Mike Cannon-Brookes

CEO and Co-Founder - Atlassian

📍 Greater Sydney Area, Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2012𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Australia
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May 2012
Shoes of Prey is a global, multi-channel retail brand that enables women to design their own shoes. Founded in 2009 by Jodie Fox, Mike Knapp (ex-Google) and Michael Fox (ex-Google), the idea for Shoes of Prey was born out of a problem that Jodie was solving for herself: I can’t find exactly what I want. We’re now on a mission to revolutionize retail. Our goal is to be the world’s most customer-centric fashion brand by giving customers exactly what they want. You’ll be working with a motivated and talented team that is a great culture to be a part of – we eat lunch together, have regular company events and we can guarantee that it’s a fun and vibrant place to be. Our core values are to passionately create happiness; communicate thoughtfully and constructively; and to make a big impact. Shoes of Prey has grown rapidly over 5 years and has won a number of awards including Online Retailer of the Year and Store Design of the Year at the World Retail Awards in Paris 2013. We’ve secured a lot of incredible press over the years including Good Morning America, Harpers Bazaar, Vogue, Women’s Wear Daily, Wall Street Journal and many, many more. We’re on track to become a significant international retailer over the next 5 years and are hunting for people as ambitious as we are to join the team.
mid stageRetail
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2012
Ninja Blocks - Making Things Magic. At Ninja Blocks, we are creating the future of human device interaction. With an established platform, thriving community and thousands of shipped devices, we understand what needs to happen to make ubiquitous computing a reality. Hint: its not an iPhone app! Founded in 2011, Ninja Blocks has been helping to drive the so called Internet of Things from an abstract idea to a burgeoning industry. Our latest offering, the Ninja Sphere is a beautiful, high-powered device that pushes the frontiers of micro-location, gesture and soon [redacted]. Running Ubuntu and our open source stack, it is the easiest platform for software developers to integrate devices and create complex interactions. In the very near future, almost everything you buy will come connected by default - from your car, to your heating, fridge, TV, music collection and bathroom scales. This impending reality is both terrifying (security anyone?) and thrilling. We want everyone to get the most from this new, bigger, more pervasive, and scarier internet. We want regular people to easily take control of their things so that their things (and their manufacturers) dont take control of them. The Borg is coming, but resistance isnt futile. Weve got Ninjas!
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2021
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Nov 2021
The vision of Boundless Earth (Boundless) is an Australia we can all be proud of - a prosperous, renewable energy superpower and a global force towards a decarbonised world. Boundless’ purpose is to accelerate climate solutions at the scale and speed required for Australia to do its fair share to avert the climate crisis. Boundless uses the levers of philanthropy, investment and direct advocacy to make change and get Australia on the path to becoming a renewable energy superpower by 2030.
2012
Blackbird Ventures
Venture Partner
Jul 2012
Investor
May 2012
Shoes of Prey is a global, multi-channel retail brand that enables women to design their own shoes. Founded in 2009 by Jodie Fox, Mike Knapp (ex-Google) and Michael Fox (ex-Google), the idea for Shoes of Prey was born out of a problem that Jodie was solving for herself: I can’t find exactly what I want. We’re now on a mission to revolutionize retail. Our goal is to be the world’s most customer-centric fashion brand by giving customers exactly what they want. You’ll be working with a motivated and talented team that is a great culture to be a part of – we eat lunch together, have regular company events and we can guarantee that it’s a fun and vibrant place to be. Our core values are to passionately create happiness; communicate thoughtfully and constructively; and to make a big impact. Shoes of Prey has grown rapidly over 5 years and has won a number of awards including Online Retailer of the Year and Store Design of the Year at the World Retail Awards in Paris 2013. We’ve secured a lot of incredible press over the years including Good Morning America, Harpers Bazaar, Vogue, Women’s Wear Daily, Wall Street Journal and many, many more. We’re on track to become a significant international retailer over the next 5 years and are hunting for people as ambitious as we are to join the team.
mid stageRetail
Investor
2012
Ninja Blocks - Making Things Magic. At Ninja Blocks, we are creating the future of human device interaction. With an established platform, thriving community and thousands of shipped devices, we understand what needs to happen to make ubiquitous computing a reality. Hint: its not an iPhone app! Founded in 2011, Ninja Blocks has been helping to drive the so called Internet of Things from an abstract idea to a burgeoning industry. Our latest offering, the Ninja Sphere is a beautiful, high-powered device that pushes the frontiers of micro-location, gesture and soon [redacted]. Running Ubuntu and our open source stack, it is the easiest platform for software developers to integrate devices and create complex interactions. In the very near future, almost everything you buy will come connected by default - from your car, to your heating, fridge, TV, music collection and bathroom scales. This impending reality is both terrifying (security anyone?) and thrilling. We want everyone to get the most from this new, bigger, more pervasive, and scarier internet. We want regular people to easily take control of their things so that their things (and their manufacturers) dont take control of them. The Borg is coming, but resistance isnt futile. Weve got Ninjas!
2010
Startmate
Investor / Mentor
2010
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