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Olga is the Senior Investment Director at Breakthrough Victoria, where she co-designed and now leads the $100 million University Innovation Platform \u2013 a pre-seed co-investment program that partners with Victorian universities to back the startups and spinouts\u00a0emerging\u00a0from their research. The Platform also runs a Fellowship program, which invests in early-stage founders taking their first steps out of the lab.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Fellow Chartered Accountant with a PhD in Electrochemistry, Olga has co-founded a deep tech startup and worked in research translation and capital markets across Australia and the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is committed to backing the researchers whose science will shape Australia\u2019s next generation of industries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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