Talking Tech with Elise Kennedy - TTWEK

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Andrew Balgarnie, COO of TradeWindow. TradeWindow (TWL.NZ) is a trade-tech company helping importers, exporters, freight forwarders and customs brokers at the frontline of global trade use software to improve efficiency and transparency. Global supply chains are complex networks of organisations. A single transaction typically...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Trent McKendrick, founder of Lever. Lever is a debt management and negotiation platform designed to give people power over their debt. Founded in Melbourne, Australia, by Trent McKendrick, Lever helps consumers take control and negotiate their debt with any Australian company and helps companies resolve their outstanding accoun...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Lauren Peate, founder of Multitudes. Multitudes is a software company that helps measure and improve companies' culture and performance. The company provides insights and recommendations to unlock happier and higher performing teams, with measurable outputs. By looking at GitHub data from pull requests, reviews and comment...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Andy Bowyer, founder of Kleos Space. Kleos Space (KSS.AX, Not Covered) uses nanosatellites for geolocating radio signals on earth to highlight human activity, which, when overlaid with data, is used to highlight potential illegal activity. This data-as-a-service provider sells data sets under a subscription model, predominantly...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Ajay Prakash, founder of Entry LevelEntry Level is a reskilling platform to help upskill and educate people on the jobs of the future. It is estimated 7% of Australia's current workforce will be displaced by new technologies over the next decade (Oxford Economics 2019). Experiences are one-month virtual courses that mimic...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Kieran Warwick, founder of IlluviumIlluvium is a cryptocurrency online gaming business based on collectable non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and resource mining. It uses ImmutableX technology for scaling NFTs. The company is part of a new play-to-earn trend across the tech gaming space. In this podcast, we discuss the company, indust...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts PrimeXConnect founding duo Jean-Claude Abouchar and Michael Chandler. PrimeXConnect enables the real-time sale of wholesale red meat between global exporters and international buyers. It is one of the first global sales and order management softwares built for the global red meat industry. PrimeXConnect aims to develop an onlin...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Roman Teslyuk, founder of Earth AIEarth AI is a vertically integrated metals exploration company, which aims to help expedite the move to sustainable energy by solving the issue of the shortage of metal supply. In this podcast, we discuss the company, investment success stories, what is happening in start-up land, valuations an...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Stevan Premutico, CEO & Founder of Me&U.Me&U makes ordering smarter and easier with a simple tap-on menu that allows ordering of food and drinks in venues. Join us to discuss the business, industry, competitive landscape and strategies for growth. In this podcast, we discuss the company, investment success stories,...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Neil McVeigh, Co-founder of Greener. Greener is reimagining consumerism, with the aim to help turn every consumer dollar spent into a force for good to repair the planet. Greener gives personalised recommendations for more sustainable stores. The store pays, with no cost to the consumer. Join us to discuss the business, industr...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Jan Pacas, Founder & CEO of All G Foods. All G Foods is a plant-based food producer leveraging biotech to tap into the growing market of alternative proteins. All G Foods recently closed one of its largest seed funding rounds. Pacas is a serial entrepreneur, having previously co-founded ASX-listed pet care services marketpl...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Christin Burns, Partner at North Ridge Partners. North Ridge Partners is a technology investment bank operating across Asia Pacific. The investment bank was founded in 2003 and its role is to help its clients avoid the pitfalls many other businesses have experienced and to share insights about when things went right. Christin i...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Flavia Tata Nardini, Co-founder of Fleet Space. Fleet Space is a global leader in nanosatellites. The company is making it faster, simpler and cheaper to connect the world's devices through the placement of small satellites into space. Featured in The Australian Top 100 Innovators 2021, the company has grown from three emp...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts King Goh, Principal at Headline. Headline (formerly known as e.ventures) is a global venture capital firm established in 1998 with offices in San Francisco, Germany, UK, France, Brazil, China and Japan, with investments across consumer and enterprise technology, including Segment, Farfetch, Sorare, Yeahka, Icertis, Scopely and...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Bradley Delamare, CEO of Tank Stream LabsTank Stream Labs is one of Australia's largest technology-focused start-up incubator and co-working hubs. The hub is more than a place for start-ups to come together; it is responsible for all aspect of the business including expansion of hubs and community, operations, corporate pa...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Troy Townsend, Co-founder of The Pistol. The Pistol is a global media platform that leverages machine learning to drive efficiency, scale and tailored solutions. Customers include media agencies, retailers and other tech companies. The first technology platform, 'Tiger Pistol', featured in TechCrunch, VentureBeat and...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Jessica Alderson, Co-founder of SoSyncd. SoSyncd is the first lifestyle dating app and website that connects compatible personality types using the Myer & Briggs personality types. The business continues to see growth, with a growing footprint across the United Kingdom, United States and Australia, amongst other markets. Li...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Geraldine McBride, CEO & Co-Founder of AI firm MyWave. AI.MyWave. AI is both a B2B and B2C intelligent personalisation platform that allows clients to generate insights on their customers. MyWave. AI has a partnership with SAP which allows it to leverage SAP's sales force to distribute the platform. The revenue model i...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Daniel Lai, CEO of ASX-listed cyber security firm archTIS. archTIS (AR9.AX) is an information technology service company, which specialises in the design and development of products, solutions and services for secure information sharing and collaboration. Founded in 2006 in Canberra, the technology is designed for, and used by,...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Brad Joffe, APAC General Manager of Earnd. Earnd is a global fintech company that allows employees to access up to 50% of their earned wages at any point in their pay cycle. Founded in 2018 by Australian entrepreneurs, Earnd aims to provide a sustainable solution to closing the gap between earning money and being paid. Its prod...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Sam James, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of VALD. VALD is a SaaS company that offers human measurement technologies to the world's most elite sporting teams, health, clinics, universities, hospitals and defence departments. Born out of Queensland University of Technology and with operations based out of Brisbane, V...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Grant McCarthy, founder of Tidal Ventures. Tidal Ventures is a Seed investor in the Australian venture capital sector with offices in Sydney and New York. This podcast discusses three of the top start-up investments in the fund, how to approach valuation, and what is unique about this VC funds vs. peers.

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Michael Lebbon, CEO & Founder of EMMI.EMMI is a SaaS platform that seeks to give companies and investors the complete tool kit to report, publish and showcase their carbon financial credentials. Used by asset owners, asset managers and corporates, EMMI assists clients in being aware of the financial perspective on carbon ri...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Aivee Robinson, Co-founder and CEO of Catalyser. Catalyser is a global social enterprise SaaS platform. Catalyser lets workplaces manage and grow employee giving on one platform. It includes volunteering, fundraising, payroll giving, appeals, pro bono and more, for a monthly subscription fee. Clients include Deloitte, Energy Au...

In our weekly technology start-up podcast, analyst Elise Kennedy hosts Adam Lubofsky, Co-founder and CEO of Safewill. Safewill seeks to make it easy for customers to write their will by simplifying the barriers of accessibility, approachability and affordability that have traditionally existed in the industry. The revenue model is a one-off fee to write the will as well as a subscription fee to al...