With 48 countries and nearly 5 billion of the world's population, Asia is a behemoth of a continent.

Playing host to the world's two most populous countries, some of the most forward thinking Innovation and Tech ecosystems and a rising middle class looking for digital solutions, it's an extremely lucrative market for any Startup.

Though the majority of Australian Founders often overlook it, despite it's obvious proximity, in lieu of markets like the US and Europe.

This networking breakfast, in partnership with Trust Management platform Vanta will tell you "Why Asia and why now."

Giving you the knowledge and tools to "take your Startup to Asia".

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Program

8.30am-9am Welcome and networking

9am-9.20am Keynote from Dickie Currer - Why Asia, learnings from 6 months travelling the continent

9.20am-10am Panel with experts who've been there and can help

10am-10.30am Networking and close

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Speakers

Dickie Currer - Founder of Hype Man Media & Co-Founder of HyperConnected

Dickie is the Founder of Hype Man Media, a Media Production House focussed on connecting Australian Startups with the world through Storytelling, Community building and collaboration.

He also Co-Founder of HyperConnected, helping cross-border collaboration between Startup ecosystems, a Mentor in Residence for ACS Labs and Co-National Lead of Tech Australia Advocates.

Andrew Antal - GM Marketing APAC at Vanta

With over 20+ years of experience in leading marketing teams and strategies across the APAC region, Andrew is passionate about helping customers unlock market opportunities by leveraging disruptive and innovative cloud technologies. As the Head of Marketing APAC at Vanta, he works with the leadership team in Sydney to support our 11000+ customers, including Go1, Everlab, Relevance AI, Airtree, and Atlassian, to ensure the highest level of security and trust with their target markets.

Jeanette Cheah - Co-founder and CEO of HEX,
Hex is a leading edtech company that offers innovation and entrepreneurship programs for university students, high schoolers and upcoming talent. Launched in 2017, HEX now has a global presence across Australia, India, Singapore and Malaysia.

Jeanette is a recurrent guest lecturer and mentor across multiple Australian universities and served on the Entrepreneurship Advisory Panel for the Business School at Monash University. She represented Australia at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance held in Argentina and was one of the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians and the category winner for Entrepreneurship in 2021.

Tick Jiang - Founder, NUVC.ai | Partner, Blackstar Partners
Tick Jiang is a seasoned founder and strategic investor with over 15 years of experience spanning deep tech, fintech, real estate, and venture capital. With a solid background in quantitative finance, she adopts a data-driven approach to alternative investments, offering asset allocation strategies for
a diverse range of investors. As the founder of NUVC.ai, Tick is at the forefront of integrating AI into venture capital, enhancing decision-making processes for both investors and founders. Her role as a partner at Blackstar Partners further underscores her commitment to facilitating international
deals, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Tick is recognized for her ability to blend technological innovation with strategic insight, driving value creation across various sectors.

Yass Omar - Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Heidi Health
Yass is Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Heidi Health, where he leads the company’s legal, privacy, and global compliance strategy across all of Heidi's main markets including the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He has advised extensively on the safe and responsible adoption of AI in healthcare, with a focus on clinical risk, data governance, and regulatory compliance. Yass works closely with clinicians, health systems, government bodies and insurers to ensure emerging AI technologies like Heidi are introduced safely, ethically, and within existing medico-legal frameworks.

Who should attend

- Founders in the early stage of their Startup journey.

- Startups looking to scale their business overseas

- Ecosystem builders, investors, service providers that want to learn more about the opportunities in Asia

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Key Details

📅 Date: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
🕘 Time: 08.30AM – 10.30AM
📍 Venue: Level 5 - Tank Stream Labs Melbourne CBD, 440 Collins Street.

Tank Stream Labs are Australia's leading flexible workspace and business service provider. The team at TSL have kindly offered their space for any attendees of the event to work from for the day.

More info here: https://events.humanitix.com/open-day-tank-stream-labs-melbourne?hxchl=amk-eml-hfn&hxref=1-0-0

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Your Hosts

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