Funding announcement
Co-founder & CEO, Startwithhex
Jeanette Cheah
Roles
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO (former) · Founder | HEX | SmartCompany (5 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (17 Sep 2025), Startup Daily (24 Jan 2025), LaunchVic (27 Jul 2024), Startup Daily (27 Jun 2024), LaunchVic (29 Mar 2023), LaunchVic (18 Apr 2022), Startup Daily (28 Mar 2022), SmartCompany (8 Mar 2022), SmartCompany (8 Mar 2022) |
| Co-founder & CEO | Startwithhex | startwithhex.com, Startwithhex team page |
| Guest Editor | SmartCompany | SmartCompany |
Coverage
Stories naming Jeanette Cheah. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Key hire
HEX names Frances Goh as Entrepreneur in Residence as it expands programs for women founders
Edtech firm HEX has hired Frances Goh, One Roof's co-founder, as Entrepreneur in Residence to back women-led ventures and co-lead a 13-week program connecting women founders across ASEAN, Australia and Timor-Leste.
Grant
Work skills edtech HEX acquires Sydney tech training startup EntryLevel
Education startup HEX has bought Sydney-based learning platform EntryLevel for an undisclosed amount, while securing another year of Atlassian Foundation backing and partnering with Toyota's trust on a STEM program for regional students.
2 deals
Agtech DAS and Hex founder Jeanette Cheah honoured in the Victorian governor's startup awards
Victorian Governor's awards name DAS top startup and Acusensus top scaleup; HEX's Jeanette Cheah is Ecosystem Hero, with Tractor's Jodie Imam and Giant Leap's Rachel Yang sharing Investor of the Year.
Also LaunchVic
Seed
$1.4m
HEX started here
Profile of HEX, a Victorian startup offering innovation education programs, recalling its founding and noting a seed round backed by LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, plus alumnus T Guthrie's data platform Why Hive.
Funding announcement
Here are the 10 female-led startups in SBE’s new global tech accelerator program
SBE Australia unveils the ten women-led startups joining its new Global Tech program for international scaling, while noting Evolve alumni have drawn over $1 billion in capital since 2012 without the accelerator taking equity.
Funding announcement
Jeanette Cheah: Changing the face of leadership is everyone’s job
Op-ed by HEX chief Jeanette Cheah for International Women's Day, recounting her recently closed debut raise and praising peer-investing group Afterwork Ventures, women-led funder shebacks.me and migrant talent agency DivTal.
Funding announcement
What does ‘success’ mean for women in business, and who gets to decide?
An International Women's Day feature argues media coverage overweights fundraising as a success measure for women founders, featuring perspectives from several women business owners and noting HEX's recent seed round.