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Welcome to the Startup West podcast. We talk with West Australian startups who have been there and done it, or are right here and doing it! Recorded in beautiful Perth, WA; produced by Startup News, and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Co-hosts for 2022: Danelle Cross, Brodie McCulloch and Steve Elias. Editor: Carmen Yee. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast is recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
For the final episode of 2023, Startup West recorded a founders' panel in front of a live audience of more than 400 at Freo Startup Fest, which is part of the annual West Tech Fest, Australia's longest-running tech festival.Host Charlie Gunningham chats with Dr Julia Reisser (Uluu), Amy Carter-James (Raaise) and Jonathan Lilley (Electro Ventures). Each company is heavily involved in developing and funding cleaner, climate-friendly products.Having raised $8.6M, Uluu is commercialising the production of red seaweed as an alternative source of plastics, to change fashion and other industries. Meanwhile, Raaise is a platform connecting investors with climate tech startups, and Electro Ventures has raised $20M and funded 13 EV-related boat, plane and vehicle companies.Julia, Amy and Jonathan talk about their challenges and successes in 2023, the climate tech sector generally, and their plans for 2024 and beyond.For more: >> https://uluu.com.au>> https://raaise.co>> https://electro.ventures>> https://electronautic.com.au~Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.Startup West will return in 2024.
Danelle Cross (Curtin Uni) and Chris Tan (Spacecubed) talk with Dan Dawson, founder and director of edtech startup Paperly. Originally from New Zealand, Dan saw the need to reduce paper-based bureaucratic systems in schools. Coding 7 hours a night while holding down a full-time job, he was selected to join the Plus Eight Tech Accelerator in Perth in 2022. This year, the newly established early-stage VC fund Purpose Ventures invested in the business, and his goal is to get Paperly into 10,000 schools. “…It’s one thing starting a company. It’s another thing starting a company with a partner, or wife. It’s next level again, once you’ve got kids...” ~ Dan DawsonFor more: https://www.paperly.io~Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
We talk with Jemma Iles, who has been working in, and promoting, innovation across various industries including local and state government for the past 20 years. Jemma is also one of the people bringing the new ‘Australian Innovation Management Institute’ (AIMI) to Australia.How can governments and corporates best innovate? What can they learn from startups? How can governments and corporates best assist startups and the local innovation ecosystem? “I’d love to see more public sector officers in the startup ecosystem. I think there’s lots to learn, and probably one of the biggest things I learnt in my roles in government was spending listening to the challenges that startups face, and being able to find a pathway to help them to access grants and funding, or just support, to bring their businesses to life.” ~ Jemma Iles For more: https://aiminstitute.org.au and https://thelightboxgroup.com.au~Co-hosts: Danelle Cross (Curtin University) and Chris Tan (Spacecubed).Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with Intan Oldakowska, co-founder and CEO of medtech startup Earflo. She and her team are developing a non-invasive device that drains middle ear fluid in children with chronic ear infections, avoiding developmental delay and the need for surgery.From an idea first borne over at Stanford University, California, the company was recently awarded $500,000 in WA government funding, which will help them commercialise their solution over the next few years. Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, Intan moved to Perth during high school, wanted to be a ballerina at WAAPA, then switched to engineering, and later a PhD. “…Startup is a tough road. Don’t go into it because you want to get famous or something. Because it’s totally not worth it. The pain is not worth that, right? So you want to be in it for the right reason. Be ready for it to be a long journey, with lots of setbacks.” ~ Intan OldakowskaFor more: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earflo/ ~(1)Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with serial app entrepreneur, award-winning founder and all-round nice guy Stuart Kidd.When one startup is not enough, how about four or five? Originally from the UK, Stuart arrived in Australia aged 10, then went back to work there after school, developing his eye for design, tech and online businesses. Back in Perth, he set up Apps People, an app development business, and has launched multiple app businesses over the past few years. Last year, he was voted Startup News Most Admired Startup Founder, and in this episode he shares a lot from his journey and multiple startups.“… Sometimes you have to say to yourself 'Hey, this stuff I can do by myself, this stuff I can't do at all, I need people on board'. It's not just about collaborating, it's about understanding your business better, and understanding where your skills are, and where your skills can be better focussed.” ~ Stuart Kidd.For more: https://foodybag.com.au, https://www.blezz.co, https://www.familia.app, http://www.everythere.com.au~(1)Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with Simon Anderson, CEO and founder of Notis (student engagement platform for schools) and Swayz (prompts friends and family to share video content for you).With Notis, established in 2013 in Perth, Simon has raised US$1M over 10 years and is aiming to have a thousand US schools on board in 2023. Simon raised his first $5K thanks to Curtin Accelerate in Perth, then US$350K in an angel round, sold up everything in Australia, moved to Canada, while his kids were young. He's now back in Perth.Meanwhile, his new startup baby is Swayz, a social media engagement app, which was launched a few months ago.“… If you realise that you have time on your side, regarding that it’s going to take a long time. You’ve got time, you’re young, so do something every day… do that one thing, and it will add up.” ~ Simon Anderson.For more: https://notis.com/ and https://www.swayz.app/~(1)Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with the CEO of tech recruiting firm Valrose and co-Chair of Women in Tech WA (WiTWA), Tina Ambrose. Growing up in south London, she took on various jobs, found herself homeless at one stage, then later made “the best decision in [her] life” to move to Perth, Western Australia. Working in recruitment, she devised and then set up her own company, and also champions women in technology through her work with WiTWA.“ If I knew then what I know now, would I have started?! There’s a lot of challenges you face. And the answer is yes, absolutely …” ~ Tina Ambrose. For more: https://valrose.com.au/ ~Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.(1)Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with Ingrid Rodriguez, founder of Eikonic, a dental hygiene product looking to help a billion mouths over the next ten years.
Born in Chile, and growing up in Perth, Ingrid studied oral hygiene and after years of practice, saw a need to develop a revolutionary product that would assist the 3 billion people that suffer from one type of oral disease or another.
“ Do whatever it takes to be you own best friend. That was another great piece of advice, and a quote that I’ve taken with me and my journey. Sometimes as a sole founder it can be very lonely…” Ingrid Rodriguez ~
For more: https://www.eikonic.org
~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
(1) Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with two of Veintech's co-founders, Nick Buckley and Nik Bappoo, who with a team of 10 are developing a handheld unit that visualises veins to make cannulation (drawing blood) easier.
It’s a disturbing fact that the standard ‘miss rate’ for cannulations is around 40%, incredibly high. Once you miss twice, you have to call for help.
Set up in 2020, the medtech company closed a seed round last year, won an Accelerating Commercialisation grant, and is moving towards clinical trials.
“ No matter how far you get along this journey, it is that vision you define in the early days … often that’s something that’s skipped. It’s often seen as ‘fluffy’, … we were lucky as we got forced to do it through accelerators. ” ~ Nik Bappoo.
For more: https://www.veintech.com.au
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
(1) Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/
Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) breezes into episode 101, with Rob Kelly, managing director of Agora Livestock, a price discovery marketplace for sheep, cattle and goats.
Growing up on the family farm in Kojonup, in the Great Southern, 250 kilometres south from Perth, Rob was into maths and science at school, and studied ag science at university. After a decade in grains trading, he saw that banks had no efficient, real-time way of valuing livestock, which became the idea behind Agora.
After five years as a pure B2B subscriptions business, the business has recently launched its online marketplace nationally.
"If you say ‘Well I can’t show you because you might steal the idea’.. your business is not robust enough for the investment. So the sooner you can start talking about what you’re doing, the better, and you’ll find mentors along the way" ~ Rob Kelly.
For more: https://agoralivestock.com.au
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Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.
(1) As recently judged by Feedspot: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/
For our 100th episode, a real treat: we speak with the inspirational Professor Fiona Wood AM, who with research partner Marie Stoner invented spray-on skin, ‘ReCell’, made famous after the Bali Bombings, for which she was made Australian of the Year in 2005.
Growing up in the north of England, the daughter of a fifth-generation coalminer, the self-confessed “sporty nerd” moved to London to study medicine. Emigrating to Western Australia in the '80s, she became the state's first female plastic surgeon, and in the 1990s pioneered the ReCell technology that would greatly reduce permanent scarring in burns victims.
She continues to work perfecting the technique, as director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service, and inspire the next generation of innovators.
“ It’s hard. It’s a long road. So you have to have that passion and belief. So it’s really worth interrogating that idea, roughing it up a bit, moulding it, shaping it, so that when you go to the table, you know it inside out, and you believe in it…” ~ Fiona Wood.
For more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Wood
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) welcomes well-known co-host of the Mix 94.5 Brekky Radio Show ('Pete, Matt and Kymba'), and, now startup founder and Plus Eight graduate Pete Curulli.
A mad-keen gamer, and co-host of popular podcast for gamers, Game on Aus, he is developing a platform for independent gaming developers, Three Little Pixels, which he plans to launch later this year.
Passing through the Plus Eight tech accelerator last year, Pete has been bootstrapping the development of the platform, which Australian/New Zealand developers can register (in the link below).
"... Cos when it’s midnight, and it’s all too tough, and it’s too bloody hard, and your business is going backwards, and you’re losing money, you’ve got a month or runway left, it’s the guy that sat there for 9 hours, that will find a solution to get you past that, not the guy that left in 15 minutes." ~ Pete Curulli
For more: https://register.threelittlepixels.com/login (register if you’re a ANZ game developer)
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Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.
(1) As ranked on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/
Australia's number 1 startup podcast talks with former Western Australian of the Year, Bourby Webster, founder of the Perth Symphony Orchestra, who recently stepped away from the CEO role, after 13 years.
Growing up in the English countryside, she was exposed to orchestral music from a young age, played viola, and went to Oxford University, where she also got into rowing as a coxswain. Moving to Perth, she did an MBA, worked for an engineering firm, and wondered why there was only one symphony orchestra whereas in Manchester, England - with less than a third of Perth's population - there are four.
Setting up an orchestra - with its insanely hard business model - was tough. She received no government funding for ten years, and had to sell out every concert just to survive. ‘The orchestra that breaks the rules’ plays everything from Nirvana to INXS to Mozart to Chopin, and is intent on ‘taking music to the people’.
"My way of growing the orchestra was to go and speak to as many mayors and CEOs of local governments, and I identified a market of 139 shires in WA, all of whom could use music as a way to connect their community." ~ Bourby Webster
For more: https://perthsymphony.com and https://www.bourbywebster.com
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Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.
We talk with Joanna Morris, co-founder and CEO of Matilda, a digital platform that informs, connects and assists patients of endometriosis, a painful chronic condition that afflicts 1 in 9 Australian women.A pelvic physio by background, she and her business partner Kevin started the business to improve the lives of the 190 million people around the world that suffer from the affliction.Passing through Perth BioDesign and Curtin Accelerate programs, the business has been bootstrapped and now has paying customers.“ I wish I've said, ‘Do you know what Jo, this is going to be so much fun, you just need to jump in.’ Because there’s no use being scared, and it’s going to be a lot of fun…” ~ Joanna Morris. For more: https://matilda.health~Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Chris and Steve talk with Dr Mehdi Ravanbakhsh, co-founder of two AI startups – the 7-year-old data analytics and AI company MapIzy and the brand-new cryptocurrency platform, CryptoCrispy.Originally from Iran, with a PhD from the Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany, and 20 years’ experience as an academic, Mehdi moved to Melbourne for his postdoc, then to Perth as an associate professor at the University of Western Australia. Fascinated by the power of AI, he quit his job to set up MapIzy in 2015, winning contracts with Airbus and Toyota. Once the company was “in a good shape”, he set up CryptoCrispy in 2022, where he aims to improve crypto trading with AI, empowering smarter and easier trading.“ If you’re interested in our innovation or solution, come and talk to us. We have an excellent track record, and we can empower people and organisations in many ways. ” ~ Mehdi Ravanbakhsh. For more: https://mapizy.com/ and https://cryptocrispy.com.au/~ OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Chris talk with the founder of social impact startup Donut Waste, Sharka Hornakova.Born in Prague, Czech Republic, she arrived in Perth 13 years ago, and discovered “all the beautiful, happy, no worries people.” Having worked in magazines and digital media, she saw an opportunity to recycle coffee ground waste into new products, such as donut-shaped soaps, skin cream and even beer.A graduate of the Curtin Ignition program in 2021, Sharka is also a yoga teacher, and works various jobs to keep the three-year-old Donut Waste business growing.“ You can talk to your local café when you have your next caffeine fix, and tell them all about our services. You can get your local bottle shop on board collecting clips, you can bring your own clips to our 65 and more collection points…” ~ Sharka Hornakova. For more: https://www.donutwaste.com.au/ ~ OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Chris talk with Nick Terpkos, co-founder and CEO of seasonal jobs site, Waytree.Set up five years ago, the fledgling business had to weave around the COVID pandemic to provide a service to seasonal farmers where back packing part time workers were very thin on the ground.Starting out as an engineer, Nick worked part-time on the startup until he and his two friends and co-founders (James Dernie and Harry Lowther) could quit work and go full-time. Established in Western Australia, the site is growing most in Queensland and NSW, and also in WA.“ I recommend getting passionate co-founders. This a long journey, and you need to have people with you who share the same values, who you can lean on, (with) different skill sets.” ~ Nick Terpkos. For more: https://waytree.com/ ~ OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Chris and Steve talk with Esther Oh, founder and CEO of health tech and AI-vision startup Agili8.Born in Singapore, and a top student at school, Esther was the only female software engineer at her consulting company. She moved to Perth in 2009 on a skilled migrant visa, as she wanted to raise her kids in WA. Agili8 was then set up after her son lost his eyesight. “The same thing with X-Ray vision. I actually see that this is the future of work. It is something we will definitely be living with, just like how we can’t live without our mobile phone.” ~ Esther Oh.For more: https://agili8.com ~ OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Steve and Chris talk with Tim Jones, Managing Director of cyber security startup Hyprfire.Starting out as a lawyer, he moved into technology law, worked in Sydney, and then moved back to WA to work on various startups in the ASX and private space. He did some advisory work, helped fund tech startups and worked for a time at HealthEngine.Spun out of Curtin University, Hyprfire has raised some significant capital as well as an Accelerating Commercialisation grant, offering network threat prevention as a service.“Enjoy the ride. Not many people get to do this. Just recognise that, and enjoy it as much as you can. Celebrate the great moments, and try and keep things in perspective.” ~ Tim Jones.For more: https://www.hyprfire.com~ OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Brodie talk with the recently crowned WA Innovator of the Year, Kate Lewkowski, co-founder and CEO of medtech startup Neurotologix. Her company is developing a remote patient monitoring device for dizziness and vertigo, which afflicts 2.9 million Australians, prompting over 350,000 medical appointments.An audiologist with over 20 years of clinical and epidemiological research experience, Kate holds degrees in computer science, mathematics and public health, and is determined to manufacture her device in Western Australia.“She said ‘I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about it. And then I realised I was somebody.’ So I always wondered why were not monitoring the attacks. And then realising… oh I think that has to be me…!” ~ Kate Lewkowski.For more: https://www.neurotologix.com/ ~ OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
We’re back for 2023 and our 4th season, with a fantastic start – Danelle and Brodie interview the Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy, Hon Stephen Dawson MLC.Growing up in Ireland, the eldest of four children, he moved to Australia in his teens with his family, and became involved in student politics. His father had been an active union official. Starting out as a drama teacher, Stephen Dawson became a Labor member of the upper house of Western Australian government in 2013 becoming a cabinet minister in 2017, and Innovation Minister in 2021.Minister Dawson explains what his wishes are for the local innovation ecosystem, and what it needs now."The ideas are here. The expertise is here now as well. We’re growing it locally and we’re bringing it in from overseas. But money, if we had more money here we could do so much more quicker. Part of that’s my role, and we’ll have some announcements over the next 12 months – hopefully the next budget will be good to us – but certainly working with people in Perth who have got money, convincing them how good an investment this will be, is important." ~ Minister Stephen DawsonFor more: https://www.wa.gov.au/nif ~ OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
For the final episode of the 4th season of Startup West and 2022: a founders' panel recorded in front of a live audience in Fremantle as part of this year's Freo Startup Fest.Charlie Gunningham chats with Dan Nembhard (Wolfit Box founder), Holly Bridgwater, (Humyn.ai founder) and Kevin Mitchem (Co-Architecture co-founder).The session was titled ‘Pets, Property and AI’ for reasons that become clear in the discussion. Hear from 3 founders who have each launched (or re-launched) their startups in the past 18 months, some quirky facts, how 2022 went for them and their plans for 2023 and beyond...For more:https://wolfitbox.com.au/https://www.humyn.ai/https://co-architecture.com/~ OFFER from Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Tekkon, Dinner Twist, RSM, the City of Perth, Spacecubed and Curtin University.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Chris talk with Stephen Cornish, founder and managing director of Pentanet, a Perth-based internet provider providing super-fast speeds for homes and businesses.A keen gamer, Stephen set up his first tower for himself so he could enjoy faster internet to play League of Legends. Years later, the company now owns the largest private fixed network in Perth, has listed on the ASX (‘5GG’), and even owns a professional League of Legends team.“If you have an idea, you really have nothing to lose by doing it. You’ll have some challenges, things will get tough, and you’ll make sacrifices, but if you don’t do it, it won’t happen.” ~ Stephen Cornish.For more: https://pentanet.com.au/ ~ OFFER from Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to https://www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Tekkon, Dinner Twist, RSM, the City of Perth, Spacecubed and Curtin University.Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Chris Tan makes his debut on Startup West as co-host, with Danelle, and they talk with John Barrington AM, co-founder and managing director of Artyra, an ASX-listed (‘AYE’) AI-driven healthcare tech company that is looking to tackle the global problem of heart disease.
Every 13 minutes, an Australian dies of a heart attack. 9 million die every year around the world. The company was set up in 2018, has since raised $60 million in various rounds, including an ASX listing in November 2021 where $40M was raised on a $105M valuation.
"Go for it. Pin your ears back and go for it. If there is one word to sum it up for me, what it takes is, that word would be 'persistence'. I think of that Calvin Coolidge quote: persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." ~ John Barrington.
For more: https://www.artrya.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Dinner Twist, Tekkon, the City of Perth, Spacecubed, Curtin University and RSM.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Steve talk with Tim Hyde, co-founder and CEO of SWAN (‘scheduling water and nutrients’) Systems, a cloud-based platform that allows irrigators to make the most out of every drop of water and fertiliser.
Former Carnarvon table grape and banana farmer Tim got together with co-founders Ivor Gaylard and Rod Campbell seven years ago to create a scalable software solution from their existing consulting business.
The business won Startup of the Year in 2018 and Best Agtech Business in 2020, has gone on to raise $3.8M, has a team of 18 and has clients in several countries including the US.
“2 pieces of advice: work really closely with your customers and make sure you understand them; and the other thing is to build networks in the investor world, and take them on the journey too…” ~ Tim Hyde
For more: https://www.swansystems.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Brodie and Steve talk with Erin Clark, co-founder of Dark Stry (which is short for ‘Dark Story’), an app that features various immersive walking tours of Perth, including one recognising early female entrepreneurs.
Originally from country Victoria, the former journalist moved to Western Australia 10 years ago with her husband, on what was supposed to be a two-year sojourn, and has fallen in love with WA.
One night, after a couple of bottles of Prossecco, she had the idea. Four weeks later, she had an app in the app store and she was launched. Then the fun started...
“Someone was saying to me, ‘Oh you’ve done so well, in such a short period of time.’ You’ve always got to remember, it feels completely different on the inside. It feels like chaos. It feels like drama.” ~ Erin Clark.
For more: https://www.darkstry.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Brodie and Steve talk with Kylie Dillon, co-founder and CEO of Realtime Conveyancer, a three-year-old proptech startup that is streamlining the real estate legal purchase process “from contract to keys”.
With 19 years’ experience in conveyancing, she felt that the whole industry needed saving with technology, and sought out to develop it herself. As is often the case, the original quotation for development ended up being about a third of the eventual cost.
“I am really privileged that I come across a lot of great people and meet a lot of startups. But I think it’s anybody that is prepared to be real, and the reason behind their startup. I love a startup that is doing it for a purpose…” ~ Kylie Dillon
For more: https://www.realtimeconveyancer.com.au
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Steve talk with Eliza Carbines, Founding Director of Tender Relief, who has built a tech platform to help businesses apply for tenders.
Eliza has tackled a problem she saw across her client base, the tricky world of project tendering. Hear how she built Tender Relief from Karratha (in far north Western Australia), the challenges overcome and the progress to date.
“If you're in that startup world, or if you’re thinking of getting into it, I would suggest you hook onto something there that matters, that matters beyond you as a person and your immediate circumstance, that matters to the community, whatever that looks like…” ~ Eliza Carbines.
For more: https://tenderrelief.com.au/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Steve talk with Zach Nielsen, co-founder and CEO of Ascend Health Group, which includes Ascend Health services, software company Bruno Health, and hardware operation Obdo.
Established in 2017, the group provides care services in the national disability and health sectors. A physiotherapist by training, Zach and his team operate in Western Australia and Queensland, and have plans to launch into other states over the next few years.
“I was already building Ascend in my last year of university. I had already seen the value of having smart, dedicated young people with fire in their belly. People go into these health science degrees because they want to help people…” ~ Zach Nielsen
For more: https://www.ascendhealthgroup.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Steve and Brodie talk with Matt Hart, co-founder of Perth-founded smart wearables tech company Soter Analytics, who is passionate about reducing injuries at work.
Scaling the business to more than 50 staff over the past five years, the company is now headquartered in London, with a development team in Estonia and an office in Perth. Their most recent funding round was more than A$16M. The boy from Armadale has done well, and does not hold back on his views about developing a startup in Perth.
“…When you look at Estonia, they say ‘Look out of Estonia from day one’; because one and a half million people live there. If you’re going to make a tech business, a startup, you’ve got to think worldwide from day one. And I think that’s the same in Perth.” ~ Matt Hart.
For more: https://soteranalytics.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Steve and Brodie talk with Julie Adams, co-founder of Chemo@Home, who with her business partner Lorna Cook has scaled up the home-based infusion service to more than 100 staff over the past 9 years.
Both Julie and Lorna mortgaged their houses to fund the business, which quadrupled in size during Covid. 1,400 doctors across the country use the service, and more and more patients can have their chemotherapy and other care therapies in their own home.
“I asked him what it was like for him, and he said – ‘I used to spend all day travelling to the hospital and back, getting my treatment, it was so stressful. I did that twice a week. But the difference it made to me was nothing compared to the difference it made to my wife’ … It’s like you’re giving people back their lives, and there’s nothing that matches that feeling.” ~ Julie Adams
For more: https://chemoathome.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Brodie talk with Dr Paola Magni, forensic scientist and senior lecturer at Murdoch University.
Originally from Turin, Italy, a centre of criminology, award-winning researcher Dr Magni has pioneered crime scene investigations (CSI) using virtual reality (VR), with her CSI VR project in Western Australia.
“So we decided to sit down and storyboard the story, exactly like you do for a movie, and we imagined what kind of crime, what kind of people involved, what kind of weapon for the murder, and obviously it was huge, as it’s a story, the sky’s the limit…” ~ Paola Magni.
For more: https://paolamagni.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Brodie talk with Jon Gregory, founder and CEO of Vitruvian, a global personal fitness device and platform operating from its head offices in West Perth.
A decade ago, the former investment trader realised that while the algorithms he was using were very fast and efficient, weight-training seemed to be about “pushing weights”. In 2019, he took some investment from a local angel investor, matched it with his own funding, and has since raised millions of dollars, and sells his machines around the world.
“I asked him ‘How do you make money? How do you do it?’ he said ‘Jon, you put yourself in a position to make money’. And I was like ‘That’s either the most profound thing I’ve ever heard or the dumbest thing …” ~ Jon Gregory.
For more: https://vitruvianform.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Brodie and Steve talk with Nicole Gazey and Rebecca Loftus, co-founders of IDEA (Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy), a brand new ‘alternative school’ for young innovators, entrepreneurs and creatives.
Having graduated from last year’s Plus Eight tech accelerator program, IDEA raised some funds from BetterLabs Ventures and launched the academy earlier this year, with their first cohort currently going through their programs at the FLUX co-working space in the city.
“The need for change is so great, and the amount of students that are currently struggling in the system, and being underserved by it, is so great that I think the more the merrier in terms of alternatives…” ~ Rebecca Loftus.
For more: https://ideacademy.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Brodie and Steve talk with Professor Peter Klinken AC, the Chief Scientist of Western Australia, about his role as a government advisor and cheerleader for researchers, innovators and startups.
He’s been in the role for 8 years, and has just signed up for another three years. He talks about the startup sector, which had been almost ignored when he first came into the job, but now seems to be flourishing, and could be about to take off.
“I have to dips my lid to the entire (startup) sector, as I’ve watched them do it themselves, with very little external support, with very little government support, to say ‘we’re going to have a crack at this’, and so I’ve stood back with admiration to watch the sector grow, and now to see it flourishing…” ~ Peter Klinken.
For more: https://www.wa.gov.au/government/people/peter-klinken
~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Brodie and Steve talk with David Pettit, cofounder and Group CEO of PictureWealth, a fast-growing fintech company that has successfully digitised financial services, which it sells to its tens of thousands of clients.
Originally from Queenstown in New Zealand, David landed in Perth, worked in financial services and saw a gap in the market to set up PictureWealth in 2018. Since then, the company has bought up various financial advisor companies and raised many tens of millions of dollars of capital. In only their second trading year, the business grew to tens of millions in revenue, and has more than $2 billion of funds under advice.
“For those in Perth, you're in a great spot, because there's a heap of people around you who have got money, or you are one step away from knowing the person that does…” ~ David Pettit.
For more: https://picturewealth.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Steve and Brodie talk with Angie Keeler, cofounder and CEO of Zella DC, a next-generation data centre provider disrupting traditional server rooms.
Originally from South Africa, together with husband Clint, Angie and her team have developed a mobile data centre - about the size of a fridge - that can be placed in harsh environments such as remote mine sites and pretty much anywhere.
“Definitely it's all about really getting your name out there and talking to people, and networking, and getting to know everybody… and that’s how you will find the right investors who are going to help you…” ~ Angie Keeler.
For more: https://www.zelladc.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Steve talk with Mihailo Bozic, founder of Envited, an events platform that does not need Facebook, and works across all social media platforms. Only 2% of teens use Facebook, so this cohort needs another means to set up and share events.
He started working on the concept last year while still at university, recently raised a $350,000 pre-seed round to employ some staff, and is about to launch the service.
“When I was raising money for Envited, I spoke to over 70 investors, and only one of them invested, and they took the lead. So you just have to just talk to as many as you can, and you have to grind it out…. People at an early stage invest in founders. They don’t invest in your business.” ~ Mihailo Bozic.
For more: https://www.envited.io/
~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Steve talk with James Flanagan, co-founder of newly launched HoverIT (‘Hover It’) which is looking to provide a single platform for small businesses to reach and sell to their customers directly.
Originally from the west of Ireland, the former oil and gas worker and commercial diver launched the service in Fremantle earlier this year with his Uncle Luke as co-founder.
“Definitely the best people I’ve met have been at events, some that I was not even going to go to, and then I left and I was like – I’m so happy I went to that event…” ~ James Flanagan.
For more: www.hoverit.com
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Brodie talk with Annie Brox, the founder of Origo Farm, an agtech business that recently won both a Boosting Female Founding grant (one of only 3 in WA) as well as an Accelerating Commercialisation grant in 2019, for her farm-based IoT platform and devices business.
From growing up in a farming family in Norway, to working in telecoms, she arrived in Western Australia to found Origo, that works with farmers to improve connectivity as well as providing IoT hardware devices and a platform to improve efficiency.
"Get to know your customers, early on, really really get to know your customers. Do the hard yards with your customers. Get in customers, early early on. And just tell them, openly, I’m thinking about this, would you like to be on board, in terms of giving me feedback. Don’t choose all the nice ones that say yes, yes, yes, yes…” ~ Annie Brox.
For more: www.origo.farm
~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Startup West is back for series 4 and 2022, with two of our new co-hosts Danelle Cross and Brodie McCulloch. In this episode, they talk with Louise Matson, founder of Louise M - a corporate shoe brand for women.
Working in the aviation industry for more than twenty years, Louise always felt there should be a better, more comfortable yet stylish shoe, that women could wear all day. She created Loiuse M brand, with quality shoes made in Italy, and has recently quit flying to concentrate on the business full-time.
“... ‘Louise, don’t ever stop supplying these shoes, they’re the best work shoes’. So I get little hints from the universe to keep going down the track I’m going, which is really lovely…” ~ Louise M.
For more: https://www.louisemshoes.com/
Louise's own podcast: 'Louise M Empowerment' - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/louise-m-empowerment/id1570844081
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
For the final episode of the 3rd season of Startup West and 2021: a founders' panel recorded in front of a live audience at Little Creatures in Fremantle as part of this year's Freo Startup Fest.
Charlie Gunningham (Startup News) chats with Julian Ilich (founder and CEO of Tiller Rides), Mel Bainbridge, (co-founder of The Pack Australia) and Glen McIvor (founder and CEO of Solv).
The session was titled ‘The launch, the raise and the exit’ as each founder had had a significant launch, raise or exit during the past year.
“… I love startups, I love that part of it, and I also think [that] I don’t want to run a big business. You end up being an HR manager, which is not fun at all. But the actual startup part is really fun.” ~ Glen McIvor.
For more: https://www.tillerrides.com/ https://www.thepackaustralia.com.au/ https://solv.com.au/ Photos of the event: https://www.facebook.com/freostartupfest
~~ Startup West is recorded in Western Australia, produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle is back, and together with Charlie, we hear from Katie Liew, founder of The Underground Collaborative, a not-for-profit organisation providing employment and housing solutions to break the cycles of homelessness.
Loving English at school, but choosing Science and Maths subjects, Katie started out as an accountant for ten years working for various mining companies before embarking on a big overseas trip that opened up a new world view. Returning to Perth, she set up her social enterprise, which runs the Ground & Co coffee shop in the State Library.
“I’ve always felt that I want to give… I didn’t realise that til I was older, the need to do more. But I was always very passionate about volunteering, children, international aid and things like that... because I felt so lucky.” ~ Katie Liew.
For more: https://theunderground.org.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie talks with the co-founder and CEO of Agworld, Doug Fitch. The 11-year old agtech business was sold to Vancouver-headquartered Semios earlier this year for more than A$100 million.
With his two co-founders, Doug pioneered data-driven farm management, working with agronomists and growing the business to more than 16,000 farms in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the US.
Growing up in Perth, he always wanted to be a farmer, and got there via a stint being a mechanic then working for the German multinational Bayer. His family has a farm out in Bruce Rock, in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia.
“When it comes to running a tech company, it’s a whole new language of SaaS metrics. I didn’t know what SaaS was. You have to build process into the business from day one, and it has to be repeatable, scalable, measurable processes, and then you have to be disciplined.” ~ Doug Fitch
For more: https://www.agworld.com/au/
and https://semios.com/
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Startup West is recorded at MurdochxSpacecubed studio, during Perth Podcast Week, in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie talks with the co-founders of mining tech startup MiPlan, Louise and Rob Daw. The couple met in a former software business, and decided to set out on their own to solve a problem they saw in the resources industry.
Seven years in, they had built it up to a scale that they were acquired by major mining software conglomerate Hexagon Mining, where Rob is now CTO.
They both share their journey, through the startup phase, winning clients, fund-raising and hiring staff through to exit.
"He has a really good vision where technology and the mining industry should go, and often I’m very risk averse… even though we did take on all this risk of having a business, I didn’t want to take on more debt, or go into too many unknown markets… we did get there eventually, but we probably could have got there faster…" ~ Louise Daw.
For more: http://miplanconsulting.com
and https://hexagonmining.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie talks with the co-founder and former CEO of iiNet, Michael Malone.
A maths graduate with an early interest in the emerging internet, Michael calculated he needed to sign up 200 clients at $25 a month to allow himself access to the Net in 1993. Working out of his parent's garage in Padbury, he built up one of the largest ISPs in the country with over $1B in sales over the next 20 years, taking on industry giants and even Hollywood studios.
One of WA's true tech success stories, Michael is now a non-executive director at Seven West Media and NBN Co, as well as an investor in several startups and tech businesses.
"It’s pretty special when you’re sitting down with an 18-year-old (South African) kid, we were paying 6 times the average national income, youth unemployment was 50% at the time, and that 18-year-old kid can buy his Mum her first house." ~ Michael Malone.
For more: https://iinet.net.au/customers/
and https://www.perth.net.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Charlie talk with Cullum (Ash) Ashton, founder of BuilderzWA, and also Proptech Hub, the first and only home for WA proptechs in Perth.
Ash has had a variety of jobs, from running pizza shops to organising town competitions, a stint in the army and then into selling new homes. He's the embodiment of the entrepreneur, always hustling, always creating, putting his infectious enthusiasm into all he does.
“… So I put a sign out the front that’s said ‘Toilet this way’ so I’d have the people using the park, come into the display home and I’d give them stuff to give to their friends and family to move into the area, and then they’d come and chat with me!” ~ Cullum Ashton.
For more: https://builderzwa.com.au/
and: https://builderzwa.com.au/proptech-hub-wa
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie and Danelle talk with Elizabeth Knight, founder of edtech startup Purposeful.
A top student at school, Elizabeth had no idea what she wanted to do as a career, or how to start thinking about it. She realised many people of school age had similar problems, so started Purposeful - straight out of uni - to encourage young people to 'find their place' in the world.
"More than half of young Australians – and it’s way higher now – have no idea of what they want to do. One of their biggest problems is figuring out their future…" ~ Elizabeth Knight.
For more: https://www.purposeful.org.au/ The Lost Button podcast: https://www.thelostbutton.org/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie and Danelle talk with Dan Jovevski, founder and CEO of fintech WeMoney. Dan has already had one fintech journey, from founder to exit with SwitchMyLoan, and he's back for more.
Not a great success at school, Dan remembers a conversation with his grandfather that turned his life around and opened his eyes to what was possible. Many years later, his second startup, launched during Covid last year, raised $2M and is changing the way millennials and others learn about money, from each other.
“As a second-time founder, what I learnt probably the most, is that emotional regularity of dealing with really good news, and then really, really bad news, and trying to keep an even keel, and that I think has been really helpful for my own predisposition of startup life…”
For more: https://www.wemoney.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Charlie talk with Natalie Marinho, founder of Voyant AR and Neon Thursday, and Chair of Immerse Australia.
Natalie shares stories from her fascinating career in the creative, corporate and IT industries, all over the world, before she became immersed (if you forgive the pun) in mixed reality.
"Take a step back frequently, and acknowledge the success you’ve had, because if it was easy, then everyone would be doing it, or it would have already been done.” ~ Natalie Marinho.
For more: https://www.voyantar.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie and Danelle talk with Jason Waller, CEO of ASX-listed smart home tech company for elderly care, InteliCare.
Jason has already taken one ASX company (Spookfish) through to exit as CEO. Last year, he took InteliCare through a successful listing, and is building up the business nationally.
"I describe it as crossing a river using stepping stones. It’s never going to be a bridge. You have to go across stepping stones, and choose each one, and you might find yourself stranded and have to come backwards slightly to move forwards, and that’s just normal.” ~ Jason Waller.
For more: www.intelicare.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Charlie talk with Daisy Ashworth, founder of Mortgage Mates, a housing platform supporting individuals to co-own property together.
Originally from the UK, Daisy has worked in social housing programs for many years, and has developed her startup in WA to help younger people get into property.
“… Understand that overnight successes usually take 10 years of overnight success. So, go into it being realistic, and that this might take a long time to come to fruition, but actually that’s OK…” ~ Daisy Ashworth.
For more: https://www.mortgagemates.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie talks with Erin Bell, founder and MD of Camp Connect.
After a decade working in HR and health and safety on various mine sites, Erin realised she was seeing the same issues time and time again with FIFO workers. The sector has a relatively poor record for employee engagement, staff turnover, mental health issues and suicide.
To solve this, she developed Camp Connect, an app that provides all the needs to staff on site.
She's now on the cusp of commercialisation, with her first paying mine site client where 500 workers use it on a daily basis. She's also won a place on the 2021 Plus Eight tech accelerator program.
“I’ve rolled out a number of software programs through my career, and I’ve found one of the biggest hurdles with that is trying to get people to use the program or programs having a poor level of customer service.” ~ Erin Bell.
For more: www.campconnect.com.au
www.startupwest.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie and Danelle talk with Nick Saunders, who is CEO of not one but two startups, Opaxe and Grow Impact.
As you will hear, Nick has had an incredible career, from Perth, via London, Europe and South America and back to Perth. Along the way he has run startups and accelerators in London, Bulgaria and Chile. He has been back in Perth for a few years now, and is leading two startups, and has some great insights to share.
Listen to the very end, for a bonus story in which Nick had to do a pre-AFL grand final radio show in Serbia (... he knows little about footy!)
“There’s not a lot of support, and in other countries you get a feeling that governments want you, they recognise that small businesses and startups are the lifeblood and they support it, but here, you get the impression that actually they don’t care…” ~ Nick Saunders.
For more: https://www.opaxe.com/ and https://www.growimpact.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Charlie talk with the inspirational and incredibly talented Dr Zara Torre, founder of The Difference.
Zara has degrees in law, dentistry, political science and public health, and wanted to create an easy way for people to give to charity while making online purchases.
“I feel very privileged to have had this life. When I was young, we used to go back to India, and I had a few seminal experiences where I witnessed police brutality, I witnessed a lot of poverty, and I thought – how is it that I have managed to be born in a place like Perth?” ~ Zara Torre.
For more: https://www.the-difference.org/
Download 'The Difference Fund' app from your app store.
Check out Zara's 'The Difference' podcast as well.
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie and Danelle talk with Clinton Schroeder, co-founder and CEO of Tokn, an intelligent enterprise software platform (IPaaS).
An award-winning startup, growing to ten staff over five years with clients in Australia and New Zealand, Tokn allows enterprise software to be used on any device.
“… I think WA is a very innovative place. And I think we’ve always had to be, being isolated on the west of Australia, right back through the ages. Great innovations come from here. But the market is small. People have these ideas, and most of them are good ideas, but they often don’t get this opportunity to test it and grow…” ~ Clinton Schroeder.
For more: https://www.tokntechnology.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie Gunningham tells his story to the Tech Society podcast's Alex Dunmow and John Nguyen. Thanks to them for this cross-over episode, recorded earlier this year.
Charlie has had 20+ years experience in the WA startup scene, from founder through to exit himself with aussiehome.com, then reiwa.com, CEO of Business News, working for a federal government fund, doing deals, as angel investor, as mentor, adviser and writer.
He took over Startup News in 2018, launching the Startup West podcast the same year. Earlier this year, he helped launch a new Australia-wide property news site, The Property Tribune. He has lots of views on the local tech scene!
“… I think there’s definitely room for at least one more $25M fund that looks at early stage – doesn’t have to be zero revenue – but early stage scalable tech businesses in Perth “ ~ Charlie Gunningham.
Links: https://startupnews.com.au/ https://thepropertytribune.com.au/ https://damburst.com.au/ https://www.techsociety.fm/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
In this episode, Charlie talks with Steve Elias and Gavin Stacey from accounting group RSM.
Steve and Gavin each have more than a decade's experience working with hundreds of local startups: on their R&D tax claims, grant applications, ESIC, planning, advisory and fund-raising. They share their insights on what it takes to make a successful startup.
“When I first started in R&D tax 15 years ago, you wouldn’t believe it, but not a lot of companies knew about the program, despite the fact that it’s been around since 1986. So very much a niche area. I feel like history’s repeating itself with the ESIC. It’s only in existence for 5 years, and the word is only getting out in the street now…” ~ Steve Elias.
For more: https://www.rsm.global/australia/offices/perth
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
In this episode, Charlie talks with Amanda Walker, the founder and CEO of short-term accommodation and holiday rental site, WA HomeStay.
When an overseas-owned accommodation site was taken over and the deal worsened for homeowners, Amanda decided to start her own. She's learnt a lot over the past two years and shares freely her advice for budding startup founders.
“… Because I’m juggling my family life, as well as the startup business, so I am very deliberate with the events that I go to. I get a lot of energy from pitch events, and being around that entrepreneurial spirit. I love the youth pitch events. I find that passion, and that idea of no barriers to their thinking so refreshing…” ~ Amanda Walker.
For more: https://wahomestay.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
In this episode, Danelle and Charlie talk with the always-smiling Chris Evans, founder/CEO of Quipmo, the surf, bike and snow peer-to-peer rental marketplace ("equipment for the moment").
Chris has been running the business on his own for four years, and late last year secured an investor, and has recently hired some staff, and is looking to grow and scale.
"A marketplace is a phenomenally challenging business. Notwithstanding, that is also a blessing and a curse. If you can make it work, then all the other potential entrants are also going to suffer that same challenge, so you do have a very defensible position." ~ Chris Evans.
For more: https://quipmo.com/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Welcome to 2021 and Series 3 of the Startup West podcast, where we talk with startup founders and others working in and with West Australian startups.
In this episode, we talk with Dr Sue Bahn, founder and CEO of Tap into Safety, which has provided online training courses across several industries since 2014.
"If you think you’ve got a good idea, first of all, have a go. No question. Secondly, you need to do your research and see that you are actually solving a problem that the market will pay for. Otherwise, you’ll just do all these blue-sky ideas, spend all your money and that’s it." ~ Sue Bahn.
For more: https://tapintosafety.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Welcome to a special episode of Startup West: a panel recorded in front of a live audience at Little Creatures in Fremantle as part of this year's Freo Startup Fest.
Charlie Gunningham chats with Matt James (CTO of Virtual Gaming Worlds), Renae Bunster, (founder of Bunsters) and Dan Jovevski (founder and CEO of WeMoney).
We titled the session - Building a scalable business in WA... what pandemic?! The panellists notched up notable achievements in 2020:
• two raised $2M each; • one had a baby; • another doubled revenues to $780M.
For more: https://www.vgw.co/ https://www.wemoney.com.au/ https://www.bunstersworldwide.com/
Photos of the event: https://startupnews.com.au/2020/12/17/startup-west-podcast-49-freo-startup-fest-panel/
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Startup West is recorded in Western Australia, produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Winner of 2019 Women in Technology Awards, and 2020 Rise Startup of the Year Awards, CEO and founder of Complete Home Filtration Suzanne Dodds talks with Charlie and Danelle.
Originally from Northern Ireland, Suzanne has run businesses in Australia, South Korea and Spain, has an MBA, 3 kids and a husband. Her water filtration company was launched in 2018, and recently closed a $2.4M Series A round to advance its growth around the country. Revenues are already approaching $1M/month.
“After Power Ledger, we were the first WA company to get funding from [BetterLabs Ventures] when it was only a $3M fund. It’s now a $23M fund, and it looks like we’re the first company to get a larger amount out of that, a follow on investment.” ~ Suzanne Dodds.
For more: https://completehomefiltration.com.au/
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Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Charlie talk with Kate Kirwin, Founder and Lead Organiser of She Codes, a 5-year old organisation that has taught more than 4,500 women to code.
“There’s no shortage of women… and it really frustrates me when people tell me all the time ‘Oh, there’s just no women in tech because women don’t want to do it, or they’re not out there. They are! They just need the support to be able to get there.” ~ Kate Kirwin.
Amen. Kate and her team are doing wonderful work.
For more: https://shecodes.com.au/
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Kali and Charlie talk with Michael Palmer, co-founder and director of the vehicle adtech platform, Ads on Wheels.
After several years selling cars, Michael had an idea to turn the advertising market upside down, support local businesses and provide income back to drivers. Now two years into operations, the business has recently graduated from Perth's Plus Eight Tech accelerator, with big plans.
"By 2023, we want to try and get $3M back into the community, because we’re one of – if not the only – advertising platforms that actually pays people to advertise." ~ Michael Palmer.
For more: https://www.adsonwheels.com.au/
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Charlie and Kali talk with Lorena Sumich, co-founder and CEO of the fitness coach marketplace, KIXXFIT.
Not every startup co-founder needs degrees in commerce and law, and years in management consulting, but it helps! Lorena tells the story of what led to the creation of KIXXFIT, and how it has been going since launch.
“... I always say, when you go to those dark places, you need to bring a backpack, bring a torch, a notebook and some snacks! Because you’re going to be down there for a while, and you might as well use it as an opportunity to learn something.” ~ Lorena Sumich.
For more: https://kixxfit.com/
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Kali and Charlie talk with Marc Berryman, founder and CEO of Rhinohide, a protective side covering for 4WDs going off road: "the phone cover for your car."
Marc built his own business in London before returning home to Perth to launch Rhinohide. From a deal on Shark Tank to a successful equity crowd-funding raise, Marc has ridden through the difficulties of manufacturing and selling an innovative product in WA.
“It’s almost like an education to some of the shareholders that we are not an ASX listed company.. people are like ‘What’s our current share price at? Where do I see it?’ and … ‘I’m not sure if you actually read all the information? But It’s not like that! You’ve invested in the company, it’s a longer term play.” ~ Marc Berryman.
For more: https://www.rhinohide.com.au/
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Kali and Charlie talk with Dr Vanessa Rauland, founder and CEO of ClimateClever, and cofounder and CTO Alexander Karan.
Their tech allows schools, homes and soon businesses to calculate and manage their carbon footprint. Things are taking off, especially since featuring on ABC TV's 'Fight for Planet A' recently.
Listen through to the end, as there's a bonus chat after the closing credits about a fund raise completed during Covid.
“... I think they had a call out for homes to participate in it, and she forwarded it to me and she said you guys should get in contact with this film crew and tell them about ClimateClever … that’s the power of the community and the supporters that you have.” – Dr Vanessa Rauland.
For more: www.climateclever.org/ Flight for Planet A: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/fight-for-planet-a-our-climate-challenge
Recommended podcast: The Messy Middle, from Andrew Horsfield: https://andrewhorsfield.com/podcast/
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Kali and Charlie talk with Lucy Cooke, founder and CEO of visual logistics software platform SpaceDraft, recent Startup of the Year winner at the 2020 WA Incite Awards.
Hear Lucy's incredible story: from child actor to Hollywood studio film sets and back to Perth, to launch a new way of assisting creatives explain their projects, collaborate with others showing them in space and time.
“ 'You’re a female founder of a tech company and you’re not technical. You need to have every i dotted and t crossed in your business plan for people to believe you' ... and I’m like wow… and that was the best advice ever!” – Lucy Cooke.
For more: https://www.spacedraft.com/
Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Danelle and Charlie talk with Olivia Humphrey, founder of on-demand streaming video platform for public libraries and universities Kanopy.
One of the most successful tech startups to come out of Perth, Olivia set up the business in 2006, moving to the States in 2013. The business was recently acquired by a US-based private equity firm. She is now back in Perth with her family, having exited her CEO role last year. She remains a small shareholder of the business, and its biggest fan.
“It was a decision, do we stay here in Australia and keep it an Australian-focussed business, or do we move it to the US and take on the world? And I remember my husband looking at me and saying ‘I’m not going to die with this regret of yours, let’s try it’. So we packed up two bags and a baby and moved over in 2013.” – Olivia Humphrey.
For more: www.kanopy.com
Startup West is recorded in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
Danelle and Charlie talk with Jeremy Hurst and Daniel McCullen, co-Founders of the space sharing site SpacetoCo.
From an idea in a pub to Shark Tank TV show to councils and communities Australia wide, we hear about the challenges and successes of commercialising a sharing economy business, and how they've dealt with the COVID pandemic.
“You can find spaces that are around you that might actually have better amenity, might be cheaper and might have stuff that the other space you normally go to doesn’t have.” – Jeremy Hurst
For more: www.spacetoco.com.au/ Shark Tank appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ROBHVFoDA
Startup West is recorded in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
Recorded remotely, Kali and Charlie talk with Ben Cole, co-Founder and managing director of ASX-listed agtech business Wide Open Agriculture.
Based in Williams, about 160 kms south west of Perth, Wide Open Agriculture (ASX:WOA) has developed a regenerative food and ag platform for farmers to reach consumers directly via their 'Dirty Clean Food' brand.
“We are hosting a dance between conscious consumers and regenerative farmers, believing that only by bringing them together and getting them to dance and progress together are things going to get better…” ~ Ben Cole
For more: https://www.dirtycleanfood.com.au/
Startup West is recorded in beautiful Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
Recorded down at Riff studios, Danelle and Charlie talk with Dr Josephine Muir, co-Founder and CEO of medtech business Noisy Guts.
Noisy Guts are developing an acoustic belt that non-invasively and accurately diagnoses and monitors common gut disorders. From an idea Nobel Laureate Prof Barry Marshall jotted down on a serviette at an Innovator of the Year function, the team is about to enter clinical trials.
"Is it tough? Yeah, of course it's tough. However, there are a lot of people in Perth that have got money. A lot of people in Perth that have made money. I think if your business case makes sense, and you can articulate that, you'll find them." ~ Jo Muir.
For more: https://www.noisyguts.net/
Startup West is recorded in beautiful Perth, WA; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
Back in Riff studios, we talk with the co-Founder and Director of blockchain agtech business Latitude28 James Williamson.
Established in 2017, James, his brother Rhys and team are working to advance the uptake, trust in and high regard for authentic, quality Australian produce to consumers in China. They even have their own TV Studio set up in their offices to make promotional videos on Aussie beef and the like.
For more: https://www.latitude28produce.com/
Startup West is recorded in beautiful Perth, WA; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
A cross over episode from TechSociety.fm, with the people behind Startup News: Patrick Green, Marcus Holmes and Charlie Gunningham.
Started at the end of 2013, just as the first co-working spaces, tech accelerators and funding groups were appearing, Startup News showcases the exciting early stage tech sector in Perth and around Western Australia.
Founder Patrick Green, Marcus Holmes (who’s now based in Berlin) and Charlie Gunningham talk about the origins of Startup News, the state of the startup scene here in WA, and loads of other related topics.
This edited package has been compiled with permission from the fine people behind Tech Society, Alex Dunmow and John Nguyen (who you’ll also hear on the pod) and Lan Tran.
Head on over to Tech Society.fm to hear the whole thing, and other great podcasts they’ve put out.
For more: https://startupnews.com.au/ And: https://www.techsociety.fm/
Startup West is recorded in beautiful Perth, WA; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM and the City of Perth.
We talk with the inspirational Claire Orange from DiGii Social.
Finalist in Incite Awards 2020 Startup of the Year, and double winner of its virtual Pitchfest, the former speech pathologist and counsellor is passionate about helping children navigate their digital lives, reducing incidents of body shaming, cyber bullying and youth suicides.
For more: https://digiisocial.com/ Twitter: @DiGiiSocial
Lady Startup Podcast from Mia Freeman: https://omny.fm/shows/lady-startup
Startup West is produced by Startup News and is made possible thanks to generous support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
We talk with Razali Mohamad and Ryan Mickler, co-founders of Alerte Digital Health.
Winner of Incite Awards 2019 Startup of the Year, Alerte uses artificial intelligence to solve healthcare problems for medical professionals.
For more: https://www.alertedh.com/ Twitter: @AlerteDH
Startup West is produced by Startup News and is made possible thanks to generous support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
Kali Norman talks with Jesse Emia, founder and CEO of KeepSpace.
The former sports manager tells us about the idea for his 3PL (third party logistics) business, a few earlier failed businesses and pivots, and the huge ecommerce race going on right now in Australia and around the world.
For more: www.keepspace.com.au/
Startup West is produced by Startup News and is made possible thanks to generous support from the New Industries Fund, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
Danelle Cross and Natalie Milne talk with Brian Innes, founder and CEO of Plico Energy.
The avowed purpose of the business is to 'make energy green again', or MEGA (!), by allowing households to take control of own solar power use, protect themselves from blackouts as well as having access to a 'virtual power plant' (VPP).
For more: https://www.plicoenergy.com.au/
Startup West is produced by Startup News and is made possible thanks to generous support from the New Industries Fund, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
Welcome to 2020 and the Series Two of Startup West!
Hear from two of our new co-hosts, Danelle Cross and Natalie Milne, as they talk with Lacey Filipich, founder of Maker Kids Club and author of the soon to be published 'Money School'.
How did a former engineer come to build a business teaching school kids about money, and then write a book? Loads of lessons here, notably in IP and finding good mentors.
For more: https://makerkids.club/
Startup West is produced by Startup News and is made possible thanks to generous support from the New Industries Fund, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
In this 30th and final episode for Series One and 2019, we talk with recent winner of WA Innovator of the Year Andrew Guzzomi from UWA, and Chair of the Evaluation Panel Mark Pullen.
Andrew and his research team have developed the Weed Chipper, his second win since winning for the Seed Flamer in 2016.
Video of the Weed Chipper: https://youtu.be/-1nI6Gh9khI
Videos of all winners of WA IOTY: https://www.newindustries.wa.gov.au/ioty_2019
Startup West is produced by Startup News and is made possible thanks to generous support from Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
Startup West will be back with a second series in early 2020.
We talk with Nate Sturcke, founder of Skills of the Modern Age (SOMA).
Nate's been extremely active in the West Australian startup scene for many years, working in Innovation for RAC WA, running Startup Weekends and F***Up Nights, being a Director of Founder Institute, mentoring on Plus Eight accelerator, writing for Business News... for this he was duly awarded Startup News' Startup Community Person of the Year in 2018.
Set up in 2017, SOMA looks to train current employees and companies in the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century.
For more: https://skillsofthemodernage.com.au/
Interviewers: Beth Caniglia and Charlie Gunningham, in their last co-host of Startup West.
‘Startup West’ podcast is produced by Startup News, recorded at Riff’s brand-new podcasting studio in beautiful, downtown Perth, West Australia, and brought to you thanks to support from Wrays, Spacecubed, Curtin University & BDO.
We talk with Ruth Hatherley, founder and CEO of Moneycatcha, the fintech that has launched solutions to improve the home loan approvals (homechain) and regulations processes (regchain).
After 22 years in banking, Ruth set up the company using blockchain as part of the tech solution.
For more: https://mcatcha.com/
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
‘Startup West’ podcast is produced by Startup News, recorded at Riff’s brand-new podcasting studio in beautiful, downtown Perth, West Australia, and brought to you thanks to support from Wrays, Spacecubed, Curtin University & BDO.
We speak with one of Perth’s most high profile startup investors, Derek Gerrard. He currently has nine or ten roles including Entrepreneur in Residence at both the RAC WA and Spacecubed's Plus Eight accelerator, as well as Manager of BetterLabs Ventures.
He’s also been a successful startup entrepreneur himself with Greensense and was recently awarded 'Achiever of the Year' at WAITTA Incite Awards.
For more: https://www.betterlabsventures.com.au/
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia
Startup West is recorded in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia at the Riff studios, and brought to you by Startup News, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
We talk with Rob Nathan, founder and MD of Australian Tenders, Upstart Tech Accelerator, Upstart Investments and serial angel investor (22 startups and counting).
Recently recognised as WAITTA Entrepreneur of the Year, Rob talks about his engineering background, why he has been involved in startups over the past decade and what the sector needs now.
For more: https://www.australiantenders.com.au
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia
Startup West is recorded in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia at the Riff studios, and brought to you by Startup News, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
How former tennis pro Andrew Walker went from banking and engineering to setting up his own logistics tech Spatula, turning this into marketing tech before being bought out by Irish company WeBringg, now called VROMO.
For more: https://www.vromo.io/
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia
Startup West is recorded in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia at the Riff studios, and brought to you by Startup News, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
How Tyler Spooner and Brenda Lai went from 'Tinder for Restaurants' (Feedmee) to recipes to home delivery (Unocart) to customer insights (Uno Insights).
For more: https://unocart.com and https://www.unocart.tech
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia
Startup West is recorded in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia at the Riff studios, and brought to you by Startup News, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
Live on stage at the launch of the WiTWA (Women in Technology WA) [+] 2019 Awards, we talk about the startup journey and the value of awards with Louise Daw, cofounder of mining tech company MiPlan - which is now part of Hexagon Mining - Dr Sofie De Meyer CEO of agtech startup MALDIID and Beth Caniglia, Global Marketing Manager at VROC AI.
We talk with Dr Genevieve Hohnen, co-founder of The Volte.
The "AirBnb for Dresses" is a peer to peer service allowing people to borrow and lend high end fashion items, and has added a marketplace for fashion stories to rent and sell items as well.
Gen talks about how the idea grew into a business, the juggling of family life (the 4 co-founders have 11 children between them and a 12th on the way) and what it's like pitching to (mainly) men.
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For more: https://www.thevolte.com
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia
Startup West is recorded in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia at the Riff studios, and brought to you by Startup News, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
Live on stage from the recent Science on the Swan Conference, we talk with four WA-based scientists who have experience in commercialising their research: Brendan Kennedy of OncoRes Medical, Joost Lesterhuis of the Sarcoma Group, Donna Geddes of UWA and Steve Wilton of Murdoch University and the Perron Institute.
What are the benefits of commercialising in Western Australia? What are some of the challenges and how can they been overcome? What have they learnt during the process?
- This is a bonus Startup West episode, brought to you by Startup News, with support from Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University *
We talk with Tom Young, CEO and founder of Udrew, who last year won the WA Innovator of the Year Award.
Udrew looks to help anyone who has a building project – be it an extension, a fence or putting in a pool. Users can price the project, secure planning permission and make the whole thing faster, cheaper and far less stressful. What normally takes months happens in minutes.
For more: https://www.udrew.com.au/
As mentioned, Tom was on 'This Week in Startups' by Jason Calacanis in 2018. You can listen here (skip to about one hour in): https://soundcloud.com/twistartups/twist-e812
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia
Startup West is recorded in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia at the Riff studios, and brought to you by Startup News, Wrays, BDO, Spacecubed and Curtin University.
Based on an idea Chris and his wife My saw in their home country of Sweden, they set up Dinner Twist in Perth in 2012.
Since then, they've built up this 'meal kit' delivery business from their kitchen table to 45 staff and $7M in revenue.
How did they do it, and how do they differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market?
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
‘Startup West’ podcast is produced by Startup News and brought to you thanks to generous support from Wrays, Spacecubed, Curtin University & BDO.
We talk with all of the 2019 Plus Eight tech accelerator cohort in Perth: Trent & Dan (Absolute VR), Stephen (The Art of Comms), James (Arisave), Dylan (Idle) and Ryan & Rob (Cordially).
Now in its third year, Plus Eight is Perth’s most prestigious tech accelerator, investing a total of $400k in the selected companies each year, taking them through its 6 month program.
These are some of the most promising tech businesses in WA. Plus, as they’ve all just returned from a trip to Silicon Valley, they are suitably revved up.
It's a bit bit like startup speed dating… enjoy...!
Startup West talks with Andrew Outhwaite, founder of WA's first co-working space in Geraldton - CityHive - recent Chair of Startup WA and Incubator Support Facilitator for the Australian Government.
Over the past year, Andrew's visited most of the 100 of so early stage incubator spaces and programs spread across Western Australia. What does he see out there, how is the startup support network travelling, and what does it need?
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
‘Startup West’ podcast is produced by Startup News, recorded at Riff’s brand-new podcasting studio in beautiful, downtown Perth, WA, and brought to you thanks to generous support from Wrays, Spacecubed, Curtin University & BDO.
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Startup West talks with Cath Resnick, founder and CEO of Kinchip Systems, a health tech startup connecting parents with health care providers and support services.
The TED talk referenced in the conversation is Dana Kanze's 'The real reason female entrepreneurs get less funding': https://www.ted.com/talks/dana_kanze_the_real_reason_female_entrepreneurs_get_less_funding
For more on KinChip: http://kinchipsystems.co/
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
‘Startup West’ podcast is produced by Startup News, recorded at Riff’s brand-new podcasting studio in beautiful, downtown Perth, West Australia, and brought to you thanks to generous support from Wrays, Spacecubed, Curtin University & BDO.
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Startup West talks with Kevin Forcier, co-founder and CEO of Storekat, who is building oneVASTwarehouse in the UK just in time for Brexit (maybe, if and when it happens…, but otherwise).
Kevin’s story is one of sheer grit and determination, to never give in and try new things. In 2017, he was contacted by a UK-based logistics tech accelerator. He not only got onto the accelerator, he was the only business to be invested in by them and the large corporate that sat behind the program.
Not only that, Kevin landed three of the most sought after angel investors in WA and won an Accelerating Commercialisation grant.
For more: https://getstarted.storekat.com/ and https://onevastwarehouse.com/storage/
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia. Photo: Tom Riordan.
‘Startup West’ podcast is produced by Startup News, recorded at Riff’s brand-new podcasting studio in beautiful, downtown Perth, West Australia, and brought to you thanks to generous support from Wrays, Spacecubed, Curtin University & BDO.
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StartupWest talks with Tim Brewer, co-founder and CEO of Functionally, a brand-new startup which is looking to assist CEOs and companies scale their business.
“Poorly designed organisations cost investors a lot of money, and are bad places to work”, he says, “so good work design is crucial.”
Launched last month at SaasTr conference in San Jose, California, Tim explains what Functionally is aiming to do, and talks about his background working in and helping multiple startups and scale ups all over the world.
For more: https://www.functionally.com/
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
‘Startup West’ podcast is brought to you by Startup News, Alyka, Wrays, Spacecubed, Curtin University & BDO. Be sure to subscribe to ‘Startup West‘ on your fav pod platform so you have that episode automatically in your feed. While you’re there please give us a REVIEW!
We talk with the CEO and co-founder of WA-founded HUMM Tech, Iain McIntyre, who is now based over in Silicon Valley in the US. He explains why the 'flip up' (as its known) occurred, and what HUMM are doing in the neuroscience space. And also, what's an 'almost law graduate' doing in this funky startup anyway?
Since developing HUMM, the company has been through Perth’s Plus Eight tech accelerator and won a place and investment at the Skydeck Accelerator at the Uni of Berkley, California. We caught up with him on a recent trip to Perth to talk about how his startup is humming along… :)
For more: https://www.humm.tech/
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
‘Startup West’ podcast is brought to you by Startup News, Alyka, Wrays, Spacecubed, Curtin University & BDO. Be sure to subscribe to ‘Startup West‘ on your fav pod platform so you have that episode automatically in your feed. While you’re there please give us a REVIEW!
Moving to Perth from her native Canada 12 years ago to do a PhD in Internet Studies, Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie became an expert in Facebook, social media and the games industry. She has now turned her hand to helping companies use the power of gamification to effect culture change and innovate successfully.
To check out her podcast, Fearlessly Playful, you can visit https://kateraynesgoldie.com/fearlesslyplayful/
We talk with Dr Kath Giles, CEO of OncoRes Medical, a medtech startup pioneering a handheld device to prevent repeat surgeries for breast cancer.
Kath has an impressive background as a medical doctor, investment manager and startup CEO, plus she recently won the global Pitch@Palace event in London.
Startup West podcast is produced in sunny Perth, Western Australia by Startup News and brought to you courtesy of sponsors Alyka, Wrays, Spacecubed and BDO.
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
For all the latest West Australian startup news visit: www.startupnews.com.au
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A special episode recorded during our end of year LIVE SHOW with US-based VC Bill Tai, Noisy Guts co-founder Dr Mary Webberley and Startup News co-founder (now based in S.E. Asia) Marcus Holmes.
Among other things the panel discusses the local startup scene, where it’s placed, where it’s going and what they look for in a startup deal.
The recording was made at the Startup News/Startup WA End of Year Startup party, which was part of the annual West Tech Fest, held at ThinkLab Coworking in Fremantle on December 3rd 2018.
Thanks for listening – we’ll be back in the New Year with more podcast episodes!
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This ‘Startup West’ podcast is brought to you by Startup News, Alyka, ECU The Link, BDO and Tekkon Technologies.
Siobhan Lancaster worked for an ASX-listed company as a corporate lawyer before starting Instatruck in an attempt to solve a friend's problem post mining construction boom.
The 'uber of trucks' service has grown over the past few years, and has brought Siobhan recognition including a 40under40 and WA Innovator of the Year awards.
For more ~ https://instatruck.com.au
Startup West podcast is produced in sunny Perth, Western Australia by Startup News and brought to you courtesy of sponsors Alyka, ECU The Link, BDO and Tekkon.
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
For all the latest West Australian startup news visit: www.startupnews.com.au
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In our eighth episode, Startup News' Beth Caniglia and Charlie Gunningham talk with brothers and cofounders of Student Edge Craig and Jeremy Chetty.
How did these two build their student discounts site up to more than a million members in Australia over the past 15 years, and where did the initial inspiration and funding come from?
Why did they decide to move from a subscription service to free, and what were the results?
These and other questions are discussed with both brothers who also give back to their local communities, with Jeremy being recently appointed as Entrepreneur in Residence at Murdoch University.
For more ~ https://studentedge.org/
Startup West podcast is brought to you by Startup News, Alyka, ECU The Link, BDO and ThinkLab Coworking.
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We talk with Dr Marcus Tan, co-founder and CEO of the impressive health tech business HealthEngine.
Established in Perth in 2006, Marcus bought in and took it over in 2009 (having started a similar business - MedLink - previously.) The business has come a long way from his living room to raising over $50M in venture funds and being Australia's #1 health bookings site.
For more ~ https://healthengine.com.au
Startup West podcast is brought to you by Startup News, Alyka, ECU The Link, BDO and TEKKON.
For all the latest West Australian startup news visit: www.startupnews.com.au
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Now in its eighth year, West Tech Fest brings high profile Silicon Valley execs, founders and investors over to Perth for a week long festival of tech, startups and kite surfing. Beth and Charlie talk with two of the festival's co-founders, Rohan McDougall from Curtin University and Paula Taylor from 32 Degrees South, and find out what's on offer this year, including some new events being run for the first time on Rottnest Island and at Fraser's...
For more ~ www.westtechfest.com
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If you are interested in the amazing world of blockchain, initial coin offerings (ICOs) and crypto, this is the podcast for you. Power Ledger's ICO was the first in Australia and raised a staggering $34M last year.
We talk with Dr Jemma Green, Chair of Perth-based blockchain energy startup Power Ledger.
Jemma grew up in the hills of Perth and an influential moment in a school public speaking competition fired her lifelong love for learning which now includes a Masters in Sustainability and a Doctorate.
For more ~ www.powerledger.io
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We talk with two of Startup WA's board members, Chloë Constantinides and Sam Birmingham.
Chloe has worked in digital businesses such as Dapper Apps and RateIt, spent time in New York and is a cofounder of Dapper Apps and founder of Kisanii. Sam set up WeBe in the mid 2000s, then established Perth's first Startup Weekend and PhDo, has worked for Pollenizer, iiNet and is Coordinator at StartupWA.
http://www.startupwa.org
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Set up in 2006 and inducted into the inaugural 'WA Tech Business Hall of Fame' earlier this year, Grant and Sharon Grosser's SEQTA Software business is now the leading learning management system (LMS) across Australia's school sector. 700+ schools in Australia use SEQTA to connect administrators, teachers, students and parents/guardians together.
http://seqta.com.au
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Claire McGregor is just plain awesome - straight talking, tons of experience, really good at what she does. A trained vet, she tells us how she wound up in an online business in London, then back in Perth as Director of the Silicon-Valley run Founder Institute and marketing person at Agworld before forming Appbot with Stuart Hall. Appbot is one of those less well known successful startup stories in Western Australia; a story that needs to be told!
https://appbot.co
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Welcome to Startup West, the podcast about building great startups in sunny Western Australia with people who've been here and done it, or live here and are doing it!
In this first episode, Startup News' Charlie Gunningham and Beth Caniglia talk with Yuuwa Capital director Matt Macfarlane and Spacecubed's Brodie McCulloch.
Matt is a well known West Australian early stage VC and angel investor, and Brodie set up the first coworking space, Spacecubed, in 2012 in Perth, which has since gone to open new, expanded coworking spaces FLUX and Riff as well as the Plus Eight muru-D tech accelerator.
- Spacecubed - https://www.spacecubed.com
- Yuuwa Capital - https://yuuwa.com.au
- 1.15 - Previous podcast with Charlie, Matt and Brodie - https://soundcloud.com/businessnews-wa/views-on-the-startup-scene
- 11.50 - //SN article on Matt speaking at eGroup - https://www.startupnews.com.au/2018/06/20/lessons-learnt-from-a-venture-capitalist/
- 16.52 - Accelerating Commercialisation program - https://www.business.gov.au/assistance/entrepreneurs-programme/accelerating-commercialisation
- 17.45 - SpacetoCo - https://www.spacetoco.com
- 17.59 - VGW - https://www.vgw.co
- 19.58 - Credi - https://credi.com
- 22.27 - PowerLedger - https://powerledger.io
Startup West podcast is brought to you by Startup News, Alyka, ECU The Link, BDO and ThinkLab Coworking.
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