Giant Warm INTRO will be back in 2026!
It’s a well-known fact that women and founders of underrepresented groups receive only a tiny proportion of venture capital funding in Australia. In comparison, 22% of start-ups in Australia are founded by women, and only 7% secure venture capital funding.
Connecting with active investors can be incredibly painful and slow.
The barriers to just getting a meeting can be super high. That’s why we created the Giant Warm Intro (GWI), Australia’s leading program connecting early-stage founders with the most active investors in the country.
Over the past few years, GWI has facilitated thousands of friendly founder-investor meetings, resulting in millions of dollars of investment for startups that might otherwise have never met their lead investors.
GWI attracts the most ambitious and driven founders in the country and is an inclusive event, consistently attracting participation from underrepresented groups of 80% or more. GWI creates deep connections, not just introductions, so if you’re looking for funding or just great advice, enquire now.
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In 2024, 87% of applicants identified as underrepresented founders, 38% as women, and 78.2% were at hyper-early stages. 92% would recommend GWI to others.
2000
Founder/investor meetings
38%
Women
87%
Underrepresented
Lowering the barrier, not the bar
Giant Warm Intro is a program that gives every pre-seed founder access to a warm introduction to Australia’s most prolific investors. We run A hybrid event every year.
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To amplify the underrepresented
While we encourage all AUSNZ technology founders to apply, we especially focus on welcoming women and other founders from underrepresented groups.
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