Cheryl Mack

Cheryl Mack is CEO of Aussie Angels. She’s a mentor for programs including Startmate and Founder Institute. She’s a strategic advisor for several startups. She’s also an active angel investor with over 10 investments and counting. She is an occasional advisor and partner on programs within the City of Sydney’s Tech Startups Action Plan. She’s also featured as the Pitch Doctor on Startup Daily.

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Investing

Why the federal government’s plan to increase the sophisticated investor threshold is terrible news for Australia’s startups

- January 15, 2024 4 MIN READ

Federal Labor’s recent suggestion of increasing the income and assets tests for the sophisticated investor exemption is one of the most infuriating examples of trying to fit a round peg in a square hole I’ve seen in a while.  Currently, to qualify as a sophisticated investor, you need at least $2.5 million in assets or… Read more »

Dog, money, nurture
Advice

Australia’s ’20/12 rule’ is stifling angel investment and any chance of younger generations backing startups

- December 1, 2021 4 MIN READ

When the topic of regulations that need to change to increase angel investment in Australia, an excuse that often comes up is: “Retail investors aren’t prevented from investing in startups, there’s the 20/12 rule!” Well let me tell you why that’s largely unhelpful. I recently spoke with someone who told me they were looking to… Read more »

Funding

The Pitch Doctor diagnoses the Elevator pitch deck

- October 9, 2020 4 MIN READ

Welcome to our new, regular column, The Pitch Doctor, with Cheryl Mack, Head of Community at Stone & Chalk. When Mack appeared on the Startup Daily show recently on ausbiz, we asked her to name the best pitch deck she’d seen. She only half-jokingly replied “Fyre Festival”. You can read what she had to say about… Read more »