Steve Baxter serves as Co-founder and Executive Chairman of TEN13. See sector focus and contact routes.
Steve Baxter serves as Co-founder and Executive Chairman of TEN13, a Brisbane-based venture capital firm he launched in 2019 with Stew Glynn, following successful exits from his telecom startups SE Net and PIPE Networks. His investment thesis focuses on early-stage opportunities primarily within Australia, targeting sectors including fintech, health and wellbeing, education, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software. TEN13 operates a deal-by-deal model that allows over 500 investors to selectively back startups, though specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior for Baxter personally are not publicly detailed. Notable portfolio companies include AutoGrab, which received an $80 million Series B investment in January 2026, alongside more than 20 other tracked startups across the firm's 21 investments. Baxter also founded Beaten Zone Venture Partners, a specialist defense fund dedicated to early-stage Australian sovereign defense technology focusing on lethality and survivability systems. A distinctive point of view in his public profile is his mission to "lionise" Australian entrepreneurs to enhance sovereign capability, complemented by his well-
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