June 2019 | Dream Big: the antidote to the tall poppy syndrome

Australia certainly punches above its weight on multiple metrics but complacency in a rapidly changing world can alter our future in the blink of an eye. The focus of the Women in Investments June event is on venture capital and to showcase what a special group of people are doing in the industry to keep us evolving as a nation. 

In the last decade, Australia was the home base for the emergence of world-class, global technology leaders emerge including Aconex, Wisetech Global, Envato and Atlassian along with growth companies Canva, Culture Amp, Airwallex and Afterpay. For the next decade, the companies that emerge depends largely on the pools of capital available to them. 

Join us in a special event jointly sponsored by Acorn Capital, Scale Investors and Blackbird Ventures to hear about their experience in funding the next generation of entrepreneurs who are dreaming big and breaking out from the tall poppy syndrome. The…