with Textbook Ventures 🚀 — It’s been a wild ride. Textbook Ventures has transformed the student startup landscape in 2019. We’ve tripled our community following and connected hundreds of students with Australia’s top startups, tech companies and venture capital firms. From networking events and fireside chats to pitch festivals and hackathons, we’ve had our fair…

Kevin Lu has been interning in venture capital over the last year, in one of Australia’s top corporate venture capital firms, Reinventure Group. We spoke to him about what it’s like working in VC and the day-to-day tasks of a young VC. Reinventure Group, Westpac’s corporate venturing arm, launched in…

Darcy Small is one of the co-founders of Kua Coffee, a social enterprise launched in mid-2017 that harmonises people and the planet with every sip of coffee. Kua supplies high-quality ethically-sourced coffee from Ugandan farmers to Australian businesses, whilst working towards zero-waste. …

What is it and why do consumers need it? — Currently… Since the financial crises of ’08, fintechs have been aggressively scaling their businesses to exploit the weakness of traditional banks. It’s no wonder fintech startups comprise of one-fifth of the operating industries in Australia, as businesses seek to overcome the black-box operational style — think surprise fees and complex financial…

Mentors may sound daunting for students, but having go-to people to provide guidance is invaluable and the impact is long-term. As a student, it’s easy to overlook how important it is to have people looking out for you. From career advice, feedback on blogs, tickets to events, referrals, resources, CV…

“So, what do you do for work?” I struggle to answer this without being hit by a wave of questions. After all, Venture Capital isn’t an industry that your average university student is familiar with or interested in. It’s clear that “startups” and “innovation” are tossed around as buzz words…