Podcasts about scale investors

Today on the Take on Board podcast I'm speaking with Samar Mcheileh about boardroom culture, finances and navigating a management buyout.Samar is on the finance and investment committee for InTouch, and organisation providing services, programs and responses to family violence in migrant and refugee communities. She is also a former Board member of YWCA Victoria.Samar Mcheileh is the co-CEO at Scale Investors. An early stage angel syndicate that invests in exceptional gender diverse entrepreneurs. Samar began her career in logistics and commodity trading, then went to London and got into finance, before coming home and spending 10 years at JBWere in various executive roles. Principally however, she managed the markets desk working on a range of deals across all asset classes.More on Samar McheilehLinkedInScale InvestorsLinks and ResourcesScary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World, by Mo GawdatThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett Connect to Capital, a podcast series by Scale Investors Upcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Membership retention IS a major metric to keep an eye on in your businesses success. Tune in to this episode with our host, Nikki Cali. In this episode, Nikki shares insights on:Membership retentionMetrics to consider to help you gauge and review your progressThe importance of support and feedbackNEXT WEEK:Listen in as we chat with Nikki Williams from MentWell. She is part of a cohort Nikki Cali is part of with the EmpowerEd program by Scale Investors.  DID YOU KNOW?!!Wisdome is also a Gold winner in the International Titan Awards for Best E-learning Platform? Check us out and learn more at https://wisdome.com.au**We are launching the platform to the world in July 2023**If you loved today's episode, please subscribe and drop us a review! It's how we can keep the podcast going and growing with your favourite content!**LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM TO HELP YOU SHARE CONTENT, BUILD YOUR MEMBERSHIP, AND TEACH YOUR COURSES?**Discover the all-in-one place to share content, grow your community, deliver coaching programs, and teach life-changing courses! Learn how to start sharing your knowledge online, from planning your knowledge business and clarifying your message to building trust and growing your brand.Join us for special offers and unlock access to Wisdome – the all-in-one solution for managing your content.Register Now and Access some of our workshops with experts in the world of sharing knowledge online at https://wisdomonwisdome.vhx.tv or visit our site to register and be notified of our next workshop. https://wisdomon.wisdome.com.auSupport the showSupport the showIf you loved today's episode, please subscribe and drop us a review! It's how we can keep the podcast going and growing with your favourite content! Connect with us! Facebook: WiseDomePodcast Instagram: @wisedomepodcast Website : wisedomepodcast.com **LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM TO HELP YOU SHARE CONTENT, BUILD YOUR MEMBERSHIP, AND TEACH YOUR COURSES?**DID YOU KNOW?!!Wisdome is also a Gold winner in the International Titan Awards for Best E-learning Platform? Check us out and learn more at https://wisdome.com.auSTART FREE HERE: https://offer.wisdome.com.au Discover the all-in-one place to share content, grow your community, deliver coaching programs, and teach life-changing courses! Learn how to start sharing your knowledge online, from planning your knowledge business and clarifying your message to building trust and growing your brand. Join us for special offers and unlock access to Wisdome – the all-in-one solution for managing your content. Register ...

Membership retention IS a major metric to keep an eye on in your businesses success. Tune in to this episode with our host, Nikki Cali. In this episode, Nikki shares insights on:Membership retentionMetrics to consider to help you gauge and review your progressThe importance of support and feedbackNEXT WEEK:Listen in as we chat with Nikki Williams from MentWell. She is part of a cohort Nikki Cali is part of with the EmpowerEd program by Scale Investors.  DID YOU KNOW?!!Wisdome is also a Gold winner in the International Titan Awards for Best E-learning Platform? Check us out and learn more at https://wisdome.com.au**We are launching the platform to the world in July 2023**If you loved today's episode, please subscribe and drop us a review! It's how we can keep the podcast going and growing with your favourite content!**LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM TO HELP YOU SHARE CONTENT, BUILD YOUR MEMBERSHIP, AND TEACH YOUR COURSES?**Discover the all-in-one place to share content, grow your community, deliver coaching programs, and teach life-changing courses! Learn how to start sharing your knowledge online, from planning your knowledge business and clarifying your message to building trust and growing your brand.Join us for special offers and unlock access to Wisdome – the all-in-one solution for managing your content.Register Now and Access some of our workshops with experts in the world of sharing knowledge online at https://wisdomonwisdome.vhx.tv or visit our site to register and be notified of our next workshop. https://wisdomon.wisdome.com.auSupport the showSupport the showIf you loved today's episode, please subscribe and drop us a review! It's how we can keep the podcast going and growing with your favourite content! Connect with us! Facebook: WiseDomePodcast Instagram: @wisedomepodcast Website : wisedomepodcast.com #wisdome #wisdomeonwisdome #jeffbezos #buyfromabushbusiness #memberships #coaching #smallbusiness #contentsharing

It's a shocking statistic: just 3% of venture capital funding is going to startups run by female founders.Catherine Robson is the Chair of Scale Investors, an angel syndicate investing in Australian start-ups that are led by women. Catherine talks to Adam Lang about the gender bias in the VC space, and what needs to change.Support the show: https://fearandgreed.com.au/all-episodesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hear Catherine Robson, Founder of Affinity Private Advisors, discuss why recognising your leadership style, building relationships with staff and harnessing technology is crucial to scaling a business. Catherine reveals the joys and responsibilities of her current roles as non-executive director of Equity Trustees, Greater Bank, and Lumos, as well as the chair of Scale Investors. Reflecting on her path to becoming a non-executive director, Catherine shares her insights as to why not being a subject matter expert can be beneficial and provides advice for those thinking about being a director. Catherine explains the concept of an investment club, her podcast that focuses solely on women raising capital, and what's most important to her when choosing an early-stage investment.  

Our guest this week is Jonathan Hannam, the co-founder of real estate technology investor Taronga Ventures. Jonathan was introduced to Scale Investors by one of our most successful female founders, whose property technology company was funded by Taronga. She raved about working with Jonathan and his team because of their intelligence, ambition and deep property expertise. But importantly she also loved the firms' genuine commitment to positive impact, both socially and environmentally. My guess is that part of the success in building a specialist venture firm like Taronga that great entrepreneurs love to work with, is Jonathan's very global outlook. He truly is a citizen of the world, having held senior roles in Sweden, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia and Australia. He is fluent in Mandarin and Swedish and as an entrepreneur himself, he is also an expert in the language of founders and business builders. Links Johnathan Hannam on LinkedIn Taronga Ventures

The best thing about working with Scale Investors, is that I am regularly introduced to someone who completely smashes my perception of what is possible. That's how I felt when I met Tristen Langley, who could be described as one of the original gangsters of Australian technology and venture capital investing and I was amazed that I had never heard of her. Originally from Sydney, having secured first class honours in science and the university medal from the University of NSW, Tristen spread her wings initially completing graduate studies in software engineering in Germany and then an MBA from Stanford delivering her straight into the heart of Silicon Valley as the late 1990's tech revolution was in full swing. Over the following nearly 2 decades, Tristen has had a front row seat to the highs and lows of technology and venture, and has sourced, led or been operationally involved with private investments that have returned over $8 billion to investors. Tristen seems to be able to live life completely to the beat of her own drum, now splitting her time between her home in California and her exquisite eco-friendly wellness retreat in Peru, situated between Machu Picchu and the Incan capital of Cusco. Generous with her time and oozing with enthusiasm, the most striking thing about Tristen is how evidently she lives her values of integrity, excellence and diligence. Her story really is perception shattering! Links Tristan Langley on LinkedIn Wilka T'ika, Tristen's yoga retreat in Peru https://willkatika.com/ Shaman healing Peru https://www.samadihealing.com/ Book: Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways by Sarah Steinn Greenberg

Kylie Frazer is a co-founder of Flying Fox Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, which makes it easy for private investors to build their own diversified technology investment portfolios. Flying Fox has invested in more than 30 great Australian startups including Fresh Equities, Jig Space, Goterra and Mr Yum, making material capital contributions to their growth journeys. Flying Fox's model is designed to focus exclusively on early stage tech investments, long recognised as one of the most prospective yet neglected segments of the Australian venture capital market. Passionate about introducing more investors to the joys of early stage tech investing, Kylie is a regular contributor at Australia's leading investor education providers: Wade Institute's VC Catalyst; The Australian Graduate School of Management's Angel Education Program and Scale Investors' very own InvestEd platform. Kylie brings empathy to the founder experience, having founded two technology businesses herself. She has almost two decades experience as a corporate transactions lawyer, and just as I could have nerded out with her about tax law and web 3 all day, there is almost no topic about which she does not have a thoughtful and well considered opinion. Links Not Boring by Patrick Mccormick (@Packy McCormick)

An Angel Investor and co-founder of multiple startup ventures, Susan Oliver has also served as a board member on over a dozen organisations in her long and rich career, including The Wheeler Centre, Fishermans Bend, The Smith Family and Fusion Retail Brands. Susan is a co-founder and recently retired Chair of Scale Investors, Australia's first network of Angel Investors committed to investing in and supporting exclusively female founders. In her conversation with Adam, she discusses what she looks for in a founder when investing, and her belief that Australia should invest more in the technology products of Australian startups, rather than relying so heavily on the technology products of other nations. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/susan-oliver

Is the secret to raising capital really all about who you know? At Scale Investors, Australia's leading gender diverse investment network, we believe that access to investors, advice and education is the crucial missing piece of the capital-raising puzzle. For too long it's been limited to an exclusive club. We believe it's time to open access. It's time to Connect to Capital. Hosted by Catherine Robson, chair of the Scale Investors, this podcast provides open access to an impressive network of Australia's most successful and thoughtful venture investors. Connect with their stories of success, learn from their mistakes and collect pearls of wisdom as these accomplished industry leaders share their experience and disclose priceless advice. At Scale Investors we believe that knowledge is power and education is a key driver in removing the investment gender gap. We are thrilled to grant access to these pivotal conversations and play our part in providing entrepreneurs the opportunity to create a better future. Together, let's empower investment.

Today on the show we're lucky to have Kate Cornick.Kate is the CEO of LaunchVic, Victoria's Startup Agency responsible for developing Victoria's startup ecosystem. LaunchVic is doing great things for the ecosystem and particularly for women through the Alice Anderson Fund, the support of Scale Investors, the funding for SBE, Atto and other women-focused accelerators and being a voice for women in tech and startups at a government level.We cover her passion for tech and innovation, the secret to LaunchVic's success, the 475% growth in Melbourne's ecosystem in the four years since LaunchVic's establishment and getting funding to female founders.About Kate and LaunchVicLaunchVic is Victoria's startup agency. LaunchVic is on a mission to lead the development of a globally-connected startup ecosystem by supporting startups and investors to sustainably grow and deliver economic and cultural benefits for both Victoria and Australia.Find them here and while you're there check out the raft of programs and resources targeted at startups in Victoria. Follow and get in touch with us on Instagram @faceoftechpodcastBig thanks to our sponsors, Common Code who build products, communities and enterprises for a better world.

In this honest and insightful conversation, host Douglas Isles interviews Catherine Robson, Chair @ Scale Investors. Catherine worked as a financial adviser for over 20 years and has won numerous awards including Money Management Adviser of the Year, AFA Female Excellence in Advice and FPA Victorian CFP of the Year. Following the successful trade sale of the financial services business she founded, as Chair of Scale Investors, Catherine is now an active early-stage investor and passionate supporter of female founders.Listen to this conversation to:- Hear Catherine reflect on how her childhood experiences with money served as both a tension and a driver for her in developing a strong entrepreneurial spirit from a young age;- Explore the temporary setbacks that ultimately led to her future successes; - Delve into the catalyst for Catherine’s pivot point in her career – the moment that shaped a new path towards greater financial and career independence and satisfaction. Catherine’s Investing for Life story is an inspiring one, where continuous learning through the first half of her career has helped her to make smart decisions in the longer term. In this way, she has not only found new purpose and clarity, but also empowered those around her as a result. Follow Catherine at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-robson-200a342a/ Learn more about Scale Investors here: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/Investing for Life is hosted by Douglas Isles, Platinum Asset Management.Disclaimer: Issued by Platinum Investment Management Limited ABN 25 063 565 006, AFSL 221935. This information is general in nature and does not take into account your specific needs or circumstances. You should consider your own financial position, objectives and requirements and seek professional financial advice before making any financial decisions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good Morning & Happy Monday! This week, we are joined by Co-CEOs Chelsea Newell and Samar Mcheileh from Scale Investors. Scale Investors is a female-focused member-based Angel Investor network who invest in exceptional female founders. Since 2013, Scale Investors have been activating investment activity for early-stage female-founded companies in an effort to close the entrepreneurial gender gap. Imogen chats to Chelsea and Samar about how they got their start at Scale and their career highlights. They talk through their favourite part of being co-CEOs and the challenges they have faced along the way. Chelsea and Samar explain the importance of addressing the underfunding of women's startups and the ‘entrepreneurial gap', and the positive impact it creates. Then they explore Scale's impressive portfolio and emerging patterns and trends in the start-up industry. Finally, they conclude with advice for listeners who may face discrimination in male-dominated industries. Show your support for BoW Talks by subscribing on Apple Podcasts or following on Spotify. Alternatively, you can leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Looking to join Banking on Women? Connect with us on Instagram, LinkedIn or visit our website. Looking to collaborate on a BoW Talks episode? Say hi at podcast.director@bankingonwomen.org.au Guest Recommendations: Face of Tech Podcast hosted by Anna Zam and Baidy Laffan Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Noble 7am podcast (The Culture: The dark side of the games industry) Female Founders Fund Women's Agenda

Today on the show we are lucky to have the impeccable Samar McHeileh, the Co-CEO of Scale Investors.Scale Investors is a female-focused Angel Investor network who invest in exceptional female founders. Samar is the current co-CEO at Scale Investors after joining the business in early 2019 and prior to joining Scale she had a rapid rise at JBWere as a member of the Executive Leadership team.We are so excited to have Samar on the show today to chat about her path to Scale, angel investing and how the tech and startup landscape is changing for female founders.About Samar and Scale InvestorsThe struggle women face in getting access to capital is real, reported at a mere 3% of Venture Capital. Scale Investors are here to change that. Scale Investors is Australia's first and only network of Angel Investors who invest in exceptional female founders. Connect with Samar on LinkedIn Head on over to Scale Investors website to check out their portfolio companies (including the likes of Agscent, PetCloud and TalkiPlay) and how you can get involved. Pro tip: you don't need to be a sophisticated investor to join Scale! They have an Affiliate membership, so hit them up here and attend the next Investor Forum. 10/10 recommend getting involved!Follow and get in touch with us on Instagram @faceoftechpodcastBig thanks to our sponsors, Common Code who build products, communities and enterprises for a better world.

Listen to this episode as the Chair at Alice Anderson Fund, Susan Oliver, shares her experience and expertise in rebuilding stakeholder trust and finding potential in legacy assets, all whilst mapping a path for a company to succeed into an unknown future.Susan has been involved in the governance of global companies since 1996 including IFM Investors, Transurban Group, and the restructure of Centro Group, but before that, she also had a long career in technology and futures consulting, culminating with leading the Commission for the Future for the Australian Government.This conversation with Susan is very eye-opening especially for promising women-led startups in the pipeline. She also has other interests in a range of not-for-profit causes. Currently, she sits on the board of the Melbourne Theatre Company, The Wheeler Centre and Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. She helped found The Big Issue in Australia and co-founded Scale Investors to fund female-led startups.Susan is also an active angel investor through Scale and dedicated to supporting innovation and participation by women as both entrepreneurs and investors, all in all, she has contributed significantly to the innovation, IT, and arts policy agendas in Australia. She was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to Australian society in business and an AM in 2019 for significant service to business and to women.-------------------------------------------------Susan OliverLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-oliver-am-134a244/Scale InvestorsWebsite: https://scaleinvestors.com.auLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scale-investors-ltd/Twitter: https://twitter.com/scale_investorsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/scaleinvestors/ Alice Anderson Fund (Launch Vic)Website: https://launchvic.org/general/angel-sidecarLinks from the Show-------------------------------------------------Australian Institute for Company Directorshttps://aicd.companydirectors.com.auCSIROhttps://www.csiro.au/en/Golden Seeds Ventureshttps://goldenseeds.comLaunch Victoriahttps://launchvic.org/general/staff-board

In this instalment, Justin speaks with business strategist, advisor, mentor and investor Lynda Coker. A chartered accountant by training and corporate finance specialist who's worked all over the world, Lynda now advises numerous start up businesses and is actively involved with Volt Bank, Seed Space Venture Capital, The Studio, Scale Investors and Ocean Impact Organisation.

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If you are on a board or aspiring to serve on one, you would know the name Susan Oliver. As a child, Susan was fascinated with construction sites and loved the smell of raw concrete. Her passion for the traditionally male-centric industry led her to be the first woman to graduate with a Bachelor in Building at the University of Melbourne. Her life has remained an exploration of risk-taking because being equally challenged and in awe of technology, science and big companies doing big things has not only kept her in the game, but leading the game. Since 1996, Susan has been involved in the governance of global companies such as IFM Investors, Transurban Group, and the restructure of Centro Group. Her expertise is in rebuilding stakeholder trust and finding the potential in legacy assets, all whilst mapping a path for a company to succeed into an unknown future. Before joining boards, Susan enjoyed a long career in technology and futures consulting, culminating with leading the Commission for the Future for the Australian Government. The Honourable Barry Jones who is on the National Trust's list of Australian Living Treasures, was pivotal to Susan's journey — a mentor, inspiration and friend. Close to Susan's heart is a range of not-for-profit causes. She currently sits on the board of Melbourne Theatre Company, The Wheeler Centre and Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, and previously was governor and on the national board for The Smith Family. She helped to found The Big Issue in Australia, a fortnightly, independent magazine that is sold on the streets by homeless, marginalised and disadvantaged people, and co-founded Scale Investors to fund female led start-ups. Hear from Susan why big companies need to stop reacting and start strategically and intelligently preparing for the dynamic world we live in. Susan's current board roles include: Independent Member of Global Investment Committee for IFM Investors Advisory Board, Fishermans Bend Chair, The Wheeler Centre Founding Chair, Scale Investors Director, Melbourne Theatre Company Director, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Judge, Entrepreneur of the Year LinkedIn   Susan Oliver Claire Braund (host) Further Information about Women on Boards (WOB) WOB membership, events & services, please visit our website. To receive our weekly newsletter, subscribe to WOB as a Basic Member (free). Join as a Full Member for full access to our Board Vacancies, WOBShare (our online member platform) and more.

Ariane Barker is CEO of Scale Investors Ltd, based in Melbourne, which invests patient capital in female-founded Australian early stage businesses. She has had a long career in global finance, including roles in investment banking in the US, Europe, Japan and Australasia, and in 2011 was identified as one of seventy high potential board-ready women after being awarded an AICD board diversity scholarship. She holds a variety of Board roles including the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and at a variety of not-for-profits in the education, healthcare and the arts. Our discussion begins with Ariane's early instincts for finance and investing, which started in high school, and how she translated that into a fast-paced global career. She talks about her move to Australia, and what motivated that, and how Scale Investors presented the perfect opportunity to unite her broad skillset to empower the next generation of founders. We talk about her passion for education and some of the exciting challenges ahead for that sector. And we have a frank discussion about juggling career and family, and how compromises take shape and pan out.

Pascale Helyar-Moray is the CEO of Super Rewards, a start up company that partners with Australia retailers to top up your super when you shop online.In this episode of Success Stories, Catherine Robson speaks with Pascale after the October launch of Super Rewards. Pascale's business aims to address the gender imbalance of Australia's superannuation funds. Women retire with 42% less super than men and only enough for six years of retirement. Pascale tells Catherine where this idea started, how scalable she thinks it is and why Barbie might be the key to switching off.Catherine and Success Stories are taking a break. If you want to hear more interviews with inspiring women, Catherine is involved in a new podcast from Scale Investors. You can find it here: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/podcasts

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Vicky Papachristos sits down with Catherine Robson to discuss her credentialed background and how she made a start as an angel investor.Vicky tells Catherine her role on the investment team and the steps she takes before making an investment. Vicky says one her talents is her analytical mind, but even she is not immune to making some investment mistakes, but the key is to take the lesson into the next deal and try not to repeat it. A good life lesson for us all.Curious about Vicky Papachristos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicky-papachristos-4753585/Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Bill Bates joins Catherine Robson to discuss his journey to becoming an angel investor.With one of the most creative LinkedIn profiles out there, Bill Bates has segued from big corporate to running his own company. This 'free time' allows him time to work with Scale Investors and serve as a mentor to entrepreneurs who may need his help even if it means having difficult conversations.Bill details what he looks for in a company and a lot has to do with follow through. Plus, why you should just get out there and give early stage investing a try.Curious about Bill Bates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-bates-899291/Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

Ariane Barker is CEO of Scale Investors, a Melbourne-based angel investing company which focuses on female entrepreneurs.In this special episode of Success Stories recorded on International Women's Day, Ariane and Catherine Robson go behind the investment jargon with a sweeping discussion about the challenges female entrepreneurs face when it comes to securing capital.They try to answer the question: why when women have a proven track record of entrepreneurial success do they encounter so many roadblocks to access to funding. Plus, they dive into some advice for investors and start-ups a like.

The way we finance our cities has a huge impact on what gets built, when, and where. So if you’re inclined to think the municipal bond market is the most boring subject we could tackle on the Strong Towns Podcast, think again—because we have a truly eye-opening discussion for you today, on a topic with profound implications for anyone who cares about city building. Chuck talks with Jase Wilson, the founder and CEO of Neighborly, a startup which seeks to democratize public finance by making it possible for regular individuals to invest in municipal bonds—which fund projects from transportation infrastructure to sewers to broadband to parks to schools—and thereby directly contribute to funding community needs in places they are personally invested in. In doing this, Wilson says, he is really trying to return public finance to its roots. The municipal bond market, which is massive to the tune of $3.8 trillion outstanding, is more absurd and dysfunctional than most people realize. Historically, cities would sell bonds in the form of physical certificates, and you could invest directly. If your town wanted to build a new school, you could buy the bonds and become an investor in that project, in the same way you can buy a share of stock in an individual corporation. In fact, many early American towns grew on the basis of this kind of investment. Today, however, 80 cents of every dollar borrowed by a US community for a public project goes through one of 10 banks in New York. The process is byzantine and generally prevents individual buyers from directly investing in a community they care about—you have to go through a brokerage house. There are a huge number of middlemen in the system, and it’s often not clear who’s paying them. While innovations in private finance have dramatically reduced transaction costs and made investing more accessible to the average Joe (through e-trading, for example), these innovations haven’t reached the muni bond market. Chuck observes that this results in perverse incentives for local infrastructure projects. Big banks work at big scales. Funding packages are individually put together, and often cities face a dramatic “up-sell” during that process—so you might be told that a park is too modest a project, but why don’t you also build a new high school, and also consider expanding your sewer system, and so forth… bundling projects and inflating the cost until the bond offering becomes attractive to a large institutional investor. This is one way that municipal governments face intense pressure to go into deeper debt than is prudent. The market also rewards the tried-and-true over the new, Wilson points out. Innovative projects are less likely to obtain funding, because a small number of risk-averse players are responsible for structuring these deals. “The finance is not going to say, do the $300 million new thing,” he explains. “It’s going to say do the $1.5 billion thing that we’ve done a few other times and that we can get behind, and that, critically, keeps central the mechanisms of control…. We think that public finance invisibly guides the nature and the scale of the things that we do in our communities in a lot of ways that are not good for either the communities or the investors.” Neighborly seeks to disrupt this status quo by empowering individual investors to fund municipal projects. You can look at available investments by geography, or by type of project, and you can get in the game at a scale that makes sense. Should it take off, this kind of crowdfunding has the potential to revolutionize local public finance in a good way: by facilitating incremental, innovative, and right-sized projects for cities’ real, observed needs. And both Chuck and Jase are supremely excited. Check out the full episode to hear their excitement and more insights about what ails municipal finance.

In this episode I speak with award winning financial advisor Catherine Robson co-founder of Affinity Private Wealth. We discuss financial advice for people in their 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's. Catherine discusses the mistakes people often make, and provides some tips for listeners to avoid these mistakes. Catherine is the co-founder of Affinity Private Wealth and also has her own podcast success stories. She sits on the board of Scale Investors and writes a weekly column for Fairfax Newspapers. This episode is bought to you by Six Park. www.sixpark.com.au

Susan Oliver has experience on both sides of markets. As an investor she sits on the global investment committee of IFM Investors (a company with over $100 billion in assets under management!) and also co-founded Scale Investors, a venture capital fund for women-led start ups. As a company director she has sat on the boards of some of Australia's largest companies, including Transurban, Bupa and Programmed. She also sits on the board of a number of not-for-profits including, the Wheeler Centre, the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. Given her accomplishments as a businesswoman and investor, it was a pleasure to sit down with Susan and unpack some of the lessons she has learnt throughout her career. In this episode you will learn: • What a strategic asset is, and why Susan looks to invest in them • Why only 10% of venture capital funding in Australia goes to women • What the government needs to do to encourage Australian entrepreneurs • Why Susan supports quotas for Australian company boards • How IFM Investors factor ESG (Environmental-Social-Governance) criteria into their investing • The strategy that drove Transurban to become one of Australia's largest companies

Vanessa and Simon in the studio for this episode of Byte Into IT, speaking about all things technology, computing, gaming and startups.We begin with an interview with Amanda Derham, the Co-CEO of Scale Investors, a female focused investment network. She speaks about how Scale equips women to become successful investors and helps them in their early stages of entrepreneurship.We then continue our interview from last week with Josh Aas of Let's Encrypt, conducted by the wonderful Laura Summers.

Ted discusses with Susan Oliver about the incredible career in business and finance that she has had so far, and the challenges she has faced along the way. Among her many achievements Susan is a founding chairman of an angel investments group called Scale Investors that invest in female led start ups. They also discuss topics such as mentoring, advice, and the best investments she has made. Episode sponsored by Six Park www.sixpark.com.au

In this fourth episode, Leigh O’Neill chats to Scale Investors CEO Laura McKenzie. Scale was set up to solve the problem of female entrepreneurs struggling to receive funding from the venture community. Together, they chat earnestly about entrepreneurship and the venture capital community in Australia.

Chair and Non Executive Director involved in the governance of listed, unlisted and mutual companies including Transurban Group, MBF, Just Group, Programmed Group, Coffey International and Simonds Homes, Susan is a FAICD, a 2013 100 Women of Influence and a recipient of the Prime Ministers Centenary medal for services to business. She co-founded and chairs SCALE Investors - an innovative email focused angel investing group in Australia.