Proto Axiom
protoaxiom.com Direct investor
Proto Axiom is an Australian biotechnology company builder and private holding company with permanent capital that forms and funds companies from Australian science. It invests through milestone-gated tranches and holds founding-investor and venture stakes in its portfolio companies.
Proto Axiom is a venture studio headquartered in North Sydney, Australia, founded in 2021. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series A, in therapeutics, radiopharmaceuticals, diagnostics and Women's health. 11 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We create and operate biotechnology companies from Australian science. We are not a fund allocating across other people's companies.”
— Proto Axiom, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture studio
- Headquarters
- North Sydney, Australia
- Invests in
- Australia, global
- Sectors
- Therapeutics, Radiopharmaceuticals, Diagnostics, Women's health, Fertility, Bioprocessing, AgBio, Digital health
- Founded
- 2021
- Portfolio
- 11 companies
Team, as Proto Axiom publishes it
- Anthony Liveris Chief Executive Officer
- Lindsay Wu, PhD Chief Science Officer
- Hugh McGonagle Chief Operating Officer
- Tony Haddad Operating Partner
- John Roach Head of Finance
- Laura Wimberger, PhD Investment Associate
- Richard Wang, PhD Science Analyst
- Marina Naidion Business Manager
- Nicholas Hunt, PhD Entrepreneur in Residence
- Gavin MacLaren Chairman
- Kathy Connell, GAICD Non-Executive Director
- Tom Harley Non-Executive Director
Names and roles exactly as listed on protoaxiom.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Proto Axiom publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://protoaxiom.com/name, founded
- https://protoaxiom.com/thesisis_investor, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, thesis_quote, description, confidence
- https://protoaxiom.com/portfoliolayer, hq_country, hq_city, sectors, portfolio_count, status
- https://protoaxiom.com/teampeople
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Record 15413 · added 2026-10-20 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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