Investor Focus Ep 8: Chris Gillings of Cut Through Venture and Five V Capital

Our guest for this episode of Investor Focus is Chris Gillings, founder of Cut Through Venture and part of the Venture Capital investment team an Five V Capital.

Chris spent a decade in the US working in venture capital including on the corporate side for MasterCard. Moving back to Australia, Chris started Cut Through Venture to fill a data gap in the Australian ecosystem, not well covered by global platforms.

This episode discusses the most recent Cut Through Venture quarterly report, and also provides some great advice for founders seeking capital. Topics include:

• Trends in the data.
• Global comparisons including between the US and Australian investment communities.
• Investor sentiment and market dynamics.
• Venture Debt growing  as a viable option, especially during tough equity markets.
• Navigating the current market.
• Concerns with equity crowdfunding and 7 ideas for improvement. 
• The future of Cut Through Venture. 

We really enjoyed the discussion with Chris, and look forward to having him back on for the Q3 Cut Through Venture report update.

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