About
Brigitte Smith is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at GBS since 1996. Brigitte has twenty years’ experience in venture capital, business strategy and start-up company operations. Brigitte has been investing and managing investments for GBS’s $450m of life science specialised venture capital funds since 1998. Brigitte is on the board of GBS portfolio companies AirXpanders Inc, Endoluminal Sciences Pty Ltd, Neuromonics Pty Ltd, Proacta Inc, and Vivive Inc. Brigitte was the founding Investor and Chair of Pharmaxis Pty Ltd. Prior to founding GBS Brigitte worked in the US and Australia in operating roles with early stage technology based companies and at Bain & Company as a Strategic Management Consultant. Brigitte has a B.Chem Eng (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and as a Fulbright Scholar completed a MBA (Honours) from the Harvard Business School and a MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, both in Boston, USA.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 5 investors at GBS Ventures are tracked.
- • 2,531 investors hold the Co-Founder & Managing Partner role in VCSift. Brigitte Smith is one of them.
- • 705 investors are based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
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