Melbourne Angels is actively engaged in supporting the entrepreneurial community in Victoria. We regularly participate in events to promote and develop our local entrepreneurs. Melbourne Angels members are available as speakers, panellists, mentors, judges and are eager to participate in your events that support the entrepreneurial community, the early-stage investment community and the education and government sectors. To inquire about our support please write to us here.
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On this page we like to share some of our stories with you …
The John Heine Entrepreneurial Challenge 2009
December 2009
Our members are frequently involved in university business competitions as judges, mentors and organisers. This year we were very pleased to have five members involved in the John Heine Entrepreneurial Challenge which commemorates a great Australian business man and entrepreneur. This year the competition, organised by the Queensland University of Technology was held in Melbourne at the Swinburne University of Technology - Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship on December 10th and 11th with the awards dinner Friday night at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in the CBD.
Melbourne Angels members David Bennett, Paul Breen and Wolfgang Kissel were mentors for competing teams from Bond University, Australian National University and Swinburne University of Technology respectively. Members Tom McKaskill and Jordan Green were judges for the competition. Other Angel support for this competition included Ruth Drinkwater, CEO of the Australian Association of Angel Investors who was also a judge.
All the teams from around the nation made an impressive effort with their projects and the organisers are to be commended on an outstanding success for the series of events that comprise the Challenge.
We are particularly proud of our members Wolfgang Kissel and Paul Breen who mentored the first and second place winners, respectively. This certainly emulates the success we strive to deliver to the entrepreneurs who gives us the opportunity to invest in their businesses.
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MEGA- Growing Australia’s Digital Economy
November 2009
MEGA is an Entrepreneurship Masterclass series which takes participants from the mobile, digital content and ICT industries through an industry-driven development program to build their creative, technical and business skills for the development of new products and services for global markets.
Melbourne Angels is very pleased to be the first Investor partner to the MEGA programme. The culmination of the MEGA programme is the Pitch Day. This year Melbourne Angels member Jordan Green was fortunate to be invited to judge the Victorian Pitch Day which saw 13 companies present. We congratulate all the teams for their impressive efforts and we recognise the achievements of the winners, Real Estate Monkey and Demic.
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Past News Items
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Why invest in a growth business now?
December 2009
Early-stage investing is inherently counter-cyclical, just see the history of VC success in Silicon Valley, or, for a different perspective, read what Sir Richard Branson has to say. To read about the drive around the world for innovation as a response to lead recovery from the GFC check out this IEEE Spectrum article.