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Ashleigh Greaves joins Queensland VC Tribe Global Ventures to wrangle investor relations

- September 12, 2024 2 MIN READ

Former JP Morgan banker Ashleigh Greaves has joined boutique Queensland B2B VC Tribe Global Ventures to manage investor relations. Greaves already has a strong track record on that front having spent several years within the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) at J.P. Morgan in New York where she managed relationships with hedge funds and quantitative trading managers.… Read more »

Funding

A handful of big raises plumped up Australian venture funding in 2024 – unless you’re a woman

- July 9, 2024 4 MIN READ

A single deal that saw Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund sling $300 million at 15-year-old exchange traded funds (ETFs) manager Betashares in mid-June has plumped up Australia’s venture capital turkey in the final quarter of the 2024 financial year, hiding an otherwise disappointing three months for local startups. Data compiler Cut Through Venture included government-backed Temasek’s… Read more »

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5 things Main Sequence’s Phil Morle learnt about venture capital from hanging out with 100 other investors

- August 29, 2023 4 MIN READ

Venture capital can be a solo, transactional game: meeting founders, building conviction, and making a case to an investment committee before allocating capital. Some firms learn how to exploit the aggregated super-power of their whole group to discover unique investments and unlock value. What we don’t talk about enough is how the firms themselves collaborate… Read more »

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Funding

VC survey finds nearly every startup founder thinks the current funding climate is having an impact on their plans

- November 24, 2022 2 MIN READ

Australian startup founders remain upbeat about the future, despite challenging conditions, according to a new survey from law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), but an overwhelming 97% say the current fundraising environment is impacting their business strategy. Despite startup failures, withdrawals from the Australian market by some global companies and down rounds in capital raises,… Read more »

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Who Gives a Crap boss Simon Griffiths is among a group of founders backing a ‘next generation’ VC fund

- August 16, 2021 2 MIN READ

Who Gives a Crap CEO Simon Griffiths is among a group of startup founders backing a $10 million for a new “community-powered” venture capital fund that has scooped up the cash together in just four months.  AfterWork Ventures will invest in Australian and New Zealand technology startups at the pre-seed and seed stage and is… Read more »

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Funding

Australian founders are backing a local chapter of US angel VC The Fund as it launches locally

- June 17, 2021 3 MIN READ

  US-based angel VC The Fund is launching in Australia + NZ Local founders are joining forces to invest in next gen ANZ startups Investors come from Canva, CultureAmp, Adore Beauty, Linktree, Safety Culture + more The Fund aims to back 50% female founders Founders and others from Australia’s most successful startups, including Canva, Culture… Read more »

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How VCs make sense of the hype in technology startups

- December 8, 2020 4 MIN READ

Nothing excites investors and markets more than an emerging technology predicted to transform the way we live and work. Cloud accounting, NFC payments, mobile phones and social networking have all been this transformational force. Others have been hailed as the next big thing, to then plateau abruptly, or even fade into obscurity. Amazon’s Kindle is… Read more »