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WHO AM I?
MICHELLE BOURKE
CEO & Founder Artlivemedia and Foresight.cloud
SARAH HAMILTON
CEO & Founder Bellabox
LENI MAYO
Cofounder & Investor Influx and more
SCOTT HANDSAKER
Founder Eventarc
MIGUEL WOOD
Cofounder & CEO Eulers Bridge
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WHAT IS STARTUP VICTORIA?
An organisaNon aimed at helping more Victorians to become high growth startup founders. And to help those founders become more successful in their ventures. MORE FOUNDERS. BETTER FOUNDERS.
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WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO?
WHY MORE FOUNDERS?
Being one is an amazing and exciNng life experience.
WHY BETTER FOUNDERS?
ShiSing the Australian economy to compete globally.
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OUR HISTORY
Startup Victoria starts life as a small meetup group: Lean Startup
Melbourne. AAer ScoB takes over the meetup
in 2013, Meetups aBendances grow,
begin running smaller paid events.
Startup Victoria launches as a non profit – Leni,
ScoB, Michelle and Brendan on the board. Launched Startup Vic Premium membership and Female Founders
CommiBee.
2013 2014
Miguel Wood and 2nd female member Sarah Hamilton, joined the Startup Vic board. Launched Unpitch,
Pitch.in, Female Founders Seminars and
Above All Human.
2015
In 2016 our community grows past 10,000!
Launched Office Hours and Ignite Mentorship
Program.
2016
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We’re not investors or a VC firm We’re not an accelerator We’re not an incubator
We not a hackathon organiser We’re not a government run organisaNon
WHAT WE’RE NOT
We are a non profit advocate for local founders, built from a grass roots community.
We help you connect with the right resources to
take the next step on your startup journey.
WHAT WE ARE
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WHAT EXACTLY DO WE DO? ① WE HELP FOUNDERS LEARN & NETWORK WITH PEERS
o 7,273 meetup members – over 10,000 community members! o 48 meetups run and 17,000 ahendees o Average 350 meetup ahendees a month o 1000+ female founder group members
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② WE INSPIRE THEM TO THINK BIG
o Official organisers of Above All Human o 1,000+ ahendees in 2016 o Aboveallhuman.co
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③ WE GIVE THEM GEAR TO GET STARTED
o 400+ premium members who are serious founders o $30,000+ of free or discounted tech and services o 36 partners
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④ WE CONNECT THEM WITH ENTREPENEURS WHO’VE BEEN THERE BEFORE
o Open Office Hours o Book Nme with 15 hand picked founders, investors and other experts o The founders of YourGrocer met their future investors through our office hours
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⑤ WE SUPPORT BETTER FOUNDERS TO ACHIEVE KEY MILESTONES
o Launched in March 2016 o Female founders mentorship program o Handpicked mentors to work toward their startup goals
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⑥ WE CONNECT FOUNDERS WITH INVESTORS
o Unpitch launched in November 2015 o ConnecNng 13 investors with startups at a round table lunch o Plus Pitch.in
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RealisNcally evaluate where your start up is at 1
Signs you’re ready to access the growth resources: 1. You or someone else has already invested over $50k in your startup 2. You are already working on your startup full Nme 3. You have already launched a working product and have some tracNon
(10% growth month on month)
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NEED MORE MONEY
ASSISTED VIA NETWORKS
Cost: Between 3% and 7% $2.7m raised last month
Cost: $15-$20k to start $180m+ raised since 2007
Cost: $2.5k + 3% shared equity $7 billion raised since founded *Women founded only
Cost: 8.8% and $5k to start $145m raised to date
VIA GOVT HELP
R&D Tax Credit Entrepreneurs Program and AcceleraNng CommercialisaNon Future Industries Fund Public Sector InnovaNon Fund
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NEED MORE CUSTOMERS & LEADS
B2B B2B & B2C
B2B Pitch Night
MarkeNng partnerships Government and industry pitch sessions
Foundry Pitch by Nic Hodges
GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION Australian government landing pads in
San Fransisco, Shanghai, Tel Aviv and more
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NEED MORE CUSTOMERS & LEADS
B2B VIA NETWORKS
B2B Pitch Night
MarkeNng partnerships Government and industry pitch sessions
Foundry Pitch by Nic Hodges
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NEED MORE PEOPLE
Jobs board Graduate program Sales Navigator
Outreach to communiNes
Quick access to local talent
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NEED MORE SPECIALISED ADVICE & NETWORKS
Ignite Mentorship Program
@michellebourke2 Lists
Open Office Hours program
Speak with your public servants that focus in the tech space ① Kathy Coultas
② Simon Forte
③ Annick Phillipsz (ecommerce)
④ George Discala (ecommerce – focus on AU business exporNng to US)
⑤ Brian Carnahan (The Victorian Government Business Office in San Fransisco)
Watch this space
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