Mentors in Melbourne

Rachael Neumann

Founding Partner

Flying Fox Ventures

Rachael Neumann is a co-founder and partner of Flying Fox Ventures, an early-stage investment firm supporting Australian and New Zealand founders with global ambition. Flying Fox has over 50 companies in its portfolio and has enabled hundreds of folks to start or turbocharge their investment journeys. Rachael plays across many parts of the startup ecosystem, as a Partner at Startmate, and previously as Head of Startups in Australia & New Zealand for Amazon Web Services, in her two Federal Government appointments distributing commercialization and scale funding to early-stage Australian companies, and prior to that, Managing Director of Eventbrite ANZ. Rachael is passionate about helping companies scale and increase their impact through differentiated customer experiences and new product development.

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Content Marketer at Mentor Walks, Tess’s professional life is shaped by a desire to drive gender equality and build an inclusive society. Her passion and experience saw her lead the social media arm of the Teach Us Consent campaign, pulling mandatory consent education for Australian students over the line in March 2022.

She is currently completing her Bachelor of Communications (Social and Political Science) at UTS and is most energised and inspired when surrounded with powerhouse women.