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Aurora is a community for venture capital general partners across ANZ. Aurora exists to shape and enable the future of the industry via more collaboration, deeper connections, and collective learning.

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Uniting VCs across Australia and New Zealand

Bringing together the Australian and New Zealand venture community as it grows

Building on our experience hosting our annual venture capital unconference Venture Downunder, and utilising our key strengths of community building and event curation, we created Aurora to unite VCs across Australia and New Zealand.

We don't focus on deal flow, we focus on building relationships.

What we offer

Rich conversations and community

We provide an intimate and relaxed environment for leaders from VC firms to have thoughtful conversations, and dynamic peer-driven discussions.

Exclusive retreats

A 1-day, 1-night special off-site gathering hosted in a regional location, providing an opportunity for the community to come together, unwind, and network.

Venture Downunder

A 3-day, 3-night "unconference" style retreat, featuring local startups and experts, unexpected activities, engaging talks, and peer-led breakout sessions.

Virtual roundtables

Hour-long quarterly virtual catchups with the community featuring an expert guest speaker, followed by breakout sessions.

Venture Downunder Adelaide 2021

Great people and lots of opportunities for those conversations we don't get to have at any other events.

Rick Baker

Blackbird

We're passionate about bringing our VC community together to collaborate, network, and share valuable insights. If you're a general or managing partner at an established VC firm or up-and-coming fund, we would love to have you join the ride.

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We're here to grow ANZ's venture ecosystem

Uniting VCs across Australia and New Zealand