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Bree Kirkham

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Co-Founder & Director at PALMA Eyewear
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Bree Kirkham is the Partner & COO at F5 Collective and the Co-Founder of PALMA Eyewear. A corporate lawyer by training, she has extensive experience scaling global tech companies like Uber, Airbnb, and ClassPass. People who have worked with her describe her as razor-sharp with great commercial instincts.

Outside of work, Bree is a passionate advocate for female founders and young innovators, driven to create systemic change and break down funding barriers for women. She is a proud mother of two, a qualified yoga teacher, and enjoys spending time at the beach and reading.

Unique fact: Bree leverages her dual expertise as both a venture capitalist and a direct-to-consumer brand founder to support other entrepreneurs.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Personality Overview

How Bree shows up

Informal
Charismatic
Achievement-Oriented

They like to keep things under control. They are charming and have the ability to align others behind their decisions. If they come to believe in your value proposition, they will be your champion.

Priorities

Topics Bree cares about

Supporting Female Founders
A core focus of her work at F5 Collective is creating funding solutions and an ecosystem to help women-led businesses thrive and achieve generational change.
Venture Capital
She has deep experience in the VC space, focusing on early-stage startups and is now reshaping funding models to better serve underrepresented founders.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Co-Founder & Director
PALMA Eyewear
1-2024 - 1-2026
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
F5 Collective
8-2022 - 1-2026
Coach
LaunchVic
3-2023 - 1-2024
General Partner
Flying Fox Ventures
1-2023 - 3-2023
Venture Partner
Flying Fox Ventures
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
University of Sydney
2014 - 2014
Admitted as a Lawyer to the Supreme Court of NSW
The College of Law Australia
Social presence
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DISC profile (public)

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