Ragtrader Live 2014 boasted one of the most powerful speaker lineups to date.
Ragtrader's September 2014 edition offers a full roundup of the event. Below is a preview from the ten-part roundup.
Ozsale, which sold a 25 per cent stake to Topshop boss Sir Philip Green this year, had to look overseas when raising capital to grow its business in 2009.
"The first thing we did was go to private equity firms overseas because the domestic guys couldn’t get their head around our model," Ozsale CEO Carl Jackson said.
"The US and Europeans are more innovative and risky and will take bigger steps with a business plan around South East Asia, as ours was.
"There are lots of private equity and trade opportunities domestically, but the trouble is getting the scale out of this market."
David Mah, founder of shopping app Bluesky, was able to secure major clients such as Kmart with a prototype last year, but funding was a greater challenge.
"Australian investores aren’t as risk taking as US and European investors - they want to see traction.
"The more users you have, the more dollars you can show, the better. But if you’re raising capital in Australia, do not expect to get high valuations. That’s just the trade-off."
To date, Bluesky has attracted $1.7 million from Angel Investors in Melbourne.