Our team

Meet the people
on your side.

Between us we’ve built, scaled and sold companies worth from $3 million to $85 million, and backed more than ninety startups. Here’s who you’d be building with.

General Partner

Oliver Palmer

Oliver cofounded TigerSpike and grew it from a blank page into a 400-person company across four continents, then sold it for $85 million. He cofounded DQ with James and Arjun. He leads DQ Ideate and stays with founders as a strategic partner through every stage after that.

  • Cofounded TigerSpike and sold it for $85 million
  • Scaled to 400 people across Sydney, Singapore, New York and London
  • Cofounder of DQventures
  • Investor in Australian VC Investible
  • Strategic partner to founders from Ideate onwards
Oliver on LinkedIn
General Partner

Sam Middlehurst

Sam has spent fifteen years building companies across Southeast Asia. He has two exits behind him, the most recent a digital agency he ran as CEO. At DQ he takes founders through Explore and stays with them as a strategic partner through every stage after that.

  • Fifteen years building companies in Southeast Asia
  • Two exits
  • Ran a digital agency as CEO through to its sale
  • Strategic partner to founders from Explore onwards
Sam on LinkedIn
Head of Venture Building

Leanne Beesley

Leanne took her own startup from an idea to a multi seven-figure exit. At DQ she builds and launches the startups alongside our founders.

  • Founded a global marketplace, acquired by a public company
  • Raised over $1 million from investors, Jason Calacanis among them
  • Builds and launches the startups DQ backs
Leanne on LinkedIn
General Partner

Arjun Singh

Arjun has built a portfolio of fifteen companies worth more than $30 million between them, with two exits. He cofounded DQ with Oliver and James, takes founders through Explore, and stays with them as a strategic partner through every stage after that.

  • Built fifteen companies worth more than $30 million combined
  • Two exits
  • Cofounder of DQventures
  • Strategic partner to founders from Explore onwards
Arjun on LinkedIn
General Partner

James Green

James has backed more than ninety startups and three venture funds as an angel investor. He cofounded DQ with Oliver and Arjun, takes founders through Explore, and stays with them as a strategic partner through every stage after that.

  • Angel investor in more than ninety startups
  • Investor in three venture funds
  • Cofounder of DQventures
  • Strategic partner to founders from Explore onwards
James on LinkedIn
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