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9 August 2024 SBE Australia selected by LaunchVic’s VC Support Program to create a new women-founded VC fund Australia’s peak body for supporting women entrepreneurs, SBE Australia, today announced it has been chosen as a grant recipient by the Victorian Government’s startup arm, LaunchVic under their VC Support Program which is investing $2.4 million in eight new Venture Capital (VC) funds to set

29 November 2023SBE Australia secures LaunchVic grant to grow advisoryAustralia's Peak body for supporting women entrepreneurs, SBE Australia, today announced it is extending the work done by the SBE Advisory Collective and launching SBE Advisory Pty Ltd, a for-purpose, for-profit consultancy to ensure that women-led businesses are receiving much needed independent, bespoke advice and more tailore

Following an oversubscribed session we did with our SBE Alum and Expert advisors, this month we are sharing key insights from our trusted Advisory Collective on all things Planning for an Exit.The Founder lens with Megan Owen from Microwd.Megan is Head of Equity crowdfunding for Finley Capital Partners and heads up growing MiCrowd. As a woman CEO and Founder, Megan is part of the SBE Australia Com

SBE launches advisory services collective to support scaleup businesses, with support of BDO as key partner New advisory services marketplace called "SBE Advisory Collective”, will power female-founded businesses to higher growth Partners include BDO, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Real Time Australia and other leading firms Data underscores need for more support for female-founded businessesAustralia’

The latest SBE Alumnae news for Q1 2023Congratulations to Canva (Melanie Perkins, SBE Global 2013) and ReGrow Ag (Anastasia Volkova, SBE Global 2018) on being named as 2 of the most innovative companies of 2023 by Fast Company.Dr. Elisa Mokany, co-founder of SpeeDx (SBE Global 2015) received the prestigious Prime Ministers prize for innovation in recognition for their contribution to public health

SEO, PPC, CRM, CTR, AI and ChatGPT. Is it just us or did marketing get way more complex in 2023? Just when you feel like you are on top of one effective marketing channel, another one pops up from tiktok stars and professional youtubers to business models built to sell directly to algorithms. This month we are diving into the wild, wild west of marketing for growth. Marketing is an

SBE Australia is pleased to present the 2023 Global cohort.  This program serves as the on-ramp into our alumnae network: an international community of world-class entrepreneurs, investors and business development professionals committed to supporting entrepreneurial businesses and the women who lead them.Nicole Cook, CEO of SBE Australia says "As we selected businesses for the 2023 program, the f

SBE’s Evolve Program is designed to provide founders with the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to accelerate business growth and successfully scale their business. Over the course of 8 weeks, these founders will gain the knowledge and networks needed to build a scalable business.  Our first National Evolve Cohort of 2023 includes 10 outstanding businesses, run by women who are passionate abo

Whether you are a team of one or a team of many scattered across the world, let's talk about the ups and downs of building the team that can deliver your vision. "I need to hire more people but don't have the cash to grow", "I've hired a huge team and burned through all of my cash and haven't made the progress I need", "I have to downsize my team and I love them all", "I can't pay market r

What a Year! Last year at this time, the future vision of SBE was just taking shape. As an organisation we reflected on our achievements over the past 10 years, the Australian entrepreneurial ecosystem and what we and that ecosystem had collectively achieved for women entrepreneurs, their companies and our economies over the last decade. Fast forward to December 2022, we measured that impact throu

The latest SBE Alumnae news for the month of NOVEMBER 2022 Complete Home Filtration (founder Suzanne Dodds, SBE Global Alum 2020) was a finalist in the Medium Business of the Year award category in the 2022 annual RISE awards by the Western Australian publication Business News. More here. Melbourne-born startup, Forkful (founder Natalie Sarau, SBE Explore Graduate), has just been awarded fundin

The latest SBE Alumnae news for the month of SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 Fedora has expanded their Crypto gift cards further, by allowing users to obtain giftcards from Prezzee (Founder Claire Morris, Tech 2018). Prezzee iOS app is currently ranked 62 in the shopping apps and along with over 100k downloads on Android. More here. SpaceDraft (CEO Lucy Cooke, Tech 2020) are progressively being installe

The latest Ecosystem news for the month of SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER 2022 LaunchVic is announcing their next CivVic Labs challenge on the 5th October at Treetops at Melbourne Museum in partnership with DELWP. Register here. Service NSW for Business has a new, easy-to-navigate online information hub to help women in NSW start, run and grow their own businesses. Visit here for more information.  IA

On the first night of Spring we celebrated women's entrepreneurship in Australia with the SBE 2022 Impact Event celebrating 10 years of SBE in Australia.  The SBE Community is bigger than any of us, and the energy of the 513-strong collective in that room was palpable and inspiring. Thank you to everyone who played a part in helping us deliver something truly special. Big thanks to the women who m

SBE’s Evolve Program is designed to provide founders with the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to accelerate business growth and successfully scale their business. Over the course of 8 weeks, our founders will gain valuable insights, refine their strategies and skills, and leverage their full potential to create impactful businesses.Our second National Evolve Cohort of 2022 is made up of 12

The latest SBE Alumnae news for the month of AUGUST 2022 Anastasia Volkova (Tech, 2018), CEO of Regrow Ag, gained early access to the Google Cloud-based technology a year ago, and now first to harness Google Earth Engine. More here. She has also been named amongst the 28 global leaders and policymakers in the Bloomberg new economy catalyst 2022 list. More here. Fleur Johnston (Tech, 2020), CEO of

The latest Ecosystem news for the month of AUGUST 2022 The Deloitte Australia Tech Fast 50 awards are now open for nomination - come along to this info session to find out more about the awards and how to apply! Deloitte’s Tech Fast 50 recognises and profiles Australian technology companies, public or private, that have achieved the fastest rates of annual revenue growth over the last three years

Congratulations to the winners of the SBE 2022 Impact Awards! The SBE Australia Impact Awards recognise and celebrate women's entrepreneurship in Australia and were presented at our 10 Year Anniversary and Impact event at the Sydney Town Hall on 1st September 2022.  Sincere thanks to our Platinum project partners                                       Gold project partners                          

Congratulations to our finalists in the SBE 2022 Impact Awards in the EMERGING BUSINESS (Women to Watch) category!This award recognises emerging businesses with clear investment potential. Prize package includes a scholarship to SBE’s Evolve Program.The SBE Australia Impact Awards recognise and celebrate women's entrepreneurship in Australia and are presented at our 10 Year Anniversary and Impact

Congratulations to our finalists in the SBE 2022 Impact Awards in the GLOBAL GROWTH POTENTIAL (Women to Watch) category!This award recognisesg businesses with strong global potential who are developing solutions to global problems. The SBE Australia Impact Awards recognise and celebrate women's entrepreneurship in Australia and are presented at our 10 Year Anniversary and Impact event at the Sydne