Les Szekely

Les Szekely

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Managing Director

Bio

Les Szekely B.A. LL.M. FAICD, is an active business angel, mentor, and M&A consultant. He started GPC in 2010 after a career of almost 30 years as a tax consulting partner and director with Horwaths Chartered Accountants and then Deloitte. He is the author of over a dozen books on taxation law, has been an active angel investor since 1999 and is currently a director of several early stage and maturing companies.

Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

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Primary Organization

Grand Prix Capital

Grand Prix Capital

Founded

2009

Investment

7

Lead investment

5

Exits

3

Employees

1-10

Industry

Jobs history

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Board and Advisor Roles

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Profile Resume

Les Szekely is the Managing Director at Grand Prix Capital, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania. Les Szekely studied BA,LLB Arts,Law @ University of New South Wales. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Investment portfolio

Les Szekely has made 10 investments. Their Latest investment was Series D - SiteMinder on Sep 14, 2021

Number of investment

10

Number of exits

5

Personal investment

10

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundMoney Raised
Oct 22, 2014
Oneflare Oneflare
Seed Round - Oneflare
876.0K
Sep 02, 2015
Shippit Shippit
Seed Round - Shippit
500.0K
Oct 15, 2015
UrbanYou UrbanYou
Angel Round - UrbanYou
500.0K
Sep 14, 2021
SiteMinder SiteMinder
Series D - SiteMinder
73.2M

Partner investment

9

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundInvestor NameMoney Raised
Jun 14, 2018
Bonjoro Bonjoro
Seed Round - Bonjoro
-0
Jan 31, 2019
Uptick Uptick
Venture Round - Uptick
-1.5M
Dec 02, 2019
Shippit Shippit
Series A - Shippit
-5.3M
Dec 07, 2020
Shippit Shippit
Series B - Shippit
-22.2M

Exits

5

exit.name DesignCrowd

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