Experience
Wunala Capital’s investment committee and advisory board are comprised of executives who have invested in and held senior executive roles at investment banks, VC funds and technology companies in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA.
Our team has a deep skill set of identifying attractive investment opportunities and risks in high-growth companies and profiting accordingly.
In addition, we have direct deal flow origination capabilities in both Australia and the US, giving us unique transaction opportunities that many other funds and brokers simply do not see.
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If you are a founder or executive at a high-growth company seeking pre-IPO or IPO investment, or an investor or advisor looking to participate in our fund, please let us know via the contact form link below.
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Team
Scott Wilson
founder & Managing partner
Scott has over 20 years of investment and corporate finance experience in a wide range of transactions across three continents. His experience includes making equity and debt investments totalling over $5 billion in publicly-listed and private technology, IT, financial services and sustainable energy companies.
Prior to founding Wunala Capital, Scott was with the Macquarie Group, spending 13 years (including 8 years in New York) investing its balance sheet in a range of equity and debt transactions in Australia, the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom.
During his time at Macquarie, Scott also spent several years as CFO and a board member leading one of Macquarie’s US portfolio companies in a successful turnaround prior to a profitable sale, and served for 6 years on the investment committee of one of Macquarie’s public US investment funds.
Beau Huizenga
PARTNER
Beau has over 12 years of experience in technology investments in private and listed equities. He joined Wunala from Hudson where he was Head of Ventures, leading their corporate VC team. At Hudson, Beau was responsible for origination and execution of investments, in particular those that were transformational in improving Hudson’s product and service offering.
Prior to Hudson, Beau was an Investment Manager with Deloitte in their corporate VC fund. Before his role with Deloitte, Beau grew up and was educated in the Netherlands. He started his career at Dasym Investments, a €1.5bn AUM hybrid private/public fund where he focused on the TMT sector with investments in the US, Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Before moving to Australia, he also worked for Walvis Ventures, which focused on venture capital investments in early and later stage tech companies.
In his free time, Beau is a passionate kitesurfer. You can find him on the water in Botany Bay or preferably a tropical destination. During the week, his favourite activities are squash and tennis while on the weekends he loves to be outdoors.