Adelaide leads the FaBA Growth Hub, a 12-week virtual accelerator delivered by Ventures and FaBA for some of Australia's most ambitious food and beverage founders. Over 12 weeks, founders work alongside fellow founders scaling innovations, sharpening their ventures through mentorship, industry connections, and weekly workshops. They leave a step closer to raising capital, scaling with intention, with the vision to shape the future of Australian food and beverages.
She came to Ventures by way of Stanford, where she spent 2 and a half years as Associate Director of Ecopreneurship Programs, designing and running 3 climate entrepreneurship programs. Several of those programs were delivered in partnership with Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing, an office that has spent more than half a century turning university research into impact, and the proceeds of that impact back into more research. Along the way she built a partner network of more than fifty investors, corporates, and NGOs. Before Stanford, Adelaide spent a year at Constellation Software, the Canadian-listed acquirer that identifies high-quality vertical market software companies, buys them, and operates them indefinitely, respecting their culture, leadership, and autonomy. Earlier still, she spent six years at the University of the Sunshine Coast as Partnerships & Marketing Manager and Associate Lecturer in Entrepreneurship.
Off the clock, you'll find her on a pickleball court or reading Sun Tzu - convinced The Art of War still has something to teach anyone trying to build something. Adelaide holds an Executive MBA and a Bachelor of Creative Industries, and is a Climatebase Fellow and GRI Certified Sustainability Professional.