Talking Tech with Elise Kennedy - TTWEK

In our technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Steve Maarbani, Chief Executive Officer of digital investment platform VentureCrowd VentureCrowd is an Australian multi-asset class crowdfunding platform, with its headquarters in Sydney. The company's offerings include equity crowdfunding, property crowdfunding and debt-based crowdfunding. It aims to make investments accessible...

Urban connects new and off-the-plan residential property projects with potential buyers. The company aims to improve the quality of urban communities being developed across Australia and can help with searching for and shortlisting new properties and can sometimes provide the option to purchase through partners. In this podcast, we discuss the company, industry, competitive landscape and strategie...

Shippit is a multi-carrier allocation platform bringing together retailers, carriers and customers to support the retail industry. The software takes care of shipping and delivery, order and fulfilment and post-purchase experiences with Australian carriers. We explore the origins of the business, the problem it is solving, the industry in which it operates, the competitive landscape and from where...

Audeara is a global hearing health leader specialised in innovative listening solutions for people with hearing challenges. With an increasingly integrated tech health and product landscape, we explore the origins of the business, the problem it is solving, the industry it operates in, the competitive landscape and from where we can expect it to derive its future growth.

Zerocap is a market-leading digital asset specialist, which provides liquidity, digital asset custody, asset management and technology to investors and institutions globally. In this podcast, we discuss the company, industry, competitive landscape and strategies for growth.

Family Zone Cyber Safety (FZO.AX) is a listed Australian technology company focused on the rapidly growing global parental control and cyber safety market. Family Zone's unique platform permits collaboration between parents and schools to keep children safe at home and school. In this podcast, we discuss the company, industry, competitive landscape and strategies for growth.

Noah has built a decade of fintech and startup leadership, communications and alternative investments experience from holding senior positions at several Israeli venture capital companies, consulting for a US-based health-focused venture capital company and as a partner at an award-winning hedge fund. Deshe Analytics uses AI technology to scan, analyse and rank public equities, then generates easy...

Startmate is the oldest and largest start-up accelerator in Australia. It runs two cohorts each year, with the vision of connecting the latent creativity and potential in Australian start-ups with its world-class community of venture capitalists, mentors and alumni. Since inception in 2011, Startmate has invested in over 170 start-ups with a combined valuation of more than $2bn. In this podcast, w...

Xylo Systems is an AI-powered cloud-based platform to connect, track and manage wildlife conservation projects. According to the company, this planet is losing a species every three to five minutes. Xylo helps conservation teams and researchers working to save species, with an easy way to connect and share information and make informed decisions. In this podcast, we discuss the company, industry,...

Matt Berriman is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at RealVC, Chairman of Mental Health Australia, a former Australian Cricketer, Board member and entrepreneur. RealVC invests in pre-seed and seed rounds, with the option to lead and co-invest in Series A and beyond. The fund aims to pick founders early in their journey with real conviction.  In this podcast, we discuss the the company, learnin...

Edrolo is an education technology company founded in 2011, which builds learning resources for students and useful teaching tools for teachers. Edrolo provides more than 1,000 Australian secondary schools with core resources for everyday teaching and learning, along with a systematic, innovative and research-led approach to resource design, with actionable analytics. In this podcast, we discuss th...

Veridooh is an adtech startup that has created proprietary software that independently tracks, measures, and verifies the performance of digital out-of-home (OOH) advertising campaigns, intending to increase transparency and confidence in the industry. Marketers need reliable and accurate verification to buy OOH advertising with confidence. Veridooh’s software lets advertising firms’ clients have...

Blackbird is an Australasian venture capital firm whose mission is to invest in wild hearts, with the wildest ideas, right from the beginning. It seeks to back generational ambition with generational ownership by raising funds and investing in the best startup companies all the way through their journey from idea to beyond IPO. The company's portfolio is worth over $10bn and includes more tha...

Peter Dunne is one of Australia's leading private equity and venture capital lawyers, specialising in M&A and private capital raisings. Mr Dunne has advised some of the leading Australian tech companies, including Atlassian in its first round of funding over 12 years ago, Canva, Deputy, Cloud9, Culture Amp, Expert360, Iron Mountain, OzForex, Tyro and many others. He has also assisted the...

Nola provides in-store analytics for retail and hospitality venues, providing actionable insights on product engagement, staff productivity and queue speed. It leverages its AI-powered tool to help improve customer experience whilst reducing operating costs, with no installation costs. In this podcast, we discuss the company, industry, competitive landscape and strategies for growth.

Oceanfarmr is one of the world's first operating systems and fintechs to support the growth of ocean farms. The software platform focuses on optimising labour and assets and delivering critical insights into farm performance for ocean farmers. It uses GPS maps and farm activity data to digitise farm practice. It also has future potential to derisk aquaculture financing and insurance and poten...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Fred Schebesta, CEO and Co-founder of Finder. Finder is one of Australia's a global fintech, growing into crypto currency, the website sees more than 10 million visits each month globally. Fred Schebesta is the CEO and Co-founder of Finder. He is an international speaker, serial entrepreneur, award-winning digital marketer...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Sally Krebs-Metelerkamp, CEO and founder of LivedLived is a unique platform within the global social impact start-up community, which helps people struggling with addiction. In an area less spoken about, this podcast displays the origins of the founder's vision, the business and how it is impacting lives across Australia.

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Daniel Roberts, Co-CEO and co-founder of Iris Energy. Iris Energy is a Bitcoin mining company, which builds, owns and operates data centre and electrical infrastructure for the mining of Bitcoin, powered primarily by renewable energy. In this podcast, we discuss the company, industry, competitive landscape and strategies for gr...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Scott Taylor, CEO and Co-founder of Perx Health. Perx is a behaviour change platform that supports people with chronic health conditions such as diabetes by creating engagement to help them adhere to daily treatment plans. The company has proved its business model with many major health insurers in Australia (AIA, QBE and more)...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Amogh Sarda, Co-founder of eesel.eesel lets you search for all your work across the tools you use, bringing it all together in one place. If you have ever thought, "where did I see that document/email/datapoint?", eesel allows you to navigate quickly through folders to open the document you were looking for, without t...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Ola Sars, founder and CEO of musictech company Soundtrack Your Brand. Soundtrack Your Brandis a B2B music software company, which allows businesses (i.e. bars, cafes, churches, education establishments, salons, hotels, etc.) to curate the ideal playlist for their customers, in a way that helps distribute payment rights to the m...

Vexev is a medtech company founded in 2014, which aims to change the management of vascular medicine from reactive to proactive. The company develops both hardware and software that focuses on vascular imaging and vascular monitoring. Vexev's hardware is an ultrasound imaging robot, which is fully automated, providing affordable, decentralised, high-quality non-invasive imaging. The software...

RAIZ Invest is a fintech micro-investing app that works by allowing people to start investing with as little as $5. Users can invest in their Raiz account through round-ups, recurring investments and lump sum deposits. The money in the Raiz Investment Account is invested into a mix of exchange traded funds (ETFs) in accordance with one of six different Portfolios selected by the investor. Seven We...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Bayju Thakar, Co-founder of Doctor Care Anywhere. Doctor Care Anywhere is the smart, easy and convenient way to manage patient health. It offers appointments, prescriptions, referrals, patient records and more on its platform. In this podcast, we discuss the company, industry, competitive landscape and strategies for growth.