PRESS RELEASE: Pitching for a purpose and changing tomorrow. Impact Academy’s Showcase and Marketplace Event. 21 Feb 2019.
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
February 2019
Event: Impact Academy Showcase and Marketplace Event 2019.
Date: 21 February 2019
Time: Marketplace opens at 5:30pm.
Where: Podium Level, Rydges. 9 Glenelg St, South Brisbane.
Ticket Sales: https://iashowcaseandmarketplace.eventbrite.com.au
Ticket Price: $95each or $950 table booking (10 seats)
For pre event interviews and photo opportunities: contact Kylie Ballinger | Marketing Manager | Impact Academy and Greater Outcomes | M: 0434 184 479 | E: [email protected]
Pitching for a purpose and changing tomorrow. Impact Academy’s Showcase and Marketplace Event. 21 Feb 2019.
Brisbane based Impact Academy is hosting it’s 9th Showcase and Marketplace Event since 2014 but doing things a little differently this time. This year’s event will be held at Rydges South Brisbane and guests will not only be impressed by the amazing group of changemakers set to pitch their impacting enterprises, they will also enjoy a sit down, two course meal by arguably one of the best kitchens in Brisbane.
From solar powered batteries to lifestyle clothing for women suffering from chronic illness, this amazing group of individuals provide solutions to some of the complex problems our communities face across a broad range of social and/ or environmental issues..
This event is the finale to Impact Academy’s flagship 20 week accelerator program for twelve social impact entrepreneurs. This 9th group of changemakers have been working on their businesses since August last year and this exciting evening is the culmination of hard work and dedication to scaling their purpose driven products. They will now join 100+ strong alumni of social enterprises that Impact Academy has had the privilege of working with to design, develop, launch, fund and grow, some of which will also be on display in the marketplace pre and post the pitches.
Successful Impact Academy Alumni include:
Words With Heart – Lauren Shuttleworth – www.wordswithheart.com
Water3 – Damien Stone www.water3.com
Wellthy – Lea Schodel- www.wellthyco.com
Envirosand – Jim McKnoulty- www.envirosand.com.au
Virtual Songlines – Brett Leavy – www.virtualsonglines.org
TradeMutt – Daniel Allen and Edward Ross – www.trademutt.com
The Good Beer Co – James Grugeon – www.thegoodbeerco.com.au
“At the core of our program is the focus on setting measurable impact objectives and the management of financial performance. It’s this key combination that enables us to introduce private and public capital to drive social change and benefit the world we live in” said Peter Ball, Founder Impact Academy and Managing Director of Greater Outcomes.
Impact Academy boasts some impressive recent outcomes with four of the ten enterprises from the previous program securing $1.2M in seed investment before even completing the program. These four organisations have since been able to launch their ventures in market to start creating the impact they set out to at the beginning of their Impact Academy journey.
‘We continue to be at the forefront of social enterprise and our investment readiness process ensures that our social entrepreneurs are in the best possible position to attract and secure investment’ said Peter Ball.
“Unleashing the powers of impact capital and social entrepreneurship, means we can tackle social issues at scale. There is still much work to be done but the Asia Pacific Impact Investment Summit held in Sydney late last year was another indicator that there is paradigm shift across the world and Australia is following suit. There are fundamental changes at play and the catalyst moving forward will be securing impact investing to fund the growth of these enterprises” said Peter Ball.
Showcase Enterprise Preview
Nick Kamols and Brad Clair – POWERWELLS
PowerWells (winners of Pitch @ Palace Australia 2019!) provides solar micro-systems to provide light and mobile charging to people without electricity by using old laptop batteries and old solar panels. powerwells.org
Sean Leahy – ARTAZEN
ArtaZen is a combination of Art Workshops, Mindfulness and Wellness Retreats, focusing on using various art forms to improve mental wellness which will be underpinned by a digital platform.
Helen Andrew – SPARE HARVEST
Spare Harvest reduces waste and consumption by helping you share what you have spare in your kitchen and garden with your community.
spareharvest.com
Nicola Bone – SOUND OFF FOR SCHOOLS
Sound Off for Schools is a Mindfulness Education Program focused on early intervention and change which is facilitated in schools and grounded in the emerging research and practices of Mind, Brain and Education Science.
soundoffforschools.com.au
Makala Ffrench Castelli – LIMONATA
Limonata is a social enterprise and lifestyle clothing and homewares brand that seeks to inspire confidence in and provide comfort for the growing number of women facing chronic illness.
limonata.com.au
Megan Stray – HEAL.ED TRIBE
Heal.ed Tribe is a social enterprise that aims to empower communities to create change in the area of teenage mental health. It aims to raise community understanding, support teens in need while helping them to understand their worth, and raise a voice for mental illness through a retreat program and national online platform.
facebook.com/Heal.ed.gc/
Robert Buehrig – COGNIOM
Cogniom was born when its founder was faced with the very real possibility of losing a loved one due to a breakdown in process surrounding the administering of medication in a hospital. Cogniom’s TANDM solution is allowing medical facilities to continue to be innovative while ultimately supporting nurses focus on one on one patient care. cogniom.com
Andrew Wight & Bill Wight – ADIEU
Adieu brings human experts & intelligent technology together to give separating couples everything they need to agree and legally finalise financial & parenting agreements with confidence. Their Lumi product provides an entry point to get those entering into the process aligned & their Adieu product completes the process with ease and low
cost. www.adieu.ai
Janani Ganapathi – OPENREAD
OpenRead is designed to improve children’s literacy through reading content which is open source, easily accessible and anyone can contribute. Stories can be read, shared, translated, re-leveled, re-illustrated, downloaded and printed without fear of copyright infringements.
www.facebook.com/OpenReadNonProfit
Ross Hadfield- WEKO HEALTH
WeKo was founded to deliver real- time personalised information to help individuals co-create their health outcomes with their health care team and participate in the prevention of ill-health. WeKo.com
Aaron Yew & Luke Marshall – OXAMII
Oxamii is a platform that connects buyers and sellers of locally owned
renewable energy around shared values, proximity, community support
and affinities. Think “eBay for energy.” They have their first generator in
place and are executing their first trial before a national commercialisation
strategy.
oxamii.com
Athol Hann – ATHOLTECH
AtholTech is a digital health technology company focused on improving the well-being of health care employees to improve patient health outcomes. The developing solution aims to provide the resources to improve the productivity and efficiency of the healthcare workforce.
atholtech.com.au
Impact Academy:
Our flagship project is the Impact Accelerator, a 20-week program focused on entrepreneurial learning and enterprise development. This program has been designed and continuously improved since 2014 to help social enterprises achieve sustainable and scalable impact. Go to www. impactacademy.net.au to find out more.
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Contact Information:
Kylie Ballinger | Marketing Manager | Impact Academy and Greater Outcomes |
M: 0434 184 479 | E: [email protected]
Peter Ball | Founder and Managing Director |Impact Academy and Greater Outcomes|
M: 0421 612 915 |E: [email protected]