Stew Glynn is a Zimbabwean-born venture investor at TEN13 VC who co-built Australia's largest syndicated venture investment platform, using a deal-by-deal model rather than traditional blind-pool funds. He brings deep corporate experience from General Electric and KPMG plus an emerging-markets perspective to back early-stage category creators like Chipper Cash, Clipchamp, and Go1, while publicly sharing transparent insights about deployment and portfolio performance to educate founders on practical fundraising and scaling strategies.

• Deep interest in financial technology trends within emerging markets, specifically looking at how regions with high unbanked populations are ripe for disruption. He has analyzed data showing how factors like smartphone adoption and internet penetration in Latin America and Africa create a recipe for rapid fintech growth, comparing the potential there to established markets.
• Focus on the intersection of cryptocurrency and traditional financial stacks. He views crypto as a permanent fixture that will become interchangeable with standard currency, pointing to major consumer finance apps that have successfully embedded crypto purchasing and transfer features to drive user demand.
• Emphasis on early-stage investment criteria where the founding team outweighs strict valuation math. He has stated that while public market fluctuations eventually impact private valuations, his decisions at the seed stage are primarily dictated by the quality of the group solving a real problem rather than just financial multiples.
• Active engagement in the Australian startup ecosystem, particularly through hosting large-scale community events in Brisbane. He frequently shares updates about his firm's conferences, where he interviews successful founders from his portfolio, such as the team behind a major food ordering platform, to discuss their scaling journeys.
• Appreciation for high-performance cultures outside of the business world to inspire founders. He has highlighted the value of learning from elite sports coaches regarding team dynamics and managing the highs and lows of a difficult journey, drawing parallels between athletic training and building a company.