Contributors
Regional Victoria is home to many successful entrepreneurs, expert professionals and experienced mentors. Together we are we are building a stronger ecosystem by supporting startups and scaleups.
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We acknowledge those that generously give their time to support startups in the central Victoria region.
Expert Presenters
Kerry Anderson – KA Rural Enterprises
Blair Smith – Greywoods
Stef Cola – Ligantic
Craig Hunter – Grant Guru
Phillip Souter – Digital Resilience
Marc Smith – Dimarx
Regan Smith – AFS Chartered Accountants
Lachlan Edwards – OFRM Lawyers
Sarah Gee – Curium Legal
Peter Gretton – IP Lawyer
Barry Robinson – Activist
David Cordwell – Double Jump Digital
Kira Hyde – The KH Studio
Caleb Maxwell – Hebron Films
Hayley Rose – We Are Archer
Christelle Daniel – Exportia
Bec Dillon-Hensby – Making Cents of Money
Mentors
2026
Barry Robinson
Ben Landsberg
Clare Fountain
Elaine Saunders
Glen Careedy
Jarrod Robinson
Kerry Anderson
Lexi Randall-L’Estrange
Mark Cola
Michael Lappen
Stef Cola
PAST MENTORS
Alicia Gardiner
Andrew Brown
Ann Durie
Blair Smith
Clare Fountain
Craig Hunter
Daniel Roney
David Gunn
Dr Bruce Syme
Edward Barraclough
Elise Brown
Fergus Creese
Georgia Anderson
Grant Downie
Hayley Morris
Ivan Sun
Jarrod Florence
Jenn Donovan
Josh Calder
Julie Slater
Justin Lange
Kerry Brown
Kylie el Sheikh
Linda Scott
Marcus Turnbull
Margaret Mew
Michael Lappen
Nigel McGuckian
Paul Atherton
Paul Chapman
Phillip Souter
Rafael Fabris
Ric Raftis
Ryan Leo
Sarah Bloom
Sarah Mostyn
Shayne Mostyn
Shu Yap
Taylor Tran
Stephen Browne
Theo Williams
Tom Stamp
Vicki Lane
Yifei Wang
Aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs from across the Loddon Campaspe region are inspired and supported to grow their business ideas through a suite of free activities.
Startup Central Victoria commenced operation in 2021 and offers an annual Pre-Accelerator Program as well as mentoring and events throughout the year. A Scale-Up Program is being introduced in 2025.
Current consortium members include the Campaspe, Central Goldfields, Greater Bendigo, Loddon, Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander Shires, along with Be.Bendigo and LaTrobe University Bendigo.