Mermaid Beach, QLD
Monday 22 April, 2024 at 5:00pm AEST
Finding and investing in the best high growth startups
Details:
Venue:
Mick's house
(address shared with participants only)
Mermaid Beach QLD
Australia
Mick's house
(address shared with participants only)
Mermaid Beach QLD
Australia
Date & Time:
Monday 22 April, 2024 at 5:00pm AEST
Monday 22 April, 2024 at 5:00pm AEST
Cost: Free
Exclusive Fireside Chat and BBQ with Michael Dempsey at his house in Mermaid Beach.
Join us for an intimate fireside chat for investors to hear insights and lessons from founder & investor Michael Dempsey. After selling his company for $305m, Michael is one of Queensland's most active angel investors through his family office at Pipeline Capital.
Having personally invested in more than 30 early-stage tech companies, Mick will be sharing his personal and practical insights on how he approaches venture investing through his family office, including:
About Michael Dempsey
In 2014 Mick sold his fintech company Ezidebit to US-based Global Payments for $305 million, personally walking away with about $150 million from the transaction. At the time of sale, Ezidebit was handling $3.5 billion worth of payments for 16,000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand, and had 130 staff across the two countries and has just opened an office in Hong Kong. Today, Mick is an active angel and venture investor, and works to support our portfolio companies at Tribe Global Ventures as a Venture Partner and shareholder.
Schedule
5:00pm - Guests start arriving + networking
6:00pm - Panel discussion starts
7:30pm - Panel ends + networking
8:00pm - Event finish
Secure your place
This event is strictly invite-only.
Join us for an intimate fireside chat for investors to hear insights and lessons from founder & investor Michael Dempsey. After selling his company for $305m, Michael is one of Queensland's most active angel investors through his family office at Pipeline Capital.
Having personally invested in more than 30 early-stage tech companies, Mick will be sharing his personal and practical insights on how he approaches venture investing through his family office, including:
- how he structures and manages his family office
- why he invests in the 'risky' asset class of early-stage technology companies
- how he approaches constructing a venture portfolio
- how he sources, reviews and assesses deal opportunities
- how he thinks about deal terms, cheque sizes and valuations
- how he manages and works with companies post investment
- his views on the markets and emerging opportunities
About Michael Dempsey
In 2014 Mick sold his fintech company Ezidebit to US-based Global Payments for $305 million, personally walking away with about $150 million from the transaction. At the time of sale, Ezidebit was handling $3.5 billion worth of payments for 16,000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand, and had 130 staff across the two countries and has just opened an office in Hong Kong. Today, Mick is an active angel and venture investor, and works to support our portfolio companies at Tribe Global Ventures as a Venture Partner and shareholder.
Schedule
5:00pm - Guests start arriving + networking
6:00pm - Panel discussion starts
7:30pm - Panel ends + networking
8:00pm - Event finish
Secure your place
This event is strictly invite-only.
What will the session cover?
why Mick invests in the 'risky' asset class of early-stage technology companies
what Mick looks for when deciding to invest
how he thinks about deal terms, cheque sizes and valuations and portfolio constructions
how he structures and manages his family office
his views on the markets and emerging opportunities
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| Your Host: 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. |
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