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Danny Maher

MD FirstWave Cloud (ASX: FCT) | Chair 42 Ventures | Chair Gold Coast A League Bid | Chair Gold Coast Angels | Australian CEO of the Year

📍 Greater Brisbane Area, Australia🔄 Updated November 2026💼 3 investments📅 27 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2020
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Private Investor
Jan 2020
TEN13 is a global VC fuelling founders with first cheques from $300k-$2m and support through the journey to scale. Backed by 650+ investors, founders and operators.
Shareholder and Vice President, Global Managed Services
Jul 2004
network infrastructure services specialists, NetStar was acquired by Logicalis Australia. NetStar at point of acquisition had over 300 people and having offices in Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China.
Shareholder and General Manager, Managed Services
Jul 1999
network infrastructure services specialists, NetStar was acquired by Logicalis Australia. NetStar at point of acquisition had over 300 people and having offices in Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China.
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2022
Managing Director
Jan 2022
FirstWave is a global cybersecurity technology company formed in 2004. FirstWave’s globally unique CyberCision platform provides best-in-class cybersecurity technologies, enabling FirstWave’s Partners, including some of the world’s largest telcos and managed service providers (MSPs), to protect their customers from cyber-attack, while rapidly growing cybersecurity services revenues at scale. In January 2022, FirstWave acquired Opmantek Limited (Opmantek), a leading provider of enterprise-grade network management, automation and IT audit software, with 150,000 organisations using their software across 178 countries and enterprise clients including Microsoft, Telmex, Claro, NextLink and NASA. Integrating CyberCision with Opmantek’s flagship Network Management Information System (NMIS) and Open-AudIT product enables FirstWave to provide a comprehensive end-to-end solution for network discovery, management and cybersecurity for its Partners globally.
2020
Private Investor
Jan 2020
TEN13 is a global VC fuelling founders with first cheques from $300k-$2m and support through the journey to scale. Backed by 650+ investors, founders and operators.
2018
Chairman
Nov 2018
We invest in high growth innovative companies. We invest directly, managing our own funds and also manage relationships with investors that co-invest with us. Our funds and investments are targetted to be exempt from tax and international investors have additional incentives to invest. 42 Ventures started life as the venture arm of the Gold Coast Innovation Hub and now is a joint partner with Angel Loop. We both invest in Queensland companies and we invest outward from Queensland on behalf of our fund partners and investors. Through the Gold Coast Innovation Hub & the Angel Loop ecosystem nationally, we have access to high-quality deal flow including companies operating within partner programs and through exposure to deal flow from other Innovation Hubs and their related investors globally. We gain great insight into companies prior to investing in them and post investing in them. We know that the companies we invest in have access to all the resources they need to grow faster and more securely.
2017
The Gold Coast Innovation Hub
Chairman and Co-Founder
Oct 2017
2004
Shareholder and Vice President, Global Managed Services
Jul 2004
network infrastructure services specialists, NetStar was acquired by Logicalis Australia. NetStar at point of acquisition had over 300 people and having offices in Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China.
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