MQ Incubator Lunch & Learn: Starting Your Export Journey

Starting Your Export Journey: EFA & Macquarie University Incubator

Thinking about taking your business global? Join us for a session with Export Finance Australia (EFA), the Australian Government's export credit agency, to learn how founders can access finance to support their export ambitions.

Whether you're just exploring international markets or already delivering on export contracts, this session will cover:

• What Export Finance Australia does and how it supports Australian exporters, overseas investment, and infrastructure development

• The finance solutions on offer — loans, bonds, and guarantees — and how they help bridge funding gaps

• What financiers actually look for in an export-ready business, including eligibility criteria and key considerations when applying

• Real case studies from Australian businesses (including Tidetech, MyVenue, and Seed Terminator) who've used EFA finance to fund international growth

• A live Q&A with the EFA team, followed by networking

Who should attend: Founders and business owners with export ambitions or existing export activity, particularly those with at least 2 years' trading history and $250,000+ turnover.

About Milind

Milind has over 14 years of industry experience across banking and finance including transaction advisory, credit origination and structuring. At EFA, Milind’s key mandate is to originate and execute on export growth capital funding opportunities to Australian SME businesses that have already or are starting their export journey across industry segments including technology application across health care, advanced manufacturing, defence, agri, mining and consulting.

This is a hybrid event held at 8 Hadenfeld Ave and via Zoom. For online attendees, the meeting link will be sent in your confirmation email.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Incubator team at incubator@mq.edu.au.

Please BYO lunch.