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This episode kicks off in September 2015, when Malcolm Turnbull was elected as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. Unveiling the National Innovation and Science Agenda as the cornerstone of his "Ideas Boom", we unpack the contents of this policy and explore the myriad of ways it impacted the startup ecosystem. The Australian startup ecosystem continued to enjoy significant growth in the second h...

In episode 3, we take a deep dive into the birth of the Australian startup ecosystem. Although everyone may have a different perspective on what caused this "cambrian explosion", we discuss 7 key catalysts in this episode. We shine a spotlight on the who, what, when, where and why of this critical event that formed much of what we see around us today. But underneath all this growth and excite...

Episode 2 begins in the aftermath of the dot com bust. We explore the story of LookSmart through the lens of its co-founder, Evan Thornley and the tough choices he had to make. Up until this point, founders largely worked in isolation, however, they began to meet up more frequently after the bust, often in pubs or cafes, thanks to community groups like Innovation Bay. Conferences such as TinSHED a...

In this episode, we explore the seed phase of the Australian startup ecosystem, tracing its roots to some of the earliest catalysts to what we see today. Australian pioneers started innovating well before anything resembled an ecosystem and before the term "startup" was used. We tell the story of trailblazers like the Nucleus Group in 1964, Fairlight in 1975, Computershare in 1978 and much more.&n...

Today we catch up with Charlie Karaboga from Blockearner. Block Earner  is an Australia-based FinTech powered by blockchain technology. Charlie talks about the Origins, the history of the business, recent events as well as their global ambitions. Fintechfun is produced by Sub11. Sub11 is a joint venture between Chris Titley and Euphemia (Investment partner) telling stories of fintechs and founders...

Emily Casey is the founder and director of What The Health, a health media company and community that aims to fuel the next generation of health innovation in Australia. Emily initially pursued a more traditional career in medicine before entering the startup world. In addition to What The Health, Emily has worked as a Community Coordinator for Stone & Chalk, a startup hub in Sydney. In her co...

Steve Grace is CEO and founder of The Nudge Group, which works with startups and scale-ups to support them through various stages of business growth. Based in Australia, The Nudge Group has expanded globally with offices in the UK and Singapore. Steve also hosts the Give It A Nudge podcast, and is director of YBF Ventures. In his conversation with host Will Tjo, Steve discusses his belief that Aus...

Justin Soong - Founder at Authsignal joined Chris Titley for a chat about the company, the vision, the market at the moment for cyber security 😬 and how they are intertwined with fintech! Fintechfun is produced by Sub11. Sub11 is a joint venture between Chris Titley and Euphemia (Investment partner) telling stories of fintechs and founders whilst using broader content as the catalyst to enable fi...

Peter Tippett is a serial entrepreneur with decades of experience working in startups both in Australia and around the world. He is currently working on three ventures, all of which he co-founded in the last few years: BodyMindLife, a platform for passionate community creators, educators, teachers and students, Vault3, which provides storage services on blockchain, and KULA, which utilises Web3 te...

On this episode of the NTP podcast we chat with Mitchell Bright, Lead Electronics Engineer at D+I Newcastle. We discuss his career to date, his university experience and the transition into Design and Industry.  Hope you enjoy the interview!

Alex Logan is the CEO and co-founder of Cecil, a company with the mission of helping more teams restore nature. Cecil creates software tools designed to lower the barriers of managing natural assets and building infrastructure that fuels regeneration. In this episode, Alex discusses “carbon tunnel vision”, the tendency to focus primarily on carbon emissions rather than thinking holistically about...

Olympia Yarger is the CEO of Goterra, a Canberra-based company using an innovative approach to food waste management to help solve the climate change crisis. Using a combination of nature and automation, Goterra provides businesses with modular, autonomous insect farms which convert food waste into sustainable protein and fertiliser. In this episode, Olympia discusses how better food waste managem...

George joined the fintechfun chat today to talk about AYLA. "All your life Admin". George identified a problem early on about Life admin and took it in to his own hands to do something about. We chat about George's journey - the ups the downs and the challenges as well as why he is excited to take the business global. Fintechfun is produced by Sub11. Sub11 is a joint venture between Ch...

In today's episode we chat with Tom Ferrier from Greener. Greener makes it easy to reduce your impact every time you spend by connecting you with brands doing better for the planet, and offsetting the carbon emissions of your purchase at no extra cost. Tom chats about the last 5 years, what drives him every day, the recent investment by NAB Ventures and others, the outlook for consumer brands...

John Allsopp is an author, web developer and conference organiser who’s been working in Australia’s startup ecosystem for nearly three decades. In 2006 he co-founded Web Directions, a conference series for people creating tools for the internet, at a time when the field was still relatively new. In his conversation with Adam, he discusses the very first Web Directions conference, which he sees as...

Today we chat to Matt Cagney from Renewtrak. Renewtrak  is an automation platform that connects the global tech industry to power the renewals and subscription economy. Matt talks about the global opportunity for large organisations to harness the power of Renewtrak and why it's so important and was important in the days when he was with Afterpay. Matt also talks about the journey of being glo...

Lars Rasmussen is a Danish computer scientist and tech angel investor with a long history of working within the startup ecosystem both within Australia and internationally, including as co-founder of Google Maps, and as Director of Engineering for Facebook in London. In 2015, Rasmussen announced his departure from Facebook to co-found a music startup, Weav Musi, with his partner Elomida Visviki. I...

In a very special series we chat to Gabor Szekernyes - apxium about the recent NY Fintech landing pad program. Gabor talks about the history of apxium, where they fit in to the ecosystem, why they applied for the program, how they found NY as well sharing some future international plans. Please note there are a few minor internet hiccups in this interview -so bear with it - as the majority of the...

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So as we hit 30 plus episodes and to scale to 100 plus we will be uploading the recordings straight away (where possible) to really make an impact - and at the same time we won't be spending time (and money) editing them to ensure we can maintain the volume as well as free up time for very special projects coming soon...🤫 This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podt...

In today's episode we chat with Sam from Savoir about his journey, the application use of the blockchain, recent events as well as how Savoir are attacking various modules within different verticals. Fintechfun is produced by Sub11. Sub11 is a joint venture between Chris Titley and Euphemia (Investment partner) telling stories of fintechs and founders whilst using broader content as the cataly...

Ric Richardson is an Australian inventor who first came to prominence as a result of his invention of Software Activation, a technique used in software anti-piracy. Ric founded the Uniloc Company and entered an agreement with IBM to commercialise the invention, which Ric says has now been used on two and a half billion computers globally. In 2011 a US court awarded Uniloc $388 million in damages a...

Brad Parsons is CEO and founder of Movus, a company that provides monitoring tools for industrial equipment with the mission of preserving the earth’s resources by improving the efficiency and life of industrial assets. At the time of recording Movius is active in 16 countries, and has ambitions for further growth. In his conversation with guest host Will Tjo, Brad discusses how he has seen an inc...

DataCo Technologies unlocks valuable data partnerships between organisations. The DataCo Collaboration Platform, which incorporates the latest privacy and data protection technologies, was built with future-proofing in mind and reflects recommendations from privacy and data regulators around the globe. How does sharing of data work? 🔐 Accelerating partnerships - small, large companies and anythin...

On this episode of the NTP podcast we chat with Luke Thompson, CTO at LEOPARD.Host. We discuss his experience growing a hosting company in Lake Macquarie and the challenges competing against international players as well as advice he would give to those starting a career in tech.  Hope you enjoy the episode!