Matthew Michalewicz
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Technology Mentor

Matthew Michalewicz created Technology Mentor to address the educational and mentoring needs of early-stage entrepreneurs.

  • Besides investor contacts and introductions, Technology Mentor provides entrepreneurs with advice, guidance, and motivation during the start-up and fundraising phases of their venture.
  • Technology Mentor participants are placed into groups that are carefully assembled to make sure there are no conflicts of interest.
  • Each group meets once a month, where the participants work together to solve their current issues and challenges.
  • Each participant also meets individually each month to discuss his or her particular problems and receive specific advice.
  • In addition to these mentoring sessions, the participants also attend exclusive meetings each month to meet venture capitalists and angel investors, interview successful entrepreneurs, practice their sales and investor presentations, and discuss topic-specific issues with domain experts.

"It is essential that the State’s growing and emerging companies are able to source the necessary capital to move to the next stage of their growth. Technology Mentor provides a natural extension of Venture Capital SA’s Equity Ready Program, which assists companies achieve that goal."

Mr Mike Richards
Manager, Venture Capital SA



 

Technology Mentor is sponsored by:

TechMentor SponsorBDO Kendalls

At BDO Kendalls, we specialise in helping entrepreneurs turn their passions into thriving businesses. Using the BDO Kendalls Growth Service and tools like the BDO DIAMOND Model of Business Growth(c), our advisers help entrepreneurs to focus on growth and anticipate the challenges they are likely to face. With over 80 professionals in Adelaide and McLaren Vale, BDO Kendalls provides a full range of business advisory, accounting and growth services. BDO Kendalls offers the close personal relationships of a local firm with the resources of a global network that spans Australia and over 100 countries. So whether you are a start-up or a multinational, if growth is on your agenda, talk to BDO Kendalls - the business growth specialists.


Image tm-uoa.gifEducation Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation
The University of Adelaide

The Education Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation (ECIC) is a quality provider of educational (both undergraduate and postgraduate) as well as in-house training programs whose core focus is on developing entrepreneurship, innovation, technology commercialisation, and/or project management capability in individuals and organisations. Its postgraduate award programs range from Graduate Certificate to Masters to PhD level and attract recent university graduates and experienced professionals from all discipline backgrounds. The ECIC also undertakes research in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation, commercialisation, and project management and disseminates the knowledge and expertise it acquires from this research through its teaching and its industry and community engagement programs. It has offices on The University of Adelaide’s North Terrace campus and in Australian Technology Park, Sydney.


Image tm-inventure.gifInVenture Partners

InVenture Partners is Australia's leading facilitator of innovation and growth finance in terms of both output and success rate. InVenture has managed over 100 successful grant applications generating over $100 million in funding for innovative enterprises. InVenture's success has been achieved through the deployment of a proven, systematic and robust business case development method, providing clients with resources for innovation and growth.


Image tm-madderns.gifMadderns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

Madderns was established in 1968 and is a leading Australian Patent and Trade Mark Attorney firm with nearly 40 years of experience in patents, trade marks and designs. Based in Adelaide, the firm provides specialist advice and assistance to many Australian and overseas clients, in relation to patents, trade marks, designs and Intellectual Property (IP) generally. Madderns has many long term relationships with high profile clients including Clipsal Australia, Britax Childcare, the Yalumba Group, Pernod Ricard Pacific, Hills Industries, Bridgestone Australia, Coopers Brewery, and Rib Loc Australia - all of which are extremely active globally, and on whose behalf we manage centralised global IP portfolios. We are able to handle inventions in all aspects of technology, including Information and Communications Technology, Life Sciences, Materials, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering and Medical Devices. Many of our attorneys and attorneys in training have extensive industrial experience, and some are qualified to PhD and post doctorate level.


Image tm-minter.gifMinter Ellison Lawyers

Minter Ellison is South Australia's largest commercial law firm and Best Professional Services firm in South Australia, as recently voted by clients in the BRW-St.George Client Choice Awards in 2005 and 2006. Providing legal advice to both public and private sector clients, including listed and unlisted companies, are 39 partners and more than 260 staff based in Adelaide. We are proud of our reputation for innovation and an internal culture that drives excellence. Recognising the importance of a collaborative approach, our objective is to combine legal knowledge and commercial acumen to deliver clear, concise and timely solutions to clients doing business in South Australia.


Image tm-playford.gifPlayford Capital

Playford is a unique investor in the South Australian marketplace. It is the only local professional investor providing seed capital for start-up and early stage technology companies. Playford has invested $9 million in SA technology companies since 2001, and has attracted more than $60 million in private sector and Commonwealth funding. Playford Capital companies have also generated more than 90% of their sales from interstate and overseas in 2006.



Venture Capital SA

Venture Capital SA (VCSA) is a South Australian State Government initiative with the aim to continue the work commenced by the Venture Capital Board and with a mandate to 1) increase the supply of private equity in South Australia, 2) provide access to training and services to enable companies to become investor ready to access capital for growth and development, and 3) influence a culture of innovation and business development.

 

 

 

 


 

Contact Matthew Michalewicz

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