Meet the Perth Angels

!!! VENUE CHANGE - This week we're at the Flux Basement again - 191 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000, due to renovations at Riff. !!!

We are excited to host Ian Brown, Chairman of Perth Angels.

Perth Angels is a passionate group of actively engaged private investors that provide access to investment capital, mentorship, networking and support to newly established ventures, entrepreneurs and innovative business owners in Western Australia.

As Derek Gerrard mentioned at Morning Startup last month, there is a misconception among the startup community that there is no investment money in Perth. But from an investor's point of view, there's a misconception that there is no deal-flow in Perth. The issue is that the two groups need to be better connected!

So please come along, meet the Perth Angels and find out everything you need to know about what they do, why they do it and how they can help your startup.

About Ian Brown:

Ian is a successful entrepreneur with global commercial experience across industries. He has taken various early-stage science and technology projects and new business model projects and created successful businesses.

He is passionate about helping people discover and pursue new commercial opportunities and creating a step-change. Ian does this by using frameworks to create a plan to enable the projects to come to life, while de-risking and becoming investor-ready.

Ian is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at INSEAD and a Facilitator of the CSIRO ON Accelerate programme. He has an MBA, is a Fellow of the AICD and a professional Non-Executive Director. He is currently Chairman of InterGrain, REX Ortho, Omni Innovation and Perth Angels and Deputy Chairman of Activ Foundation.

Previously, Ian has served on boards of listed and unlisted public companies and on boards of private companies. His work has contributed significantly to board decisions on many strategic corporate initiatives including multiple licensing deals, several spin-outs, multiple private and public fund-raising initiatives, two IPO’s and an asset sale. Ian has served as Chairman of Cytomatrix, Non-Executive Director of Nohla Therapeutics Inc., Recce Pharmaceuticals, Butterfly Foundation, Apex Foundation for Research into Intellectual Disabilities, Waardi, BTAC and a Strategic Advisor to the Energy Pipelines Collaborative Research Centre.

Ian has lived and worked in London, Milan, Gothenburg, Melbourne and Perth and has worked on significant projects in the USA, Asia and Japan.

Specialisations:

• New products
• New ventures
• Entrepreneurship mentoring and coaching
• Corporate entrepreneurship programs
• Business canvas workshops
• Commercialisation workshops

Note - this meetup was previously titled 'Breakfast with the Perth Angles'. Unfortunately, no breakfast will be provided. Just grab yourself a coffee, come down to the Flux Basement and start the day inspired!