Funding Innovation
Venture Builders.
As one of Australia’s leading innovation studios, Canvas Ventures is on a mission to build exceptional businesses. By partnering with the most exciting founders and early-stage companies, we take visionary ideas and turn them into thriving ventures.
Welcome to the Future
Canvas Ventures is Funding Innovation to the Australian Start-up Community via its unique Venture Building Studio.
We are a growth-oriented team of experienced entrepreneurs, investors, startup specialists, product experts, developers and designers who believe that Australia needs entrepreneurship at scale to help diversify and transform the local economy.
Venture Studio
At Venture Studio, we develop products for our clients with solutions characterised by brand expression, impeccable user experience and attention to detail. Our expertise is recognised through international awards, talks and selection by national and international juries.
Our trusted and inspiring team understands all aspects of technology, delivering award-winning work to many top–term clients over 21 years.
Funding Innovation Solution
We understand how hard and expensive it is to access the capital needed to fund your company’s early stages and growth.
We believe an affordable source of funds should be available to founders to help develop their vision and accelerate their business trajectory.
We believe in funding innovation, and our unique finance and capital solutions will help you optimise your time to market and business growth.
The Founding Team
Colin Taylor
Colin has over 25 years of experience in Investment Banking, Funds Management and start-up advisory. He has worked with a range of established Blue Chip Companies and Early Stage businesses to help them continue to grow and build their services through all market environments.
Colin has lived in the UK, US and Australia and throughout his career has had the opportunity to work with some of the most innovative companies & founders from Australia, US, UK, Europe and Asia. As a business leader and as an Advisor, he has helped many businesses across a diverse range of industries, to accelerate their growth and revenue.
Colin holds a MA(Hons) from the University of Edinburgh in Economics and Accounting and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Jorge Castillo
As Creative Partner at Canvas Group, Jorge has over 20 years’ experience in graphic and interactive design, advertising and communications. Chilean-born, Jorge first moved to Sydney in 1986 and co-founded Canvas Group in 2003 – today, one of Australia’s most awarded digital agencies.
A Judge for Awwwards, now the most visited awards website in the world, the Webbys (aka the Oscars of the Internet) and was an AGDA Councillor (Australian Graphic Design Association) over 2013 and 2014. Jorge has also sat on advisory boards as well as a series of talks for the education and professional sectors.
Ready to innovate?
Canvas Ventures acknowledges the traditional custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders; past, present, and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Canvas Ventures operates on Gadigal land of the Eora Nation.
Canvas Ventures is an affiliate partner to Canvas Group