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Preethi Mohan from NiceTo offers her views that exceptional founders often combine deep domain 📙 expertise with lived experience... 🎟️ What do you look for in a founder before deciding to invest ? 🔬 Check out more of these videos as part of Venture Academy 👇 https://lnkd.in/gSnV7MFT The most comprehensive, yet easily digestible content about the exciting world of early-stage venture investing ✅ #investing #angelinvesting #videos #content

The top listened episodes on the entire Day One network were from the First Cheque Podcast! 🦄 With 24 episodes released in 2024, the First Cheque co-hosts shared 16 inspiring interviews with leading investors - along with 8 further co-host only episodes deep diving into topics like follow on rounds, a fund of funds, portfolio allocation and decision making. ✅ The top interviews for 2024 from First Cheque all had over 1,000 listens each. 💥 Catch up on the interviews with leading Aussie investors, including: 🎙️ ⭐ Elicia McDonald, Partner at Airtree ⭐ Elicia joined the Airtree team in 2016, significantly impacting the firm's growth and the ANZ startup ecosystem. The Airtree team has $1.3B funds under management with 100+ portfolio features the region’s breakout tech companies, including Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable and Linktree. In the episode Elicia shares insights into her investor mentality, what’s healthy stress, endurance in careers and investing, and maintaining an admirable work-life balance. 🌳 Craig Blair, Partner & Co-Founder of Airtree 🌳 Craig has been investing since 2002 and co-founded AirTree Ventures - one of the leading VCs in Australia. Within their portfolio, Craig has led investments in Canva, Pet Circle, Go1, Employment Hero, Brighte, and Archistar.ai. Craig shares about balancing intuition with data, raising $60M, learning how to manage risk, and how time gives you valuable perspective. ⚡️ Michael Batko, CEO at Startmate ⚡ Startmate is known as the epicentre for startup ambition across Australia and New Zealand with over 250+ startup investments and a collective portfolio value of over $3.5 billion. Learn more in the episode about community-building, portfolio construction, how Startmate evaluates founders, how many of their funds have returned money to investors already, and how many cheques they write each year for early-stage startups. Download all the First Cheque episodes with co-hosts Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures for more insights into the world of early-stage startup investing. 🚀 Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make all episodes of First Cheque possible. Vanta, Rocking Horse Group - R&D Advance Funding, Galah Cyber

Podcast Alert 🚨 👇 Cheryl Mack recently was interviewed by Rohit Bhargava on the famous The Startup Playbook Podcast! The podcast delves in to all things life 👶 , the importance of story telling 📙 , angel investing 📈 , what to look for with founders 🔬 and how Aussie Angels got started! 🚀 Full Episode below: https://lnkd.in/gCv2MgX8

Want to learn more about Angel Investing? 👀 At Aussie Angels we've developed the most comprehensive, yet easily digestible content about the exciting world of early-stage venture investing ✅ Hear 📢 from over 30 experienced angel and VC investors across 6 modules. Learnings are bite sized, using rich media 🎥 , fun interactivity as well easily readable text like below 👇 Find out more at : https://lnkd.in/gSnV7MFT #Investing #angelinvesting #aussieangels #startupaus

Cheryl Mack attended the Black Nova Venture Capital Christmas Party 🕺 💃 last night and caught up with Matthew Browne to give a summary of what 2024 was like for the portfolio and the year ahead! 👀 #investing #venturecapital #angelinvesting

Cheryl Mack is back behind the Mic again 📽️ ...someone say Return of the Mack? 🫢 This time with Intan Oldakowska, the founder of Earflo, about their incredible journey of going global 🌍 . Earflo is creating a groundbreaking device to treat children with chronic ear infections—an innovative solution tackling a universal issue. A big shoutout to the thriving tech and innovation community in WA. If you haven’t attended West Tech Fest yet, mark your calendars for next December. It's where innovation meets opportunity. 🚀 Link to Syndicate: https://lnkd.in/gcDfRKP6 #innovation #investing #angelinvesting

There’s something truly special about West Tech Fest, and being in December reminds us on why it’s a must do on the calendar! 📅 This stunning venue on WA’s beautiful coastline 🏄♂️ sets the perfect stage for meaningful conversations about innovation, sustainability, and the businesses preserving our oceans. Cheryl Mack chatted with Kali Norman, one of the incredible team members behind WTF. Her favorite part? Welcoming guests from across Australia and overseas to experience this unique celebration of technology and our natural environment. If you missed it this year, don’t worry—you need to make plans to join us next year. Whether you're passionate about tech, the ocean, or both, this event is a must! 😍 #innovation #startupaus #investing

Investing without a clear strategy? Yesterday in Perth at West Tech Fest our CEO Cheryl Mack spoke about : "10 Mistakes to avoid when angel investing" This is a critical topic leading in to 2025 in what is shaping up to be a very interesting year! 🙌 Find out what they are and many more learnings for being a great angel investor with Angel Academy 👇 https://lnkd.in/gSnV7MFT VentureX HQ #investing #angelinvesting #startupaus

Our Cheryl Mack will be speaking 🎤 at the Standard Ledger Startup to Scaleup Event on Thursday.. Topic (Hint 🤔 One of the hottest and most talked about) : The State of the Australian VC Market Heading in 2025 🔥 Remco Marcelis Register here :👇 https://lnkd.in/gt9jsbXK #investing #vc #startupaus

😭 Wait, what?! Our Final AMA for 2024 is almost here! We can’t believe it either! The past six months have been an absolute blast, hosting our monthly New Angel AMA sessions for budding angel investors—not just within Aussie Angels, but open to the entire Aussie startup ecosystem. 🌏 And honestly... it’s been SO much fun! 🎉 Top takeaways? 🤨 Aussies are insanely curious about startup investing (we love to see it). 🕳️ There’s a MASSIVE knowledge gap around how to start, where to look, and what cheque size works best (spoiler: you can totally start small). 😇 Angels across the ecosystem are absolute legends, dedicating their time and passion to helping new investors climb the learning curve. What’s next for 2025? Hopefully, a bunch more AMAs with some new faces sharing their stories and advice! 🙌 But for now… don’t miss out on the grand finale! Join Cheryl Mack 🦄 for our final AMA of 2024 and get all your burning questions answered. Let’s wrap up the year with a bang! 🎉 📅 Details in the link👇. See you there! #angelinvesting #Startups #innovation #australia