Sinopsis
There is a lot of activity in the Australian startup ecosystem. Ideas, talent, and money are all flowing into this sector at an unprecedented rate. This weekly podcast brings in-depth interviews with the best people making the biggest difference.It's brought to you by Ian Gardiner and Phaedon Stough, technology entrepreneurs helping to grow the startup sector in Australia and New Zealand. Ian and Phaedon co-founded Innovation Bay with a clear mission to help technology entrepreneurs succeed.
Episodios
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OTPBD News Special - 12th July 2021
12/07/2021 Duración: 01h59sWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series which analyses the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Holly Cardew, CartedHugh Stevens, Galileo VenturesTopics we discuss:Our panel discusses how border closures and lockdowns are holding back Australian startups, as well as recent raises by Gilmour Space, Fl0, Skedulo, and Currus Biologics. We also touch on Wise's debut on the London Stock Exchange and Nextdoor's SPAC.__________________Horizon is Innovation Bay's community of passionate, experienced angel investors. Horizon has a number of pitch opportunities for startups coming up this October. For the opportunity to connect 1-on-1 with an impactful group of angel investors, apply to pitch here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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E117 - Federico Collarte, Baraja
04/07/2021 Duración: 59minFederico Collarte is the co-founder and CEO of Baraja, a rapidly growing startup creating LiDAR technology for self-driving cars. Baraja recently closed a $40m Series B, is scaling globally, and is quickly approaching a headcount of 200. Prior to co-founding Baraja, Federico worked in product development and systems engineering, with experience spanning the industrialisation of high volume telecommunication devices at Finisar, to the end-to-end systems engineering of an implantable hearing solution at Cochlear.In this chat with Phaedon, Federico discusses:The ins and outs of Baraja's most recent raiseAdvice for founders who are fundraisingBalancing the urgency of hiring with finding the right personLessons from building out overseas teamsCreating a culture that attracts problem solversManaging the co-founder relationship...and more!Quickfire Recommendations:Book: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne & The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzPodcast: Lex Fridman Podcast & The Joe Rogan Exp
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OTPBD News Special - 28th June 2021
28/06/2021 Duración: 48minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series which analyses the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Elicia McDonald, Airtree VenturesJohn Croll, TruescopeTopics we discuss:Ian and the panel discuss the new Sydney lockdown, why Andreessen Horowitz is getting into publishing, a new early-stage fund, confusingly called "The Fund" is launched in Australia. Plus a few juicy deal announcements and some good news for employers with technology jobs being added to the government's visa list. Plus much more.__________________KPMG High Growth Ventures surveyed 120 Australian startup founders about their satisfaction, work-life balance & future outlook. The report uncovers important insights into the state of founder health & wellbeing in Australia. Download the report here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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E116 - Darren Miller, ARENA
23/06/2021 Duración: 01h05minDarren Miller is the CEO of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Darren Miller has more than 25 years’ experience across a range of sectors including renewable energy, electricity retail, technology, finance, media and entertainment. Prior to joining ARENA Darren was the co-founder and CEO of Mojo Power, an innovative electricity retailer.In this conversation with Phaedon about Australia's renewable energy future, Darren discusses:ARENA’s investment track recordThe future role of hydrogen in Australia’s energy infrastructureThe rise of electric vehicles and the challenges of the charging networkHow startups contribute to the energy systemARENA is co-hosting the upcoming Renewable Energy Founder Forum with Innovation Bay this October. This event brings together clean energy startups, investors and industry stakeholders, opening up future pathways to funding and partnerships. Pitch applications for the event close Friday 25 June. If your renewable energy startup is shaping Australia’s clean energy fu
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OTPBD News Special - 16th June 2021
17/06/2021 Duración: 48minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series which analyses the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Cheryl Mack, Stone & ChalkRichard Lin, AirTreeThis week our panel talks about some of the massive acquisitions and rounds recently raised in the Australian ecosystem, including the $2b acquisition of A Cloud Guru, the $1.7b acquisition of MessageMedia, and new funds from Tenacious Ventures and Investible....Our friends at KPMG High Growth Ventures just published their annual report about startup founder health and wellbeing. The founder journey can be physically, mentally and emotionally draining so it's so important to have data like this available so we can better understand how to support founders. View the report here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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OTPBD News Special - 31st May 2021
01/06/2021 Duración: 44minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series which analyses the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Hannah Field, Folklore VenturesAndrew Coppin, FarmbotTopics we discuss:Our panel discusses the newest COVID lockdown in Victoria, Artesian's new report about the growth of Australian VC over the last decade, workplace comms startup Pyn's $8m seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (the firm's first Aussie investment), and what Anil Sabharwal, Google's Australia-based star product leader, is up to next.__________________Innovation Bay is hosting the Renewable Energy Founder Forum this October in partnership with ARENA. This forum provides a unique opportunity for renewable energy startups to pitch to the Australian investment community and key industry stakeholders. If your startup is shaping Australia's clean energy future, apply to pitch here.__________________KPMG High Growth Ventures surveyed 120 Australian startup founders about their sat
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E115 - Andrew Nunn, South Australian Chief Entrepreneur
28/05/2021 Duración: 50minAndrew Nunn is Co-Founder, Chairman and Executive Director of JBS&G Australia—one of Australia’s largest privately-owned environmental consulting companies. Andrew also acts as Director for several companies focussed on property development, private equity investments, and entertainment opportunities. In partnership with his wife Alexandra Dimos, he founded the Nunn Dimos Foundation, a philanthropic fund focussed on supporting key social and arts causes in South Australia. As the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur, Andrew provides high-level, independent advice to the South Australian Cabinet and the business community to enable entrepreneurialism across all forms of business, industry, and the public sector.In this chat with Ian, Andrew discusses:His own entrepreneurial journeyWhat exactly a Chief Entrepreneur doesHow South Australia is growing into a startup hubWhy he is passionate about giving back to his communitySouth Australia's key strengths, including space, defense, agtech, and renewable energyQ
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OTPBD News Special - 17th May 2021
17/05/2021 Duración: 01h04minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Danny Kennedy, New Energy NexusImogen Baxter, Square Peg CapitalMatt Pearson. AirspeederTopics we discuss:Our panel discusses the open letter regarding climate change Aussie tech leaders penned to the government, whether or not founders should heed Scott Farquhar warning against bootstrapping, the recent plunge in Bitcoin and SafetyCulture's latest funding round.__________________Innovation Bay is hosting the Renewable Energy Founder Forum this October in partnership with ARENA. This forum provides a unique opportunity for renewable energy startups to pitch to the Australian investment community and key industry stakeholders. If your startup is shaping Australia's clean energy future, apply to pitch here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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E114 - Warrick Cramer, Tomorrow Street
14/05/2021 Duración: 46minWarrick Cramer was most recently the CEO of Vodafone’s Global Centre for Innovation in Europe, known as Tomorrow Street – a joint venture between Vodafone and the Government of Luxembourg to scale late-stage start-ups, assisting them to reach key global markets and make real change. Warrick sits on the board of a Silicon Valley based venture capital fund and is a Non-Executive Director for Advance.org.Prior to moving to Europe, Warrick was an established entrepreneur in Melbourne. Among the businesses he founded was Micro P, a mobile payment company which developed a highly successful payment security authentication system that still used by several banks today. Since returning to Australia in early 2020, Warrick has been consulting a number of organisations in the start-up sector.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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OTPBD News Special - 30 April 2021
30/04/2021 Duración: 44minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Mike Zimmerman, Partner at Main Sequence VenturesAndrew Horsley, Co-founder & CEO at Quantum BrillianceSarah Nolet, Partner at Tenacious VenturesTopics we discuss:Our panel discusses Main Sequence Ventures' new $250m deep tech fund, the huge $221m raise by Brisbane-based Octopus Deploy, a $34m raise by seaweed livestock feed supplement maker Sea Forest and the Ingenuity helicopter flight on Mars.__________________If you are a prospective angel investor based in Adelaide interested in joining Horizon Six Degrees, Innovation Bay's new community for angels, email membership@innovationbay.com to discuss your potential candidacy as a founding member. More info here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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E113 - Peter Dunne, Herbert Smith Freehills
28/04/2021 Duración: 01h09minPeter Dunne is one of Australia’s leading venture capital and private equity lawyers, specialising in private capital raisings and M&A. Peter has advised on multibillion-dollar transactions, including acquisitions, buy-outs, disposals, joint ventures and recapitalisations, involving some of Australia’s largest public and private organisations; his clients include Atlassian, Canva, Deputy, Culture Amp, Linktree, BigCommerce, Campaign Monitor, Expert 360, SafteyCulture, Tyro, Zoox...the list goes on.In this conversation with Ian, Peter talks about...Why he became a lawyer and how early experiences shaped his careerWhy he's more interested in people than the size of dealsKey differences between private equity and venture capitalHow he got involved in Atlassian's first capital raiseHis approach to building a tech practice and choosing clientsHis advice for startup founders who are fundraisingWhat "legal debt" is and how to avoid itQuickfire recommendationsBooks: 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
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OTPBD News Special - 19th April 2021
19/04/2021 Duración: 01h03minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Dean Dorrell, Partner at Carthona CapitalRobyn Foyster, Director of Foyster ConsultingGautam Mishra, Founder of InklTopics we discuss:Canva's massive valuation, Coinbase IPO and the future of media are all hot topics in the latest edition of the OTPBD News Special.Our panel discusses Canva's position as one of the fastest-growing private technology companies in history off of the heels of their latest round of funding and the impact of Coinbase's IPO, both in the local VC market and on the future of cryptocurrency. We also talk about the shifting role of media, including Twitter's potential acquisition of Clubhouse, Substack's new focus on local news, and the rise of newsletters and paywalls. Some other topics include superannuation software and Peloton's arrival in Australia.__________________Attend Innovation Bay's upcoming breakfast panel ""
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E112 - Nick Carter, Macquarie Group
13/04/2021 Duración: 01h02minNick Carter is the is one of Australia’s leading energy experts; he is currently Senior Vice President of Energy Tech and Solutions at Macquarie in Australia where works across a range of areas from energy storage to renewable energy. He is an engineer by trade and has worked around the world for companies like Toyota, General Motors and Tesla. Nick has a real passion for electric vehicles (EVs) and this episode heavily focuses on the future of electronic vehicles in Australia.Some topics Nick covers in this conversation with Phaedon include:Big changes in the EV space from the past yearHow autonomous vehicles relate to electric vehiclesElectrification of the transport system and the opportunities it presentsHow the grid will be impacted by an increase in EV uptakeTrends, challenges and opportunities in the EV spaceQuickfire recommendations:Book: What Is to Be Done: Political Engagement and Saving the Planet by Barry JonesPodcast: The Driven podcast by theNews source: ABC NewsHoliday location: Forrest, Victor
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OTPBD News Special - 6th April 2021
06/04/2021 Duración: 01h03minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Evan Hinchliffe, Technology Industry Lead for Macquarie Business BankingPaul Smith, Technology Editor at AFRCate Hull, Founder and CEO of Freight ExchangeTopics we discuss:SPACs, ASX listings, cyber-attacks, tech ministry appointments and secondary funds are all up for discussion in this edition of OTPBD News Special.Our panel goes deep on the upcoming WeWork SPAC deal that will take the company public, as well as why Airwallex turned down a SPAC offer of their own. In the wake of a major cyberattack on Channel 9, panellists discuss the state of cybersecurity in Australia. The panel also discusses the tech industry's reaction to Christian Porter's appointment Industry, Science and Technology portfolio, as well as what the arrival of Second Quarter Ventures, Australia's first secondary fund means for the startup ecosystem.Evan Hinchliffe, Technol
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E111 - David Warren, Altium
26/03/2021 Duración: 51minDavid Warren is a co-founder and non-executive director of ASX200 software company Altium. David grew up in the suburbs of Launceston, Tasmania and attended the University of Tasmania (UTAS) where he studied physics and astronomy as an undergraduate, honours and postgraduate student in the late 1970s and early 80s. David recently gifted $2.6 million to UTAS to set up an endowed chair in the field of astrophysics.David co-founded Altium in Hobart in 1987, developing software to design circuit boards. He spent a year developing the business in Silicon Valley before Altium floated on the ASX in 1999. Altium's market cap currently sits around $4B. David also has a passion for flying, batteries and renewables. He has been a pilot since he was 17, helped build and fly the first electronic aircraft in the Southern Hemisphere and is an investor in Electro.Aero, an electric aviation company.In this chat with Phaedon, David discusses:What it was like growing up and studying in TasmaniaHis passion for electric aviationH
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OTPBD News Special - 22nd March 2021
22/03/2021 Duración: 01h03minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Alicia Garden, Goanna AgCara Waters, The Age & SMHJohn Henderson, AirTree VenturesTopics we discuss:In this edition, we talk about recently-announced funds in Australia, including LaunchVic's $10m sidecar fund to support women-led startups and Investible's new $50m fund. Piggybacking off of the announcement of LaunchVic's fund, the panel deep dives into the lack of funding for women-led startups in Australia and what needs to be done to address it. The panel also discusses the Roblox IPO, Vend acquisition by Lightspeed, CBA launching a BNPL competitor to AfterPay, Stripe's doubling of their valuation. Lastly, NFTs are on the table again as we discuss a $23m raise by OpenSea from Andreessen Horowitz.__________________Innovation Bay is holding AI and health tech-focused pitch events this May for Horizon, our community of experienced angel inve
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OTPBD News Special - 8th March 2021
08/03/2021 Duración: 01h07minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Roshan Ghadamian, VC Catalyst Program Director at Wade InstituteEmma Weston, AgriDigitalAnnie Parker, MicrosoftTopics we discuss:In this edition, launched on International Women's Day, the panel starts by talking about the state of gender diversity within the Australian startup ecosystem and venture industry, where gaps exist and the work that needs to be done. The discussion then shifts to cover major headlines in tech; key topics include how blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFT) will be applied in the future and what can be learned from SpaceX dreaming big and publicly failing fast.Ian also gives a rundown of the major fundraising rounds from within Australia and around the world, including Lexer, Bond Capital and Hopin, as well as some big steps from Aussie startups like Fireball International and Swoop Aero.__________________Innovation B
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E110 - Kristin Vaughan, Clean Energy Innovation Fund
04/03/2021 Duración: 57minKristin Vaughan is the Director of the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, the largest dedicated cleantech investor in Australia, created to invest $200 million in early-stage clean technology companies. Prior to joining CEFC, Kristin spent more than a decade in private equity. Kristin previously worked as a management consultant at AT Kearney and holds a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney.In this chat with Ian, Kristin discusses:Her career journey and how it led to investing in cleantechWhere the opportunities are in renewables in AustraliaAustralian startups with innovative clean energy techThe role of carbon pricingQuickfire Round RecommendationsBook: Into Thin Air, Touching the Void and The Adventurer's SonPodcast: The Interchange from Greentech Media & How I Built ThisNews source: The Guardian, ABC, AFRFavourite tech CEO: Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia)App: LastPassProductivity tool: Pen & paper to-do lists__________________Innovation Bay is holding AI and health tech-focused pitch
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OTPBD News Special - 24th February 2021
24/02/2021 Duración: 01h04minWelcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Amanda CoombsKevin Baum, AgriwebbJared Kendler, Precincts and Innovation Ecosystems at NSW TreasuryTopics we discuss:In this edition, our news panel dives deep into the showdown between Facebook and the Australian government and news outlets. We also discuss new funds from Artesian, Our Innovation Fund and Skip Capital, the status of the New South Wales tech precinct and Judo Bank's massive $284 million funding round.__________________Innovation Bay is holding AI and health tech-focused pitch events this May for Horizon, our community of experienced angel investors. If you are the founder of an AI or health tech startup looking to network with angels who can offer advice, connections and capital, apply to pitch here: https://bit.ly/PitchHorizonMayWomen-led startups in Victoria, apply to connect with Horizon: https://bit.ly/VictorianFemaleFounder
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E109 - Colette Grgic, AWS
18/02/2021 Duración: 01h06minColette Grgic is no stranger to startups. She is the Head of Startup Ecosystem in Australia & New Zealand for Amazon Web Services. In this role, Colette is responsible for the growth of the startup ecosystem at AWS and leads an excellent team who support startups with commercial and technical advice. She also serves as a Director of Heads Over Heels. Prior to her role at AWS, Colette was Chief Innovation Officer at BlueChilli. Colette also founded her own travel tech startup, Arribaa, and managed Autogenie, an internal startup for ASX-listed Smartgroup.In this chat with Ian, Colette shares...What is was like growing up in South Africa and CanadaHow she developed a passion for innovation and startupsThe story of founding her startup Arribaa ("the Airbnb of experiences")The highs and lows of her 6-year journey with BlueChilliHer favourite parts of her role at AWSWhere the magic happens between corporates and startupsHow the AWS Activate program can help startups scaleQuickfire RecommendationsBook: The Alche