Funding your startup in 2025
Join UNSW Founders over lunch to hear from leaders in startups, investment and banking about the pathways forward for startup success in 2025.
WE WILL LEARN ABOUT
- Pathways to funding for startups
- What it’s like to be a startup founder in an accelerator
- Support for women and non-binary founders through the UNSW Founders 10x & Westpac Accelerator Scholarships.
MEET OUR GUESTS
Kylie is the Co-Founder and Partner at Flying Fox Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm supporting Australian and New Zealand founders with global ambitions and boasting a portfolio of over 60 startups. In 2025, Kylie joined UNSW Founders as their Investor-in-Residence, where she leverages her extensive expertise to support startups in fundraising and global expansion. Kylie holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (International Studies), along with postgraduate qualifications in Change Management from the Australian Graduate School of Management.
A commercially minded leader with over a decade of experience at Westpac, specializing in Product, Transformation, and Finance, and lately - one of the drivers behind Westpac Business Lending initiative , a set of new measures to help small businesses to get started or to grow with business loans for businesses looking to start-up or scale-up. Prior to her tenure at Westpac, Monique spent seven years at Commonwealth Bank and gained experience in the property industry with Multiplex and Westfield. Monique holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Wollongong and has been a successful small business part-owner of two businesses, including an Anytime Fitness gym. She is also a proud mother.
EVENT DETAILS
Location: Westpac, Tower Two, 200 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo NSW 2000
Date: 1st April 2025
Time: 12pm to 1pm
- 12:00pm: Registration & Networking
- 12:15pm: Panel Discussion
- 12:45pm: Q&A
- 1:00pm: Event Close
Participants who are unable to attend in-person will be able to join a livestream.
WHO CAN JOIN?
- All are welcome
- This event may be especially helpful for founders and startup enthusiasts interested in UNSW Founders 10x Accelerators and the Westpac Accelerator Scholarship.
- And for those who have an early-stage startup, currently own a business and are looking to scale, or want to network with other founders.
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ABOUT
🚀 UNSW Founders 10x Accelerators. Grow your startup with UNSW Founders’ support:
💰 Seed funding
📈 Accelerated learning with access to experts and networks
🤝 Connections to startup legends
⚡️For Climate, Defence, Health (National)* and All Industries**
*All industries program is open to companies with at least one UNSW alumni, staff or student founder.
**Health 10x, Defence 10x and Climate 10x are open nationally with no UNSW affiliation required.
Applications for 10x Accelerator & the Westpac Accelerator Scholarship open 1 April and close 19 May, learn more or register your interest.
🌱 Westpac Accelerator Scholarships
In March 2023, Westpac Business Lending announced new measures to help small businesses to get started or to grow with business loans for businesses looking to start-up or scale-up. These measures also help support Westpac's $500 million commitment to back more women in business and comes as research from the bank reveals accessing finance is one of many challenges faced by female business owners*
Westpac is proud to fund three equity scholarships valued at $20,000 each to offer financial support to women and non-binary founders who are successful in joining UNSW Founders 10x Accelerator programs with their high-potential startup.
The Westpac Accelerator Scholarships are designed to help women and non-binary founders balance work and personal commitments while undertaking the 10-week Accelerator program
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
- Read about the program here at10x Accelerators and Pre Accelerator.
- For eligible startups, you can apply to the 10x Accelerator here.
- Learn more about Westpac support for women's entrepreneurship here: Supporting Women Founders | Westpac
- For UNSW Women with ideas for a startup, apply to the New Wave program here.
REFERENCES
* Research conducted by Lonergan Research in October 2023. It was an online survey conducted among a representative sample of over 500 Australian SME Business Leaders.
