Billionaire Nicola Forrest tips $30m into female founder push


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Philanthropist Nicola Forrest will seed the third Australian vehicle of global VC firm Antler with a $20 million injection and provide another $10 million in non-dilutive funding and support for female founders.

Part of a $500 million donation to her private foundation announced on Friday, the support from the estranged wife of Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest arrives after state and federal government programs for female founders dried up.

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