This is a deep dive session that will include a hands-on workshop to go through where your business is at, what your goals are, whether venture capital is right for you, and how funding could help drive those goals.

Cheryl Mack is the CEO of Aussie Angels, on a mission to democratise angel investing in Australia & NZ. She’s an active angel investor with 25+ investments, a Venture Partner at Black Nova VC, and she’s a strategic advisor for several startups, and in her spare time, she mentors for programs including Startmate and Founder Institute. A community-builder at heart, she recently held leadership roles at Stone & Chalk, and the Australian Computer Society. Before that she was the CEO of StartCon for 4 years, and created the APAC-wide Pitch for $1M competition. In case that’s not fun enough for you, Cheryl is also regularly featured on Startup Daily as the Pitch Doctor.

This HATCH session will provide tools to understand what stage your business should get to first before seeking investment and what will the investors be looking for.

A light meal is included at this event.

AND for attendees who are also parents/carers: Free ‘Little Eggs’ childminding service is included!

This event is proudly funded by the Commonwealth and NSW Government in association with Armidale Regional Council and UNE SMART Region Incubator.