The Team
Experience, growth, success.
Our accomplished team of industry veterans is committed to helping emerging businesses attain genuine success. With their deep expertise and a problem-solving mindset, they empower your journey to real and sustainable growth. We ensure that you have access to the right mentors who are equipped to address the unique challenges and opportunities at each stage of your business journey
Ash Farrugia
Director
Ashley Farrugia is an accomplished leader in B2B SaaS innovation and technology investment. With a remarkable career that includes being the CEO and co-founder of ActivePipe, he's significantly influenced the real estate industry in the ANZ and USA markets.
Under his leadership, ActivePipe transformed the way real estate agents conducted business, introducing innovative solutions that set new standards in the industry. This journey culminated in a highly successful exit to Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based fund with assets of $6.4 billion.
Ashley's extensive experience and visionary approach have made him a recognized name in the B2B SaaS sector. He's passionate about supporting tech ventures and helping them thrive in dynamic markets.
Shane Greenan
Mentor Operations / Finance
A seasoned CFO with 20+ years’ CFO experience across M&A, Capital Raising, Operations, Financial and General Management. Board experience as an Executive and Non-Executive Director of publicly listed and private equity backed companies. PE background in CFO & operational roles with PE portfolio companies and as an investment executive with a venture capital fund.
Commercially oriented CFO with broad functional responsibilities including Finance, Human Resources, Operations, IT, Software Development and Project Management. Extensive commercial and operational experience have enabled the ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and have a track record of leading multi-cultural teams to drive business success. Have led financial and commercial teams through all stages of the tech business lifecycle: start-ups; IPO; business growth; downturns; turn arounds; delisting; and exit.
Tech experience includes
- CFO with 6 tech companies (ActivePipe, Buildxact, Catapult Sports, TripleArc, Xtempus, vielife)
- 3x Exits
- 8x acquisitions
- 5x equity fund raisings
- 4x debt fund raising
- 1x IPO
- 1x ASX delisting
Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland
Senior Executive MBA, University of Melbourne
Michael Messig
Mentor Technology
Mike is an accomplished and highly experienced Chief Technology Officer from Melbourne, Australia, with a career spanning over 15 years in Software Engineering in the SaaS space. With a profound passion for technology and a deep-seated commitment to innovation, Mike has demonstrated his expertise in different industries including Education, Real Estate and Marketing and has worked with local and international startups.
His core strength lies in his ability to build efficient and high-performing product engineering teams, irrespective of technology stack, while balancing excellence and cost effectiveness. Mike’s visionary leadership and capacity to foster collaboration have enabled teams to consistently deliver cutting-edge solutions and drive business success.
Most recently, Mike played a pivotal role in the development of ActivePipe, where he built the product and technology team from the ground up. ActivePipe evolved into a leading industry solution globally, operating at large scale and eventually attracting successful acquisition. Mike’s leadership and dedication were instrumental in bringing ActivePipe to its remarkable success.
Mike holds a Bachelor of Computer Science with honours. Furthermore, he earned a PhD in Computer Science with a specialisation in service-oriented architecture from Deakin University. This educational background has provided him with a distinctive perspective and intellectual curiosity, enabling him to discover innovative solutions to the challenges faced by technology organisations
Meghan Faulks
Mentor USA GTM
For nearly a decade Meghan Foulkes has been successfully building and leading sales teams. In her current role as the VP of Mid-Market Sales at MoxiWorks she leads a motivated team of reps who are helping small to mid-sized real estate brokerages bring the right technology into their organisations. Prior to her work at MoxiWorks Meghan was the VP of Sales for ActivePipe, which was acquired by MoxiWorks in early 2022. Meghan also led teams at FitGrid which grew 5x year over year and MINDBODY, Inc. Which ultimately achieved a $2 billion exit.
