The Morgo Podcast

The Dodson Group is a precision manufacturer , # 1 in the automotive niche of high horsepower transmission upgrades . It has diversi fied into other markets such as aerospace , agriculture, marine, & green energy by acquiring its largest local suppliers . David took over as CEO of Dodson five years ago and has grown the business from 17 to 75 people . David is a former automotive engineer and inve...

  Kitea Health makes a device to help manage hydrocephalus : a condition where fluid accumulates i n the brain , managed by inserting a shunt to drain the fluid. Kitea Health makes a tiny implantable device to measure pressure in the brain at home , letting you know if the shunt has failed and you need medical help . Simon brings an extensive background in developing medical devices to this new ve...

  Hot Lime  Labs is putting the green back in greenhouses – supplying yield-boosting CO2 from biomass for large glasshouses . With $9 million of angel funding t he y 've scaled from the lab to a demo delivering CO2 into a 1 1 h ect a re glasshouse . It's now ready to take to the world – which will need lots more funding. Tijs talks about how the needs of the business change as you grow , with spec...

Kry10 is a building a secure operating system to enable critical infrastructure such as electrical grids and medical devices to transition to a future where they are intelligent, cloud connected and adaptive driven. This can replace, or be placed in front of, old software built on operating systems from the 1990s that are vulnerable to viruses .   It was founded by Boyd and other ex-Microsoft/Amaz...

Wellumio is developing a highly portable head MRI scanner for use in emergency departments - providing a scan in the "golden hour" after stroke when treatment is most effective. Shieak & Sergei talk about how great it was to find each other, their journey to dealing with investors rather than grant reviewers , and now getting their product to market. They'd like to encourage more academics to choo...

OneReg is about effortless compliance and smoother operations for aerospace . When Covid struck, Clinton lost his job and decided it was time to start a business . He and his two co-founders had more than 100 years experience in compliance, digital innovation and aviation. Their initial customers are airports , which are very complex environments – they have the biggest need for what OneReg does....

Eight360 has built an immersive VR motion simulator: a ball that you sit inside that can do full 360 flips and spins . This is fun. It's also very serious : it delivers a more immersive and visceral experience, leading to better engagement and learning outcomes w hether you are manoeuvring heavy equipment in unusual situations, practicing your off-road handling skills to avoid a rollover, or learn...

  Danny, CEO & co-founder,  of Basis explains how they have develop ed a home electricity smart panel that allows you to manage your power usage in real time a nd gives data to the electricity companies so they can offer smart-use plans to reduce cost. They are driven by delivering an enduring positive impact for the planet . The first smart panels will be delivered soon – you can pre-order on the...

Three founders who had worked together before started Comply Pro to meet needs for safety in the construction industry and food safety in hospitality , building a SaaS company that can be rapidly scaled around the world .   Now ComplyPro manages 18.4 million records and protects 200,000 sites globally , w ith over 4,000 clients and 45,000 users. Michael talks about encourag ing everyone to act lik...

  Hadleigh 's maritime background gave him the insight that started SwipedOn : on a super yacht everything was electronic except the dog - eared visitors' book. With no tech or business background, he set out to build a tablet sign in. Today Hadleigh employs over 50 people and SwipedOn is used in over 9 ,000 workplaces. The company has gone through ownership changes : it sold to an AIM listed comp...

RedSeed trains retail staff: it provides courses, coaching & a customisable LMS with a library of easy-to-implement course content and learning pathways that let s its customers customise the training . Its coaching is a key differentiator. Anya talks about growing the company from in-person training to fully online resources. She' s now looking at flipping from sales led to product led growth. It...

  Starboard takes data from satellites to track every oceangoing vessel  on the planet. It combines this with scientific models and other intelligence sources to create a pattern of life for each vessel, allowing analysts to assess if the vessel poses a risk – to sovereign borders or to commercial assets. Trent joined when Starboard had product-market fit in the Pacific. His key role has been to c...

CAR T-cell therapy is a cancer treatment where a patient's own T-cells are reprogrammed to fight the cancer. There are 2 , 000  therapies   in clinical development around the world which use different ways to program the T-cells. BioOra has developed an automated manufacturing system to scale up the production of personalised T-cells for treatment of the cancer. In partnership with the Malaghan In...

  OneRoom is a webcasting platform specialized for the funeral sector.  It instal s cameras in funeral homes to mak e webcasting easy & free up funeral directors to focus on personal service . David was as an investor in the company and became CEO to take up the challenge going from start-up to scale-up . As a student he won a scholarship to the US & made the US Gymnastics Team . Now he is taking...

The Gastric Alimetry system is like an ECG for the gut - the electrical signals are 100x weaker than from the heart and very noisy. It provides data-driven insights to help clinicians work out what's going on. It is now used in 35 hospitals. Greg talks about how hard it is to build a medtech: regulatory, reimbursement & technical issues. To move fast it's important to have the right people, includ...

Tracksuit provides beautifu l, radically affordable and easy to use brand tracking for modern consumer brands. The team recently raised $22M. Connor talks about finding early product-market fit with 100 prospect conversations, and then leaning into scale. Every 3 months everyone should "give away your Legos "–either automate your current job or hire someone to do it better than you can while you s...

Goodnature makes ethical pest control devices that now sell around the world . Craig , a co-founder , talks about how they started Goodnature to control rats and stoats in New Zealand – building a trap that can go off multiple times in the bush . Dave joined as CEO 3 years ago , bring ing a background in international marketing. They both like to solve problems: Craig on the technical side and Dav...

Gembot.ai is a smart investment platform. Charlie started it because he was frustrated that he couldn't find this for himself: he wanted to know statistically and visually what his exposure looked like at any time. Gembot provides transparent, low cost and informed investment. How do you set this up from scratch? Listen to Charlie's journey! He's on a mission to help people grow wealth.   www. gem...

Claudia Smith & Russell Smith built AML platform APLYiD to allow companies to verify customers online in seconds using biometric measures . APLYiD now has over 1,000 customers in Austral ia, New Zealand & the UK .  Claudia and Russell each had a background in identity work and knew the corporate environment well . In this podcast they talk about how they work together, how they complement each oth...

Bspkl makes high-performance catalyst coated membranes for hyd rogen production - using 25 x less catalyst metal than alternatives . Christina joined the inventor of this technology, Jérôme   Leveneur , to build a company based on his technology. Christina talks about why hydrogen production as the first market , the challenges of raising funds , and their ambition to make a genuine difference in...

  ADInstruments mak es scientific hardware & software for bio medical research and education with offices in 15 countries & 220 people around the world. Its customers include the top 100 universities & the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. The company has been built over 3 7 years. Alex has been CEO for the last 4 years and has overseen the growth of the SaaS business, which is now a significant pa...

ecoPortal ​ started as an environmental risk management consultancy. ​ Bringing its sustainability origins into the larger health & safety picture, it now supports enterprise retail, transport, and logistics companies worldwide to achieve their health & safety engagement goals. Manuel talks about ecoPortal's humble beginnings as a consultancy and the journey of bootstrapping the company to 75 peop...

Alyona studied Natural Language Processing before most of us had heard of AI . To start her company she looked for a problem worth solving & found the need for customer feedback analysis . Thematic is an AI-powered platform that transforms feedback into actionable insights. Alyona talks about how she built an initial product , talk ed to the market to find a fit , persuad ed her husband Nathan Hol...

Mary Vance & Nick McDonald founded Cemplicity in 2013, with Blaik Wilson taking the CEO reins in 2020. Cemplicity keeps patients remotely connected to their care teams as they go through a health service, alerting care teams when action is needed. Cemplicity has worked with over 3,000 health facilities in 8 countries and over 5 million patients. Mary & Blaik talk about building their global busine...

  Ambit is a n AI platform for customer service at scale .  Tim & his co-founders started Ambit in 2016 , seeing the opportunity to l everage the power of Generative AI to provide deeply personalised, automated conversations for customers – increasing customer satisfaction while reducing the cost to serve them . He talks about how tough it is to sell to the IT teams in large enterprises and how re...