ScaleUP WA

WA’s premier growth program for achieving business breakthrough!

ABOUT SCALEUP WA

ScaleUP WA is Western Australia's premier growth program, purpose built for WA-based SMEs looking to unlock added value and achieve business breakthroughs. Every year, ScaleUP WA delivers its 12-week acceleration program, transforming high impact potential businesses into successful and sustainable market leaders.

ScaleUP WA is delivered by a passionate team of diverse industry leaders and field experts with proven track record in commercialisation, intellectual property, governance, product development, marketing, trade and logitics, and capital raising. Throughout the program, businesses gain access to experts, mentors and shared insights while building their capabilities, connections and capital to get scale, create more value and position their businesses to harvest returns and shareholder wealth.

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what we do

Capability

Strategic Positioning for Investment and Harvest
Scale Enablers
Intellectual Property
Growth Marketing
Export Market Entry
Trade and Logistics

Connections

Markets
Networks
Advisory
Targeting and Execution
Industry Events

Capital

Strategic Alignment
Capitalisation Strategies
Sources of Funding
Valuations
Pitch Decks and Pitching Gender Communication Dynamics

IMPACT

With over five decades of combined experience, working with entrepreneurial ventures and capital providers alike, we understand the unique challenges and barriers facing both sides of the coin and what it takes to bring both sides together. Similarly, we know sustainable and successful ventures are built on entrepreneurs and investors leveraging insights, expertise and networks.

We have worked with over 50 business across a variety of sectors and industries since 2019, from agri to food and beverage, wholesale and distribution, allied health, mental health, education, cyber security, virtual reality, mapping technology, and battery assembly and distribution.

years

Business, Business, competition, Competition, Marketing

50+

alumni

60+

partners

150m+

TURNOVER

ALUMNI

OUR TEAM

Greg Riebe - Partner, Program Lead & Mentor

Greg is an entrepreneur, commercialisation expert, advisor, speaker and mentor. He has +25 years helping startups and scaleups to stay up. He is Executive Director of Entrepreneurs in Residence Pty Ltd (eir) founded in 2000 and is WA’s first technology incubator backed by federal government. He is a co-founder of Perth Angels, awarded Angel Investor of the Year in 2020 as well as WA Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year.

Kent Matla - Partner, Facilitator & Mentor

Kent is a strategy and growth specialiast and global innovation practitioner. As an advisor and mentor, Kent brings deep insights into doing business in China having lived and worked across the Pan Asian region for many years. Kent is Chair of the Australian Institute of Innovation Management (AIMI) and a member of national Angel Investor group, Blak Angels.

OUR TEAM

Dr Andrew Whitehead - Partner & Mentor

Andrew wears many hats from General Manager to Non-Executive Director. Specialising in global corporate restructuring and capital raising, Andrew combines his knowledge of ASX-listed companies with strategic planning, operations, performance and leadership to build business breakthrough.

Danielle Riebe - Facilitator

Raised in a world of corporate venturing, Dani combines her background in arts and nonprofit management as a graduate of WAAPA with business and innovation. She passionately advocates for women in entrepreneurship and brings her expertise in the pitching process and environment, and the role of gender communication dynamics to the program.

OUR TEAM

Pia Turcinov AM - Mentor (2023)

Pia holds a number of positions that focus on innovation, technology and diversification. She is a Co-founder and Partner of FundWA, an Ambassador of WiTWA and WAAITA INCITE Awards, and a member of the prestigeous Order of Australia.

Dr Natasha Teakle - Mentor (2022 & 2024)

Tash is the Managing Director of Innovation Cluster and AgriStart. She is a former Commercialisation Facilitator of the Entrepreneurs’ Programme, delivered in partnership with i4 Connect. Tash is an experienced researcher, facilitator and innovation specialist with a passion for sustainable primary industries and new technology.

Nicholas Jerrat - Mentor (2024)

Nick is the Managing Director of IdeaBank Ventures and Publish My Web (pmw) both dedicated to helping build and grow emerging technology business ventures. Nick holds a Masters of Computer Engineering and is a former lecturer at Curtin University.

Tracey Whyte - Mentor (2023)

Tracey is an accomplished economic and business development strategist with expertise in government relations. She is a Co-founder and Partner of Whyte & Whyte Consulting, as well as a native and true advocate of the south west region of WA and the opportunities it brings.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

ScaleUP WA is all about growth!

In 2024, ScaleUP WA will be delivered in two streams under the one core 12-week program. Eligible businesses will be in either Food and Beverage or non-sector biased but very much growth-oriented. These businesses will be addressing global problems with innovative solutions, targeting key areas such as sustainability and circular economy. As well a focus on Indigenous, Regional and/or Women-led businesses.

This year, ScaleUP WA will commence in mid June with an orientation and special public event before breaking for two weeks over the end of financial year and school holiday period, returning in July and running through to mid September.

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Deliverables

Participants are expected to be able to commit to most of the weekly sessions to be delivered on weekly basis, Tuesdays between 10am and 2pm. Some weeks will be non-contact sessions, set aside for working on program deliverables and meeting with mentors. Throughout the 12-weeks, participants will learn about scaling enablers and inhibitors such as people and technologies, R&D, IP, strategic planning and positioning, fundraising types, exporting, and trade agreements. Participating businesses will gain a comprehensive understanding of the capital finance spectrum, how to measure enterprse value, as well as build and execute a market entry strategy and more.

ScaleUP WA comprises both public and private sessions.

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FEES

Scholarships are available to eligible businesses, covering full or partial payment of the total costs of the program. Scholarships providing co-contributions cover up to 60% of the total program fees and are per participating business. Total delivery of the program includes all materials, resources, catered in-person sessions, mentoring, ongoing access to facilitators, industry events with keynotes and networking opportunities, as well as diverse panel discussions with Q&A.

Applications are open and close on Friday, 10 May 2024.

Submit your Expressions of Interest today by clicking on the button below!

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FAQ

I want to raise some capital, but I don’t have a compelling enough business case to secure the funds.

ScaleUP WA helps you to understand the appetite of different funding providers across the capital and finance spectrum to help a craft investible growth strategy that meets their interest.

I don’t have a clear view on how I am going to harvest/cash-in on all the effort I have put in creating value in the business.

ScaleUP WA helps you build a picture of what the business needs to look like that would be ready to cash-in if desired.

I don’t know how to structure the business to scale up faster that my current growth rate.

ScaleUP WA discusses and helps choose scalable business models, enabling technologies and options to transition from the current model.

How can I work on doing more while still trying to maintain business as usual?

ScaleUP WA explains approaches to quickly identify areas of opportunity and techniques to model, validate and test new modes of delivery for products and services.

FAQ

How do I choose what technology to differentiate my business and help me compete and grow faster?

ScaleUP WA discusses emerging technologies that work with and enable business models to scale.

How do I get my people involved to help identify new and better ways to run and grow the business?

ScaleUP WA discusses what it means to have an agile culture and approaches to build a transformative culture.

It’s great hearing these new approaches, but what do I after?

We provide access to Mentors as part of the program to help outside the program workshops and contact days.

Get in touch for more information and to speak to one of our friendly team members to see how we can best support you in growth journey!