Kirsten Bernhardt's international roles which led to working with a venture capital investor fund in Adelaide

In this podcast, we speak to international arrow, Kirsten Bernhardt who is a venture capital investor with Artesian, an early stage VC Fund which manages the South Australian Venture Capital Fund.  

Kirsten has a passion for high growth technology startups, and is a strong advocate for supporting women in technology and finance.  Prior to joining Artesian, Kirsten spent time in San Francisco, working as an operator in strategic finance for a venture backed SaaS company. She also worked in technology banking, advising a portfolio of software, ecommerce, and online gaming clients on debt transactions up to $2bn.  Before moving to the US, Kirsten worked in technology commercialisation for the University of Adelaide, and Corporate Finance with Big 4 firms KPMG and EY.

Kirsten holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Adelaide, and is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Kirsten's reading recommendation was Shoe Dog by Phil Knight