RumpusOz Accelerator 2015

Sydney Healthtech Meetup

• East coast – Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane• Virtual, weekly engagement with team and

mentors• 100% participation in filming and product

development


25 years television industry experienceProduced and/or directed many hours of broadcast television from TV commercials to factual television series

Television Projects• People of the Vines, Series 1 aired, Series 2 in

production, Channel 10• Stafford Brothers , FOX8, 2011• David Puttnam, ABC Sunday Arts • Scene by Scene 2010 , ABC Sunday Arts

documentary • Stafford Brothers , FOX8 2010• Inside Queensland, Producer/Director, 2008• Demolition Deadline, Channel Nine, 2007• Ruff, Tuff & Real , Channel Nine, 2006• Killer Instinct, Discovery UK, OLN USA, RTL2

Germany, 2001 to 2005

Glenn WilkinsonDocumentarian, Television Production


Multi-award winning ZONE4 Digital Media founder.Thom delivered hundreds of interactive projects that have pushed the technical boundaries and production models into new and innovative territories. Thom has developed projects for ABC (US), ITV, BBC, Yahoo7 and the ABC in Australia.

Professional Highlights• Executive Producer, Design and Technical Director

on • Emmy® nominated Find815 (Lost)• BAFTA winning Spooks Interactive• BAFTA nominated, Emmy® nominated and ATOM

nominated Emmerdale Online Channel • AIMIA nominated Fat Cow Motel. In 2008 Thom won

an individual BAFTA Craft award for Interactive Innovation (Content).

Thom SaundersDocumentarian, Digital Leader


20 years’ experience in marketing, business development, commercialization and fund raising for ICT/Digital corporates, startups and research centers in Israel and Australia.

• Current Director, Industry & Investment, NICTA• Former Director of ilab• Founder habitat• Founder wizzyboard• Founder www.jnrengineers.com• Board member for Springboard Australia• Member of the Qld Government’s Startup Working

Group • Former Chair of the Qld Arts Digital Taskforce• Number of degrees in Business, Socio-economics

and Technology Management from a variety of Australian Universities, the AICD and University of California, Berkley.

• High school dropout

Born ‘to build’ and make $$$ with meaning

Leigh AngusInvestment & New Venture Acceleration


Entrepreneur, angel investor, consultant, coach and public speaker. He is best known for launching Anthill Magazine, in 2003, from the spare bedroom of his parents’ home. He was then 26 years of age.

• Named Best Small Publisher in Australia by the ABA (now Publishers Australia).

• 2009, reinvented the Anthill business model, abandoning its print origins in favour of a 100% digital product.

• AnthillOnline.com was listed by Nielsen Online Ratings among the Top 50 Business & Finance websites in Australia.

• Launched numerous digital ventures and helped other companies, large and small

James will host RumpusOz 2015 and take the audience on the exciting journey that is all things ‘startup’.

James TuckermanProgram Host and Cool Online Dude


Peter Davison left his job in IT in Australia and made his way to Silicon Valley in the 90’s.

Co-founded a small Venture Capital firm with a friend. Met a guy called Peter Thiel and invested in his startup.

Five years later, they sold PayPal for $1.5 billion to eBay, and it has proven to be one of the most enduring companies of the dotcom boom, now estimated to be worth $47 billion.

Founded Fishburners, Australia’s largest co-working space.

Peter has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and has helped them to achieve personal freedom and empowerment.

Peter’s an Einstein nut and loves all things Philosophy of Science

Peter DavisonSenior Advisor of Global Awesomeness


Scott has over 30 years in the IT industry, and is a pioneer in the ANZ channel

• Co-founded and sold more than 5 companies nationally and internationally

• Current company has been in the Top 50 Great Places to Work in Australia 5 years running and is the ANZ/BRW Most Successful Business over 100M (2011).

• Has been awarded 7 consecutive BRW Fast 100 • Member of the Deloitte Fast 50 Australia in both 2009

and 2010 and concurrently awarded the leadership award and Deloitte Fast 200 APAC.

• 2008, incorporated iasset.com, the worlds 1st Channel Ecosystem SaaS engine

• Announced as a CRN Emerging Vendor in both 2013 and 2014

• Now managing over $USD7BN in installed hardware, software and cloud contracts at over 20,000 resellers/SPs and over 50 distributors globally

….phew…this guy knows how to make s*** happen!

Scott FrewSenior Advisor of all things Big Growth

Applications open

Active marketing

Full application and video received through online F6S platform

Shortlisting by Investment Mangement Committee and external judges

Shortlist invited to attend daylong workhop (up to 15 applicants per state)

Attendance at camp inc. pitching to judges

Publicity and Participation Deeds Signed

Teams scored, filmed and final decision on successful applicants

Places offered (up to 8-10 teams)

Budgets and project plans presented

Agreements signed Teams announced

Program and filming commences

Month 1: Weekly workshops, mentor meetings and cohort reporting

Vetting of teams to eliminate non-performance

Month 2: Shortlisting to final 6 teams to appear on show (total spend of $180K)

Incorporation or distributon of shares if alread incorporated

Program Continues - Product Development/Prototyping, Market

Development, Capital Raising, Business Growth

3 month reviews and final production

Program Continues - Product Development/Prototyping, Market

Development, Capital Raising, Business Growth

Go live on crowdfunding platformGo live youtube broadcasting


Key DatesApplications Close: 3 May

Bootcamp and Initial Filming:Brisbane, 17 MaySydney, 24 May

Melbourne, 31 May

Offers: 3 June

Commencement: 30 June

Elimination Round: End July

Product Dev and Show Production: May – Sept

Broadcasting: End Sept

Program Completion: End of Oct