Ready to approach an investor? This session will provide an overview of key investment trends and common investment term sheets in education. It will help you refine your pitch and provide practical tips for preparing your business for investment.

When: 4 October at 3:00pm AEDT

Speakers

David Linke
Managing Director | EduGrowth

David leads EduGrowth, Australia’s education technology and innovation industry hub. Through connection and collaboration EduGrowth is accelerating Australia’s EdTech ecosystem globally.

David has decades of experience across the education sector having led Asia Pacific operations of global listed EdTech companies, founding new ventures and providing strategic support to leading EdTech companies.

Today, David is a strategic advocate, supporter and champion of the Australian EdTech sector at home and across the globe.

Peter Mobbs
Managing Partner | Five Sigma

Peter is Managing Partner of Five Sigma, a global, EdTech focused growth fund. He is a long time investor in EdTech and 2x exited founder.

Judy Park
Principal Consultant | Owl Ventures

Judy has a deep passion for education stemming from her experiences immigrating to the U.S. at 9 years old in search for better educational opportunities. She is a proud graduate of the public school system, where she participated in both the English as a Second Language and Free and Reduced Lunch programs. Before her MBA, Judy helped found Bain Capital’s impact investment fund. In this role, she conducted industry, business, financial, and impact diligence and was an integral deal team member of the fund’s first investments in education, wellness, and healthcare. Judy also spent several years as an Analyst in Bain Capital’s Private Credit Group where she executed and monitored 11 investments across education, media, healthcare, consumer, and retail. Judy also conducted diligence in Korean and English for Bain Capital Private Equity’s first two investments in South Korea. Judy was an MBA intern with the Owl portfolio company Hazel Health in the summer of 2019.

Judy graduated from Harvard College with honors of Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Hoopes Prize for outstanding research. She received a B.A. in Social Studies with a focus on inequality in the U.S. and a minor in Economics. Judy received her M.B.A from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was the Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Impact Fund and recipient of the Miller Social Change Leadership Award.

About program

Created by EduGrowth in partnership with AWS EdStart, this session is part of a series for early and late stage EdTech startups. The series aims to provide practical tips and knowledge in a number of different areas of business with a specific education focus.

Upcoming session:

Partnerships for Growth in EdTech on 18 October

All sessions are held live on Slido and you’ll need to register for each session you want to attend.

AWS EdStart, the AWS EdTech startup accelerator, is designed to help entrepreneurs build the next generation of online learning, analytics, and campus management solutions on the AWS Cloud. The accelerator is designed to enable EdTech startups to move faster through benefits such as equity-free financial support through AWS Promotional Credit, technical training and support, access to a global community of EdTech experts, and more.

aws.amazon.com/education/edstart/

Through connection and collaboration, we accelerate Australia's EdTech ecosystem globally. EduGrowth also runs a series of programs and events to help the Australian EdTech industry grow globally.

To learn more about how EduGrowth can support you or to get a copy of our Australian EdTech Ecosystem snapshot visit edugrowth.org.au, subscribe to receive news and program notifications, or follow us on LinkedIn.