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Closing the funding gap for women entrepreneurs

21 October 2022 - The DIF Team
Seome of the fantastic finalists of She Loves Tech, [Left to Right] Bree Pagonis (WIRL), Nicole Tj (Travis) and Chanelle McAulife (Avert AI). 

 

 

She Loves Tech is back in Australia for 2022 

She Loves Tech Australia is back to celebrate one step closer to closing the gender funding gap and providing visibility for women-led and women-impact startups. 

She Loves Tech ('SLT') is the world's largest startup competition for women and technology, currently being held in over 70+ countries across the globe. 

This year, supported by City of Melbourne, She Loves Tech is proud to be back to the land Down Under, seeking to accelerate the best entrepreneurs and technologies while closing the funding gap for women entrepreneurs in the continent. 

These founders pitched LIVE in front of an esteemed lineup of judges at a sold-out event at Melbourne Connect on October 20. You can catch up below and see all the action - If you don't want to know who wins, skip the end of this article! 

Amongst the celebrations, the audience will also be taken through a little journey by Jodie Imam through her keynote speech on "The Rise of Feminine Leadership".

 

 

 

Australian SLT Pitch Finalists

A stellar line-up of finalists, solving world's pressing challenges across multiple industries from EdTech, FinTech, Health-Tech, to Creator Economy and more! Avert AI : AvertAI is a B2B SaaS regtech empowering employees to send compliant communications with AI.

 

Flow of Work: Flow of Work is a talent opportunity and insights platform to assist organizations growth, and retain critical talent and reduce cost

Healthbank: HealthBank is a digital health and telemedicine marketplace that connects patients to health practitioners

Lockpick Games: Lockpick helps students prepare for standardised tests via imersive adventure games

Simply Zibra: Simply Zibra is an AI-driven digital wallet that consolidates users accounts and assist with effective payment methods

Subundl: Subundl is a subscription management and billing SaaS platform accelerating eCommerce by making accessible tailored subscription models for retailers

Travis: Travis is a social commerce pltform for creators to monetize from travel recommendations

Wirl: Wirl is a mental wellbeing platform that offers personalised food experience recommendations to promote healthy relationship with food

2022 Judges

Ada Yin - Investor, AirTree

Casey Flint - Investor, Squarepeg

Jodie Imam - Co-CEO, Tractor Ventures

Megan Woff - Head of Founders, Startmate

Nicole Marino - Investor, Blackbird

 

 

Congratulations to Flow of Work will represent Australia at the She Loves Tech Global Startup Competition Grand Finals on 5 November 2022

 

She Loves Tech Australia 2022: Pitch Final image

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