Missing Perspectives enters partnership with leading VC firm
Media startup, Missing Perspectives, has forged a strategic content partnership with one of Australia’s largest venture capital firms, Blackbird Ventures, to inspire women across Australia and New Zealand to consider careers in the startup space.
The fast-growing media company – which platforms the voices and perspectives of women – will launched a new series titled ‘High Agency Women’, sharing in-depth interviews and thematic pieces speaking to women across the country.
The collaboration will bring forward the stories, lessons learned, and advice from established female founders and rising starts, including Kic’s co-founder Laura Henshaw, Sunroom’s co-founder Michelle Battersby, and Amplify Bookstore’s co-founders Marina Sano and Jing Xuan Teo.
It will be led by Missing Perspectives’ Natasha Gillezeau, formerly a tech reporter at the Australian Financial Review.
Natasha Gillezeau
“In a nutshell, this is a content partnership between Blackbird and Missing Perspectives to evolve our ‘female founders/high agency women’ series where we publish profiles and stories that shine a light on what women are building, how they are building it, and their unique approaches to commerce and creativity,” Gillezeau said.
“We are fortunate in the sense that this partnership is not necessarily the *typical* one that Blackbird would enter into, but Melia Rayner [Blackbird’s head of communications] and Kate Glazebrook [Blackbird’s head of impact] – intuitively grasped the systems level change we are working towards here. We’re grateful for their trust, support, and energy.”
The partnership will also include the mentorship and capacity-building of aspiring tech reporters. With women only making up 37% of reporters in the business and finance beat, according to a 2023 Women in Media study, Missing Perspectives and Blackbird Ventures hope to inspire women in the reporting space too.
Reporters coming on board for the project include Aditi Kutty, Hannah Cohen, Rowan Willis-Hall and Chidinma Iwu.
Melia Rayner, head of communications at Blackbird Ventures, said: “If we want to encourage more women to found or join startups, we need to tell more stories that motivate and inspire. And we need to tell those stories in new places, to normalise the world of startups, technology and venture capital to a more diverse audience.
“Phoebe, Tash and the talented writers at Missing Perspectives bring a fresh, thoughtful approach to telling these stories, and we’re excited to partner with them to champion some incredible business founders and operators over the coming months.”
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Lauren McNamara is the associate editor at Mumbrella, covering the creative and PR beat. She joined in November 2022 as editorial assistant, after completing a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at UTS.
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