When others went to University or did their first overseas trip, Kath Purkis was busy starting her first business many years before the term “entrepreneur” was created & many years before it was “trendy” to do so.
Purkis founded her first business in 2007 at 21 years old focusing on the luxury e-commerce sector. Following this business, she moved to launch a subscription e-Commerce, B2B businesses & other B2C e-Commerce businesses.
She has deep experience with China manufacturing, scalable e-Commerce solutions, customized software solutions, scaling globally & brand building.
Purkis has invested in each business she has founded in addition to several start-ups & listed companies.
Purkis has featured in publications such as Inc, SMH, Vogue Australia, Glamour UK, Grazia, Dynamic Business, NETT, Cosmopolitan, Power Retail, Sydney Magazine, ELLE, Time Out Sydney, The Australian, Cleo Magazine & Startup Daily.
Purkis has invested in over 50 companies in Australia & overseas.
Currently, Kath is based in Sydney, Australia & actively investing in new businesses.
Milestones
Founded first business at 21 years old in 2007
Built & scaled multiple e-Commerce & B2B businesses
Big fails & many learnings
Invested in Zoom, Cloudflare & other technology businesses on the day they listed
Built bootstrapped business to $4M revenue PA in a pandemic in 12 months