Mike Zimmerman

Co-Founder and Partner @ Main Sequence | Deep Tech Venture Capital | Turning Breakthrough Research into Category-leading Companies

Greater Sydney Area

About

As one of the Founding Partners at Main Sequence Ventures, I invest in and support founders and companies that are creating tomorrow's solutions using breakthrough science and technology. I have over 20 years of experience as an investor, founder, and operator across various domains, such as industrial innovation, vertical AI, robotics, sustainable ag, cybersecurity, and dual use technologies. My mission is to help build early-stage technology companies that can transform the world's food systems, mining, construction and industrial sectors, supply chains, and cyber defenses. I try to share my scars and learnings to provide strategic guidance and mentorship on sales and marketing, business models, strategic partnering, executive recruiting, boards and advisory boards, and fundraising. I am passionate about applying new technology to industrial applications for real value and impact.

Experience

  • Co-founder and Partner at Main Sequence Ventures
    Jun 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

    Main Sequence is a deep tech venture capital firm investing in companies that solve the world's greatest challenges with the help of breakthrough science and engineering from Australia's research sector. Main Sequence funds spinouts, backs founders in existing companies and creates companies collaborating with these institutions. Our team has extensive experience commercialising emerging technologies, both as both founders and investors, so are purpose-built to help you achieve your goals. We manage just over $1B AUM across 3 funds with 70+ amazing portfolio companies.

  • Investor and Director at Aigentsphere
    2026 - Present · 7 mos

  • Investor and Director at Breaker
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    Breaker builds AI agents that allow robots to work with humans, rather than forcing humans to adapt to robots. Breaker’s core technology, "Avalon," is a software brain for existing robotic hardware enabling two-way natural language communications, autonomous, context-aware decision-making and 1:N robot teaming at the edge. Breaker is based in Sydney, NSW and Austin, TX. Breakerindustries.com

  • Investor and Director at Loam Bio
    Aug 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

    Loam is working to put agriculture at the forefront of addressing climate change.We deliver high quality CO2 removal with environmental co-benefits, by providing growers with unique tools and connecting them to business leaders who are driving our global path to net-zero. We focus on only the most credible approaches while working to ensure maximum efficiency. ‍

  • Investor and Director at Castlepoint Systems
    Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Castlepoint is a compliance, security and discovery management solution for all of your electronic data, in any of your business information systems. Castlepoint manages any information format, in any system, on premises or in the cloud.