Find the Right Funding!

Join One Roof’s “Start Up Women’s Summit”

It is well known and documented that women receive less than 3% of VC funding worldwide. It is a pathetic statistic and one that isn’t changing fast. We want to share the ins and outs so that we can speed up the funding process, increase this dismal number and offer women founders alternative funding options so they put their energy and effort into the best and most strategic funding approaches for their startups. Our panellists will share:

• Their process to finding the right investors who provide more than just capital and building a strategic network

• How they negotiated valuations and terms that are favourable to them

• Successful equity crowdfunding campaigns

• Other forms of investment beyond VC funding including

• Some of the biggest mistakes they have made and most important lessons learnt

• How to bootstrap and the value of bootstrapping for as long as possible

At the conclusion of the 1-hour panel event all attendees will have an opportunity to join one break out room for 30min to talk, connect and ask questions to our guest speakers who are all funders and experts in raising various forms of capital. We have speakers from a range of firms including LaunchVic, Giant Leap Fund, Blackbird, Tidal VC, Antler, CFO Worx and Lift Women.

 

Guest speakers

Pam Yip, Advisor/Co-Founder at Bubble Tea Club and Marketing Consultant/Co-Founder at VSNRY Digital

Pam has spent the last decade immersed in marketing & building online communities with experience in agency, corporate & start-up environments. She’s founded Bubble Tea Club (Australia’s 1st & leading DIY Bubble Tea Kits) and VSNRY Digital where she brings other founders’ visions to life. Her passion for marketing, content, community & brand universes has been recognised by Meta APAC’s Vice President (Dan Neary), General Assembly, A Current Affair, Insider Retailer, Business Insider, The Australian, Herald Sun & more.

 

Christina Hobbs, Cofounder and CEO of Verve Super

Christina is the co-founder and CEO of Verve Super, Australia’s first ethical superannuation fund that is tailored for women, by women. They have over 5000 members, $180 million in funds under management and raised $2.7M with high profile investors while Christina was pregnant.

 

Lauren Clinnick, Cofounder and CEO of Lumi Interactive

Lauren is the co-founder and CEO of Lumi Interactive, an Australian studio creating games that make the world a kinder place. Recently announcing a $9.75mil AUD seed raise, their game Kinder World has over 100k global downloads.

 

Kate Pollard Cofounder of CircleIn

Kate is the co-founder of Circle In, an Australian start-up committed to creating a better working world for parents and caregivers by empowering companies to go beyond policies to build caregiver-friendly cultures and workplaces. They have raised $4.2M to date, work with more than 70 progressive companies and support over 200,000 families across 11 countries.

Investment Experts

Irene Tsang is the Founder & CEO at LIFTwomen Group, Australia’s first women-focused crowdfunding platform dedicated to fund and empower female entrepreneurs.

Rachel Yang is a Partner at Giant Leap, Australia’s first 100% impact venture capital fund.

Rebecca Rozencwaig is the General Manager, Investors at LaunchVic and manages the $10m women’s sidecar fund – the Alice Anderson Fund.

Shelin David is a start-up and scale-up advisor at CFOWorx, with a focus on finance, strategy, operations, growth and capital raising.

Nicole Marino is an associate in the investment team at Blackbird, a technology-focused VC fund that invests in ambitious founders building generational companies.

Lisa Brincat is Head of Operations at Shebacks.me, a community-owned and operated venture capital firm, seeking to increase financial inclusion by taking context of women and non-binary founders into account.

Nicole Small is the founder of Start Small Ventures, a tech startup consultancy firm specialising in capital strategy, customer acquisition strategy and product development.

Jacquie Bloom is the founder of Shepreneur, a community committed to bridging the gap between investors and early stage startups.

Jodie Imam is the CoFounder and COO at Tractor Ventures. She was recently named a Finalist in the ‘Female Fintech Leader of the Year’ category at the Fintech Australia ‘Finnies’ Awards for 2022.

Adele Moynihan is a founding member of Antler Australia where she is director of recruiting and currently leads their Investments team, Angel Experience and fundraise.

Karla Gatenby is an investor at Tidal VC and has a background in law, extensive experience in capital market companies, and strong connections in the startup world.

Claire Brown is working as Birchal’s Head of Projects where she drives extracurricular growth activities for the Birchal platform. With a background in film & television, Claire’s passion is to assist those powered by great ideas navigate the world of raising capital through engaging storytelling and data-driven insights.

Maxine Lee is COO of Skalata Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm with a portfolio of 40+ companies across Australia. In 2020, she was named in Forbes 30 under 30 in Finance and VC in recognition of her work in Australia’s startup community.

Sarah Curtis-Fawley works as a Growth Expert at the Australian Centre for Business Growth and Director of Programs at SBE Australia. Sarah is passionate about accelerating the success of women founders and connecting entrepreneurs with the financial and social capital required for growth.