Girls In Tech have announced the ten finalists that will be competing in Girls in Tech Australia’s first ever Amplify women’s pitch night!
Amplify is a startup competition that recognises the best female entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, and designers from Victoria. The night is designed to shine a light on ladies who are leading the pack in innovation and technology based strategies and who are setting the benchmark for female entrepreneurs Australia-wide. There are still tickets available so come down and support the girls and network with others in the industry.
List of finalists!
- Rebeccah Bartlett – mAdapt
- Nicci Rossouw – Exaptec
- Stacey Price – 150 Startup
- Sarah Chamberlain – ReadyTeacher
- Yuki Taylor – Pocket Prints
- Casey Thomas – Dark Shadow Studio
- Susan Beardsley & Suzy Leys – Style Bundle
- Leah Pooley – Flowerfox
- Emma Balazs – TheatreSpace
- Christie Downs – HANDY
About the Night
Each of the finalists listed above has until Friday to develop a pitch for their early-stage tech-startup to be presented live in front of the judging panel. And what’s in it for them? Well, it’s a little more than a shiny trophy and a pat on the back. Winners will receive up to $60,000 worth of prizes that will help them get their startup out of the incubator and onto its feet. Prizes include a range of marketing and consulting services as well as a Digital Marketing Launch Strategy Workshop hosted by Milk It Academy.
Key Event Information
Date: Friday the 11th of August
Where: Australia Post, Level 10, 111 Bourke St Melbourne, VIC 3000
Time: 5pm to 9:30pm
Although it’s too late to enter for this year’s competition there are still tickets available to attend the event. Spend the night networking with Victoria’s brightest women in tech and hear inspiring keynote speeches from Renece Brewster– CEO and founder of Data Collective and Shahirah Gardner – Co-founder of Finch. And if all the above doesn’t already sound good, better yet, it’s free to attend!
You can register to attend Girls In Tech Australia’s Amplify pitch night here!
The Judges for the night are:
- Val Brown – CDO of REA Group
- Georgia Beattie – CEO of Startup Victoria
- Stefani Adams – Innovation Partner at Australia Post
- Alita Harvey-Rodriguez – Head of Marketing Girls in Tech, Managing Director, Milk it Academy
- Susan Brown – MD of Girls in Tech, Director at PwC
- Madeleine Kelly – Partner, FB Rice
Prizes on offer
FB Rice – 2 hour free consultation on Intellectual Property and Research & Development essentials with FB Rice, top tier Intellectual Property firm.
- Consultation includes discussions with 3 experts on how to best protect your IP including Trade Marks, Copyright, Patents and how to avail of R&D tax benefits.
REA Group – a day at REA, including 1 on 1 meetings with industry leaders and mentoring for your business
- Spend some time at one of the top tech companies in Australia and learn from the talented people at REA, who recently featured on Forbes World’s Most Innovative Growth Companies list.
IE Digital – Consulting services from leading technology consulting business, IE Digital.
- Depending on the winning startup, this could include: discovery workshop with IE consultants, where IE determines how it can best help you. A short program of work to help you would then follow.
Academy Xi – Expert-led courses and workshops where you can learn skills on how to run your startup.
- $500 discount off any part time course to finalists and the winner will receive a scholarship to one of our courses (1 person up to $4000 value) or if it’s a team, the prize can be shared and discount applied.
Milk It Academy – $3,500 Digital Marketing Launch Strategy Workshop
- The power of a digital marketing strategy cannot be underestimated, particularly for a startup. This workshop will help you define and craft your strategy for how you go to market.
We hope to see you there supporting Girls In Tech and will have a chat over a glass of bubbly! And if you missed it, register to attend here!