About Australia: 2013
The Springboard: Australia 2013 Accelerator Program featured eight (8) of the most promising high-growth, women-led companies in technology and life sciences headquartered in Australia. The companies participated in a Bootcamp program February 12, 2013 at Bloomberg headquarters in Sydney sponsored by Patrons Grant Thornton LLP, Kemp Strang, and the City of Sydney with additional support from Program Sponsor Westpac and Supporters Aon, AT&T, Bloomberg, CA Technologies, Colour Perfect Printing, M.H. Carnegie & Co., Shangri-La Hotel, The Boson Group and TRUMEN.
What People Are Saying
“Australia’s business environment, the number of women running businesses, and Australian’s innovative approach to solving problems provided the right mix for our expansion of the Springboard Enterprises network to Australia.” –Kay Koplovitz, Chairman, Springboard Enterprises
“The City [of Sydney] agreed to host this official [Springboard] launch because, as Australia’s global city, we must keep the entrepreneurial fires burning. Innovation, more than ever, is the name of the game.” -Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney
“This is more than helping women entrepreneurs succeed, this is about tapping into the sustainable resources that make our nation competitive and great – our people. Springboard creates the light that not only exposes these talented individuals but also nourishes and grows their businesses.” -Mike Baldwin, Executive Director of Innovation and Implementation, Westpac
“Springboard provides a unique service that helps women gain the necessary skills to drive their business ideas forward. Bloomberg is a company that supports women in business and finance, and we are pleased to work with organisations like Springboard.” -Amanda Dobbie, Head of Sales and Account Management, Bloomberg LP Australia and New Zealand
Screening Committee
Leigh Angus, UniQuest
Biljana Apostolova, Gadens Law Firm
Daren Armstrong, Kemp Strang
John Ason, Angel Investor (USA)
Ghazal Badiozamani, Solidia Technologies Inc.
Jon Baer, Threshold Ventures
Rick Baker, Blackbird Ventures
Mike Baldwin, Westpac
Cynthia Balogh, Women in Global Business
Faz Bashi, Life Science Angels
Suzy Baxter, ANZ bank
Babette Bensoussan, Mindshifts
Anne-Marie Birkill, One-Ventures
Pamela Blaikie, UniQuest
Kerry Burke, Covington & Burling
Benjamin Chong, Right Click Capital
Alexandra Commins, RMB Capital Partners
Connie Connors, Connie Connors Inc.
Topaz Conway, Commercialisation Australia
Michael Cunningham, Grant Thornton Australia
Lubna Dajani, Stratemerge
Richard Dale, Commercialisation Australia
Amanda Dobbie, Bloomberg
Sharon Doyle, InterFinancial Corporate Finance
Fiona Drake, Grant Thornton Australia
Bob Dunne, Group Advantage
Mark Ellis, Investec Bank Australia
Debra Filtzer, American Express
Viki Forrest, ANZA Technology Network
Stuart Fox, Proto Investment Partners
Paul Gooley, Grant Thornton Australia
Kerry Gore, Westpac
Rob Goudswaard, Rural Finance
Ernest Graf, Fisher Adams Kelly
Kathleen Healy, Angel Investor
Carrie Hillyard, CM Capital
J. Kelly Hoey, Women Innovate Mobile
Ben Hosken, Flink Labs
David Hunt, SustainAsia (Australia)
Claudia Iannazzo, Pereg Ventures
Matt Ingram, Investec Bank Australia
Sian Jamisyn, ivantage
Jim Kalokerinos, Brisbane Angels Group
Alice Leung, Sapientiae
Craig Lawn, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mike Loftus, ANZA Technology Network and The Glue USA
Marco Marcou, MAP Capital Advisors
Tony Markwell, Grant Thornton Australia
Robert Mashal, NKT Therapeautics
Zachary Midalia, M. H. Carnegie & Co.
Riddhi Mittal, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Ben McCallum, M. H. Carnegie & Co.
Laura McKenzie, Starfish Ventures
Nicky Milsom, Magnetica
Jeff Miller, Investec Bank Australia
Patrick Mooney, WorldStage
Betsy Morgan, The Blaze
Maureen Murphy, Clear Track
Rosemary O’Connor, Accomplish
Rana Pala, Grant Thornton Australia
Nancy Parenteau, Ingenium Biotherapy
Nick Peace, Starfish Ventures
Suzanne Pierce, Office of the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer
Maxine Rich, Investec Bank Australia
Carmen Riley, Clifford Hallam Healthcare
Jukka Rinta, Westpac
Duncan Savage,Westpac
Jason Seed, NSW Govt Office San Francisco
Anne Shehab, Golden Seeds
Patrick Silvey, Venturepro
Wendy Simpson, Springboard Enterprises (Aus)
Kenneth Smith, MIT Enterprise Forum
Andrew Sneddon – PAFtec
Kerri Lee Sinclair, Aconex
Lilian Stern, Stern Investor Relations
Lynnor Stevenson, DesignMedix
Grant Stewart, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Grant Stonier, Davies Collision Cave
Marla Supnick, Unified Field
Sushma Rajagopalan, LiquidHub
Alison Taunton-Rigby, Ribonovix
Bill Trestrail, Market Momentum
Tracy Warren, Battelle Ventures
Raj Wilson, Westpac
Terry Woodcroft, Uniquest
Co-Hosts
Sponsors
Program Sponsor
Supporters
Springboard Australia Patron Sponsors
Pipeline Partners
Committees
Board Members
Mina Ames, Egon Zehnder International
Anne-Marie Birkill, One Ventures
Topaz Conway, Commercialisation Australia
Paul Gooley, Grant Thornton Australia
Rosemary O’Connor, Accomplish
Wendy Simpson, Trumen
Bill Trestrail, Market Momentum
Council of National Advisors
Monica Barone, City Of Sydney
Bonnie Boezeman, Urban Growth NSW
Doron Ben-Meir, Commercialisation Australia
Kay Koplovitz, Springboard Enterprises
Maxine Rich, Investec Bank Australia
Carol Schwartz, Trawalla Group
Tim Sims, Pacific Equity Partners
Lucy Turnbull, Prima Biomed
Katherine Woodthorpe, Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Organizing Committee
Mike Baldwin, Westpac Bank
Kerri Lee Sinclair, Aconex
Viki Forrest, ANZA Technology
Melissa Widner, Head Over Heels