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The Cost of Capital - Melbourne

by Tractor Ventures

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Date and time

Thu., 26 May 2022

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm AEST

Location

The Commons Cremorne

10-20 Gwynne Street

Cremorne, VIC 3121

Australia

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Technology companies should resist unnecessary dilution of equity - we're gathering to emphasise the cost of capital to founders and teams.

About this event

Welcome to The Cost of Capital - a Tractor Ventures production visiting multiple cities as part of an AU/NZ tour.

Too many tech company events speak about the financial factors that founders and teams should consider in very vague terms, so we are gathering for a short presentation, fireside chat and ask-me-anything gathering, focussed on the cost of capital to tech companies.

A key decision that affects success for technology companies is having the capital to grow, plus factoring in the expectations attached to that capital.

What is the right way for you to scale your companies growth? When is the right time to fundraise? Where should I efficiently allocate that capital in this game of operating a tech company? What should I consider when thinking of debt or equity funding?

These questions and more as part of the evening - a chance for you to interact with a number of Melbourne's best startup/scaleup founders, operators and investors.

Who is this for?

All welcome! You can expect a large amount of SaaS company leaders, tech ecosystem builders, investors, early stage startup founders and more. Again, all welcome!

The Rundown

6.00pm - Event Begins

6.15pm - The Cost of Capital short Masterclass by Matt Allen

6.30pm - Fireside Chat- led by Tractor Ventures

7.00pm- Q&A with audience

7.20pm - Networking

8.00pm - Event Ends

Speakers

Matt Allen - Tractor Ventures CEO & Co-Founder

Matt Allen is a deeply experienced founder, operator, mentor and investor and the CEO of Tractor Ventures.

As an angel investor, Matt has invested in 30+ companies, including BuildKite, Practice Ignition, Spaceship, Qsic, Kasada, Donesafe, Pin and Goterra. Matt is a three-times ex CTO, and previously led the VC business development portfolio at AWS for AU/NZ.

Matt on Twitter: @mattallen

Matt, along with Aprill Allen, was recently named Investor of the Year Winner (People's Choice & Expert's Choice) at the inaugural 2022 Governor of Victoria Startup Awards.

Jodie Imam - Tractor Ventures COO & Co-Founder

Jodie is passionate about helping businesses start and grow. Currently she is the CoFounder and COO at Tractor Ventures.

Prior to this Jodie was at SBE Australia where she led the team in accelerating some of Australia's most innovative female leaders. Jodie set up the Innovation Bay community in Melbourne, is an advisor to multiple startups and a mentor at Startmate.

Previously, she cofounded two-sided marketplace, Occasional Butler, which was acquired by rival Airtasker and depo8 coworking. At the Wade Institute she was a mentor, lecturer and Director of Startups.

Jodie on Twitter: @JodieImam

Jodie was recently named a Finalist in the 'Female Fintech Leader of the Year' category at the Fintech Australia 'Finnies' Awards for 2022.

Gavin Ballard - Disco Labs Founder & CEO

Disco Labs are one of the world's leading Shopify Plus Partners, focused on building innovative experiences and solutions for large merchants via the Submarine platform.

Disco Labs was founded by Gavin Ballard in 2013 after he realised the engineering skills he was applying to his own online store were valuable to others.

Since then, Disco Labs have helped hundreds of clients improve the way their businesses use Shopify to make money. They've worked with startups, scale-ups, and large enterprises, released numerous open-source projects, and written courses teaching others how to successfully build sites and applications on Shopify.

Since 2021, they've focused exclusively on the development and delivery of projects leveraging Submarine, a platform providing the building blocks for truly flexible commerce experiences.

Disco Labs: www.discolabs.com

Remco Marcelis - Standard Ledger Co-Founder & CEO

Remco has worked with startups as a CFO/virtual CFO for more than 10 years, following four years in venture capital and 10 years in multinational consulting/services companies. He also teaches entrepreneurial finance programs across Australia.

Standard Ledger are the #1 Accountants for startups and high-growth SMEs. They get startups. And they get high-growth businesses. That's why they take the smaller things off your hands with tech-enabled accounting services that scale with you, and help you with the bigger things too, like financial modelling, managing your cash for rapid growth and securing funding.

Standard Ledger: www.standardledger.co