"If you are a female founder and you've had this idea in the back of your head for a day, a week, a month, a year, 10 years — get off the fence and do something." 💡 Get Off the Fence: Renate Crollini's Blueprint for Women Who Are Ready to Build! 🎙 In this episode of the InvestHer Podcast, host Anne Ravanona speaks with Renate Crollini, General Manager of Tech Ready Women, about how Australia's leading accelerator for female founders is turning ideas into investment-ready businesses — in just eight weeks. Renate unpacks the startup and investment readiness programmes that have served over 6,500 women, the community that keeps founders supported between cohorts, and the practical, no-excuses philosophy that has seen 40% of programme graduates go on to raise seed funding. 🌍 Discover how Renate Crollini went from a 12-year career in sustainability and large-scale infrastructure in New York City to returning to Australia, finding herself hooked on the startup world, and ultimately stepping into the role of General Manager at Tech Ready Women, where her lived founder experience now shapes every programme she designs and delivers. 💡 Don't miss this episode with actionable insights on: • How Tech Ready Women's eight-week model drives faster, more focused founder transformation • Why connecting to your founder 'why' matters most before anything else • Bringing tech back into Tech Ready: vibe coding, AI agents, and MVPs in two hours • Knowing your numbers inside out — the non-negotiable for any funding conversation • Building a warm-introduction culture in Australia's risk-averse investment landscape • Why customer revenue is still the best funding you can get • Creating community between programmes so no female founder has to go it alone If you know a woman with an idea the world needs, send her this episode. 🔗 Listen Now | 🎧 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | ▶️ Full Show Notes About Renate Renate Crollini is the General Manager of Tech Ready Women, where she leads the commercialisation and scaling of the organisation, overseeing founder programmes, partnerships, and revenue strategy. Her career spans engineering, large-scale infrastructure, corporate advisory, not-for-profits, and startups across Australia, New York City, and beyond, giving her a rare depth of lived experience she brings directly into every programme she designs. Alongside her role at Tech Ready Women, Renate is the Co-Founder of Adaluma, an ESG data-verification platform helping banks, corporates, and governments access real-time, audit-ready sustainability data. Known for translating complex data and policy challenges into clear, practical pathways, she is equally at home on a construction site, in a boardroom, or in a startup pitch room — and equally passionate about all three. 🌐 Website: https://www.techreadywomen.academy/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renatecrollini About Tech Ready Women Tech Ready Women is Australia's leading accelerator and education platform for female founders, having supported over 6,500 women across nine years of operation. Through practical eight-week programmes spanning startup fundamentals, AI enablement, and investment readiness, Tech Ready Women meets founders wherever they are on their journey — from first idea through to raising capital. Owned by Scalari Group, the organisation pairs award-winning online learning with live workshops, small-group coaching, and a growing alumni community called Female Founder Grow, ensuring no founder has to navigate the startup journey alone. Resources Mentioned 🌐 Tech Ready Women — Website: https://www.techreadywomen.academy/ 💼 Connect with Renate Crollini on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renatecrollini Connect with Anne & Global Invest Her 🌐 https://www.investherpodcast.com/ 📂 Funder Directory: https://funderdirectory.globalinvesther.com/ 🛍 Buy From Her Directory: https://www.buyfromher.com/ 🗨️ LinkedIn: Anne Ravanona https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneravanona/ #InvestHerPodcast #InvestHer #WomenFounders #FemaleFounders #WomenEntrepreneurs #TechReadyWomen #Australia #FemaleFounderAustralia #StartupAustralia #InvestmentReady #AIForFounders #FundingReadiness #WomenInTech #StartupCommunity
