Tag: Venture Capital
Attracting a brains trust to your business
When you think of Board of Directors/Advisors, you might picture a multinational corporation or an optimistic entrepreneur surrounded by neurotic investors. But, as Karen Jenkins argues, a good Board can be your greatest asset.
Venture Capital by Design: Masterclass
Part of Anthill's upcoming 'Tunnel Talk' series, held in conjunction with Design Victoria, this two-part initiative is designed for business builders, commercial innovators, aspiring...
How to sell your business – Invest to Exit (ebook)
This eBook by celebrated Australian entrepreneur and lecturer Dr Tom McKaskill features strategies for profitable exits by angel and VC investors.
Forget chasing venture capitalists and angels – seek out genuine business partners
Anthill’s Venture Capital Month is certainly stimulating some passionate debate. In this post, serial Australian entrepreneur Petter Clutton argues that all entrepreneurs should be looking for a business partner, not just an ‘investor’.
Playford secures $7.45M to invest in SA innovators
Playford Capital, the SA government backed seed investor fund, announced today that it will receive $7.45 million from the Federal Government to invest in its portfolio of emerging companies.
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$64M Federal investment 'survival' pool for promising early-stage Australian companies
Last Thursday the Federal Government announced that 11 fund managers had been named to oversee investment of $64 million into promising early-stage Australian companies under the Innovation Investment Follow-On Fund (IIFF).
$64M Federal investment ‘survival’ pool for promising early-stage Australian companies
Last Thursday the Federal Government announced that 11 fund managers had been named to oversee investment of $64 million into promising early-stage Australian companies under the Innovation Investment Follow-On Fund (IIFF).
It takes 100 cups of coffee to refine your start-up pitch
I often joke that it takes 100 cups of coffee to get a new start-up funded. Not because the investor is one out of 100 but because it takes a long time to get the story polished.
Angel investors are important for Australian growth
Angels are private people investing their own money and their own time (experience, expertise, networks) in high growth companies. The 2008 survey conducted by the Australian Association of Angel Investors Limited (AAAI) estimated that there are 16,100 Australians who can identify as active angel investors. Together those individuals, in 2008, invested an estimated $1.69b in over 5,000 entrepreneurial companies, which fuelled over 35,000 jobs.
Future Capital invests into OurWishingWell.com
The Future Capital Development Fund has invested into OurWishingWell.com, an Australian online gift registry service.
Are you seeking capital? August is ‘Venture Capital Month’ at Anthill!
So you have the commitment, the creativity, the cojones. But do you have the capital!
This August, we've decided to explore the many facets of capital raising - from angel investment and grants to venture capital and private equity. For want of a better name, we're calling this exercise Anthill's VC Month.
Are you seeking capital? August is 'Venture Capital Month' at Anthill!
So you have the commitment, the creativity, the cojones. But do you have the capital!
This August, we've decided to explore the many facets of capital raising - from angel investment and grants to venture capital and private equity. For want of a better name, we're calling this exercise Anthill's VC Month.
Anthill talks up pitchclub on Sky News Australia
Sky News Business Channel reporter Brooke Corte talks to the founder and editor-in-chief of Anthill magazine about 'Pitch Club'.
Seeking venture capital? Need angel funding?
This first event in Anthill's upcoming 'Tunnel Talk' series, held in conjunction with Design Victoria, is a two-part initiative developed for business builders, commercial innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs and creative professionals seeking to identify investment ready ideas and acquire growth capital.
Are all angel investors ruthless?
If you haven’t hit up your family, friends and fools to investment in your new venture, angel investors have every right to be sceptical. Sahil Merchant has a bunch of ruthless angles crowded on his shoulders, and he thinks it’s a damn fine thing.
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Doing business in the US: 13 smart tips to minimise risk
The United States is relentless in making its vast markets seem enticingly available, yet every mistake when doing business there can be costly and unforgiving.
Here are the top 13 things you “must do” prior to taking the plunge and doing business in the US.
Two Free Tickets – Domenic Carosa Workshop (Valued at $2,950 each!)
Domenic Carosa, a former BRW Young Rich List Member, is running a workshop designed to teach attendees how to accelerate business growth through the...
The state of angel investment in the current market
Much has been written and said about the frigid state of both bank and venture capital funding for growing businesses in the current global market. But how are angel investors and their investee companies coping? Prominent Australian angel investor Jordan Green provides this handy snapshot and some advice for investors and entrepreneurs alike.
