Carl Thompson

With over two decades in the game, I kicked off my journey at 17 with a merit-passed degree from Media Design School. Since then, I've birthed brands like TradeGecko (acquired by Intuit), Crowded Elevator, and Momentum Marketing, among others. A creative director and digital marketing maven, I've teamed up with big names from Fonterra to internationally focused technology startups like HealthNow. I'm passionate about enriching lives through sleek software and smart strategy.

For most people, financial worries are a major cause of stress. SortMe plans on relieving this stress by making managing finances easier.

Our goal is to make SortMe a global tool for managing and paying household bills.

SortMe is currently live and gaining traction.

www.sortme.com

Helping grow ideas into truly valuable companies is my passion. Solutions that add value to the world and have the potential to change lives. These are some of the companies I have invested in and actively support.

In early 2012 myself, Cameron & Bradley Priest moved to Singapore to partake in a startup incubator program, JFDI. A three-month program that took us through validating a solution to a major problem I had when running a clothing label. We pitched TradeGecko at the first JFDI Demo Day with huge success. With funding, we quickly pushed on to launch TradeGecko into the market. It quickly became an inventory and order management software that was top of the recommended lists for SMEs.

TradeGecko was recently purchased by San Francisco based Intuit. One of the world biggest accounting softwares, and ironically the first company I worked for full-time in New Zealand 18 years ago.

www.tradegecko.com