Vibe Guide Ventures

Helping Startup Support Orgs with Community, Events & Experiences. Also known as VaaS (Vibes as a Service).

Founder & Vibe Guide

Drinking History Tours

Director

Cremorne Digital Hub

Community Projects (Contract)

The Startup Network

Events (Contract) 

Membership Manager

The Community Collective

The Community Collective exists to serve community builders in the Australian and New
Zealand startup space. Our mission is to support community builders to build stronger
communities and create a space where they belong.

As an Ambassador, my role involves organising impactful community initiatives to support
The CC members and community builders across the startup space.

Community Ambassador

ZILIO

Pre-Seed Investor in a Melbourne based fashion-tech startup, changing the way we shop for online retail

Investor

Pause Fest & Awards

Social Media

Birchal

Key Responsibilities 
- Managed CSF campaigns from the initial call to successful capital raises. 
- Ran digital marketing for CSF campaigns. 
- Used automation and digital tools to improve efficiency.  
- Project managed the raise to ensure deadlines are met.

Campaign Manager

Hatch Quarter

Key Responsibilities
- Organise the Hatch Quarter Community and Partnerships (Ecosystem).
- Support in Leading and executing Hatch Quarter industry events.
- Contributed to organising inbound & outbound delegations to and from MENA.

Ecosystem Lead

Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Key Responsibilities 
- Managed a portfolio of 3000+ members.
- Helped to 4x the member base during 2020.
- Helped to re-design the membership tiers & online portal.
- Trained the team as the manager’s 2IC.
- Engaged with prospects to justify a high ROI of memberships.

From Startups to Multinationals, I engaged with and assisted members with several aspects of their business while being the face of the Chamber's mission, to make Victoria the best place in Australia to do business, a Chamber tradition over 160 years strong.

Member Partner

Account Manager

Hi there 👋 thanks for visiting my LinkedIn Profile.  

A bit about me, I am a professional with experience in startup capital raising, a passion for community building, running accelerator programs with a collaborative and co-elevation mindset to bring people together and grow the startup ecosystem 🚀

My knack for public speaking combined with my account management skills, allow me to connect with anyone in the room and create long-lasting relationships. 

If you’ve made it this far, I would be delighted to connect with you.

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