| 02.00pm | Welcome |
| 02.05pm | The Angel Landscape |
| Speaker: | Professor Michael Vitale, Director, Commercialisation, Monash Asia-Pacific Centre for Science and Wealth Creation |
| What is angel money? What types of angels are there? Where do angels get their money and what are they spending it on? Michael Vitale will provide attendees with a useful overview of the angel environment here in Australia and provide comparisons with overseas markets, especially the USA. | |
| 02.40pm | Understanding the Funding Menu |
| Moderator: | Amanda Gome, Publisher, Smart Company |
| Speakers: | Rob Antulov, Co-Founder & CEO, 3eep Pty Ltd; Philip Alexander, CEO, OrderPoint Australia; Doron Ben-Meir, Founder & Managing Partner, Prescient Venture Capital |
| The panel will weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of the funding options available to high growth technology businesses - family and friends, venture capital, angels, corporate and strategic investors, grants. What sort of investment suits when? | |
| 03.30pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 03.50pm | Bring me an Angel |
| Speakers: | Ian Webster, IRM; Bob Quodling, CEO, Simmersion Holdings; Rob Antulov, Co-Founder & CEO, 3eep |
| How to find and attract an Angel? This panel will discuss how to meet angels and gain an initial meeting. Understand why and how angels in the technology, media and communications sector initially invest. | |
| 04.35pm | Having an Angel |
| Speakers: | Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO & Co-Founder, Atlassian Software Systems; Nick Birrell, Venture Executive, Innovation Capital; Silvio Salom, Executive Chairman, Gramercy Venture Advisors |
| Having secured angel funding, what happens next? What role is an angel likely to take? This panel will discuss "smart" money, collaboration, the role taken by angels as mentors, board members and when gaining additional funding. | |
| 05.20pm | Drinks & Networking |
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Please note the Program is subject to change.
To download the printable version, click here. |
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