Madeleine Grummet

We are a leading Australian impact investment funds manager. We shift capital towards investments that blend financial returns with deep social and environmental impact. We provide investment opportunities in commercial real estate, and renewable energy infrastructure. The opportunities are available to wholesale clients only, and target market-rate financial returns in combination with significant environmental and social benefits. The company has also established a foundation, funded through its management fees and profits, to deploy capital for impact-first investments, traditional philanthropy and venture philanthropy. IIG, as one of Australia’s first certified B Corporations, believes in using the power of business to drive positive social and environmental change. It has met high standards of transparency, governance and accountability, as assessed by the B Lab international standards committee. IIG is an active and leading contributor to Australia’s public conversations about responsible investing and impact investing. The company is a member of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia and the Global Impact Investing Network.

Coralus collectively practices different ways of doing things for a better now and a new inheritance. ​Members offer and access resources at their own pace, creating a self-regenerating pay-it-forward pool of skills, connections, funds, and support then used to advance​ ventures ​and the collective doing world changing work. Coralus has circulated nearly $1​6.5M to 1​70+ women- and nonbinary-led ventures by distributing capital via ​c​ollective decision-making. 45% of those founders are from chronically excluded racial and ethnic groups. The payback rate on its unsecured 0% interest loans is 95%. Founded in Canada in 2015, Coralus current footprint includes the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

At SheEO we are here to transform ourselves and systems by collectively working on the Worlds To-Do List. We started in Canada in 2015 to demonstrate a radically redesigned model to get capital (all forms of capital) into the hands of women and non-binary innovators. At the time ~3% of venture capital and 4% of bank loans went to women. It has since backslid even further with COVID exacerbating deeply biased systems and structures. Over the years, SheEO has grown to 5 countries (Canada, US, New Zealand, Australia, UK) and evolved to formally recognize and support non-binary individuals as Activators and Ventures. Our collective purpose has also grown - from funding entrepreneurs to also shifting our mindsets, decolonizing ourselves, rooting in Indigenous wisdom and racial justice, and using our power to build equitable systems. To date, we have funded 100+ brilliant innovators and we are creating ecosystems wherever we operate to ensure those who have been put to the margins are supported to co-create a world that works for all.

The Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship is a leading hub for entrepreneurial training delivering a range of programs to help you learn, create and connect. With over 250 alumni, we are a place where deep learning meets practical experience. Where you can master the fundamentals, build ideas and grow a lifelong network. The complete toolkit. Our programs: - The University of Melbourne’s Master of Entrepreneurship: an intensive one-year program to gain the skills and practical, hands-on experience you need to build scalable businesses; guided by highly skilled faculty, mentors and leading industry experts/investors. - VC Catalyst: an immersive program to arm you with global best practices to build the confidence, skills and network to make more successful venture capital investment decisions. Over 100 hours of deep engagement delivered by a world-class selection of VC experts and practitioners. - Startup Sprint: the ultimate bootcamp to road test the entrepreneurial waters. If you’re a do-er who is curious about what it takes to start something, this is the first step. - Custom Masterclasses: entrepreneurial training can expose your team to completely new ways of thinking. We can create tailored experiences to immerse you in entrepreneurial practices, sparking creativity and refreshing team dynamics. - Various events throughout the year: we host a variety of events to get you involved in Melbourne’s thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. Visit our website for more information wadeinstitute.org.au To tour of our campus and see what it's like to study entrepreneurship, contact us via enquiries@wadeinstitute.org.au

Accelerator: https://www.startmate.com/accelerator/program First Believers: https://www.startmate.com/first-believers/program We back the most ambitious founders in ANZ 🚀 From founders who are pre-revenue to scaling globally, Startmate is the epicentre of startup ambition. We run programs for founders, operators and investors, fuelled by a community that believes big. You bring the ambition. We’ll bring the jet fuel ✈️

In a rapidly shifting global workforce, Future Amp brings the best of world-leading interactive careers and in-demand skills education to young people in an all-in-one, data-driven proprietary global platform solution. Future Amp helps every young person build real-world employability skills, discover their unique career interests and passions, complete virtual work experience with leading global and local companies and meet 100's of virtual career mentors so they can see what they can be. The platform also features 200+ hours / 100+ interactive, industry-backed learning courses, designed especially for young people, and cross-curricular mapped to the Australian Curriculum and OECD skills global index. Backed by global industries, Amazon Web Services, University of Melbourne InnovatEd and the David Gonski Future Minds Accelerator, Future Amp is brought to you by the award-winning team at girledworld - winners of the 2019 Tech Diversity Award (Education Category), University of Melbourne FEB Leadership Award, and a nationally recognised education company which to date has worked with 30,000+ students to upskill them for the future of work. With deep career education expertise, university partnerships and the support of industry leaders, key educators, government, business and STEM experts across the planet, Future Amp enables all students equity of access to careers, industry, workforce and skills learning - anywhere, anytime. To learn more or schedule a platform tour please reach out to our team at hello@futureamp.co and we will be in touch shortly.