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venture x UWA Alumni presents Amplify series - featuring Rory Garton-Smith
Thu, 11 Apr
|Forrest Hall (Riverside of UWA Campus)
Checkmate, hailed as the 4th most promising consumer start up in the world (2023) [The Information] in just 2 years has acquired 1m users and $20m investment from the likes of Google ventures. Hear how directly from Rory, CTO and co-founder of Checkmate and UWA Alumni!
Time & Location
11 Apr 2024, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Forrest Hall (Riverside of UWA Campus), 21 Hackett Dr, Crawley, WA
Guests
About the event
The first in our Amplify series of fireside chats with leading entrepreneurs from the UWA alumni. We're delighted to feature Rory Garton-Smith, co-founder and CTO of US based startup Checkmate. In just two years, Checkmate has garnered over 1 million users and raised an impressive $20 million USD from top US VCs, including Google Ventures, and angel investors including Paris Hilton and the Chainsmokers. Like every overnight success however, Rory's success with Checkmate is the product of an incredible journey, from his time at UWA to his success as Sony-signed music producer Elk Road and then a software developer at Apple. Join us for an insightful discussion where Rory shares his tips from his experience raising capital and scaling a high growth startup.
There are only 60 tickets available for this event! We know plans change, if they do please let us know so we can offer tickets to those on the waitlist.
Details:
- 5pm arrival for 5:30 start. Nibbles and drinks will be available.
- Forrest Hall is on Google Maps and you can find a link to a location map here: https://link.mazemap.com/pLTAcRme. Its on the UWA Crawley campus, riverside. Our team will be on the river side of the venue to help you find it.
- Networking will take place from 6:30 - 7:00