Partners

AUBCC gratefully acknowledges the support of our industry partners, whose shared commitment to investing in tomorrow's young business leaders makes this competition possible.

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​At PayPal, we put people at the centre of everything we do. Founded in 1998, we continue to be at the forefront of the digital payments revolution, processing almost 10 million payments for our customers per day. PayPal gives people better ways to connect to their money and to each other, helping them send money without sharing financial information and with the flexibility to pay using their PayPal account balances, bank accounts and credit and debit cards. With our 250 million active account holders, we have created an open and secure payments ecosystem people and businesses choose to securely transact with each other online, in stores, in person and on mobile devices. PayPal is a truly global payments platform that is available to people in 203 markets, allowing customers to get paid in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

In Australia, PayPal has a leadership brand position in payments, and was ranked 5th in the Australian Workforce Perception Rankings by YouGov behind companies such as Google and Qantas. The Australian business has a reputation across PayPal as being an innovation hub with great ideas and executional capability. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid.

           Major Sponsor

​Launched in 2017, Spaceship is an Australian financial services company whose vision is to engage young people in actively building a strong and secure financial future. Their ethos is to invest where the world is going, not where its been. Spaceship uniquely leverages technology with the aim of removing friction, cost and complexity from the financial products it offers. Spaceship offers managed fund products to Australian residents and is the promoter of the Spaceship superannuation product. Spaceship's superannuation product was released in January 2017 and now has over $227.5m in assets under management (AUM) (as at 30-Sep-2018).

Spaceship has expanded to over 40 employees across engineering, operations, compliance, risk, marketing and investment and has over $20m of capital on its balance sheet to invest in its operation. Spaceship has received significant financial backing from some of the world’s most renowned venture capitalists including Horizons Ventures, AirTree Ventures, Valar Ventures, Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates.
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           Event Supporters

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

​Check out our career opportunities at careers.google.com. ​

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants, offering business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

ACCA supports its 200,000 members and 486,000 students in 180 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills required by employers. ACCA works through a network of 101 offices and centres and more than 7,200 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development. Through its public interest remit, ACCA promotes appropriate regulation of accounting and conducts relevant research to ensure accountancy continues to grow in reputation and influence.

At Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plains Zoo, we believe that wildlife and people can share this planet. We believe that all of us have a responsibility to protect the world’s precious wildlife, not just in our lifetimes, but for generations of the future.

​Our Zoos create experiences that delight and inspire lasting connections between people and wildlife. We aim to change lives and create conservation champions eager to engage with their communities to value the wildlife in their care, and around the world.