GLOBAL: Sept 2021

Empowering women founders to launch and grow successful tech businesses

Do you want to pitch like an experienced and confident entrepreneur? Do you need to secure funding, customers or inspire employees to join your startup?

We at ELEVACAO are delighted to announce that our highly rated Investor Ready Program for women tech founders is now open and 100% virtual.

A sample of ELEVACAO alumni's success post-graduation include:

* Our alumni have raised in-excess of $80m and produced 3 exits

* Christy Laurence | Founder @ Plann (2017 alumni) has surpassed 2 million downloads across 160 countries and ranked top 800 grossing apps in the world - all bootstrapped

* Manuri Gunawardena | Founder @ HealthMatch, (2017 alumni) went from idea, going through our program to launch and seed funding within 12 months. Has since raised Series B round and the winner of TechCrunch Battlefield Australia.

*Dr Silvia Pfeiffer | Co-Founder & CEO Coviu Global (2016 alumni). Spinout from CSIRO and has since raised Series A round.

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The program is a combination of interactive workshops and mentoring over an 8-week period. September 7 through to October 28, 2021. You don't need to give up your day job to attend! The topics covered include;

Week 1: Get Investor Ready
* We go deep into how to get investor ready and funded, focusing on the Australian and US markets.

Week 2: Legal
* We cover all the important things you need to do to set-up your business the right way, and be legally ready for investor funding. Including: corporate formation, governance, fundraising issues, IP and commercial contracts overview.

Week 3: Business Modeling & Financials
* Typically one of the weakest area’s of a pitch - how you will make money, and present your current and future business model and financials in a clear succinct manner.

Week 4: Go-to-Market Strategy
* Typically the second weakest area of a pitch - how will you get customers, keep them engaged/buying/using you, and then referring. We focus on building a culture of Sales & Marketing excellence.

Week 5: Tech
* How do you build a tech company if you are not a technical founder or have a technical co-founder? We focus on the key elements required to build a successful tech business.

Week 6: Get Pitch Ready
* We will help you build and deliver a superior pitch that convey’s your story and creates an emotional connection with your audience, backed by a robust business model and go-to-market strategy.

Week 7: Pitch Session 1
* Practice your pitch in a safe environment with highly experienced experts who are all focused on helping you to elevate your business to the next level.

Week 8: Pitch Session 2
* Round 2 of the pitch practice session to a new panel of experts.

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A SAMPLE OF OUR EXPERTS INCUDE:

* Chandra Shih | Partner @ Lowenstein Sandler

* Chuck Petitd | CEO @ Republic Crowdfunding Portal | Co-Producer Meet the Drapers | General Partner @ RainmakeMe

* Claire Hatton | Board Director & Investor | IPO experience | former Google Director | UK Person of the Year

* Cynthia Scott | Former Chair @ Telstra Ventures, Foxtel, Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) | former CEO @ Barclays AU/NZ

* Greta Thomas | Board Director & Investor | IPO experience | launched 4 ventures incl. eBay Australia as CMO | ran Bono's (RED) in UK | winner global McKinsey knowledge development award

* Janvi Patel | Founder @ Halebury, exit to Elevate Services | Former Steering Committee Member @ Cherie Blair Foundation for Women | Janvi was recently awarded an honorary degree from the University of Law in the UK.

* Kate Vale | Co-Founder & General Partner @ ALIAVIA Ventures | ex Managing Director AU/NZ @ Google, YouTube and Spotify

* Marisa Warren | Co-Founder & General Partner @ ALIAVIA Ventures | Founder @ ELEVACAO | former SAP, Microsoft and Workday enterprise sales and channels exec

* Matt Savare | Partner @ Lowenstein Sandler - specializing in intellectual property and commercial contracts | Founder @ Fansmit

* Melanie Cochrane | Group Managing Director @ Equifax ANZ | Former General Manager & Board Member, Asia Pac @ AMEX

* Mike Feng | Manager, Valuations and Business Modeling @ KPMG US

* Nausheer Allibhoy | Managing Director, Economic and Valuation Services @ KPMG US

* Ron Arnold | Managing Director @ 11eight | former Managing Partner @ IAG Firemark Ventures & Exec @ AAMI | Investor

* Serena Leith | Global Marketing - Director, A/NZ @ TikTok | former Marketing Director @ Spotify | Universal Music Group and Warner Music

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Founded in New York, ELEVACAO is a global pre-accelerator for women tech founders. Since launch, we’ve empowered 165 women across the U.S. and Australia who have raised $80m+ and produced 3 Exits!

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IMPORTANT TO NOTE:

* Women tech founders. Must have a least 1 female founder in the founding team.

* Workshop location: 100% virtual and accepting applications from the US and Australia

* Application process: We review all applications on a rolling basis, shortlist companies for a 30 minute video chat, notify if accepted into the program. We also provide you feedback on why you didn’t make it into this program.

* Rolling acceptance of applications. You don't need to wait until the application close date to be interviewed and accepted into the program.

* A US$495 fee will be charged upon acceptance into the program. If your co-founder would like to attend any or all of the sessions they must pay a separate US$295 fee to confirm their place. Payment plans can be discussed.

* There is 1 full scholarship available per cohort for a pre-revenue/pre-funded startup. Note on your application if you would like to apply for the scholarship.

* We take your privacy very seriously. We will not share your personal information (such as your name, address or contact details) with any third party without your consent. We will not sell any information provided in this application. However, please note that ELEVACAO does not accept any obligations of confidentiality in relation to information submitted in this application or information that you provide to ELEVACAO during the Investor Ready Program. Do not submit any information in this application that you wish to keep confidential.

Our past entrepreneurs have told us, and the results prove, that ELEVACAO delivers significant value for our entrepreneurs who participate in our program, and as an alumni remaining connected to our network.

As a mission driven organization it is important for us to have sustainable revenue streams whilst also staying true to our mission. By participating in this program not only will learn the skills to help you confidently pitch for funding, but also the opportunity to pay it forward for future women entrepreneurs.