LaunchVic News April 2018

April 2018

What's On - Funding - Stories - Resources - Events - Last Month

Our monthly newsletter will keep you up to date with the activity we are leading or supporting to enhance the growth of Victoria's startup ecosystem. Please forward this to friends, colleagues and entrepreneurs with an interest in LaunchVic.

What's On

Free Courses on offer for Victorian Startups

LaunchVic will invest $2.9 million in educating thousands of Victorian startups through our new founder education programs.

Sixteen service providers have been selected to run programs that vary in length and format, and include short courses, intensive three-day workshops, week-long courses, mentoring and online learning. The courses are either free or low cost with up to 2,000 places available for Victorian startup founders & staff.

Congratulations to our latest recipients!

For the full list of recipients and to learn more about their programs visit
www.launchvic.org

Incubate Socialpreneurship Hackathon

We are excited to sponsor the first ever African Australian Socialpreneurship Hackathon.

Over one weekend, participants will be taught how to turn ideas and social challenges into financially sustainable models by a leading business strategist and several mentor facilitators.

Incubate's Socialpreneurship Hackathon is happening from Saturday 21 April through to Sunday 22 April at KPMG, Tower Two Collins Square, 727 Collins Street, Docklands.

FIND OUT MORE

Startupbootcamp Energy Australia Demo Day

LaunchVic's funding recipient, Startupbootcamp Energy Australia will hold their Demo Day on 27 April at the MCG.

This year's demo day is in support of the 10 fantastic startups who have come to Melbourne from around the world to participate in Melbourne's first global accelerator program.

Come along to hear their final pitches, meet the teams and network with our extensive network of ecosystem experts and industry leaders.

REGISTER HERE

Stories

Hear from LaunchVic funding recipient, Startmate, one of Australia's most successful accelerator programs.

Startmate coached 12 Victorian startups through their first Melbourne program in 2017 and have just launched the second year of their Victorian accelerator.

In this video, Executive Chairman Nick Crocker and his team explain how LaunchVic helped them expand their programming and why Melbourne is the perfect place to grow a startup.

WATCH NOW

Funding

Entrepreneurial Programs for Aboriginal Victorians

Open Funding Round

LaunchVic’s latest funding round is focused on increasing diversity and inclusion by improving access and participation in the Victorian startup ecosystem for Aboriginal Victorians.

This program is part of Tharamba Bugheen - the Victorian Aboriginal Business Strategy 2017-2021 released by the Victorian Government in March 2017. Tharamba Bugheen recognises that economic advancement of Aboriginal Victorians is critical for self-determination and is making significant investments to support this agenda.

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Resources

Founder Education Courses

Need help growing your startup? We have a wide-range of free or low cost education and training available in the areas of:

○ Export and growth skills

○ Corporate governance

○ Investment support

○ Personal leadership and development
○ Marketing support
○ Engaging corporates
○ Product development

Find out more and sign up HERE

Laneways is curated to bring you the best advice for founders and investors in the Victorian startup ecosystem. If you want to learn about running or investing in startups Laneways will send tricks and tips straight to your email inbox!

SUBSCRIBE HERE

Scale Up is our podcast about startups in Melbourne scaling to global success.
What can founders, teams, investors and fellow Melbourne entrepreneurs learn from their success and failures?

LISTEN HERE

Events

YBF Ventures - The Promise of Distributed Technologies Meetup
05 April 2018

YBF Ventures, Apollo Capital and LaunchVic are pleased to announce an upcoming panel discussion on ‘The Promise of Distributed Technologies’. Leading figures in Australia's distributed technologies ecosystem will discuss the promises and pitfalls of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology as it relates to their area of expertise.

Incubate Foundation Socialpreneurship Conference

21 April 2018

Join Incubate for Melbourne's first ever African Australian Socialpreneurship Hackathon and learn how to turn ideas and social challenges into financially sustainable business models.

Free to Feed- Now to Launch- Incubator Launch
23 April 2018

LaunchVic's Round 3 recipient, Free to Feed will launch their new incubator program aimed at nurturing the entrepreneurialism of refugees and new migrants.

Startmate Demo Day
26 April 2018

Startmate's Day will showcase 10 amazing startups working on pivotal problems like improving diversity in the workplace, getting disaster relief funds to those who need it most and optimising operations within the manufacturing industry.

StartupBootcamp Demo Day
27 April 2018

Come along to hear Startup Bootcamp's 10 fantastic startups making their final pitches. Meet the teams and network with our extensive network of ecosystem experts and industry leaders.

ACMI Xcel Accelerator Demo Night
30 April 2018

An evening of pitches and a chance to interact with the creative ideas and technologies developed as part of ACMIXcel: Creative Tech Accelerator supported by LaunchVic.

Last Month

Last month we launched our brand new website. It's super easy to navigate and looks great. Check it out and let us know what you think!

The LaunchVic Team attended Unbound's Generation Launch Event at the end of March. Generation Launch is an innovative new program aimed at supporting Victorian migrants and refugees to succeed in the local startup ecosystem. Check out the Generation Launch program here. More pics on our Facebook page.

We celebrated International Women's Day in style with our amazing panelists that were asked the question 'How can Victoria's Investor landscape better serve diverse founders?'
With really interesting discussion over a delicious breakfast, we gathered some great insights into how we can all work towards a more inclusive investor culture in Victoria.

About LaunchVic

LaunchVic is Victoria's startup agency. Our role is to grow Victoria's startup ecosystem by investing in organisations and projects that support startups to scale innovative companies, and deliver benefits to the Victorian economy.