📅 Giants Weekly: Raising your first round with Rayn "the 100% signal" Ong
Rayn Ong is one of ANZ's most loved angel investors. In this session, Rayn will share practical tips on raising your first round of funding, how to form meaningful relationships with investors, and some of his favourite stories from his early investments.
Date: Tue 8 Sep 8am AEST
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📅 Startup Grind hosts Sam Wong from Blackbird Ventures
Samantha is a General Partner at Blackbird Ventures. Originally trained as a lawyer and practiced in corporate and litigation teams at Minter Ellison in Sydney. Subsequent to law, she career-pivotted into technology, holding Product and Strategy roles at SurfStitch, a multi-national e-commerce business as well as founded a legaltech startup, CapacityHQ. She holds a BA/LLB from the University of New South Wales.
Date: Wed 9 Sep 1pm AEST
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Ecosystem:
♀ Just 22.3% of Australia’s founders are women.

Bootstrapped:
💰 Social startup Who Gives a Crap donates $5.85 million to charity.

Equity Crowdfunding:
💰 Hot sauce company Bunsters raised $2m Series A on Birchal, and Fintech startup Parpera raised $800k in 10 days from 312 investors on Equitise.

Reward Crowdfunding:
💰 Smart time management hardware startup Timechi raises $276k on Indiegogo.

Loans:
🏦 SaaS and eCommerce revenue-based financing startup Wayflyer launches in Australia.

Venture Capital:
📈 Athletic Ventures recently launched, they specialise in health, sports, fitness and other related areas.
📅 VC funding events for August here.

How to Master the Art of Bootstrapping hosted by Innovation Bay
Capital Raising Guide for Startups created by Stone & Chalk
Intro to Finance for Founders created by Indie VC
Pitch Deck Masterclass with Sam Wong from Blackbird Ventures hosted by Innovation Bay
Equity Crowdfunding Report in Australia by Birchal