FREE EVENT
The founder funding journey: From equity crowdfunding to VC rounds and beyond!
Don’t miss this one-off event for advice, tips and insights into smarter funding strategy.
Wed 23 March 12.30pm (AEST)
FREE EVENT
The founder funding journey: From equity crowdfunding to VC rounds and beyond!
Don’t miss this one-off event for advice, tips and insights into smarter funding strategy.
Thursday 23 March 12.30pm (AEDT)
CSF Yearbook 2022
Get all the latest industry insights, trends, and results for Australian Crowdsourced Funding Jan-Dec 2022.
09 March 2023
The founder funding journey
Join this elite group of Australian heavyweights in startup funding.
Hear from Co-founder & CEO of Thriday Michael Nuciforo, who secured $6m in VC backing after a successful $3m crowd-sourced funding raise with Birchal.
Joining him are NAB Ventures Managing Director Todd Forest, who backed the deal, his legal advisor Ashurst Partner Stuart Dullard, and Birchal Chief Legal Officer & Director Kellie Morton.
Hosted by Birchal Co-founder and CEO Matt Vitale,
we’ll talk funding strategy, deal making, how to set up your business up for crowd-sourced funding campaigns to VC round and exits. And discover what VCs really look for when assessing a business.
These experts of industry will share advice for founders, and the tips and traps of a smart funding strategy for your business.
A Q & A session completes the event, so don’t miss your chance to attend this one-off event and learn from the unmatched insights of this elite team in startup funding.
In this expert panel discussion, we’ll talk funding strategy, deal making, and the tips and traps of smarter funding for startups.
In this expert panel discussion, we’ll talk funding strategy, deal making, and the tips and traps of smarter funding for startups.
MEET THE PANELLISTS
Michael Nuciforo
Founder & CEO of Thriday
Michael is the Co-founder and CEO of Thriday, founded together with Ben Winford in 2020, for small business owners wanting to eliminate time wasted on financial admin, with an AI solution to disrupt the market. Michael has successfully led Thriday from seed raise via Birchal (at the time had the fastest and largest CSF raise on the platform) and onto winning the support of NAB Ventures.
Stuart Dullard
Ashurst Partner
Stuart specialises in mergers & acquisitions and equity capital markets, focussed on private equity and venture capital and regularly advises a full spectrum of clients within the sector, including PE and VC funds, CVC clients, early stage companies, consortiums and HNW investors. Stuart has worked on some of Australia's largest and most complex corporate transactions, and is a key member of Ashurst's FinTech team, with experience in all aspects of the investment process. Stuart also authored the chapter on FinTech in the ASX's "Entrepreneur's Guide: Startup | Scaleup | IPO.
Todd Forest
NAB Ventures Managing Directora
Todd Forest is the Managing Director and founder of NAB Ventures – a $200m fund established at the beginning of 2016 as a global initiative, to help entrepreneurs in Australia and offshore in their quest to build leading technology companies. He was previously the CEO of Clipp Pty Ltd, Head of MSN Asia Pacific for Microsoft, and Head of Digital at ninemsn. Todd also held senior positions at Nike, AOL and Netscape in the US. He’s been a successful angel investor over the past 15 years via Tasman Ventures Fund and NAB Ventures, which has a portfolio of 33 investments across the globe.
Kellie Morton
Chief Legal Officer & Director - Birchal
Kellie is the Chief Legal Officer & a Director of Birchal. She has been a Partner of an Australian law firm, founded her own business and worked as a lawyer in New York, London & Australia assisting startups and large corporations with M&A, private equity, venture capital and investment activities. Kellie brings a global perspective to deal making & deal doing, and she is passionate about Aussies bringing their ideas to life, and demystifying, modernising and simplifying capital raising for both companies & investors.
Matt Vitale
Co Founder & CEO Birchal
Matt is Co-Founder and CEO of Birchal, Australia's leading equity crowdfunding platform. Matt is an experienced financial services lawyer and entrepreneur having worked in private practice at a top tier law firm, and founded several successful businesses. A recognised expert in the regulation of financial services, and crowdfunding, Matt is a regular media commentator and contributes to scholarly journals and industry consultations.
ABOUT THE FOUNDERS
Lozen McDiarmid-Schultz
Lozen is a former secondary school teacher with a Master of Education in Guidance and Counselling and a Creative Arts Degree with majors in Writing and Theatre. Previously Lozen worked in the hospitality industry and had a successful independent beauty business for 12 years. A mother of three active boys, Lozen manages Sobah Beverages, a business founded alongside her husband, Clinton in 2017. Lozen's key activities in Sobah are operations management, supply chain coordination, sales and marketing.
Dr Clinton Schultz
Clint is a Gamilaraay man and registered psychologist with a keen interest in holistic wellness. In 2018, Clinton won Griffith University's Most Outstanding First Nations Alumnus Award. Clinton was awarded the 2019 IAHA (Indigenous Allied Health Australia) Health Professional of the Year and in 2020 he obtained his PhD and was awarded the Chancellor's Medal for PhD Excellence. Until recently, Clinton was Assistant Professor with Bond University Medical School. He now focuses his time as Director of Marumali Consultations and Sobah Beverages. Clinton's experience as a chef, knowledge of Australian native food and passion for First Nation's culture and health is the driving force of Sobah.
MEET THE PANELLISTS
Michael Nuciforo
Founder & CEO of Thriday
Michael is the Co-founder and CEO of Thriday, which he founded together with Ben Winford in 2020. to help small business owners eliminate time wasted on financial admin, with an AI solution to disrupt the market. Michael has successfully led Thriday from seed raise via Birchal (at the time, they had the fastest and largest CSF raise on the platform) and onto winning the support of NAB Ventures.
Stuart Dullard
Ashurst Partner
Stuart specialises in mergers & acquisitions and equity capital markets, focussed on private equity and venture capital and regularly advises a full spectrum of clients within the sector, including PE and VC funds, CVC clients, early stage companies, consortiums and HNW investors. Stuart has worked on some of Australia's largest and most complex corporate transactions, and is a key member of Ashurst's FinTech team, with experience in all aspects of the investment process. Stuart also authored the chapter on FinTech in the ASX's "Entrepreneur's Guide: Startup | Scaleup | IPO.
Todd Forest
NAB Ventures Managing Director
Todd Forest is the Managing Director and founder of NAB Ventures – a $200m fund established at the beginning of 2016 as a global initiative, to help entrepreneurs in Australia and offshore in their quest to build leading technology companies. He was previously the CEO of Clipp Pty Ltd, Head of MSN Asia Pacific for Microsoft, and Head of Digital at ninemsn. Todd also held senior positions at Nike, AOL and Netscape in the US. He’s been a successful angel investor over the past 15 years via Tasman Ventures Fund and NAB Ventures, which has a portfolio of 33 investments across the globe.
Kellie Morton
Chief Legal Officer & Director - Birchal
Kellie is the Chief Legal Officer & a Director of Birchal. She has been a Partner of an Australian law firm, founded her own business and worked as a lawyer in New York, London & Australia assisting startups and large corporations with M&A, private equity, venture capital and investment activities. Kellie brings a global perspective to deal making & deal doing, and she is passionate about Aussies bringing their ideas to life, and demystifying, modernising and simplifying capital raising for both companies & investors.
Matt Vitale
Co-Founder & CEO Birchal
Matt is Co-founder and CEO of Birchal, Australia's leading equity crowdfunding platform. Matt is an experienced financial services lawyer and entrepreneur having worked in private practice at a top tier law firm, and founded several successful businesses. A recognised expert in the regulation of financial services, and crowdfunding, Matt is a regular media commentator and contributes to scholarly journals and industry consultations.
EVENT DETAILS
Thursday 23 March 2023, 12:30PM (AEDT)
This free one-hour panel discussion will cover
Deal making
Funding strategy
Funding myths
What VCs really looking for
Pitching success
Good governance
Deal making
Funding strategy
Funding myths
What VCs really looking for
Pitching success
Good governance
Get the latest industry insights and market trends
For the latest results in Australian crowd-sourced funding including top raises, market conditions, performing categories and biggest crowd pleasers. A must read for businesses and investors alike!
