Mark Forrest

Director and Board Advisor

📍 Australia🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2025
VC🌍 Australia
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Board Advisor / Investor
Jun 2025
A new wave of entertainment. Part fun. Part chat. Part adventure. Part human interest... featuring celebrity guests, super yachts, host challenges, close encounters, road trips, history making heroes...and so much more. In short, if it’s on, in, under or over water, you’ll find us amongst it. First episode on Channel Nine Australia on Thurdsay 27th November, 2025 at 8.30pm AEST
Board Advisor / Investor
Feb 2019
We believe happy customers make the best marketers. That’s why we built Okendo - the customer marketing platform that creates stronger connections between consumers and the brands they love. Using Okendo, Shopify merchants can grow faster and more efficiently by cultivating brand advocacy and maximizing lifetime value. Our connected suite of products for reviews, referrals, quizzes, loyalty and surveys, is trusted by 10,000+ Shopify brands to turn customers into revenue-driving superfans, including SKIMS, Liquid Death and Oh Polly.
Board Advisor / Investor
Jan 2019
Credited as “the best PT-specific software in the market” (Kim Horner, COO, Australian Institute of Fitness), GoXPro is a leading global provider of exemplary, leading-edge digital personal training solutions - both for business owners (Gyms, Studios and PTs) and their clients. Our dynamic platform is jam-packed with amazing features, including face-to-face & remote digital coaching (hybrid coaching; in-app programming for 1-on-1, individualised semi-private coaching & small group personal training with an extensive program builder of 2,500+ exercises; seriously advanced postural & biomechanics assessments; and ridiculously effective trainer education for up-skilling staff. GoXPro currently operates in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, France, Belgium and Switzerland, with imminent expansion into the Middle East, UK and US. As of November 2023 we have approximately 5,000 clients in 15 countries. Get in touch to find out more about how GoXPro can enhance your Personal Training experience and ultimately your bottom line.
Board Advisor / Investor
Aug 2018
upGrad GSP is a unique online platform that allows international students to search, compare and apply for thousands of courses globally. Our mission is to provide students around the world with the opportunity to achieve their desired educational experience. Study destinations include Australia and New Zealand, USA and Canada, UK and Ireland. The upGrad GSP platform links international students with education institutions through upGrad GSP approved education agents and channel partners. GSP provides a unique pre-enrolment experience for students and our channel partners. We’re here to provide choice, transparency and an easier, simpler application process for all global study choices. upGrad GSP – transforming lives through education.
CFO / Investor
Aug 2015
We’re now part of Nosto (head to our new home and see ‘Visual UGC Powered by Stackla’). Give their page a follow so you can tuned on our latest content, product updates, and more. With an AI-powered user-generated content (UGC) platform and asset manager, Stackla sits at the core of the marketing stack, enabling brands to build a rich library of visual content by actively discovering, recommending and rights managing content from across the social web to fuel personalized content experiences at scale. Trusted by more than 450 brands across travel, hospitality, CPG, automotive, education and NFP, Stackla is designed to meet the needs of enterprise-level organizations such as Disney, McDonald’s, Toyota, Sony, Expedia, Heineken and Virgin Holidays. Founded in Sydney in 2012, Stackla now has 60+ truly amazing employees and a global footprint with offices also in Melbourne, San Francisco, Austin, New York and London. * Proudly #5 in Australias Best Places to Work study, 2017 * 5 Star Company Rating on Glassdoor * Fast Company ranked our Stackla For Good initiative as the #8 Most Innovative Company in Not-For-Profit
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2025
Board Advisor / Investor
Jun 2025
A new wave of entertainment. Part fun. Part chat. Part adventure. Part human interest... featuring celebrity guests, super yachts, host challenges, close encounters, road trips, history making heroes...and so much more. In short, if it’s on, in, under or over water, you’ll find us amongst it. First episode on Channel Nine Australia on Thurdsay 27th November, 2025 at 8.30pm AEST
2022
Director
Oct 2022
Scale Ventures prepares ambitious SaaS and AI companies for stronger deals. We embed early, to build investor grade finance and deal capability inside high growth SaaS companies. So when a raise or exit arrives, our clients enter transactions with credibility, alignment, and the foundations for better outcomes.
2019
Board Advisor / Investor
Feb 2019
We believe happy customers make the best marketers. That’s why we built Okendo - the customer marketing platform that creates stronger connections between consumers and the brands they love. Using Okendo, Shopify merchants can grow faster and more efficiently by cultivating brand advocacy and maximizing lifetime value. Our connected suite of products for reviews, referrals, quizzes, loyalty and surveys, is trusted by 10,000+ Shopify brands to turn customers into revenue-driving superfans, including SKIMS, Liquid Death and Oh Polly.
Board Advisor / Investor
Jan 2019
Credited as “the best PT-specific software in the market” (Kim Horner, COO, Australian Institute of Fitness), GoXPro is a leading global provider of exemplary, leading-edge digital personal training solutions - both for business owners (Gyms, Studios and PTs) and their clients. Our dynamic platform is jam-packed with amazing features, including face-to-face & remote digital coaching (hybrid coaching; in-app programming for 1-on-1, individualised semi-private coaching & small group personal training with an extensive program builder of 2,500+ exercises; seriously advanced postural & biomechanics assessments; and ridiculously effective trainer education for up-skilling staff. GoXPro currently operates in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, France, Belgium and Switzerland, with imminent expansion into the Middle East, UK and US. As of November 2023 we have approximately 5,000 clients in 15 countries. Get in touch to find out more about how GoXPro can enhance your Personal Training experience and ultimately your bottom line.
2018
Board Advisor / Investor
Aug 2018
upGrad GSP is a unique online platform that allows international students to search, compare and apply for thousands of courses globally. Our mission is to provide students around the world with the opportunity to achieve their desired educational experience. Study destinations include Australia and New Zealand, USA and Canada, UK and Ireland. The upGrad GSP platform links international students with education institutions through upGrad GSP approved education agents and channel partners. GSP provides a unique pre-enrolment experience for students and our channel partners. We’re here to provide choice, transparency and an easier, simpler application process for all global study choices. upGrad GSP – transforming lives through education.
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