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Steve Gledden is Venture Partner at Antler, based in Melbourne, Australia.
Steve Gledden is the Managing Partner at Straight Bat Private Equity and serves as a Venture Partner for both Antler VC and Forward Partners. He previously worked at McKinsey & Company and held executive roles including Vice President at the startup incubator Idealab and leadership positions at citysearch.com. As an entrepreneur, he built and exited multiple businesses, notably selling the life sciences contract laboratory EML to ALS in 2011 and the Judges Court Hotel in 2019. Gledden has acted as a board member, chairman, or advisor to thirteen startups, helping secure over $100 million in funding across the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. He holds degrees from the University of Melbourne and an MBA from Oxford University, while also serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence for Seedcamp. His current focus spans private equity and venture capital investments.
