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Venture capital 101: from start-up to IPO

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell chats to Jessy Wu from Afterwork Ventures, an Aussie Venture Capital (VC) fund that does things differently, about everything from why investors take risks on start-ups to finding the next big success story.

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How do you find the next big success story (think Canva, Atlassian & Apple)?

Well in this episode Jessy lifts the lid on Venture Capital (VC) in Australia, including an overview of the venture capital asset class, some of the challenges of investing in start-ups, the high-risk/high-reward trade-off, characteristics they look for when investing in companies and what makes a good VC fund manager.

Hopefully this episode gives you an insight as an investor and employee (maybe even an employer), into some of the behind the scenes stuff that happens at start-ups and in the Australian funding ecosystem! If you’re keen to learn more in this space, hit us up on socials or in our FB Community to let us know.

Disclaimer: Jessy is invested in AfterWork Venture funds, and some of the companies mentioned in this episode are portfolio companies.

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