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Join our new M8 angel syndicate

No obligation to invest, no fee to join, just great opportunities in product-led tech startups

Apr 17

Join our new M8 angel syndicate

Apr 17

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Announcing Hola Health’s AUD4.5M Pre-Series A, led by M8 Ventures

Today marks the announcement of our first venture-scale investment, leading a new round of investment for Perth-based on-demand telehealth…

Mar 19

Mar 19

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You need one of four things to make your startup a candidate for VC investment

Yes, there’s just four. No, they’re not easy to achieve but here they are.

Nov 25, 2019

You need one of four things to make your startup a candidate for VC investment

Nov 25, 2019

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What’s a SAFE, what’s a convertible note, and are they really better than just selling shares to…

Aussie startup founders often ask: should I raise with a convertible note, SAFE or priced equity round? Here’s the answers.

Feb 26, 2020

What’s a SAFE, what’s a convertible note, and are they really better than just selling shares to…

Feb 26, 2020

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Is the M8 Syndicate a good match for your startup?

Our main focus at M8 right now is growing our new angel syndicate on the Aussie Angels platform.

Aug 14

Is the M8 Syndicate a good match for your startup?

Aug 14

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Why the Gaddie Pitch might be the most important style of startup pitch

It’s so simple that once you’ve refined it, you’ll never stumble or stutter when you deliver it.

Jul 9

Why the Gaddie Pitch might be the most important style of startup pitch

Jul 9

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Turns out, I’m good at the wisdom business

Not gonna lie, nobody’s more surprised than me about that.

Jul 8

Turns out, I’m good at the wisdom business

Jul 8

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Everybody learns to pitch at Pitch Club

(That’s the first rule of Pitch Club. The other rule is: everybody talks about Pitch Club).

Jun 18

A female startup founder standing close to a pull-down projector screen, holding a microphone and practicing her pitch in front of 5–6 other startup founders sitting at small low club tables in a warm, softly orange glowing underground bar setting.

Jun 18

Alan Jones

Learning to just be with my kid

When my kid was sick in hospital, it taught me to just try to share his experience and help him feel less alone.

Jun 11

Jun 11

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The Art of Startup Financial Modelling: fiction meets finance

Q: A potential seed investor has asked us for a financial forecast for the next three years. I don’t currently have a financial forecast…

Jun 3

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Jun 3

Alan Jones

Alan Jones

I’m a coach for founders, partner at M8 Ventures, angel investor. Earlier: founder, early Yahoo product manager, tech reporter. Latest: disrupt.radio

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