Pitch X: A Pitch to Remember
Date and time
Description
To kickstart 2019 off with a bang, we’re excited to launch our very first pitch night of the year: Pitch X: A Pitch to Remember in partnership withYBF Ventures and Silicon Beach Melbourne.
We’re on a mission to help connect, motivate, and grow startups.
Bringing together experts from across the startup landscape, our amazing judges will provide entrepreneurs and the startup community with the perfect pitching platform.
Pitch X is a friendly pitching competition open to anyone who wants to pitch for a co-founder, investor, mentor, support, or just practice.
We encourage everyone to enter for a chance to pitch where you’ll need to answer key questions:
- What problem are you tackling?
- What solution are you creating to address this problem?
The pitch
Pitch how you want, however, you may want to include the following;
- Intro yourself and/or your team
- Talk about the problem you’re solving
- Reveal your solution
- Tell the judges what stage your startup is at and what traction you’ve received
- What you’re pitching for? Support, funding, resources etc
The night
Round one:
A number of selected pitches will be asked to pitch a 90-second pitch. Our Judges will choose the top three pitches to progress to the 2nd round. If you’ve been selected to pitch on the night, you’ll receive notification from our team before-hand, so look out for us in your emails!
Round two:
For the second round, finalists will have five minutes to pitch. The Judges will then pick the best in this round to win! We’re lining up some awesome prizes, so stay tuned!
Register to pitch or attend:
Keen to pitch your idea? Register here
If you’d simply like to attend, submit your registration in the link below!
The prizes
1st Prize
LUNA
- $1,000 worth of legal services from LUNA across legal and accounting
- One hour of legal advice
- One workshop to help structure your startup, manage finances, financial modelling, legals for investment, and investment strategy
YBF Ventures
- Fixed desks for 2 team members for 3 consecutive months (valued at $2,100)
Academy Xi
- $500 credit for any bootcamps or workshops
2nd Prize
LUNA
- $300 worth of services from LUNA across legal and accounting
- One hour of legal advice
- One workshop to help structure your startup, manage finances, financial modelling, legals for investment, and investment strategy
YBF Ventures
- Fixed desk for 2 team members for 1 month (valued at $1,400)
Academy Xi
- $300 credit for any bootcamps or workshops
3rd Prize
LUNA
- One hour of legal advice
- One workshop to help structure your startup, manage finances, financial modelling, legals for investment, and investment strategy
Academy Xi
- $100 credit for any bootcamps or workshops
Partners
Judges
Ronen Heine
Founder and CEO of LUNA
Ronen is a startup investment specialist, strategist, and entrepreneur. After working as a suit and tie corporate lawyer, he got fed up with how professional services were being delivered to young entrepreneurs. This inspired Ronen to found LUNA in 2015. Ronen lives and breathes startups and is extremely passionate about developing and supporting an ecosystem in Australia, in which young people can thrive in non-traditional careers. LUNA is a startup studio helping startups, for-purpose businesses, and social enterprises launch and grow businesses, by offering a one-stop shop of startup strategy, legal, accounting, and investment services.
Faiza Bukhary
Lawyer at Lander & Rogers Lawyers
Faiza Bukhary is a young and dynamic lawyer in the Corporate team at Lander & Rogers Lawyers, specialising in both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
Originally from WA, Faiza started her corporate legal career at PwC and had been working between the firm's Perth and Melbourne offices for 5 years before joining Lander & Rogers in 2018.
During her time in WA she assisted clients across a range of industries including energy and resources, real estate, construction and projects, and education. Since moving to Victoria, she has expanded her knowledge through working with a range of clients of varying scales from start-ups to global businesses across the technology and data, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical, retail, and financial services industries.
In addition to M&A, Faiza also has significant experience in employee equity and shareholder arrangements.
Her diverse experience gained from working in a professional services firm has given Faiza significant insights into the broader areas of finance, tax, and accounting- allowing her to bring a more commercially rounded approach to her legal advice.
Courtney Blackman
Head of PR & Marketing at YBF Ventures
Courtney Blackman is the Head of PR & Marketing at YBF Ventures – Melbourne’s flagship startup hub for tech and innovation. Prior to living in Melbourne, Courtney founded two startups in London, centred around print and digital publishing, media relations and fashion.
She has worked with some of the largest brands and well-known faces in the world. In 2015 she sold one of the businesses and still helms one of the digital publications as editor-in-chief. She has featured in media around the world including CNN Style, Business of Fashion, Vogue, and NBC’s Today Show.
Courtney champions diversity in tech and was the director of the 2018 Lift Off Awards in Melbourne, celebrating women and cultural minorities in fintech.
