The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal
Episodes
#251 LIVE from EvokeAG: Accessing alternative capital, and what it takes to move innovation into real-world adoption
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #251 features a LIVE conversation recorded on stage recently at EvokeAG (one of the world’s leading agrifood and innovation gatherings) with...
#250 Rob Giglio: Canva’s Chief Customer Officer on Staying Relevant as a Leader and What Companies Get Wrong
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #250 features a rare in-depth conversation with Rob Giglio, Chief Customer Officer at Canva, the world’s leading visual AI platform serving ...
#249 David Haber: a16z General Partner on Living in the Grey, Goldman Sachs Acquisition and Building Compounding Advantage
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #249 features a rare in-depth conversation with David Haber, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the world’s leading venture capi...
#248 Vivek Bhatia: From Bollywood Dreams to CEO of MUFG and the Lessons from Leading QBE and Wesfarmers Insurance
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode #248 features a rare and candid conversation with Vivek Bhatia, Global CEO of MUFG Pension & Market Services, a global provider of shareh...
#247 LIVE from EvokeAG: Tina Funder & Lucie Semenec on Building Fossil-Free Materials and Reinventing Fashion Supply Chains
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #247 features a LIVE conversation recorded on stage recently at EvokeAG (one of the world’s leading agrifood and innovation gatherings) feat...
#246 David Neal: Oxford Engineer to $240B Global Investor, Building a Sovereign Wealth Fund and Financing AI Infrastructure
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #246 features a rare and candid conversation with David Neal, CEO of IFM Investors, a global asset manager overseeing more than A$240 billion....
#245 Jodie Auster: Strategic Advisor to Uber’s CEO on Leadership in Practice and the Questions That Scale Companies
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #245 features a rare public interview with Jodie Auster, Global Head of Airports & Travel at Uber, and recently the Strategic Advisor to Uber'...
#244 Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: Xero's CEO on Intensity as Superpower + Kryptonite, Father’s Influence & Leading Xero's 3×3 strategy in the AI era
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #244 features Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, CEO of Xero — the publicly listed cloud accounting platform serving ~4.6 million subscribers across 1...
#243 Tushar Apte: Sydney to Couch-Surfing LA, Producing Global Hits for Nicki Minaj & Steve Aoki, Inside Pop Music
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tushar Apte is a multi-platinum, award-winning Australian songwriter, producer and composer based in Los Angeles, with credits spanning artists includ...
#242 Mark Suster: ADHD, Building LA’s Tech Scene, Selling to Salesforce and Why Timing Beats Brilliance in Company Building
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are our favorite episodes from the past 5 years, published as frequently as possible. These are N of 1 conve...
#241 Startup collapse to $25M a16z raise: Sphere's Nick Rudder on Aussie Grit, Selling to CFOs and Raising Twins
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #241 features Nicholas Rudder, Founder & CEO of Sphere — which recently raised a US$25M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), to help ...
#240 Philip Green: Australia’s Most Senior Diplomat in India — High Commissioner to India (Special series w Australian Government)
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #240 features a rare public interview with Philip Green, Australia’s most senior diplomatic representative to India (High Commissioner). Pre...
#239 Tim Doyle & Alex Badran debate data vs judgement, building companies without paralysis, dreamers vs leavers and more
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are our favourite episodes from the past 5 years, published every month or two. These are N of 1 conversatio...
#238 Inside the Mind of a Top LP: Beezer Clarkson on her journey and Why Every Legendary VC Started Small
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are our favorite episodes from the past 5 years, published every month or two. These are N of 1 conversation...
#237 Brendan Dowling: Deputy Secretary for Critical Infrastructure and Protective Security, Australia’s Department of Home Affairs (Special series with the Australian Government)
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #237 features a rare public interview with Brendan Dowling, Deputy Secretary for Critical Infrastructure and Protective Security at Australia’...
#236 Matteo Franceschetti: Eight Sleep's Founder on Helping Elon Musk Sleep Better, Learning English at 20 & more
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #236 features Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder & CEO of Eight Sleep — the category-defining sleep fitness company trusted by Elon Musk, Lewi...
#235 Steve Hind: The Founder Engineering Lorikeet’s Breakthrough—From Debating, Bridgewater & Stripe to Transforming Customer Support with AI
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #235 features Steve Hind — Co-Founder & CEO of Lorikeet, one of the fastest-growing AI companies backed by QED Investors, Square Peg, Blackb...
#234 John Haddock: From Phoenix’s desert trails to leading Harvey’s AI rise after a decade scaling Stripe’s hyper-growth
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #234 features John Haddock — Chief Business Officer at Harvey, the fast-growing US$700M+ AI startup backed by Sequoia, OpenAI’s Startup Fu...
#233 Peter Varghese: Chancellor of UQ; Fmr DFAT Secretary & Australia’s High Commissioner to India (special series with the Australian Government)
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #233 features Peter Varghese — widely regarded as one of Australia’s most influential architects of foreign policy. He currently serves as...
#232 Jason Collins: Professional tennis dreams to Journalism to how he’s leading BlackRock Australasia with empathy first
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #232 of The High Flyers Podcast features Jason Collins — Head of Australasia at BlackRock, the world’s largest investment management firm,...
#231 Sweta Mehra: Executive GM at NAB; ex-Chief Marketing Officer at ANZ (special series with the Australian Government)
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #231 of The High Flyers Podcast features Sweta Mehra — Executive General Manager at National Australia Bank (NAB) and Former Chief Marketing...
#230 Bowen Pan: Leading the creation of Facebook Marketplace, working with Mark Zuckerberg, and unpacking product leadership
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #230 of The High Flyers Podcast features Bowen Pan, who led the creation of Facebook Marketplace and held product leadership roles at Trade Me...
#229 Jack Zhang: The Relentless Founder of Airwallex — From Rural China to Melbourne Bartender to Building a $5B Powerhouse
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #229 of The High Flyers Podcast features Jack Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO of Airwallex, one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies v...
#228 Sam Wong: The Blackbird Partner Redefining VC — Lessons on Identity, Courage and Building a Venture Fund While Pregnant
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #228 of The High Flyers Podcast features Sam Wong, General Partner at Blackbird Ventures, one of the leading Venture Capital firms and the fir...
#227 Richard Joffe: The Founder Who Wouldn’t Quit — 3 Startups, 300 Rejections, a Divorce, and a $1B+ Legacy
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #227 of The High Flyers Podcast features Richard Joffe, three-time successful founder and now Executive Chair of Honey Insurance. Previously, ...
#226 Bharat Sundaresan: Sports Commentator, Writer & Storyteller (special series with the Australian Government)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #226 of The High Flyers Podcast features Bharat Sundaresan, award-winning cricket commentator, writer and storyteller. Based in Adelaide, he’...
#225 Andrew Penn: The Untold Story of Telstra’s CEO — High School Dropout, Art, Scorecards and Calm Leadership
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #225 of The High Flyers Podcast features Andrew Penn, Recent CEO of Telstra (2015–2022) and Group CEO of AXA Asia Pacific. Today, he chairs ...
#224 Chris Wirasinha: Building Pedestrian TV & Linkby, Navigating AI in Publishing, Raising Two Kids & unpacking "GEO"
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #224 features Chris Wirasinha, co-founder of Linkby — the Performance PR platform used by 3,800+ brands and 600 publishers, backed by US$15m...
#223 Lisa Sthalekar: 4x World Cup Winner & ICC Hall of Fame Inductee (special series with the Australian Government)
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #223 features Lisa Sthalekar — 4x World Cup Winner and Inductee into both the ICC and Australian Cricket Halls of Fame, recognised as one of...
#222 Tim Thomas: From Melbourne to Asia to Canberra; Leading Australia’s India Strategy and the $10 Trillion Opportunity Ahead
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Thomas is the recent CEO of the Centre for Australia-India Relations, the federal body set up by the Australian Government to deepen ties between ...
#221 Kelly Vohs: SafetyCulture's CEO on becoming a US Army Green Beret, Inverted Pyramid Leadership and Building for 100M Workers
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Vohs is the CEO of SafetyCulture, a globally renowned tech company headquartered in Australia. Valued at approximately $2.5 billion, its pla...
#220 Trent Cotchin: One of AFL’s All-time greats on Staying Grounded and Leading Richmond Tigers to 3 Premierships!
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trent Cotchin is Richmond’s three-time premiership captain, 2012 Brownlow Medallist and one of the AFL’s most respected leaders. Across 16 years a...
#219 Sanjeev Gandhi: Managing Director & CEO, Orica (special series with the Australian Government)
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #219 features Sanjeev Gandhi, Managing Director and CEO of Orica — a Melbourne-headquartered global leader in mining and infrastructure solu...
#218 How Husband-Wife Duo Pip & Amy Turned Redundancy & AI Into "Springboards"- Raising $5M to Inspire Creativity
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pip & Amy are the co-founders of Springboards -- an AI platform built for agencies, by agency veterans.They are also Husband and wife, ex-agency misfi...
#217 Elena Verna: Leading Growth at Lovable (the World’s Fastest-Growing Startup today, Reaching $100M in 8 Months)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Verna is a renowned growth advisor to tech startups, and currently heads Growth at Lovable, one of the fastest growing tech startups globally --...
#216 Max Marchione: Escaping the Sandpit, Defying Credentials, How "Superpower" Is Redefining Healthcare (His Most In-Depth Interview Yet)
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Marchione is the co-founde of Superpower, a San Francisco-based digital clinic making preventative, longevity-focused medicine accessible to milli...
#215 Brendan Hargreaves: Officeworks CFO on Quiet Influence & Finance Mastery in public and private companies
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Hargreaves is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Officeworks, a $3B+ business with over 170 stores and 8,000+ team members. Previously, he h...
#214 Simon Molnar: Jewellery store learnings to building Afterpay with his brother Nick and now redefining retail with Flagship
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Molnar is the founder and CEO of Flagship, the startup helping retailers use data to optimise their physical stores. Previously, he co-founded I...
#213 Dr. Bec Sheean: FightMND’s Research Director on Beating Motor Neurone Disease + AFL, Beanies & Big Freeze
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Bec Sheean is the Director of Research and Programs at FightMND, leading strategy across all funded research and initiatives to accelerate progress...
#212 Shannon Scott: Leading product at Airwallex globally, Small-Town Skiing, Building Palantir outside the US as employee #100
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon Scott is the Senior Vice President, Global Head of Product at Airwallex, and Executive Director of Airwallex's Australia and New Zealand busin...
#211 How Go1 Promotes From Within ft. their CEO, SVP Marketing & VP Product (Playbooks Report Feature)
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our recently released Startup Playbooks Report -- unpacking the playbooks of 9 of Australia’s fastest-growing startups and s...
#210 Heidi's US & UK Expansion — Lessons from the Startup Growing Faster Than Canva (Playbooks Report Feature)
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our recently released Startup Playbooks Report -- unpacking the playbooks of 9 of Australia’s fastest-growing startups and s...
#209 Andrew McCarthy: Leading Notion in SEA, India, AU/NZ; Rowing, Grandfather's influence, Learning Sales at LinkedIn
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is the General Manager (GM) for Australia/New Zealand, South East Asia and India at Notion. With over 20 years of sales and sales leadership ex...
#208 Simon Baume: Raised on Logic, Hardened by Chaos — The Eucalyptus COO’s First-Ever Interview
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Baume is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Eucalyptus, a global healthtech company valued at over $500 million and backed by Investors includ...
#207 Craig Tiley: Rare Interview Ft. Tennis Australia CEO on Army Lessons, Leading the Australian Open, and Tennis’s Future
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Tiley is the CEO of Tennis Australia and long-time Tournament Director of the Australian Open — the largest annual sporting event in the South...
#206 Employment Hero’s Ben Thompson: Business builder, Demistifying Employment and His Son’s Rare Disease
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Thompson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Employment Hero — one of Australia’s most successful tech companies, valued at over A$2 billion and used...
#205 Gill Findlay: Rare Interview ft. the Powerhouse COO Behind SafetyCulture & Immutable; Career Planning & "Friend" over title
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gill Findlay is the former COO of SafetyCulture and Immutable — two of most influential tech companies globally to originate from Australia. She sca...
#204 Miro’s Founder Andrey Khusid (LIVE): Rare Interview — Scaling from Whiteboard Tool to $17.5B Giant with 90M+ users
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrey Khusid is the founder and CEO of Miro, the world’s leading visual collaboration platform used by 90M+ users with $400M+ in ARR and a $17.5B v...
#203 Airtasker’s CEO Tim Fung: Asian-Australian Roots, Happiness, Formula 1 sponsorships, and public company realities
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Fung is the founder and CEO of Airtasker, the leading local services marketplace with over $1.7 billion in job creation and a community of more th...
#202 Brad Banducci: Woolworths CEO in a Rare Interview on Identity, Intrapreneurship & Why Directionally Correct Beats Perfect
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Banducci is the Former CEO of Woolworths Group and the newly appointed CEO of TEG (The parent company of Ticketek and SXSW). His career spans con...
#201 Carol Schwartz: Pioneering Philanthropy, Driving Boardroom Change, Founding The Women's Leadership Institute & Raising 4 Kids with Purpose
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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#200 Malcolm Turnbull: Australia's Former Prime Minister (in his most in-depth interview ever)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Malcolm Turnbull, is a former Australian Prime Minister and one of the most fascinating public figures of our time. He built a global career spanning ...
#199 Farnaz Azmoodeh: Iran to LA, Mastering Engineering at Google, Monetising Snapchat, and becoming CTO at Linktree
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Farnaz is the CTO at Linktree, a platform with 70M+ users helping creators and businesses unify and monetise their online presence.She started at Goog...
#198 Max Bausher & Brian Swift: From Twitter, Atlassian & New Relic to Twine - Cracking Product + GTM by Turning Customer Conversations into Action
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Bausher and Brian are the Co-Founders of Twine, bridging product and go-to-market teams by integrating insights across calls, CRM, and roadmaps.Ma...
#197 Rory San Miguel: 40-Hour Weekends, Building Propeller, Winning Enterprise Deals, Going Global—And the Secret Behind His Relentless Optimism
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory San Miguel is the co-founder and CEO of Propeller, a global tech company transforming worksites with drone data. Since 2014, he’s scaled Propel...
#196 Piruze Sabuncu: Diplomat Aspirations, Turkey, USA, Building Stripe in Asia, Square Peg (Rare Public Interview)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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#195 Steve Vamos: Former Xero, Apple & Microsoft CEO Shares His Playbook for Scaling Companies, Building Winning Teams & Mastering Transitions
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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#194 Laura Henshaw: Modelling Struggles to becoming 'Kic' CEO; Empowering Women, Financial Independence & Embracing Authenticity
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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#193 Paul Naphtali: From PR to VC—What Sequoia-Backed Startups Taught Me, Building Rampersand & How founders win!
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts:- Get $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today...
#192 RØDE Founder Peter Freedman: Swedish Outsider, High School Dropout, Insecurities, Building a Global Audio Empire
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Freedman AM is the Founder and Chairman of RØDE and The Freedman Group. He received Australia’s highest national honor, the Order of Australi...
#191 Aliavia VC’s Marisa Warren: Grandmother’s Legacy, 3 Redundancies, Redefining Venture Capital for Female Founders
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marisa Warren is the Founder and Managing Partner of ALIAVIA Ventures, investing in female-founded tech startups across the U.S. and Australia. Esta...
#190 Rod Hamilton: Rare Interview ft. Culture Amp’s Co-Founder on Playfulness, Empathy, and Redefining Workplace Culture
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a rare and in-depth public interview with Rod Hamilton, Co-founder and Board Director at Culture Amp, where he spent over 12 years as Chief Pr...
#189 Matt Kean: Chair of Australia’s Climate Authority & Former NSW Treasurer on Climate Action, Mental Health, and Leadership
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Kean is the Chair of the Climate Change Authority in the Australian Government, appointed in 2024 after a distinguished 13-year career in NSW pol...
#188: Kate Cornick’s Rare Interview on Accidentally Finding Engineering to Leading Victoria’s Startup Revolution as LaunchVic CEO
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kate Cornick is the CEO of LaunchVic, leading efforts to build Victoria’s startup ecosystem and she has been in the role since 2016, and her imp...
#187 Paul Bassat Unplugged: Migrant parents, SEEK’s Breakthrough, Building Square Peg, and Driving Community Impact through AFL and 'Amplify'
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Bassat is a visionary leader in venture capital, technology, and community impact.As Co-founder and Partner at Square Peg, a top venture capital ...
#186 Bunning’s boss Mike Schneider: Childhood struggles, career decisions, humility and how he became CEO
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, hear from Mike Schneider, Managing Director (MD) at Bunnings.As MD of Bunnings, Mike leads nearly 53,000 team members and drives on...
#185 Sitemate's Hartley Pike: Mum’s Support and Rugby Dreams to 'SaaS'ifying the Built World with No-Code Software Globally
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this rare public interview, hear from Hartley Pike, Co-founder and CEO of Sitemate.Sitemate builds software products for the built world, with over...
#184 Osher Günsberg: Doctor's Son to TV Icon—Navigating Sobriety, Hosting The Bachelor & Australian Idol, Life’s 5 D's and 6 P's
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Osher Günsberg is one of the most recognisable media personalities. He first came to attention as the face of Australian Idol and the voice of Austra...
#183 Jean-Michel Lemieux: CTO at Shopify & Atlassian, Vagabonding Life, Art and Engineering
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a rare public interview with Jean-Michel Lemieux, a highly acclaimed technology leader who was CTO at Shopify, where he grew the engineering t...
#182 Shaun Christie-David: Uniting the World Through Hospitality—How his restaurants have donated 560,000+ meals to those in need
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Man who tries to create impact, and take a charitable and social enterprise movement to a forever movement. We are immediate responders.” is how ...
#181 Stevie Case: World's First Female Pro Gamer to Renowned Chief Revenue Officer - Career Growth & Sales Mastery
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stevie case is the Chief Revenue Officer at Vanta, a leading cloud-based security and compliance company that has surpassed $100 million in annual rec...
#180 Bill Bartee in a rare public interview: NASA's Influence to Co-Founding Blackbird + Main Sequence Ventures
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bill is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Main Sequence, Asia Pacific's largest dedicated deep tech VC fund backed by the Australian National Sci...
#179 Cuttable's Sam Kroonenburg & Jack White on why they're re-shaping advertising to make ads at scale, great again!
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Jack are Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Cuttable.Sam co-founded A Cloud Guru, which revolutionised cloud education and sold for $2 billion.Jack ha...
#178 Atlassian's Work Futurist Dom Price: His untold personal story + realities of being a "team doctor" and Renowned TED Speaker!
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dom Price has a diverse career spanning Europe, the US, and Asia Pacific.As Work Futurist at Atlassian for 11+ years, he helps teams maximise their po...
#177 Hostplus CIO Sam Sicilia in a rare public interview: Italian roots & theorotical physics to managing $100B+ Retirement Fund, Hostplus!
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by Sam Sicilia in a very rare public interview appearance. Sam is the Chief Investment Officer for the multi-billion dollar superannuatio...
#176 EVP’s Justin Lipman + Henry Innis from Mutinex: Decoding A-Players, Competitive edge in fundraising, Power of speaking numerically
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In another edition of our Round Table and Provocation series, hear from Justin Lipman and Henry Innis in their first ever public interview together (a...
#175 Will Davies: Farm Life to Acquisition by Uber; the inspiring in-depth story of "Car Next Door" in a rare public interview
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Will Davies was the co-founder and CEO of Australia’s biggest peer-to-peer car sharing platform, Car Next Door. Founded in 2012, they grew to over...
#174 James Cameron: Becoming VC investor at Accel + Airtree, Embracing Career Uncertainty, Why diversity matters (in his first public interview since 2018)
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James is a General Partner at Airtree Ventures and this is a very rare public interview with him, we understand his first since 2018. James has a par...
#173 Sarah Nolet: Multi-Sport Athlete, Building Tenacious Ventures, State of AgTech, Making Vulnerability a Strength
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Tenacious Ventures - Australia's first AgTech venture firm. Their $35M first fund was backed by Grok V...
#172 Scott Thomson: Becoming head of Innovation at Google, Navigating International Childhood, Why Engineers lead Tech Companies
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scott served as the recent Head of Innovation for Customer Engineering at Google. He worked at the company from 2015 through 2024 in the Ads Data Plat...
#171 Jacqui Purcell, Adam Milgrom & Ashleigh Camm: The Raw Ingredients in 'zero to great' relationships
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special conversation, hear from three relatable role models: Adam Milgrom, Partner at Giant Leap; Jacqui Purcell, Operating Advisor at TDM Gro...
#170 Steve Baxter: Army to building startup with wife, Shark Tank Stardom, Ten13 + Defence Tech Investing
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Baxter is a Tech entrepreneur and Investor. He co-founded the Investing Platform, TEN13 and recently a VC Fund, Beaten Zone Venture Partners foc...
#169 Silicon Valley to Aotearoa: Unfiltered debunking of NZ's startup myths with Blackbird's Phoebe Harrop & David Booth
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Phoebe is a Partner in Blackbird’s NZ team with investments in Tracksuit, VeVe and Carepatron. Prior to joining Blackbird, she was a Director in the...
#168 Craig Blair: Trials and Tribulations; Co-Founder of a $1B+ VC Fund in his most candid interview ever
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Blair is the Co-Founder and Partner at Airtree, a globally recognised Venture Capital firm with $1B+ funds under management.Before AirTree, he w...
#167 Investment Memo: How CLT Toolbox is eliminating 39% of global carbon emissions from buildings ft. Adam Jones & Ringo Thomas
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to installment #25 of the Investment Memo series and overall episode #167 on the show. Submit this EOI for your company to be considered in f...
#166 Alasdair MacLeod (Rare Public Interview): Murdoch's Newsrooms to Soil Carbon Pioneer & Reshaping Agriculture
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alasdair is Executive Chairman of Macdoch, a private investment company with offices in Sydney and London. Macdoch comprises of Macdoch Ventures, inve...
#165 Jillian Broadbent: The Trailblazing Board Director in a rare public Interview
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jillian Broadbent is one of the leading Business and Industry minds, with extensive investment banking industry knowledge and markets expertise, inclu...
#164 Connor Archbold: Living in 28 homes, Unpacking the magic and learnings building 'Tracksuit', New York, NZ & Family!
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connor is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Tracksuit. Tracksuit provides always-on, beautiful tracking to measure brand health. Tracksuit today covers 1,3...
#163 Grant Dooley (Rare Public Interview): Learnings as Counsul General in China + Indonesia, Inside Breakthrough Victoria
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Dooley is an experienced international funds manager and the CEO of the $2B Fund, Breakthrough Victoria, with prior roles at Hastings and headin...
#162 Adam Jacobs: How he built 'The Iconic' and now 'Hatch', Learnings from selling kitchen knives, personal identity and dad's influence!
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Jacobs is the Co-Founder of THE ICONIC - A globally recognised online fashion retailer, and the Co-Founder of Hatch - a new venture whose mission...
#161 Holly Ransom: Inspiring journey from Perth to working w Obama, Branson, Gladwell + world events, her grandma and more!
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Ransom is an internationally acclaimed leadership speaker and consultant – paving the way for leaders across the globe to turn knowledge into ...
#160 Kell Reilly: Lessons from investing in Spotify, Uber, Atlassian in his first ever public interview
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kell is the newest Partner at the Venture Capital firm, Airtree.Before joining Airtree, he spent most of his career in Silicon Valley at renowned firm...
#159 Matteo Franceschetti: Eight Sleep's Founder, Late English Learner, Fundraising from YC, Khosla & Founders Fund
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matteo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, the sleep fitness company. Eight Sleep developed a proprietary technology which is redesigning sleep ...
#158 Judy Anderson-Firth: Source of "abundant giving" personality, becoming CEO w Dom Pym, democratising access to investing + personal news with her wife!
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Judy is the Group CEO of Euphemia, the family office for Australian entrepreneur and technologist, Dom Pym. Together they manage ~$65m in investments ...
#157 Jack Zhang: Airwallex's $6.2B Ascent – From Melbourne Café to Global Fintech Powerhouse (First In-Depth Interview)
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Zhang is the Co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, last valued at $6.2B (As of 2025). Airwallex is a leading global financial platform for modern busi...
#156 Ahmed Fahour (pt 2 of 2 - Rare Public Interview): How he became the highly acclaimed CEO of Citigroup, NAB & Australia Post
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second and final part of a 2 part special conversation with Ahmed Fahour in a rare public interview appearance. Ahmed is a prominent busin...
#155 Ahmed Fahour (pt 1 of 2 - Rare Public Interview): Early life influences, Lebanon, Adversity, Re-marriage + new CEO role!
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 1 of a 2 part special conversation with Ahmed Fahour in a rare public interview appearance. Ahmed is a prominent business executive who ...
#154 Larry Marshall: Loosing dad early, building 6 tech companies, 30 yrs in the US, transforming Australia's National Science Agency (CSIRO)
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Larry Marshall is a distinguished scientist, technology innovator, and business leader with over 25 years of experience. He holds a PhD in Physics...
#153 Mark Suster: Battling ADHD, Selling to Salesforce, Good vs Bad Acquisitions, Venture Capital predictions for 2024!
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Suster is a globally renowned Investor, being Partner at Upfront Ventures, based in LA, California. He previously was the founder & CEO of two su...
#152 Holly Kramer (Rare Public Interview): US Countryside to Board Director at ANZ, Woolworths & Fonterra
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by Holly Kramer in a very rare public interview appearance. Holly is an experienced non-executive Director and Chief Executive. She is on...