MedTech's Got Talent Startup Bootcamp 2019 - Sydney

The MedTech’s Got Talent startup bootcamp is an introduction to commercialisation of new medical and health technologies for emerging entrepreneurs from research, clinical, higher education, professional and other backgrounds. In a fun and supportive half-day of workshops, presentations and discussions with industry experts, you’ll learn about key areas such as intellectual property, market positioning, capital raising and the art of pitching. Whether you’re at proof of concept stage with tested assumptions and early stage tech, looking to advance your innovation, or ideating for new innovations, this bootcamp will put the commercialisation roadmap at your fingertips for success. The bootcamp will also help to position you for success in the MedTech’s Got Talent competition - Australia’s largest medical and health technology entrepreneurship challenge - and our market-driven, industry-led Accelerator program for MedTech and HealthTech startups. Wrapping up at 12.30pm, the bootcamp will be followed by lunch and a chance to meet other emerging MedTech and HealthTech entrepreneurs and industry experts. -- Entrepreneur Couch Chat Dr Brad Walsh, CEO Minomic International Dr Brad Walsh is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Minomic International Ltd, a Sydney-based biotechnology company specialising in immuno-oncology. He founded Minomic to bring to market an innovative biomarker for prostate cancer. Dr Walsh has led Minomic’s scientific and business development, raising A$26 million and bringing the company to a point at which its first major product, MiCheck®, has progressed through a series of clinical trials in preparation for release to the US market in 2019. Dr Walsh has also developed a pipeline of potential new therapeutics and diagnostics for prostate, bladder, pancreatic and esophageal cancer. Dr Walsh’s career in biotechnology began with a PhD in protein chemistry. Over the following years he led research groups in government agencies, universities and hospitals and was a key part of the establishment of a major national research facility, APAF, before forming Minomic in 2007. He continues to be active in research collaborations and academic supervision and was a joint recipient of one of Australia’s most prestigious science awards, a Eureka Prize, for Interdisciplinary Research in 2015. More recently Dr Walsh won first prize against a field of international competitors at the 2018 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition for Overseas High-Level Talents in Hangzhou, China. He has co-authored 90 peer reviewed papers and book chapters and six patents. He is also a mentor for the IMNIS Program and is the deputy chairman of the NSW AusBiotech committee. Anna Wright, CEO Bindi Maps Anna Wright is the CEO and Founder of BindiMaps - a navigation app revolutionising the way we navigate indoors spaces. Launched in January 2017, BindiMaps is an award-winning smart cities technology startup, bringing accessibility to people and places currently out of bounds for people who are vision impaired. Anna developed the idea for BindiMaps after undergoing years of major surgery to save her own eye-sight - a daunting experience that led her to ask the question "how can we make the world more accessible for people with vision impairment?". Today, her startup has grown to a team of five full-time employees, opened the doors to their own office in Surry Hills, and closed a $1M seed financing round. Prior to launching BindiMaps, Anna had helped many other businesses move from startup through to IPO, as a consultant specialising in Business Development and Business Analysis. She holds a PhD and has built an academic career as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, researching and teaching in the areas of Innovation and Valuation. Less than two years since launching BindiMaps, Anna is now is a recognised leader in the startup ecosystem, lighting a path for non-technical founders to start and build tech companies that can change the world. It is her passion for impact that has seen Anna nominated for 2019 Australian of the Year, in recognition of her leadership and commitment to creating a more inclusive world through BindiMaps. Anna has also been listed as one of the top 10 Australian Entrepreneurs to watch in 2019.  Hugo Rourke, CEO Perx Hugo is one of the founders of Perx Health. After seeing a lack of motivation affect his own family members in day-to-day health management, Hugo founded Perx to apply best-of-breed tactics from other consumer industries to reach out to patients and engage them to form good habits. In just a couple of years, Perx has grown from an idea to a commercialised digital health intervention with programs live across public health, insurance and pharmaceutical sectors. At Perx he works with enterprise customers to understand their pain-points and adapt the Perx motivation platform to their needs. Prior to founding Perx, Hugo was an Associate at McKinsey & Company, where he provided business strategy advice to enterprise clients, focusing on consumer tactics including promotions, loyalty, and gaming to drive engagement and business outcomes. Fundraising Panelists Rebecca Watts, Venture Analyst Right Click Capital Rebecca is on the investment team at Right Click Capital, a venture capital firm backing courageous founders looking to change the world. Right Click Capital is one of the most active venture capital firms in Australia, investing in high-growth, technology-based businesses. Rebecca has a background in management consulting and humanitarian engineering and is passionate about women in STEM. Steven Maarbani, CEO VentureCrowd  Steven is corporate lawyer and former PwC partner specialising in Venture Capital & Private Equity.  He was involved in the establishment of many of Australia's leading venture capital funds (including corporate venture capital funds) as well as Australia's first equity crowdfunding platform, VentureCrowd.  Steven is also a Partner and member of the Innovation Advisory Council of the Real Tech Ventures Fund, and sits on the Advisory Board of a number of high-growth companies.    Steven is regularly called upon to provide specialist assistance in relation to capital raising, fund establishment and operation, the Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership program, crowdfunding and the funding and commercialisation of technology companies. Natasha Rawlings, Investment Manager Uniseed Natasha Rawlings joined Uniseed as an Investment Manager in Sydney.  Natasha is a tech entrepreneur who has led, founded and mentored early and mid-stage tech start-ups, with a particular focus on creating revenue through sales and marketing. Prior to this, Natasha had a successful career as a marketer holding top management positions in Australian and UK companies. Natasha brings her strong commercial acumen to the Uniseed team, where she has rich experience in new product development and building revenues through new routes to market. Natasha’s previous roles include CEO and Founder of StreetHawk, a mobile relationship management platform, and CEO of Heads Over Heels – an organisation that helps women entrepreneurs with scalable businesses grow. Natasha’s corporate experience includes Marketing Director of International Masters Publishers (publishing) and Guthy-Renker (cosmetics and fitness), and as a Senior Manager in corporate innovation and new revenue streams at News Corporation in the UK. Natasha holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. This bootcamp is delivered by the MedTech Actuator and kindly hosted by Ernst & Young. It would not be possible without generous support from our Foundation Partners: STC, LaunchVic, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Victorian Government - Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Artesian, Cook Medical, Medtronic, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Burnet Institute, Baker Institute, Swinburne University, Macquarie University, University of Melbourne, La Trobe University, St Vincent's Hospital, Western Health, Epworth Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Northern Health, Centre for Eye Research Australia and Ballarat Health.