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Scale is a female focused angel investor network. At Scale we empower Australian investors to connect, invest and succeed. We provide investment and support to diverse founders in early stage businesses.
Since 2013 Scale Investors have been activating early stage female led organisations and building a supportive and sustainable network that invests in female founders today to create the female investors of tomorrow.
The Scale Angel network is an exceptional cohort of accomplished people who believe that investing in and supporting talented diverse teams will create the iconic businesses of tomorrow.
Of the total venture capital funding available only 2% is deployed to women, yet female owned companies generate more revenues with less investment. Women are two times more likely to take social impact of a deal seriously however are not taken seriously despite having 50% of the good ideas.
The evidence is clear, McKinsey and Company’s 2015 “Why Diversity Matters” research found the top quartile of gender diverse public companies are 15% more likely to outperform industry medians. It starts with us; the Scale Investor network has a powerful role to play to activate early stage female led organisations.
We welcome all investors who share our vision of maximizing returns by supporting early stage businesses that value gender diverse leadership.
Since 2013 Scale Investors have been activating early stage female led organisations and building a supportive and sustainable network that invests in female founders today to create the female investors of tomorrow.
The Scale Angel network is an exceptional cohort of accomplished people who believe that investing in and supporting talented diverse teams will create the iconic businesses of tomorrow.
Of the total venture capital funding available only 2% is deployed to women, yet female owned companies generate more revenues with less investment. Women are two times more likely to take social impact of a deal seriously however are not taken seriously despite having 50% of the good ideas.
The evidence is clear, McKinsey and Company’s 2015 “Why Diversity Matters” research found the top quartile of gender diverse public companies are 15% more likely to outperform industry medians. It starts with us; the Scale Investor network has a powerful role to play to activate early stage female led organisations.
We welcome all investors who share our vision of maximizing returns by supporting early stage businesses that value gender diverse leadership.
Overview
Location
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2013
Mentions in press and media 19
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| May 21, 2021 | Weekly Wrap #49: Purposeful exits & pesky perils of being public | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Please keep the great feedback coming. If you love the Weekly Wrap, share away. Share Seen any interesting... |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Weekly Wrap #39: Yay for Vend, Raising Stereotypes and Cloud doing BVP Proud | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Please keep the great feedback coming. If you love the Weekly Wrap, share away. Share Seen any interesting... |
| Aug 13, 2019 | Female-led Handdii raises $1.5m led by Scale Investors | Australian tech platform Handdii, which connects insurance companies to property repair contractors, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding, reports Jane Connolly. The round was led by angel network, Scale Investors, which focuses on high ... |
| Mar 7, 2017 | How female founders fare on Shark Tank Australia | International Women’s Day (#IWD) is here again and there will be much discussion on gender pay gap, the lack of women in leadership, and the continued unconscious bias against women in many areas of the work landscape. What of the gender ex... |
| Feb 10, 2016 | Female-focused investment group Scale Investors raising $25 million fund for women-led businesses | Female-focused investment network Scale Investors is looking to raise $25 million for its first closed-end fund, through which it will look to provide investment in up to 20 early stage women-led businesses. The fund is seeking non-controll... |
| Jan 27, 2016 | The entrepreneurial journey is a long and personal one | I saw the movie The Intern with Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro in the cinema when it came out late in 2015. It brought tears to my eyes… Then my mother, returning on a Qantas flight, watched the same movie a few weeks ago and she called m... |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Innovation statement: Great ideas can only ‘boom’ with both genders | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called for an ‘ideas boom’ while announcing his $1.1 billion innovation package on Monday. But the ideas that emerge can only be so good if just one segment of the population is given access to bringing them ... |
| Sep 9, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 9, 2015 | Didi Kuaidi scored $1B; Chef bagged $40M; Primus Power raised $25M The battle for supremacy among e-hailing services in China is heating up, and fast. In the same week that Uber revealed that it has raised an additional $1.2 billion to expa... |
| Jul 23, 2015 | Angel investor Renata Cooper’s Forming Circles Global fund on the lookout for female-led startups | Angel investor Renata Cooper has launched a new investment fund focusing on investing in and mentoring female-led tech startups. Forming Circles Global will have a pool of $500,000 to be invested over three years into local or global female... |
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FAQ about Scale Investors Ltd
When was Scale Investors Ltd founded?
Scale Investors Ltd was founded in 2013.
What has the press written about Scale Investors Ltd?
Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning Scale Investors Ltd, among them “Weekly Wrap #49: Purposeful exits & pesky perils of being public” (May 21, 2021) and “Weekly Wrap #39: Yay for Vend, Raising Stereotypes and Cloud doing BVP Proud” (Mar 12, 2021).
Is Scale Investors Ltd still active?
Yes, Scale Investors Ltd is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 6, 2024.