A breakdown of the opportunities in the local growth startup ecosystem in Victoria, including opportunities to find investment, people, news, space, and PR

1. 01
LEVERAGING THE LOCAL
GROWTH STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

2. 02
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

3. 03
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.

4. 04
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.

5. 05
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.
2015
In 2016 our community
grows past 10,000!
Launched Office Hours
and Ignite Mentorship
Program.
2016

6. 06
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

7. 07
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

8. 08
② WE INSPIRE THEM TO THINK BIG
o Official organisers of Above All Human
o 1,000+ ahendees in 2016
o Aboveallhuman.co

9. 09
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

10. 010
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

13. 013
The ecosystem is growing…
But so is the noise

14. 014
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)

15. 015
1
IdenNfy what you need
next and prioriNse your
Nme there
2

16. 016
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

19. 019
NEED MORE PEOPLE
Jobs board
Graduate program
Sales Navigator
Outreach to
communiNes
Quick access to
local talent

20. 020

21. 021
NEED MORE SPACE

22. 022
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

23. 023
NEED MORE MEDIA COVERAGE
LOCAL TECH MEDIA
TECH PR SPECIALISTS
MEDIA PITCH SERVICES

24. 024
NEED BETTER QUALITY NEWS
VIC ICT NEWS
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WEEKLY NEWS
To the meetup group
www.meetup.com/StartupVictoria

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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

27. 027
THANK YOU
@michellebourke2