Tracey Warren has busted into the startup scene like a lotus flower, currently flourishing at significant speed! If you didn’t know, Tracey is the CEO at F5 Collective, the newest women focused fund to enter the Aussie market. Her energy is infectious and I vibed her passion and conviction on backing women founders.  F5 Collective invests in women building high-growth tech ventures at early stage from Seed through to Series A. There on a mission to catalyse change for 1 BILLION women across the Asia Pacific region. Trace talks to me about her recent trip to India for Startup20 in Delhi ..read more

We, and by we I mean my business partners co-CEO Chelsea Newell and CIO Roo Harris always say, if we could clone Phil Dolan we would do it in a heartbeat. He is our number one advocate and supporter.   Phil Dolan’s list of credentials are akin to the super long list of credits at the end of a great movie. He has played a multitude of roles over his illustrious career and is at the cutting edge of how the latest tech can permanently and fundamentally shift ways of working. This is particularly evident in his current role as Executive Director of the Institute for the Future of Busine ..read more

Jodie is the co-CEO and co-founder at Tractor Ventures, I was really looking forward to learning more about Jodie to better understand how she got to where she is today. I find Jodie one of the most interesting people in the startup ecosystem, she has a humility about her and a voice I could listen to all day!  Jodie’s passion for helping businesses start and grow is evident throughout our conversation. Before founding Tractor Ventures with Matt and Aprill Allen she was the General Manager at SBE Australia, she also set up the Innovation Bay community in Melbourne and is an advisor to mu ..read more

Born in South Africa and living in the Middle East in his formative years, instilled a level of risk management and always having a plan B. This alongside sailing and the philosophy of water clarity has translated into Neil’s investment style.  Neil Stanford is a highly accomplished executive and currently the Executive Director of heading up the Venture Capital team at Breakthrough Victoria. A $2 billion initiative to invest in innovative startups that make a positive impact in Victoria.  Neil’s impressive career spans across his role as the Head of Private Equity and Venture Capi ..read more

Yish Koh is the managing director at Kit, a smart money app for kids and their parents, which is part of x15ventures, CBA’s innovative corporate venture operation. Despite having 1st Class Honours and University Medal in Chemical engineering and commerce from Sydney University and being described by those she works with as an inspiring leader, Yish is a recovering insecure overachiever who has had to work hard to find balance. Her road to founder CEO took a circuitous path via management consulting, not for profit and venture investing. She is a passionate believer in the power of diversity ..read more

After growing up in Texas, Hannah Parton Cyr studied chemical engineering and nanotechnology at the University of Southern California. Following that, she began her career in the Transportation sector in Australia where she worked across corporate strategy, safety and supply chain. After completing her Masters of International Economics and Finance from the University of Queensland, she joined the Black Sheep investment team.  At Black Sheep, Hannah is involved in all parts of the investment life cycle, from taking first meetings with startups, progressing due diligence and post-investme ..read more

Noga Edelstein is a corporate lawyer turned entrepreneur and investor, who has experienced every stage of the startup lifecycle from inception and launch, to funding and exit. She co-founded on-demand home services startup UrbanYou, which scaled rapidly Australia-wide to secure leadership of one of the largest technology-disrupted markets, consolidated the industry with three M&As, and successfully exited via trade sale. Now an early stage investor, Noga is a Venture Partner at Black Nova VC and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Tractor Ventures. Her insight into the startup journey and abilit ..read more

Kerri Lee Sinclair  is an Investor, operator, entrepreneur, and global citizen exclusively focused on driving positive outcomes for those dedicated to building the new world, or transforming the broken. She has spent over 20 years working across the high-growth eco-system, from co-founding her own start-up which sold to Microsoft in 2007, through to working in some of Australia’s leading technology businesses, including Intelematics and Aconex. For over 5 years Kerri-Lee led technical investment and venture capital deployment in one of Australia’s leading family offices, and si ..read more

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