Raising Capital Australia with James Tuckerman: Recent Episodes
James Tuckerman
Are you an Australian startup? Want to raise capital? In this series, Australian startup scene veteran James Tuckerman interviews Australian startups to find out EXACTLY what they did to successfully raise multiple rounds of capital, from Angel and Seed to Series A and beyond.
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John is the Co-Founder and CEO of Superhero, a revolutionary investment platform making trading in Australian markets accessible to everyone. He founded the business with Wayne Baskin in 2018 and Superhero officially launched in September 2020. In just over a year, there are now over 140,000 Aussies using Superhero to invest both in the Australian and U.S. markets.
Brodie Haupt is the CEO and co-founder of Australian digital lending and payments provider WLTH. He has extensive experience in the financial services, lending, fintech and proptech industries. Brodie has founded and developed numerous businesses in the finance sector including Moneymgmt, properlytics and Inception Wealth Group, and is currently focused on building and growing WLTH’s payment and banking footprint globally. Brodie is an alumnus of Oxford University, Saïd Business School, and Harvard Business School, and is recognised as a thought leader in the e-payments and lending space.
Gautam is the Founder and CEO of inkl, a news service that bundles coverage from the world’s best publishers (like The New York Times and Financial Times) into a single subscription. Originally from India, Gautam spent his 20s studying and working in the US. After completing an MBA from Wharton, he worked as a management consultant before moving to Australia in 2008. Soon after, he joined Fairfax Media to lead the Strategy, Data, and Research teams. At Fairfax, Gautam led the launch of paywalls for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and of smh.tv (the precursor to Stan). Gautam started inkl to make access to reliable information easy, fast and affordable for readers around the world. inkl’s goal is to help readers stay on top of rapidly growing information needs while also circumventing fake news and clickbait. Gautam believes inkl’s model can also help publishers find a path to sustainability by creating a news service that more readers around the world will be willing to pay for.
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Dr Liz Williams, CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR & CEO of Hemideina, has experience in commercialisation and the lean startup methodology. Having mentored early-stage start-ups through customer validation and product-market fit, Liz brings this understanding to Hemideina. Liz has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge and was awarded the BioMelbourne Network Emerging Woman in Leadership Award, 2018.