2024 SXSW Sydney Pitch Judges & MCs

Judges

Climate Tech and Sustainability

Georgie Skipper, https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgie-skipper-45a39a4a/  

James Tynan, Square Peg, https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-tynan-ba54b93/  

Megan Fisher, EnergyLab, https://www.linkedin.com/in/megansfisher/

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Health, Biotech and Medtech

Adele Moynihan, BUPA , https://www.linkedin.com/in/adele-moynihan/  

Emily Casey, TenMile, https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-s-casey/  

Marisa Warren, Aliavia, https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisawarren/

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Future of Work and Education

Kylie Frazer, Flying Fox Ventures, https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylie-frazer-6331407a/  

Sid Kasbekar, Airtree, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidkasbekar/  

Stephen Rutter, The Scale Institute, https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenrutter/

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Entertainment, Media and Games

Elli Hanson, Side Stage Ventures, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellihanson/  

Emily Rich , M8 Ventures, https://www.linkedin.com/in/richemilylauren/  

Josh Simons, Vinyl Group, https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonsjosh/

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Innovation in Retail and Commerce

Lisa Fedorenko, Alberts Impact Ventures, https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-fedorenko/  

Martin Karifilis, Fishburners, https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinkarafilis/  

Toby Norton Smith, CBA x15, https://www.linkedin.com/in/toby-norton-smith-b445344/

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Hardware, Manufacturing and Physical Solutions

Charlie Ill, Investible, https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlieill/  

Danielle Haj-Moussa, Main Sequence Ventures, https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-moussa/  

Kate Ertmann, Kate Loves Math, https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-ertmann/  

Trent Bagnall, The Melt, https://au.linkedin.com/in/trentbagnall

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Enterprise, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Adam LePeilbet, Dell Technologies, https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-lepeilbet-460b822b/  

Annie Liao, BuildClub, https://www.linkedin.com/in/annieliaoo/  

Isaiah Steinfield, AWS Startups Global, https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaiahsteinfeld/

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Category Rounds MCs

Simon Thomsen, , https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-thomsen-journalist/  

Dr Megan Sebben, , https://www.linkedin.com/in/megansebben/

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Grand Final

Abheek Anand, Peak XV, https://www.linkedin.com/in/abheek/  

Melanie Silva, Google, https://www.linkedin.com/in/melspiteri/  

Dr Michelle Deaker, OneVentures, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-michelle-deaker/  

Steve Maarbani, VentureCrowd, https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenmaarbani/  

Grand Final MCs

Holly Ransom, https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyransom/  

Dan Ilic, https://www.linkedin.com/in/danilic/

AJ Koch, https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderjkoch/

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A big thank you to our pitch coaching team from 25eight for their support of all our finalists. 

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