Craig Blair

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Biography

Mr. Craig Blair is a Co-Founder & serves as Partner at AirTree Ventures. Mr. Blair serves as Board Member at DesignCrowd (Multimedia and Design Software). He serves as a Board Member & Advisor at Different. He serves as a Board Member at ArchiStar & DesignCrowd, He served as a Board Member at Brighte. He serves as Chairman & Advisor at Pet Circle. He is a Board Member at MyXplor and Brosa. He has been a serial entrepreneur and investor and has spent the past fifteen years building and investing in some of the leading digital media and technology businesses in Australia and the UK. his experience includes five years as Executive Director of Netus, two years as founding CEO & Executive Chairman of Beamly and four years as Director of Travelselect/Lastminute.com. At Netus, his role was to source investments and partnerships and to establish and support the management teams within Netus' investments. As Corporate Development Director of travelselect.com, one of the first online travel companies in the UK, he was responsible for raising venture capital finance, online marketing, business development and finance. He led the sale of the business to lastminute.com in 2002 in a transaction that generated significant returns to investors. his earlier career involved civil engineering, management consultancy and investment banking. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from the University of Sydney and an MBA from INSEAD. He serves as an Angel Investor.