Steve Baxter.

Steve Baxter is a proud Queenslander who enlisted in the Army at 15 and served almost 9 years.

From there, Steve launched his first start-up, SE Net in 1994, which was eventually acquired by Ozemail/UUNet. In 2001, Steve teamed with a schoolmate to launch his second start-up, PIPE Networks which was sold, eight years later to the TPG Group for $373 million.

Since 2010 he has become an early-stage investor in startups through his investment company, Transition Level Investments; as Co-founder and Executive Chairman of TEN13; and as Founder and Lead Investor with Beaten Zone Venture Partners which is dedicated to early-stage investments in Australian sovereign defence technology.