Investor Briefing: Indo-Pacific Outlook | Georgia Barkell, Sprint Ventures

Описание: You can sit on your hands. Or you can act while others stall.

Australia is re-pricing risk—and that creates openings. This episode maps where private capital is moving across the Indo-Pacific, with a hard look at exits, secondary markets and what it takes to commercialise deep tech in Australia now.

Fresh from a Harvard executive course in PE/VC, Georgia Barkell shares the practical signals fund managers and policy planners should watch in 2025.

What we cover: fast, factual, applicable:
✔️ Downturn as a buy signal: why disciplined buyers move now.
✔️ From hype to depth: less SaaS, more hard tech with real-world use.
✔️ Deep tech, defence and circular economy: the common threads investors back.
✔️ Capital rotation: where funds are moving—and why exits are slowing.
✔️ Barriers that matter: exit hurdles, thin secondary markets, and a fragmented research-to-commercialisation path.
✔️ Fund posture: how Sprint Ventures is playing the long game without waiting for perfect conditions.

Who it’s for: CIOs, venture and PE partners, policy advisers, strategy leads, program directors and delivery leaders across defence, energy, infrastructure and analytics.

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Chapter:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:00:43 — Harvard Scholarship & Course Focus
00:01:49 — Course Length, Format & Case Method
00:03:02 — Cohort Mix & Global VC Perspectives
00:06:57 — Indo-Pacific Outlook: Where’s the Upside?
00:10:25 — Advanced Manufacturing: Australia’s Edge
00:14:19 — Where I’d Invest: Deep Tech & Climate
00:17:31 — RBA Rate Cuts: Impact on Investors
00:20:16 — Investing in the Pacific: Practical Advice
00:21:23 — How Australia’s VC Model Must Evolve
00:28:39 — Outro