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Published on: 7/23/2008
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Simon Anderson, Managing Director, Ocean Avenue Ventures Simon Anderson is an experienced technology executive with a background in venture capital and corporate law.He was most recently Vice President, Strategy & Business Development at Affinity Internet, which was successfully sold to Hostway Corporation in April 2007.Affinity Internet is a leading US-based B2B internet services company backed by Columbia Capital, Wachovia Capital and JP Morgan Capital.Simon was responsible for establishing major strategic product partnerships and distribution channels for Affinity - including eBay, Comcast, AOL, Microsoft, Google, SAP, Intuit, Adobe/Macromedia and Costco - and bringing to market new website, ecommerce and online marketing products and services that grew the company to over 200,000 customers worldwide.Prior to joining Affinity in 2003, Simon was the US-based general partner of Allen & Buckeridge, a leading Australian venture capital firm investing in early stage technology ventures with over US$200 million under management.Simon started his professional career as a lawyer in Sydney, Australia specializing in media and technology transactions and corporate advice.Simon earned a Bachelor of Science degree and a Law Degree from the Australian National University, has guest lectured at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and graduated from executive programs on strategy and negotiation at Harvard Business School.