#34 Indo-Pacific Economy: Turbulence & Opportunity Through an Investor’s Lens | Georgia Barkell

You can sit on your hands. Or you can act while others stall.

Fresh from a Harvard executive course on private equity and venture capital, Georgia lays out the hard truths and overlooked openings. What she’s seeing? Less hype, more depth. Less SaaS, more hard tech. And plenty of capital—if you know where to look and what to ask.

We go straight to the sharp end:
✔️ Why a downturn is a buying signal, not a red flag
✔️ What deep tech, defence, and circular economy ventures have in common
✔️ How Australia's limitations are also its leverage
✔️ Where private capital is being quietly redirected — and where exits are stalling

There’s also a sober read on barriers: exit challenges, shallow secondary markets, and the reality of trying to commercialise research from a fragmented system. Georgia doesn’t sugar-coat it—but she does explain how funds like Sprint Ventures are playing the long game, without waiting for perfect conditions.

This episode is for investors, fund managers and strategic planners who want to find clarity in the Indo-Pacific’s economic fog. Georgia Barkell joins Todd Crowley to cut through the noise—and focus in on what’s *actually* working in private capital, venture, and advanced sectors right now.

This conversation isn’t just theory—it’s active intelligence for anyone placing capital or policy focus across Australia and its near region.

If you’re leading through risk, now’s the time to see clearly—and move.

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