Episode 11 of Season 4 of our Adelaide Connected Podcast features JD (John-David) Sheard, Co-founder and Partner of Eastend Ventures Founder and Managing Director of Virtca Capital.
Originally from Canada, JD has spent the past two decades living and working throughout Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe, and is what we call an Arrow*.
JD relocated to Adelaide in 2021 after being awarded the Australian Global Talent Visa based on his internationally recognised technology and business achievements.
We chat to JD about his experience moving to Adelaide, the venture capital ecosystem, what it takes to be an entrepreneur, what he loves about his new hometown and his future plans.
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Adelaide Connected is proudly delivered by the Committee for Adelaide, with the support of a grant from the Department of State Development’s ‘Skilled Migration Talent and Industry Connection Program’.
*Arrow – someone that is not originally from South Australia, but now lives and works here.
*Boomerang – someone that is originally from South Australia, has lived interstate or abroad and returned.
