Every Australian VC rejected Airwallex early on
Jack Zhang · Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · May 26, 2025 · at 30:12
Jack Zhang is the co-founder and CEO of Airwallex. He discusses the early rejections the company faced from local Australian venture capital firms before securing international funding.
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“Because all the VCs kind of rejected me in Australia. It was only three VC.”
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