Tag: venture capital

NSW govt sets up $150m fund

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW Government is getting into the venture capital business, announcing it is setting up a $150 million equity fund in partnership with First State Super and investment management...

Galileo’s $20m fund for students

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Freshly-minted seed fund and accelerator Galileo Ventures has plans to raise a $20 million early stage venture capital fund (ESVCLP) targeting student entrepreneurs graduating from university looking to establish...

Super pool can fund scale-up VC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s venture capital pool has likely doubled for FY2017 as the proportion of VC bound money coming from the country’s super funds ramps up. Last year Australia’s VC sector...

Disrupting VC: iAngels on Israel

Posted on   |  by James Riley
You have to wonder at how far the world has turned on its axis when Israeli venture firms are arriving in Australia to raise money. This seems counterintuitive. The...

Blackbird’s bright new gender plan

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Blackbird Ventures, one of Australia’s most esteemed venture capital firms investing in early stage tech companies, has begun making deliberate efforts to improve the gender diversity of its portfolio...

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...

Kay Koplovitz to lead Women in VC

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Less than five per cent of fast growth tech firms are started by women. But research shows that venture capital-backed companies led by women perform better than those started...

SIV money finally lands in Aus VC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has taken more time than some might have liked to find its way to the Aussie tech sector, but the Significant Investor Visa program – aka the unexpected fountain...