Curtin Invest

Curtin Invest is a two-year program designed to grow and diversify Western Australia’s innovation and startup ecosytem through investor education. Supported by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation’s New Industries Fund, the purpose of the program is to contribute towards and cultivate an investible ecosystem, positioning WA as a state to invest in with abundant talent, ideas, technology and opportunities.

Four events have been held to date under the series:

• Curtin Invest: Immerse – 24 June 2023: Featuring academics from MIT University’s Regional Entrepreneur Accelerator Program, this workshop provided participants the opportunity to understand the current barriers to greater levels of investment and how these might be addressed with a coordinated approach between corporates, government, academic institutions, founders, and risk capitalists.
• Curtin Invest: Global – 5 September 2023: An opportunity for participants to hear from and learn about the investment trends, processes, frameworks and dealflow opportunities from four national and international ecosystems – Australia (Victoria), Singapore, Indonesia, United States (Silicon Valley)) from both the investor and start-up perspectives.
• Curtin Invest: Corporate – 7 December 2023: Held during Australia’s longest running tech festival, West Tech Fest, this intimate breakfast event invited key decision-makers (C suite level) in targeted corporates who were either interested, would engage in the future, or were already engaged in Corporate VC to learn from established CVC’s, engaged in mature markets, to engage them in a curated conversation about corporate investment.
• Curtin Invest: Deal – 30 May 2024: A workshop for prospective angel investors to gain an understanding of the process involved with investing in startups and early stage innovation driven companies.

Coming Soon

The next phase of Curtin Invest will take place across the remainder of 2024. Events currently in development include:

• Invest Curious: For young investors and alumni with a focus on angel investment, exposure to young entrepreneurs and youth in the future of investment.
• Invest Deal: Providing the next level of education to prospective angels with live pitches and simulated deals and resources.
• Invest Diverse: Focused on VC’s with an emphasis on diversity and impact investment.

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