Giving the future a seat at the table
Ella Simons joined her first School Strike 4 Climate rally in primary school. Before finishing high school, she’d represented Australia at the pre-COP conference in Milan. Now, at 19, she’s taking the youth voice into the boardroom as co-CEO of Damon Gameau’s youth-led global movement, Future Council.
Reflections on the last decade of early stage impact investing
The Australian VC sector has come a long way from its capital constrained days, and it's forcing investors to reshape how they do business.
There can be no health (and no wealth) without environmental sustainability
That’s why at Alberts we believe, somewhat sadly, that the best way to achieve a sustainable planetary future is through the same mechanism that has imperilled it, business. Specifically, pioneering entrepreneurs unburdened by a legacy business to defend, working to delink progress and environmental impact.
Festive wishes from the Alberts team
As the year draws to a close we are grateful for all the wonderful people we’ve had the opportunity to work with and connect to over the last 12 months. There is much inspiration and hope to be found in looking to young ventures, non-profits and other pioneers to see the innovative solutions they’ve devised to address the problems we face.
Founder checklist
In the interest of helping founders better understand what we’re looking for we want to be as transparent as possible about our process and investment criteria. We seek to give founders open feedback at each point, and also wanted to share some of the questions we ask internally when evaluating your business.
The Alberts Process
Getting venture funding can be a daunting and opaque process. To help create some transparency and context, we thought we’d share our selection steps to help you understand what to expect. Screening – Once you reach out, we’ll ask
Sam Mostyn addresses the National Press Club of Australia
Sam speaks on the topic of 'Creating a vibrant post-pandemic Australia'
Grab your favourite T-shirt for #AusmusicTShirtDay
Do you love Australian music? Do you care about the people who create it? Then join us and be a part of #AusmusicTShirtDay on Friday 19 November!
MGA thermal wins AFR’s commercialisation prize
Erich and Alex are going from strength to strength with their thermal energy storage solution.
