Investment Thesis with Kali Norman 
About Jodie Imam
Jodie Imam is co-founder and chief executive of Tractor Ventures, which provides growth capital, lines of credit, R&D advances and venture debt to technology businesses in Australia and New Zealand as an alternative to selling equity. She co-founded Tractor in 2020 with Matt Allen and Aprill Allen, initially as co-CEO.
Imam has built and sold a company herself. She started Occasional Butler, a marketplace for small jobs around the home and office, in 2011, and Airtasker acquired it in 2014. In 2012 she opened depot8, one of Melbourne's first shared office spaces, which closed in early 2020 when COVID-19 stopped office work. She also mentors founders.
On Investment Thesis with Kali Norman, she set out her own investment thesis as a founder, lender and angel investor.
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- Founder Journey, Fundraising, Venture Capital
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Investment Thesis with Kali Norman The path so far.
- Now
Co-Founder & CEO · Tractor Ventures
- 2011–2014 · Startup
Founder · Occasional Butler
- From 2012 · Startup
Founder · depot8
- Earlier · Scale-up
General Manager · Leona Edmiston
Sources: smartcompany.com.au
Tractor Ventures on Day One
Tractor Ventures is an Australian and New Zealand lender that provides non-dilutive growth capital, lines of credit, venture debt and R&D advances of $100,000 to $3…
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