Mike Van Der Hiejden

Managing Director

Founder and Managing Partner of Portal Ventures, a Melbourne consultancy specialising in helping online marketplaces generate more revenue through effective and scalable search engine optimisation strategies. He is a seventeen-year veteran of digital marketing, and of search engine optimisation specifically. Portal Ventures works with both one-sided and two-sided marketplaces across sectors including property, automotive and jobs, helping them grow organic search traffic and market share. The firm also invests in early-stage classifieds, service and e-commerce marketplaces globally, with investments including LatAm Autos, Fresha, Programa, CarsFast, PriceMyCar, SideSpace and Omnyfy.