Tractor Ventures 🚜

Non-Dilutive Strategic Funding for Australian & New Zealand based Tech Companies.

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Thanks for the writeup @simoncrerar 👋
Tractor leadership transition story today in @SmartCompany 🚜
https://t.co/8qH0Fs7dVa

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🚜ANNOUNCEMENT: @JodieImam assumes role of CEO, @mattallen 'Head of Capital & New Markets' role.
TL;DR -Jodie keeps running the show, Matt going nowhere + does his best work!
@knowledgebird continues as COO, Francine Hackett CFO, @mattevansnz + @gwilliamsgrpgrp new Snr Leaders 👋

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We had an absolute ball running our "Elasticity" event last week at @Linktree_ HQ, feat. interviews with @rowansimpson & @jaddan 🚜
Smiles all round - thanks to partners, investors, ambassadors and a bunch of founders we've funded for heading along for a fantastic evening 👋

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Thanks to @blackbirdvc Co-Founder & Partner @nikiscevak for the kind 🚜 words:

"We're happy to see more AU/NZ startups have more funding options at their disposal to continue to impact on a global level, & showcase the strength of the companies we're surrounded with locally."

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Every Wednesday, we send out our newsletter, 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖.
8000+ people receive it each week.
Non-stop storytelling, about the ways financial decision-makers use our funding to grow and scale their company.
And...puns, thrown in for good measure. 🚜
https://t.co/aFPO0B99Nj

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"More than $1 billion for tech companies of all shapes and sizes is our plan"
- Tractor Ventures co-founder @JodieImam

Read all about it in @SmartCompany as Jodie dives into an explainer of the past, present, and future 🚜 🚀

https://t.co/ExaNjmqu2H

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Which company are we funding and gifting a Lego tractor to at the @blackbirdvc Sunrise Conference, today?

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Blue Mountains, NSW.
Location of the Tractor team offsite '24.
TL;DR ?
🚜 keeps doing our thing, but MORE 📈 🏅

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We do Calculators now ➕ ➖ ✖ ➗
We've just launched a bunch of Tractor Calculators on our site, so more financial decision makers can have more tools at their disposal to make more informed decisions about their short and long term growth
Get Calculatin'
https://t.co/GxZvLNWvdn

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In @SmartCompany today: our Co-Founder and Co-CEO @JodieImam on Tractors work bridging the gender funding gap via our alt-capital funding model, and joining the Equity Clear initiative to illustrate our commitment to more gender diverse funding statistics
https://t.co/8tYeh8o8pU

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If you're Adelaide-based, or not Adelaide-based, but attending @_southstart on 5-7 March, good news! (if you're wanting to say hello to 🚜 team IRL)

@JodieImam & @gwilliamsALTS are there, looking fwd to meeting many a founder and investor 👋

https://t.co/44CP77HriN

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Marketing are away studying Super Bowl ads today and Snr Leadership are in a strategy offsite, so Ops have stepped in to do the social media:

Funding tech companies now. $100k-$1million.
Apply: https://t.co/lGhlA1jNCh

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Not that we're calling it FOMO February or anything but...
2024 is 10% complete.
And we'll let you know how much non-dilutive funding you can access from us by the time it hits 11%.
Apply Now, and let's financially nerd out about Elastic capital, together.
https://t.co/rj3O2V1Qw8

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The 2023 State of Australian Startup Funding Report is live as of now, c/o Cut Through Venture & Folklore Ventures. 👀

Download the free resource now, and spot 🚜 while you’re at it 🧑‍💻

https://t.co/TC6CGgL56A

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Hundreds of Thousands of $$ flying out the door in Jan already.
Many Million$ more to go in Jan alone.
A down-time in accessing funding, it is not.
Or at least for us it isn't.
Optionality Is A Right. Fund A Future You Control.

https://t.co/rj3O2V1Qw8

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Co-Founder of @CakeEquity Jason Atkins took time out from the Gold Coast surf to dive in deep with our Co-Founders Jodie Imam and Matt Allen on an alt -capital discussion as part of the Startup Equity Matters podcast.
Optionality -> Possibilities
🍰 🚜
https://t.co/OLOUBEdtUd

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Our own @JodieImam appearing on the Changing Landscape of Australian VC at @WestTechFest in Perth today.

Jodie spoke alongside @bensonsaulo (@FirstAusCapital) @jamesdcameron (@airtreevc ) @silkkadala (@blackbirdvc ) @BradyFlockart (@startmate ) & Liddy McCall (Yuuwa Capital ) 🚜

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Love those SaaS companies. 📈
Just launched: our newest article 'Software-as-a-Service: Fuelling the SaaS Revolution.'
Have a read about some of the best in the biz.
@float @ShotstackAPI @teamgage @SignOnSite @socialstatusio @Snugcom @CultureAmp
https://t.co/COi99lBjEh

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FAST
adjective.
moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid:
fast pain reliever;
fast 🚜

Our Co-Founder & Co-CEO @JodieImam is at Aus @FinancialReview Fast100 Awards - We’re fastest growing Fintech / 11th Fastest Growing Startup 🎉🚀

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🚜 Tractor Ventures: Fastest Growing Fintech & 11th Fastest Growing Startup in The Australian @FinancialReview Fast100 list today.

We’ve only gotten started. Twenty-Twenty-Phwoar is wheely close.
Pictured: @JodieImam @gwilliamsALTS Nick Rumpff
cc @mattallen @knowledgebird