Startup Victoria - Leveraging the Local Growth Startup Ecosystem

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LEVERAGING THE LOCAL GROWTH STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

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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.

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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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The ecosystem is growing… But so is the noise

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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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1 IdenNfy what you need next and prioriNse your Nme there

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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 SPACE

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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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NEED MORE MEDIA COVERAGE

LOCAL TECH MEDIA TECH PR SPECIALISTS MEDIA PITCH SERVICES

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To the meetup group

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NEED TO FILTER THE NOISE AND GET SHIT DONE

YOU ARE HERE!

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NEED TO FILTER THE NOISE AND GET SHIT DONE

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THANK YOU

@michellebourke2