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Burleigh Brewing (Gold Coast)
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Tuesday, January 31st
5:30pm for 6pm start
Join us for an intimate fireside chat with local Gold Coast investor Michael Dempsey.
Details :
Venue:
Burleigh Brewing (Gold Coast)
Date:
Tue 31 January 2023
Arrive:
5:30pm for a 6pm start
Cost:
Free
Burleigh Brewing (Gold Coast)
Date:
Tue 31 January 2023
Arrive:
5:30pm for a 6pm start
Cost:
Free
After selling his payment solutions business Ezidebit to US-based Global Payments for $305 million in 2014, Michael Dempsey walked away with an estimated $150 million. At the time of the sale, Ezidebit was handling $3.5 billion worth of payments for 16,000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand, with 130 staff across two countries.
Since then, Mick has been an active investor across commercial real estate, pubs, his farm, and through angel and venture capital investing into early-stage technology companies.
Through it all, Mick has remained a humble and active supporter of founders and the local startup community.
In this fireside chat, Mick will share his back story as well as insights into what he sees in the current financial markets and business sector, and what he looks for when investing into startups and early-stage technology ventures.
Since then, Mick has been an active investor across commercial real estate, pubs, his farm, and through angel and venture capital investing into early-stage technology companies.
Through it all, Mick has remained a humble and active supporter of founders and the local startup community.
In this fireside chat, Mick will share his back story as well as insights into what he sees in the current financial markets and business sector, and what he looks for when investing into startups and early-stage technology ventures.
What will the session cover?
Mick's backstory on how he built and sold his company.
Lessons learnt from selling a business for $305m.
Mick's insights into the current global financial markets.
Why Mick utilises both venture capital and angel investing.
Mick's approach to investing in early-stage tech ventures.
What Mick looks for when deciding to invest in startups.
Hear how Mick supports local founders and the ecosystem.
Networking with other investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.
Aaron Birkby
This event will be facilitated by our co-founder and CEO, Aaron Birkby.
An experienced entrepreneur, investor, and facilitator, Aaron also developed Tribe’s approach in assisting founders to ‘go global’ in key export markets, having delivered 20 international scale up missions to the USA, UK and Israel for over 300 participants, including as CEO of Startup Catalyst, which was acquired by the Australian Computer Society in 2018.
An experienced entrepreneur, investor, and facilitator, Aaron also developed Tribe’s approach in assisting founders to ‘go global’ in key export markets, having delivered 20 international scale up missions to the USA, UK and Israel for over 300 participants, including as CEO of Startup Catalyst, which was acquired by the Australian Computer Society in 2018.
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