Elaine Stead is a scientist-turned-investor with a PhD in biochemistry who founded and ran biotechnology startups before moving into venture capital, bringing nearly 20 years of Australian VC experience across multiple institutions to her current role at Main Sequence Ventures. She anchors Main Sequence's Humanity Scale Healthcare thesis and is recognized as a bridge between research institutions like CSIRO and universities, startups, and capital, making her a prominent voice on how deep tech can reshape healthcare at national scale.
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Deeptech / Hardware, Food & Ag, Climate, Health, Space
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Main Sequence Ventures is CSIRO's commercialisation engine that systematically builds companies from scratch around publicly funded research rather than just funding existing startups, co-designing ownership structures with research organisations and industry partners. The fund organises around mission-style challenges like feeding 10 billion people and decarbonisation, managing over A$1B across federal programs while serving as Australia's national-scale bridge from lab to market through partnerships with 28+ universities.
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