Kali Norman

Kali Norman is the kind of person who somehow runs growth at Innovation Bay, programs an entire tech festival (West Tech Fest), hosts a podcast about investment theses, invests in startups through two VC funds, and still found time to become a certified yoga teacher in Bali. Based out of Western Australia's Margaret River region, she spent 2+ years at Atlassian building out their Foundation programs across APAC before jumping back into the startup ecosystem full-time. Her background is genuinely all over the place in the best way — from recruiting, sales, community building, corporate philanthropy, and events to government, enterprise, and scrappy early-stage startups. She's an LP in Co Ventures and AfterWork Ventures, hosts the Investment Thesis Podcast where she picks apart how investors actually think, and co-runs After Dark, a series of unofficial afterparties at major Australian tech conferences with Garry Williams. Curtin University grad, board volunteer, meditation student, and apparently someone who thrives on running between airport gates.