barclays Ventures CEO Ben Davey, former Orrick chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter, Microsoft general manager and associate general counsel Jason Barnwell, etc

Investor & Startup Ambassador

SOSV MOX (Mobile Only Accelerator)

Mentor

Startup Grind

Global startup community: 4 million startups in 600 cities and 125 countries worldwide.

Proudly interviewing and sharing the stories of global game changers, from Unicorn founders to Nobel Prize Winners.

Global Podcast Host

Connecting the World's Best Startups with Silicon Valley, Our Global Network, and Partners.

Startup Grind (powered by Google for Entrepreneurs) inspires, educates, and connects 3,500,000+ entrepreneurs, in 600 cities in 125 countries around the world. Local partners include: ASX, Deloitte Private, Salesforce, IBM, MYOB, Zendesk, Airwallex and NAB.

APAC Director

The aim of Startup Grind Australia is to both showcase the best of local startups and help support the progression of online business, in addition to amplifying our voice within the international community.

Startup Grind is an event series and media company designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs.

Established local and national partnerships with the ASX, NAB, Deloitte, MYOB, Zendesk, 99designs, Holding Redlich, inVision, Xero, Salesforce, and Vinomofo.

General Manager - Australia/New Zealand

DreamPushers

On a mission to build the #1 Crypto Creator Community and Lifestyle Brand™

Founder

Startupbootcamp

Corporate Innovation, Growth Hacking and Program Management for global leading industry-focused
accelerator.
Lead venture builder for the 雀巢 Nestle Accelerator (Beijing, China) - Commercialising
patented technology in personalized nutrition. Venture building and growth hacking for Mars and Asahi.

Managed and trained 5 cohorts of growth hackers redesigning curriculum with the latest in
digital marketing and ethical growth hacking.

Program Director / Venture Builder

Draper Startup House

The Hotels for Entrepreneurs. On a mission is to enable ONE MILLION entrepreneurs by 2030. 
Part of the Global Draper Venture Network and Ecosystem.

Head Of Marketing (International)

Collective Campus

Connecting Melbourne's leading startups with local and global resources. Collective Campus is Melbourne's Leading Enterprise Innovation Hub. It is focused on running corporate accelerator programs for Mills Oakley (LawTech), Village Roadshow (VR/ AR), and Charter Hall (Proptech) and Lemonade Stand - A fun business & entrepreneurship program for kids (Australia & Singapore)

Entrepreneur In Residence

Forbes

Covering startups and entrepreneurship in Australia and New Zealand for Forbes.

Contributing Writer

VP - Ecosystem Growth @ Draper University

With over 11 years of experience in the startup and venture capital space, I am a passionate and proactive leader who helps brands build, grow, and scale their communities, products, and impact. As the VP of Ecosystem Growth at Draper University, I focus on global business development and partnerships for the leading Silicon Valley Venture Network and Pre-Accelerator, connecting entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, and governments across the world.

I am also an active investor and mentor, supporting startups in various domains and stages, such as Bevy, LawAdvisor, SOSV MOX, and Startup Grind. I have a strong track record of building partnerships, launching programs, and growing ecosystems. I leverage my expertise in marketing, innovation, and blockchain to empower and inspire the next generation of changemakers and disruptors. My mission is to push the boundaries of what is possible and create value for society.

Chris Joannou 💎

LawAdvisor was founded in 2015 in Melbourne, Australia with a fearless and ambitious belief: that everybody should have access to justice.  

Our mission has since been supported by thousands of lawyers, and has allowed us to expand and set up offices across the globe. We've since moved our HQ to London, and have attracted high profile investors and partners who have shared our mission to transform legal service delivery.

We're still not satisfied. The potential exists to completely revolutionise the practice of law. The start of the decade has delivered LawAdvisor with a new mandate: to overhaul and transform how lawyers work with state of the art legal technology in order to i. increase efficiencies; ii. automate routine processes; iii. increase transparency; and iv. bring legal practice into the 21st century.

With LawAdvisor’s low-code and customisable software, we've helped the world's biggest law firms and corporate legal departments build powerful business applications that radically transforms the practice of law.

Chief Executive Officer

Supreme Court of Victoria

RedCrest is the Supreme Court of Victoria's online case management system. After demonstrating RedCrest's efficacy in the Technology, Engineering and Construction (TEC) List with a prototype that operated from 2011-2013, the Court decided to introduce RedCrest to the entire Commercial List. Brennan was awarded the Chief Justice's Innovation award for his work in RedCrest. 

With the support of the Department of Innovation, Brennan has been retained to oversee RedCrest's further development. Brennan has contributed heavily to the technical specifications that have been adopted by this project. 

Brennan also advises the Honourable Justice Vickery and the Chief Justice on matters relating to: 
- Technological solutions that can increase productivity for the Courts and the legal profession; and
- Legal technology 

For more information about the RedCrest project, see: 

http://www.rich-phillips.com.au/MediaCentre/PortfolioPressReleases/Technology/tabid/103/ID/788/Broadband-to-revolutionise-the-Supreme-Courts-case-management.aspx

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/7704-broadband-to-revolutionise-the-supreme-court-s-case-management.html

Development Manager - RedCrest (Supreme Court of Victoria's Digital Case Management System)

Brennan's responsibilities included: 
•	Researching, drafting, editing and publishing his Honour’s judgments, speeches and   presentations;
•	Conducting legal research for His Honour, and providing detailed analysis of case law and precedents;

Brennan has co-presented a number of papers with his Honour, including:
•	Thomson Reuter's Construction Law Masterclass: 'A Holistic Approach to Construction Dispute Avoidance and Management' (May 2013); and
•	Society of Construction Law Australia's Global Challenges and Shared Solutions: 'Managing the Paper - Taming the Leviathan' (March 2013)

Senior Associate to the Honourable Justice Vickery

International Bar Association

Construction Law International is the official magazine of the International Bar Association's (IBA) International Construction Projects Committee.

Managing Editor

Urbis

Responsibilities included:

- Market demand assessments
- Property performance and benchmarking analysis
- Project feasibility, including turnover and income forecasting
- National retailer store network strategies
- Due diligence for property acquisitions
- Economic need, impact and benefit assessments for property development proposals

Research Analyst (Property Economics)

Brennan is the founder and CEO of LawAdvisor. He is a qualified lawyer, developer and former PhD scholarship candidate researching the future of legal practice. Brennan was the winner of the Chief Justice’s innovation award for his role in the development of the Supreme Court of Victoria’s cloud-based case management system, was a shortlisted finalist for the LexisNexis Centenary Book Awards for authoring a book on dispute avoidance, and through LawAdvisor, wants to use his understanding of modern day technologies and legal process to transform legal practice. 


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