Laurence Schwartz

Investment Team at OIF Ventures

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Biography

Laurence Schwartz is listed in the Investment Team section of OIF Ventures' team page. His OIF bio says he began his career in commercial law specialising in M&A, capital markets and early-stage technology investing, that he co-founded two venture-backed technology companies, InsideSherpa and Earnd, and that he subsequently spent several years in New York building relationships with US venture capital firms that have since co-invested with OIF. He is identified as a Partner of the firm in Startup Daily's September 2022 Fund III coverage and as "OIF partner" in the July 2023 AFR article on the Opportunity Fund carried on the firm's own site. His join year, education, board seats, IPO count and exit count are not sourced, and no individual deal attribution was found.

Previous Experience

Career Timeline

2022
Quoted as "Partner" in Startup Daily's 6 September 2022 report of OIF's $140 million Fund III close.
2023
Identified as "OIF partner Laurence Schwartz" in the Australian Financial Review article on the OIF Ventures Opportunity Fund, republished on the firm's own site in July 2023.

Sources & References

OIF Ventures - Laurence Schwartz (team bio, checked 2026-09-08) ↗Startup Daily - Sydney VC OIF Ventures bags $140 million for its third fund (6 Sep 2022) ↗OIF Ventures - OIF announces the launch of the OIF Ventures Opportunity Fund (AFR, 11 Jul 2023) ↗