Jerry Stesel is listed in the Investment Team section of OIF Ventures' team page and is one of the firm's three co-founders. His OIF bio says he spent over a decade in investment banking advising Australian corporations on mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and capital markets, and that "I've also had the privilege of co-founding and successfully exiting two startup FinTech businesses, NexPay and Earnd." He is described as "a founding partner of OIF" in Assignar's 2018 Series A press release, as "OIF founding partner" in the April 2022 AFR coverage of the Instaclustr sale to NetApp carried on OIF's own site, and as "Partner" in the September 2022 Fund III coverage. In February 2025 the AFR reported that he led OIF's participation in Factor House's Series A. No portfolio-company board seat could be confirmed from a filing or portfolio-company page, and no IPO or exit count is sourced.
Previous Experience
Investment banking - over a decade advising Australian corporations on M&A, IPOs and capital markets (employer not named in his OIF bio)
NexPay - co-founder
Earnd - co-founder
Notable Investments
Factor HouseAssignarInstaclustr
Career Timeline
2016
Co-founded the firm: "Then in 2016, I was lucky enough to team up with Geoff Levy and David Shein to establish OIF Ventures."
2018
Quoted as "a founding partner of OIF" in Assignar's Series A press release of 23 October 2018.
2022
Quoted as "OIF founding partner" in the Australian Financial Review article on NetApp's acquisition of Instaclustr, republished on the firm's own site in April 2022.
2022
Quoted as "Partner" in the Australian Financial Review and Startup Daily coverage of OIF's $140 million Fund III close, September 2022.
2025
The Australian Financial Review reported in February 2025 that "Partner Jerry Stesel led the effort for OIF Ventures" in Factor House's $5 million Series A.