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Startup super fan. Early stage investor. Big picture thinker. Customer + product junkie. Voracious reader. Extreme walker. Wanna be farmer. Art Wank. Wife keeper. Kid wrangler. Dog lover. No shoes.

Principal, Square Peg. Previously, CEO, Startmate. Prior to that, Us-based and helping to scale Khan Academy from YouTube success to the largest ed-tech organisation in the world.

Professional coach to high growth founders and their teams, researcher on founder and co-founder mindset, founder of Fingerprint for Success

Cofounded GO1.com with my best mates from high school where my main focus was heading up growth of b2b sales. Also a doctor (GP) and still practice a day a week in my own time.

Chief People Officer. Startup advisor. Passionate explorer. Fuelled by adventure and discovering the unknown. Life learner. Happiness sherpa.

CEO, Startmate. Michael started in finance and consulting before working at two of Australia’s largest marketplaces MadPaws and Expert360. After taking Expert360 through a $14m Series B he joined Startmate.

Founded Rampersand, an early stage Australian tech VC, after a career working with tech startups in commercial marketing roles in Aus, Europe and Silicon Valley.

Passionate about building high-performance teams, Rod leads Culture Amp’s Product org of over 150 Product Managers, Designers and Engineers involved in building the world’s most impactful People & Culture Platform.

Married with 3 kids, I’ve achieved and struggled. Former pro athlete, high performance coach, now leadership consultant, coach and facilitator. Known for my authenticity, humility and ability to help leaders and teams perform.

General Partner at Blackbird VC, based in Melbourne. Nick has invested in companies like Culture Amp, nura, Dovetail, Eucalyptus, Morse Micro, XY Sense and Applied.

Expert in behavioural economics in business, and life. Makes and saves clients money, changes behaviour, and proves outcomes. Loves wildlife photography.

Researcher studying the impact of diet on brain and behaviour.

Matt is the CEO of Tractor Ventures, has 40 or so early tech investments and an ex-technical founder x3. He likes electric things like cars & bikes.

Partner, KPMG High Growth Ventures. Has worked in and with startups for over 20 years here and the US. Believes in the correlation between the founder’s mental and physical health and the performance of the startup.

CEO, Technology Council of Australia, the peak body for Australia’s tech sector. Contributing $167bn to GDP annually, and employing 861,000 people, the tech sector is a key pillar of the Australian economy.

Australian born, David is one of the most celebrated and awarded advertising people of all time. In 2006, dissatisfied with helping other companies flourish, he launched Droga5 in the US.In 2021, Droga5 was named Agency of the Decade and was acquired by Accenture.

VP of People and Culture at Baraja, a start-up with a unique approach to LiDAR for self-driving vehicles. She has been in the People and Technology space for 20 years working around the world.

Casey is an Investor at Square Peg, an international VC invested in companies like Fiverr, Stripe and Canva. Before joining Square Peg she was at Uber for almost 6 years in Operations & Strategy.

Managing Partner of Giant Leap, Australia’s first 100% impact venture capital fund dedicated to rapidly scalable, early stage businesses that fuse profit and purpose. Over 15 years experience in VC and PE.

Layla is a product expert with experience in everything from adtech to edtech, traffic routing to local search. Layla helps fast growth startup founders to scale by unlocking the power of people, products and technology.

Kate is a communications and public relations strategist who helps interesting people execute ambitious ideas. She is a trusted advisor to founders and business leaders across Australia.

Simon is the co-founder and CEO of Who Gives A Crap, the DTC home products company that donates 50% of its profits to help build toilets. Since launching in 2012 they’ve donated more than $10m.

Experience across large and small business, ASX-listed, family-owned and start-up models. Passionate about the role of business in improving the world, contributing positively to change, and enriching lives.

Professional actor. Graduate of WAAPA and studied in NYC at the Neighbourhood Playhouse. Working across Film, TV and Theatre. AFI Nominated for Best Lead Actress in a television series, Underbelly.

James is the founding partner of New Zealand innovation studio Previously Unavailable, a co-founder of several start-up companies, and a global advisor, author and teacher of brand building and marketing effectiveness.

Author of Cult Status and Killer Thinking. Co-Founder of Junkee Media. Eternally fascinated by how to use the power of business for good.

A Scottish actor, linguist, and sometime management consultant, Simon offers deep business and performance expertise. A graduate of Cambridge and NIDA, he helps actors and businesspeople make their voices – and their messages – heard.

Since 2007, Anthony has been lucky enough to assist some of Australia’s most exciting fast growth tech companies by helping them develop and execute their talent strategy.

Jane is a novelist, writer, documentary maker, social commentator, professional speaker, feminist, mother, grandmother, beef producer, carbon sequesterer, Walkley award winner, Member of Order of Australia, activist and social media influencer.

Medical Doctor, Healthcare entrepreneur, co-founder of Prospection, investor, kiwi, steely blue eyes + dad jokes.

#1 in Australia and top ten in the world in 3 different sports – Trampolining, CrossFit and Beach Volleyball. Investor at Blackbird and Athletic Ventures.