SXSW Sydney 2025 Pitch Advisors

Climate Tech and  Sustainability            

Charlotte Connell, Greenhouse - LinkedIn     

Kirstin Hunter, Birchal - LinkedIn      

Imche Veiga, Stone & Chalk - LinkedIn  

Sam Wood  EnergyLab - LinkedIn           

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Health, Biotech and Medtech  

Jodie Imam - LinkedIn        

Makenzie Thomas, Medtech Actuator - LinkedIn      

Darren Saunders, Office of NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer - LinkedIn     

Laura Wimberger, Proto Axiom - LinkedIn            

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Future of Work and Education  

Stephanie Benseman, Icehouse Ventures - LinkedIn    

Beste Onay, UNSW New Ventures - LinkedIn     

Phaedon Stough, Innovation Bay - LinkedIn   

Ross Dawson, Bondi Innovation - LinkedIn

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Entertainment, Media and Games  

Preethi Mohan, NiceTo - LinkedIn    

Gav Parry, UQ Ventures & CAST - LinkedIn    

Jon Satterley, Fortress - LinkedIn            

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Innovation in Retail and Commerce  

Alex Rankin, January Capital - LinkedIn    

Lynn Thompson, QBE Ventures - LinkedIn     

Solai Valliappan, Scale Investors - LinkedIn              

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Hardware, Manufacturing and Physical Solutions  

Baidy Barton, The Melt - LinkedIn     

Leah Lucas, CSIRO - LinkedIn  

James McClure, Antler - LinkedIn

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Enterprise, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence  

Alister Coleman, Folklore Ventures - LinkedIn     

Georgie Turner, Tidal VC - LinkedIn      

Mark Zmarzly, AWS Startups - LinkedIn

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Student Pitch

Mitchell Hughes, NextGen Ventures - LinkedIn

Taryn Pieterse, Rampersand -LinkedIn

Antonia Mijatovic, Airtree -LinkedIn

Dr Clyde Hutchinson, Journey Partners - LinkedIn

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