Impact Gathering: Funding and Growing Your Impact Business

Join us for the fourth webinar of the Impact Gathering series: Candid Conversations with Purpose-led Women, where we'll explore 'Funding and Growing Your Impact Business'. Hear from female change-makers; Anna Guenther, Belinda Morrissey, Lisa Siganto and Camille Socquet-Clerc. Connect and share during the Q&A session.

About this Event

In this webinar brought to you by Impact Boom and Mumma Got Skills, we are providing a space to connect on real issues pertaining to women in business, specifically impact-led enterprise. We hope to inspire action, provide insights and create a safe space for women to learn and share.

This is not a regular panel. You will have an exclusive opportunity to engage in meaningful discussion through a live Q&A at the end of the session. We want you to shape the conversation to draw out some of the greater 'whys' surrounding impact-led female enterprises.  

Find further details below of the panelists below. 

When: Friday 18th September, 2020

Where: This is a virtual event. We will share the link with registered audience members 24 hours prior to the event.

Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm AEST (Brisbane, Australia)

Cost: This is a 'pay-what-you-like' event, with free tickets available for those who have been affected by COVID. 

Impact Boom is a certified social enterprise and reinvests back into initiatives that create a better world. 

Panelists:

Anna Guenther

Anna Guenther is the co-founder and Chief Bubble Blower of PledgeMe, New Zealand's first crowdfunding platform. Since launching 8 years ago, over 1,500 creative, community and entrepreneurial campaigns have raised over $50million through PledgeMe. PledgeMe was the first licensed platform to offer equity crowdfunding in New Zealand, and one of the first in Australia. 

PledgeMe has stated impact goals, aiming to have the funding that comes through our platforms represent the countries that we're in (eg. 50% female founders, 15% indigenous, 32% in the regions). Anna has also worked for the New Zealand Government, MIT and Harvard, and completed her Masters in Entrepreneurship with a focus on crowdfunding. 

Belinda Morrissey

Belinda Morrissey is the CEO of the English Family Foundation, a private foundation whose vision is to support transformational change in our world through the growth and development of social entrepreneurs and social businesses. With deep experience within the Australian social enterprise sector and an extensive leadership background in both corporate and not for profit organisations spanning three continents, Belinda works closely with both social enterprises and the broader ecosystem to develop and support a shared vision for delivering social outcomes. Belinda also has a particular focus on exploring the role of philanthropy as catalytic capital in developing the sector towards scalable investment to escalate social change.

With many years’ experience in both Australian and international grantmaking Belinda is passionate about mobilizing her skills to encourage the development of the for-purpose sector within Australia. Belinda holds several not for profit board positions – she is currently on the Boards of ActionAid Australia and WhiteBox Ventures and is on the Advisory Board of the Social Impact Hub.

Lisa Siganto

Lisa Siganto is Executive Chairman at ImpaQT QLD, Chairman and Co-Founder of Whitebox Enterprises, Director of Cape York Partnership and Founder of ShoreBirds. Lisa is also the Managing Director and Lisa Siganto Consulting.

Lisa is all about supporting, investing in or creating social impact and large scale employment focussed social enterprises through roles of Chairman, Board Director, Committee Chair, interim CEO, Executive Director, Partnership Broker, Project Manager, Consultant or Mentor. 

Camille Socquet-Clerc

Camille Socquet-Clerc is the founder of Bloom Impact Investing, an early-stage company on a mission to build a carbon-free economy that allows people and the planet to thrive. Camille's mission is to empower people to participate in the clean energy transition. Her startup Bloom Impact Investing helps people invest in climate solutions and learn about sustainable finance and impact investing so that they can build their wealth while making a difference.

Camille also works for EnergyLab as a Communication Manager. EnergyLab is Australia's largest cleantech startup accelerator and network dedicated to the clean energy transition. Camille helps connect talented cleantech founders to the mentors, advisors, partners, peers, and investors they need to succeed.