Gemma Clancy
Co-Founder & Head of Marketing at Stella Startups · Former at Overnight Success
About Gemma Clancy
Gemma Clancy is co-founder and head of marketing at Stella Startups, which gives founders access to affordable marketing guidance. She has almost a decade of marketing experience, including four years at advertising agencies working with clients such as Coles, AustralianSuper and the Australian Red Cross, as well as work for non-profits, government and small businesses, and as a startup marketing lead.
She co-founded Overnight Success, a startup and venture capital newsletter with more than 4,500 subscribers. With Will Richards she co-hosted The Startup Retro on Day One, a weekly wrap of Australian startup and venture news covering raises, acquisitions and new funds.
- Talks about
- Startup Lessons, Fundraising, Venture Capital, AI, Crypto & Web3
Behind the microphone.
Start hereCoinbase hire, Canva rival, raises: Fundable, Preve, CuttableA typical Startup Retro news wrap in which she carries the analysis (the episode's pull quote is hers), covering Microsoft's Canva rival and three local raises.
In their own words.
“Founder market fit is like catnip to investors.”
“I want money to accelerate faster and grow, but I don't necessarily need the money, which is not a bad way to think in the current market.”
The path so far.
- Now
Co-Founder & Head of Marketing · Stella Startups
- Earlier · Startup
Co-founder · Overnight Success
Sources: stellastartups.com
Stella Startups on Day One
Stella Startups provides marketing strategy and execution for seed-stage startups across Australia and New Zealand, covering positioning, go-to-market, content and lead…
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