30X30 2026

Why 30X30?

Victorian startups are capable of world-class growth. But to compete globally, founders and teams need to think bigger and operate smarter.

30X30 helps you see your company through an investor’s lens and identify where to focus next.

benchmark success

Complete a capability assessment that benchmarks your organisation against top startups globally.

Tailored coaching

Match with a dedicated coaching team of experts who have led companies to scale.

Built in Network

Connect with other founders executives tackling similar challenges.

No cost

The program is fully subsidised by LaunchVic for selected companies and no equity is taken to participate.

Eligibility

To be eligible for 30X30, your company should meet at least one of the following:

Raised AUD $5M+ in a single round; or
Employ 50+ people with an operating leadership team; or
Generate AUD $1M+ in monthly revenue; or
Hold a valuation between AUD $30M–$200M; or
Be, in LaunchVic’s view, poised to scale rapidly in the next 12 months.

Each company must also have at least 12 months of runway from the program’s start and commit time and focus to implementing the learnings.

Program Guidelines

Information Session

Watch the information session for more about the program.

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Since its launch in 2022, 30X30 has supported 38 scaleups across four cohorts.

It has really been a game changer for JET Charge – the quality of mentors as well as the quality of the material was so valuable and immediately applicable to our business.

Ellen Liang, Co-Founder, JetCharge

We recently raised our Series B to drive our international expansion and product development, and 30X30 was instrumental in both that and our growth story.

Ben Leach, CEO, HammerTech

You’re not dancing around problems – you’re solving them.

James Andronis, Co-Founder, Fresho

Expressions of Interest Now Open

Expressions of Interest are open until XXXXXXXXXXX.

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30X30 COACHES <TO BE UPDATED>

Chair | Entrepreneur, Investor & CEO, Saniel Ventures

Leigh Jasper

Chair | Entrepreneur, Investor & CEO, Saniel Ventures

Leigh Jasper

Mr Leigh Jasper is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Firmable, CEO of Saniel Ventures, Chair and Co-Founder of Second Quarter Ventures and a non-executive director of SEEK Ltd, Buildxact and Matrak. He was the co-founder and CEO of Aconex between May 2000 and August 2019. Aconex is the world’s largest provider of online collaboration solutions for the construction and engineering industries.

As Aconex CEO, Mr Jasper led global growth for Aconex, expanding the business into Asia, North America, South America, the Middle East and Europe.

In September 2008, Aconex secured a A$109.5 million funding deal and one of the largest private capital raisings by an Australian technology company. In 2014 the company listed on the ASX. In 2018 Oracle acquired Aconex for $1.6 billion in Australia’s largest technology M&A transaction.

Leigh joined the LaunchVic Board on 1 July 2020.

Special Responsibilities

— Chair of the Board, Member of the Audit, Finance & Risk Sub-Committee and People Sub-Committee

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Group Chief Customer & Digital Officer, Qantas

Catriona Larritt

Group Chief Customer & Digital Officer, Qantas

Catriona Larritt

As Qantas Group Chief Customer & Digital Officer, Catriona is responsible for the end-to-end customer experience, both digitally and physically, as well as brand, marketing and technology.

She commenced in the role in September 2023 having previously served as the Executive Manager Qantas Freight for three years and before that as Jetstar’s Chief Customer Officer.

Catriona joined the Qantas Group in 2015, and prior to this held senior roles at The Boston Consulting Group, Australia Post and Spotless. Catriona holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Melbourne.

Special Responsibilities

— Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee

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CEO & Co-Founder, shilo.people | CEO & Founder, pivotnow

Ilona Charles

CEO & Co-Founder, shilo.people | CEO & Founder, pivotnow

Ilona Charles

– Ms Ilona Charles is an experienced executive with an extensive career in human resources, transformation and change across a range of industries.

Ilona has held executive roles with the CSIRO, Aconex, Telstra, Medibank and NAB and is currently the CEO and co-founder of ShiloPeople (shilo.), providing world-class on-demand HR talent and consulting solutions across Australia.

She also founded pivotnow, providing strategic people advice to Founders, CEO’s and Boards of organisations going through significant transition or scaling up.

Special Responsibilities

– Chair of the People Sub-Committee

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