Tag: Elaine Stead

Gig Guide: Elaine Stead joins Main Sequence

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Elaine Stead has joined CSIRO-seeded Main Sequence Ventures’ investment team, concluding her time leading Human Venture Capital. Ms Stead has 20 years’ experience working across...

ANU spin outs offer commercialisation insights

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The leaders of three companies spun out of the Australian National University gathered last Wednesday to offer advice on issues of commercialisation, collaborating with universities, and early-stage recruitment. Organised...

Social capital issues stall women entrepreneurs

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Women entrepreneurs lack social capital and it’s holding back their ventures, according to growth expert at the Australian Centre for Business Growth Sarah Curtis-Fawley, who has just completed her...

SA gov’t drops Blue Sky VC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The South Australian government has dropped Blue Sky as the manager of its $50 million tech fund, as the company now shows “no interest” in venture capital. It comes...

Topaz to lead StartupAus board

Posted on   |  by James Riley
StartupAUS has rejigged its board and raised the number of women on the startup advocacy outfit’s 10 member board from two to four as chair Topaz Conway says women...

Tech culture here is just as bad

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A number of prominent women in the Australian tech and startup communities have spoken out about the discrimination, sexism and harassment they regularly encounter in the sector. The tech,...

Elaine Stead on Women in VC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If you’re a female entrepreneur right now in Australia, there are plenty of reasons optimistic about the future, according to Blue Sky Alternate Investments’ VC chief Elaine Stead. That’s...

Sinodinos to open Women in VC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In one of his first major speeches as Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Arthur Sinodinos will open the InnovationAus.com Women in VC forum in Sydney with a keynote...

Data61 cranks global talent drive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The uneasy relationship between the science and technology communities in the US and the Trump Administration – particularly over immigration – presents a huge opportunity for Australia to aggressively...