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  Expert: Niki Scevak - Blackbird's search for wild ideas and wild hearts

  Niki Scevak is a co-founder and General Partner at Blackbird Ventures - an Australasian investment firm whose mission is to invest in wild hearts, with the wildest ideas, right from the beginning - and co-founder of Startmate. Niki describes the wildest idea he's ever been pitched and invested in. This is a fascinating insight into the origins of some of the biggest companies in the current stock market and how angel investment philosophy brings these companies into existence.

  18 August

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  Are startups a good investment?

  Imagine being there in the early days of Canva... watching a disruptive company come into the mix and being given the chance to invest in its early stages. Considering its now $55 billion (AUD) valuation, we reckon the investment would have paid off! Well, there are people who invest in these companies for a living, constantly trying to spot start-ups that will come through and change our lives as we know them. Today, we have an incredibly insightful chat with Natalie Collins, an angel investor in the Startmate Venture Capital First Believers Immersion program about what she looks for in up-and-coming companies and how to invest in start-ups.

  30 November