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About Georgie Turner
Georgie Turner is a partner at Tidal Ventures, an Australian seed-stage venture firm. She joined Tidal as a principal in 2019 and was promoted to partner in August 2022, while the firm was raising its third seed fund. She works with founders on go-to-market strategy and on preparing for their next round.
Before venture capital she worked in investment banking at Lazard, in enterprise sales at Rackspace and at Bailador Technology Investments.
On First Cheque, she discussed early-stage and cross-border investing and how to align incentives between founders and investors. She also appeared in Day One's History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem series.
- Talks about
- Startup Lessons, Fundraising, Venture Capital
In conversation.
3 episodes
Start hereNavigating Venture Capital: Aligning Incentives and Realistic Outcomes with Georgie TurnerHer most recent and longest conversation, as a partner, on cross-border strategy and aligning incentives in early-stage investing.
First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter 
Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 3
With Michael Batko, Wayne Gerard, Petr Adámek, Peter Devine, Rohit Bhargava, Terry Hilsberg, Peter Bradd, Zrinka Tokic, Rachael Neumann, Zoe Piper, Susan Oliver, Silvia Pfeiffer, Murray Hurps, Rachel Yang, Yolanda Redrup, Peta Ellis, Sarah Pearson, Niki Scevak, Colin Kinner, Mark Pesce, Colette Grgic, Ian Gardiner, Lauren Capelin, Matt Barrie, Melissa Widner, Cameron Adams, Baden U'Ren, Evan Thornley, Alan Noble, Kate Jones, Kate Cornick, James Alexander, Dharmica Mistry, Emily Rich, Lars Rasmussen
The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series Georgie Turner discusses the next steps for Australia’s ecosystem
Recorded as Principal, Tidal Ventures
Go straight to the good bits.
Key moments from Georgie Turner discusses the next steps for Australia’s ecosystem.
- 0:29Meet Georgie Turner
- 0:31Overview of Tidal Ventures
- 0:53The Gap in the Seed Ecosystem
- 1:18Involvement in Startups Since 2012
- 2:09The Startup Landscape in 2012-2013
- 3:27Changes in the Startup Ecosystem
- 5:27Challenges as a VC
- 8:29How Georgie Started in VC
- 10:05Current Gaps in the Ecosystem
- 11:47What Australia Does Well
In their own words.
“It's really the things that you choose not to do that will make or break the success of your product.”
The path so far.
- Now
Partner · Tidal Ventures
- Earlier
Enterprise sales / go-to-market · Rackspace
- Earlier
Investment banking · Lazard
Sources: tidalvc.com
Tidal Ventures on Day One
Tidal Ventures is a Sydney-based venture capital firm that writes the first institutional cheque for B2B and B2B2C companies at pre-seed and seed, mostly in Australia…
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Across the network.
In the room with
Cheryl MackHost, First Cheque 
Maxine MinterHost, First Cheque 
Adam SpencerHost, Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem 
Michael BatkoCo-founder & CEO, Hourglass AI 
Wayne GerardFounder & CEO, Partner Ventures 
Petr AdámekCEO, Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN) 
Peter DevineFormer CEO, Uniseed 
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