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Steve Taitoko

Steve started his career as an accountant, serving in CFO, Company Secretary, COO and CEO roles for public and private companies in Australia and New Zealand, mostly fast-growth technology-enabled businesses.
He is a multi-startup founder with 3 closed, 2 exits and 3 still trading.
He has raised over $160m in investment from public and private capital markets and a cumulative market value increase of $1.5b has been created when he has been involved with his portfolio companies.

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Why Eratos founder Steve Taitoko was happy the day he lost his startup

Steve Taitoko - February 6, 2025 5 MIN READ

“Call it, 2.16pm on 3 February 2025” – the words from the Administrator sitting in a bleak Melbourne boardroom, ringing out the date and time that the company that sat in my head 8 years ago was pronounced dead. Not dead in literal terms, as a deal to bring the company out of voluntary administration… Read more »

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