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George Wang from AYLA
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
George joined the fintechfun chat today to talk about AYLA. "All your life Admin". George identified a problem early on about Life admin and t...
John Allsopp discusses the startup ecosystem's evolution from a “community” to an “industry”
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Allsopp is an author, web developer and conference organiser who’s been working in Australia’s startup ecosystem for nearly three decades. In...
Matt Cagney - Renewtrak
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we chat to Matt Cagney from Renewtrak. Renewtrak is an automation platform that connects the global tech industry to power the renewals and sub...
Lars Rasmussen discusses the key ingredients for successful founders
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lars Rasmussen is a Danish computer scientist and tech angel investor with a long history of working within the startup ecosystem both within Australi...
Gabor Szekernyes - apxium NY landing pad edition
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a very special series we chat to Gabor Szekernyes - apxium about the recent NY Fintech landing pad program. Gabor talks about the history of apxium...
Nick Boudrie - CEO and Founder of LAB Group
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With continuous improvement through compliance monitoring, advanced analytics and implementations globally, LAB technology evolves to meet the constan...
Sam Thompson - Savoir
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we chat with Sam from Savoir about his journey, the application use of the blockchain, recent events as well as how Savoir are ...
Not as many bells 🔔 and whistles 😗
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So as we hit 30 plus episodes and to scale to 100 plus we will be uploading the recordings straight away (where possible) to really make an impact - a...
Ric Richardson discusses the contrasting skills required to invent and run a company
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ric Richardson is an Australian inventor who first came to prominence as a result of his invention of Software Activation, a technique used in softwar...
Brad Parsons talks about the risk tolerances of different startup ecosystems
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Parsons is CEO and founder of Movus, a company that provides monitoring tools for industrial equipment with the mission of preserving the earth’...
Danny Tyrrell and Michael Bridgeman Co-founder of DataCo
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
DataCo Technologies unlocks valuable data partnerships between organisations. The DataCo Collaboration Platform, which incorporates the latest privacy...
Karl Mohan - GM APAC for Crypto.com
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trade crypto anytime, anywhere on Crypto.comWhat is crypto.com and why it exists🔬The local market here and the opportunity 🦘🇦🇺Buying coffe...
Eloise Hall and Isobel Marshall discuss how social enterprises fit within the startup community
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eloise Hall and Isobel Marshall are the founders of Taboo, a social enterprise that sell organic cotton pads and tampons, with all profits going towar...
Joshua Flannery discusses the key differences between Australia and Japan's startup ecosystems
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Flannery is the Founder and CEO of Innovation Dojo, an organisation active in both Australia and Japan which was founded in 2016 to support sta...
Markus Kahlbetzer explores support opportunities for government and universities
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Markus Kahlbetzer is CEO and founder of BridgeLane, which labels itself an “alternative investment company” and aims to bring innovation to more t...
Pauline Fetaui discusses the difference between the corporate and startup worlds
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pauline Fetaui is General Manager at River City Labs, a startup community hub in Brisbane, as well as founder of CheeHoo, a personal assistant app des...
Kim Heras relives the major milestones he witnessed during the growth of the ecosystem
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Heras is Partner at 25Fifteen, a “startup studio” which as Kim describes in the episode is a model of startup support similar but distinct fro...
Ian Parke, MD and CEO of FIN-PAY
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FIN-PAY takes the pain out of payments. We own the heavy lifting of bank relationships and compliance, and partner with card networks and consumer wa...
Christian Eckelmann, CEO and Co-founder of Upstreet
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Upstreet offers you automatic fractional share rewards with each purchase you make.Balancing Family Life and Upstreet ⚖️The idea of Upstreet taki...
Darryl Lyons believes Australia has an opportunity to lead the world in Agri-tech
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Darryl Lyons is the Entrepreneur in Residence at both James Cook University in Cairns, Queensland, and at Farmers2Founders, a national Agri-tech organ...
Tim Poskitt - Country Manager ANZ Envestnet Yodlee
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Envestnet | Yodlee delivers solutions that help consumers live better financial lives.PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧The excitement of Open Banking 🏦 Embedde...
Paul Weingarth , CEO and Co-founder of Slyp
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Slyp smart receipts enables customers to pay with their bank card and automatically receive an itemised tax receipt inside their banking app. PODCAST...
Yolanda Redrup discusses some of the catalysts for the huge growth the startup ecosystem has seen
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yolanda Redrup is a senior journalist with The Australian Financial Review, with a focus on technology and healthcare. Yolanda first began covering Au...
Yish Koh - MD of Kit
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kit is a kids money app and prepaid card to help your little grownups earn, save, spend, and learn. PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧Who is Kit and what do they...
Megan Sebben believes there is still work to be done in improving access for underrepresented groups
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Megan Sebben is the Program Manager at CSIRO’s Kick-Start Program, an initiative designed to help innovative Australian startups and small busine...
Alex Scandurra discusses the Australian startup ecosystem's exceptional growth
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Scandurra is the founding CEO of Stone & Chalk, a not-for-profit organisation which aims to support Australian startups, scaleups, corporatio...
Phil Ireland discusses how he sees mission-driven companies as fitting into Australia’s startup ecosystem
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Ireland is Co-Founder and CEO of Hone Carbon, a mission-driven business with the objective of unlocking the potential for carbon storage in Austr...
Andrew Goodwin - CFO of Wisr
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wisr is an Australian non-bank lender offering consumer lending services. PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧Personal Loans 101 and Wisr's position The import...
Dharmica Mistry discusses the distinction between deep tech startups and other startups
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Dharmica Mistry is Director of Diagnostics and Industry Engagement at MTP Connect, a not-for-profit organisation focused on growing the MedTech, Bi...
Pascale Heylar-Moray, Founder and CEO of Super Rewards
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Save more super by shopping online and in store. With more than 1000 brands offering cashback through Super-Rewards, growing your superannuation is ea...
Liam Millward, Co-founder of Instant
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Instant is building the future of a frictionless economy, allowing you to purchase instantly, anywhere on the internet, in seconds. PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧...
Wayne Gerard says attracting talent into the startup ecosystem is “mission critical”
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wayne Gerard is co-founder of RedEye, a tech company which manages engineering information for large, complex asset owners such as councils, hospitals...
Don Wright believes the various startup ecosystems within Australia should work cooperatively
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don Wright is the Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Western Sydney University, as well as co-founder of Western Sydney University Launc...
Trevor Folsom discusses the challenge of securing talent for Australian startups
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Folsom is Co-Founder and Chairman at Investible, an early-stage investment group that aims to connect ground-breaking companies with the capita...
Allan O'Connor discusses the viability of startup careers
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Allan O’Connor is Co-Executive Director for the Centre for Enterprise Dynamics in Global Economies at the University of South Australia, as well as ...
Matt Holme - Founder of Youpay
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With YouPay you can safely and securely pick the gifts you want and share a YouPay link with your chosen payer."The way our product is used to...
Al Wilkie - CEO and MD of Change Financial (ASX Code: CCA)
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Change Financial aims to redefine payments and card issuing."We become effectively the issuer of the cards, and we recently signed , in the last ...
Sam Jockel shares her story and why it is so important to trust yourself
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Jockel is the founder of ParentTV, which offers hundreds of on-demand videos and courses to support the parenting and care of children from birth ...
Simone Joyce, Co-founder of Paypa Plane
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paypa Plane is the bank-grade platform where traditional scheduled payments and payment initiation via NPPA's PayTo meet. "I think in 12 mont...
Andrew Grech - CEO and Co-founder of Cryptospend💡
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CryptoSpend bridges the gap between traditional finance and cryptocurrencies. They want to bring crypto to the masses."Cafes, restaurants and take...
Alex Carpenter sees Australia's startup ecosystem as radically more collaborative than corporate settings
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Carpenter is the founder (or as he puts it, the “Initial Nudger, Steward and Groundskeeper”) of The Guild of Entrepreneurs, an independent or...
John Winters, Co-founder of Superhero
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Superhero is an online investing platform that allows customers to invest in Australian shares, U.S. shares, and ETFs. "I think we had 50 or 80k ...
James Fielding shares his belief that Australia's talent pool is world class
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr James Fielding is the Founder and Managing Director of Audeara, a hearing health technology company that produces headphones designed to deliver so...
Hayden Williams discusses the future of cryptocurrency across many industries
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hayden Williams is Senior Product Manager for Existing Customers at MYOB, a cloud-based business management platform fit for Enterprise, SME & sta...
Caroline Bowler, CEO - BTC Markets
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Buy & sell cryptocurrencies in AUD with BTC Markets - 100% Australian-owned & operated."I kind of describe BTC markets as the designated ...
Samantha Finnegan shares the various software tools and platforms she utilizes
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Finnegan is the founder of Madebox, a company which provides customers with gift boxes of curated goods from small regional producers, in par...
Josh Foreman, Founder & CEO - Indebted
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Indebted works to resolve outstanding accounts and get individual finances back on track."I do pinch myself to think where we are today , but in t...
Emma Fawcett discusses the trap of "tech spaghetti"
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Fawcett is General Manager, SME at MYOB, a cloud-based business management platform fit for Enterprise, SME & startup businesses. Prior to wo...
Xavier Shay, CEO - Up
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Up launched October 2018 as a partnership between Ferocia and Bendigo Bank. They help over 500,000 customers and are focused on being "best digi...
Nick Nicolaides, Co-Founder - Pearler
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pearler is an investing app designed to help you reach your financial goals, within a supportive community. Our mission is to help everyday people bec...
Caleb Gibbins, Founder - Cache
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cache allows you to create a fintech investment product with Australia’s #1 Investing-as-a-Service provider"Our capabilities are growing to supp...
Vicki Engsall shares the benefits of growing your digital presence
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki Engsall is the co-founder of The Jojoba Company, an Australian skincare company which produces a range of products which use jojoba oil, a liqui...
Matt Allen, Co Founder & CEO - Tractor Ventures
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tractor Ventures provides non-dilutive funding for companies to grow. "We do due diligence on the business on where it stands today and where it i...
Alex Harper, Co-Founder - Swyftx
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Swyftx is an Australian owned and operated crypto exchange that allows users to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum and 300+ other crypto assets."We then scaled...
Evan Thornley discusses the evolution of the startup ecosystem
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Thornley is a serial entrepreneur with decades of experience founding and leading tech startups, including Australia’s first to be listed on th...
Matt Vitale, Co-Founder - Birchal
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Birchal is an Australian Equity Crowdfunding platform for consumer brands and companies. "We are very much the largest platform in Australia tha...
Jill Berry, Co-Founder - Adatree
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions."Are they ...
Max Kausman, Investor - Tidal Ventures
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tidal's mission is to help founders build momentum as bold and courageous product led companies. Year founded : 2016Founder/CEO: Grant McCarthy L...
Andrew Nunn believes Australian states and territories should work cooperatively rather than competitively
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Nunn is the co-founder, Chairman and Executive Director of JBS&G, one of Australia’s largest privately owned environmental consulting com...
Ben Williamson, Co-Founder & CEO - Fresh
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh connects investors with listed companies raising capital. "Companies should be thinking about their shareholders as subscribers..."Ben t...
Lana Weal highlights the mental health challenges faced by founders
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lana Weal is the founder of Market Mindfully, a marketing consultancy company that aims to support impact-driven startups in Australia and New Zealand...
Arthur Sinodinos discusses the positive attributes Australia could learn from the US
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Arthur Sinodinos is an Australian diplomat and former Liberal Party politician who has served as Ambassador to the United States since February 2020. ...
Petr Adámek sees the benefits of greater cohesion of the national startup ecosystem
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Petr Adámek is the CEO of the Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN), a not for profit with the mission of empowering entrepreneurs to create positive c...
Ash Crick , CTO - OneTwo Home Loans
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OneTwo is a challenger lender with a mission to level the property playing field, helping people buy and own homes in an easier way."The way you a...
Ashley Baxter discusses how UQ Ventures was invaluable for her startup
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Baxter is the founder of Monty Compost Co, a clean-tech startup building hardware and software technology for monitoring and managing organic w...
Peter Devine discusses his move to research commercialisation
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Devine is CEO of Uniseed, Australia’s longest running venture fund which works with researchers, businesses and industry to provide the best p...
Patrick Schweizer, Director - Alares
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alares Insights delivers a monthly snapshot of unique insights into current and emerging credit risk factors."Had they known this information ahea...
Tim Fung explains why Australia is a great market to test startup ideas
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Fung is founder of Airtasker, a local services marketplace connecting people and businesses who need work done with people wanting to work. He is ...
Simon Thomsen saw technology alter the news and publishing landscape
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Thomsen is editor of Startup Daily and host of the Startup Daily show which airs on the business streaming service AusBiz.com.au. He is also ...
Camille Socquet-Clerc, Co-Founder & CEO - Bloom Impact Investing
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bloom offers a mobile investing app allowing people to invest in a climate impact fund starting from $500."We have big dreams"...Camille tal...
Rohit Bhargava discusses the benefits of reshaping wholesale investor requirements
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rohit Bhargava runs the podcast The Startup Playbook Podcast, where each week he interviews successful entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts. ...
Louise Nobes: Australian startup ecosystem needs to be brave enough to “think untraditionally”
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Nobes is the founder and CEO of KIK Innovation, an organisation that aims to end youth unemployment through enterprise. Louise is also the foun...
Darren Winterford believes Australian Entrepreneurs would benefit from more networking
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Winterford is the founder and CEO of EdApp, a mobile focused LMS (learning management system) which allows its users to create learning experie...
Craig Swann fears complacency may slow innovation
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Swann is the Event Director for SouthStart, Australia’s first innovation impact festival which brings together entrepreneurs, technologists, c...
Serina Bird discusses her inspiration from Taiwan's startup ecosystem
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Serina Bird is the author of The Joyful Frugalista, a personal finance guide, and runs online courses on money and finance. She also founded The Joyfu...
Moira Were discusses what metrics companies can use to measure "good"
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Moira Were has been involved in many endeavors in the Australian startup ecosystem throughout her long career, with a focus on projects striving for s...
Tim Boyle sees a bias towards digital technologies in the ecosystem
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Boyle is Director of Innovation & Commercialisation at ANSTO, Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. Tim is also the direc...
Bill Tai highlights the key similarities and differences between Silicon Valley and Australia
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Tai is a global venture capitalist who is based in Silicon Valley and spends part of the year in Perth. Bill has been funding startups as a Ventu...
Rohan McDougall highlights the current risks to Western Australia's economy
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rohan McDougall is the director of commercialisation at Curtin University, where his team work to identify business opportunities for new products and...
Kate Jones explains why the Tech Council of Australia was founded
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Jones is the former Minister for Innovation in the Queensland government, and has spent the last 20 years of her life working in politics. Curren...
Kylie Frazer discusses some common causes co-founders separate
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kylie Frazer is co-founder and partner of Flying Fox Ventures, an Australian investment firm with a focus on early stage tech companies. Flying Fox is...
James Tynan shares his unpopular views on startup accelerators
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James Tynan is Principal at Square Peg, which is currently Australia’s largest independent Venture Capital firm with $1.6 billion under management a...
Pete Horsley explains why diversity is so important in the ecosystem
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Horsley is the founder of Remarkable, a tech accelerator for early stage startups in the disability tech space. Starting his career as a landscap...
Mick Liubinskas: Australia's startup ecosystem would be stronger with a single city leading it
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mick Liubinskas is the founder of Climate Salad, an organisation that aims to boost climate tech companies in Australia and New Zealand by providing t...
Pete Lead: "You have permission to be awesome and complete freedom to fail"
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Lead is former Head of Programs at tech startup accelerator BlueChilli, the author of the The Startup Guide, a toolkit designed for startup found...
Alan Noble discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the 2000's
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Noble is the founder of AusOcean, a not-for-profit organisation with the mission of helping the world’s oceans through technology. Alan also wo...
Terry Hilsberg discusses the earliest days of the startup ecosystem
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Hilsberg is a co-owner and partner in Fork Ventures, an investment firm that primarily focuses its investments in crypto projects. Terry is also...
Emily Rich explains why taking "smart money" is often a better path
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Rich is a co-founder and partner at M8 Ventures, a venture fund that focuses on investing in tech startups during their “pre-seed” stage. Em...
EP003 - How to sell complex products with John (JD) Dean
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three key reasons why startups have long sales cycles:1) You're talking about your product far too much2) You don't understand the risk to the...
Peter Bradd discusses the expectation-shattering progress the ecosystem has made
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Bradd was the founding director and initial CEO of Fishburners, one of Australia’s first coworking spaces which has been home to a community o...
Leslie Delaforce highlights the unique challenges facing Indigenous founders
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie is the Indigenous Entrepreneurship Director at Minderoo Foundation, an Australian not-for-profit organisation seeking effective, scalable solut...
Anthony Ferrier offers his advice to startup founders
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Ferrier is an innovation and commercialisation specialist, primarily working within the intersection between startups and corporations. Anthon...
Colette Grgic explains why diversity is crucial
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Colette Grgic is Head of Startup Ecosystem in Australia and New Zealand at AWS (Amazon Web Service), a role which sees her leading a team that works t...
Zoe Piper wants to see more non-traditional career approaches
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe Piper has been working at the intersection of industry, research and government for two decades, with a diverse and lengthy résumé. She is the f...
Phil Hayes-St Clair: "Take care of yourself"
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Hayes-St Clair is co-founder and CEO of Drop Bio, a digital health company with a mission of accelerating the world’s transition to personalise...
Zrinka Tokic on the emergence of modern cloud tools
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zrinka Tokic is the director of ThincLab, the University of Adelaide’s business incubator that has its headquarters in Adelaide but also has locatio...
David Burt explains why startups are essential to our standard of living
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Burt is the Director of Entrepreneurship at UNSW, where his team helps students, academics, staff and alumni turn their ideas into a startup. He...
Rachael Neumann explores the effects of the pandemic on startups
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael Neumann is one of the founding partners of Flying Fox Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm backing startups in Australia and New Zeal...
Pete Cooper discusses Universities' role in the ecosystem
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Cooper is a serial founder and mentor who has worked in a wide variety of roles in the technology startup space. He is Director of Cooper & C...
Anna Wright: why "fail fast" is the greatest advice
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Wright is the CEO and co-founder of BindiMaps, a smartphone app that helps anybody find their way around complicated indoor spaces such as shoppi...