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Go-Catch v Uber windup.Government continues to have sexy fingers with taxing unrealised capital gains.Reasons why Sam Altman was fired.Extortion attempt: WiseTech CEO says criminals tried to impersonate him using AI.Not all AI is very clever.YouTube's original seed investment. Canva continues to go enterprise.Airwallex staff turnover continues.Capital on thecapital. WeMoney capital raise. Find good investors that will support you. Sharts -
In this weeks episode:
Recap on concerns from the VC community on CrowdFunding. Don't loose your sense of humor from Jerry Seinfeld. Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards nominations now open. What was in the Budget for the startup ecosystem.Build Club: a new AI founder focused accelerator seeking to fix "broken' accelerator models. Create your own advice GPT. Nothing happens without action: old video from Steve Jobs. Development costs may not come down with AI. Rayn Wong wants to speak to the manager of people saying Australian VC's are too conservative. Claire Bristow of Skalata shares her views on "Australian VC's are too conservative". Xylo Systems tackling AI and "Tech Bro VC's".VC's are lazy looking at silly signals. Charts
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On this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin' news:
Labor’s bold $1b bet on Aussie quantum start-up.Has it ever been harder to get from Seed to Series A?Birchal defends VC criticism of Crowdfunding.VC red flags. Xero hikes it prices. Demonstrated structural competitive advantage. Don't be Geoff Bozo. The best founders can cold email. Outbound is dying. How Bumble got clever early awareness. Charts[email protected]
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In this weeks episode:
Spac listing hobbled Tritium making it hard to raise fresh capital. Reasons for failure coming out in administration process. Scott Farquar stepping down from Atlassian.Canva employees are going to buy houses and pay off debt. First time vs second time founders: is success more likely? Co-founders more likely to build unicorns.Industries more likely or less likely to have 4+ co-founders vs solo foundersDo what you say you will do & keep turning up.Charts -
In this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin':
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman makes it clear they're going to steamroll you.M&A proposed rule changes. Google releases new tools for Gemini: write your emails and create your spreadsheets. Speed of AI making it hard for firms to invest. How to avoid raising too much money. A great article by Ben Armstrong from Archangel in Startup Daily. What happens when Blackbird doesn't follow on? Too many startups in the US? Charts -
In this episode of Founder Focus, we are joined by Lucy Wark. Lucy is the co-founder of a number of for-profit and not-for-profit entities including:
🤝 Career-accelerating skills @ fuzzyhq.com🥰 Sexual wellness for all @ itsnormal.com🍇 Making startups safer @ askthegrapevine.com
This is a great episode for founders with key topics such as:
Entrepreneurial Journey: Lucy shares her personal journey to entrepreneurship, which includes moving overseas for education and her involvement in startups, highlighting the diverse paths that can lead to founding a company.Empowering Negotiation Skills: Lucy discusses the importance of negotiation skills, an essential tool for founders who need to navigate deals and partnerships effectively in all fields. A link to Fuzzy HQ's negotiation course Negotiation for Leaders & Operators can be found here. Insights into Consumer and Social Dynamics: With Lucy's background in social sciences, she shares various "mental models" that help her in her company building journey.Social Impact and Business Models: A theme of Lucy's entrepreneurial focus is combining profit with purpose, by pairing products with educational content.Investment into female founders: Lucy's shares her belief that at least 50/50 investment representation is possible and why. Grapevine: Why this initiative is so important and what it is seeking to achieve.And much [email protected]
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In this episode of Tribe Talkin':
GoCatch v UberFirst day in court GoCatch faces questions GoCatch had actually lost 90% of users by the time UberX came.Canva money hits bank accounts. SaaS growth continues to slow. The "Tech Winter" is persisting.Quantum of capital is different at different stages What VC's really mean when they talk about companies die? Charts -
In this episode of Investor Focus, we are joined for a second time by Adrian Bunter. Adrian is a partner at Modus Partners, a leading boutique M&A advisors with a passion for technology. Adrian is on the board of various private companies including Employment Hero and VenueNow, and non-executive director of ASX listed companies Carly Holdings Limited (ASX:CL8) and Live Verdure (ASX:LV1). Adrian has been a long term member of Sydney Angels and provides significant value to the founders he works with. Part of the discussion was on AI, so we thought it fitting to have ChatGPT summarise the transcript into the key highlights. This is what Chat says about the episode: In a dynamic conversation featuring Adrian Bunter, alongside hosts Don McKenzie and Aaron Birkby, this podcast episode delves into critical aspects of startup success and the challenges of capital raising. It offers practical advice and insights valuable for both investors and founders navigating the startup ecosystem.Key Highlights:Capital Raising Journey: Tips on effective engagement with investors, valuation insights, and the significance of early investor relations.Leveraging AI: The role of AI in startups, not as a trend but as a genuine business enhancer, emphasizing technology’s potential to solve real problems.Traits of Successful Founders: Discussion on what makes founders successful, including their resilience, passion, industry knowledge, and ability to communicate their vision.Scaling Beyond Initial Success: Challenges of expanding sales and operations beyond initial networks, underscoring the need for scalable strategies.Navigating the Investment Landscape: Insights into the evolving field of angel investing and venture capital, and strategies for fruitful founder-investor relationships.Why Listen?For entrepreneurs and investors alike, this episode is a treasure trove of wisdom, offering a deep dive into the startup world's complexities. It provides listeners with a roadmap to navigate the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and investment, highlighting strategies for long-term success.Thank you ChatGPT, pretty, pretty good. [email protected]
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In this episode of Tribe Talkin':
Subsequent reporting on Breakthrough Victoria (Capital Brief, Bronwen Clue) Plutora Pty Ltd going into voluntary administration in march over a dispute with the tax office. (news.com.au, Alex Turner-Cohen)GoCatch vs Uber: Victorian courts will hear explosive claims of how it killed the competition. (Paul Smith, AFR)Task Group creating $100 Mil payday for Houden family.(Tess Bennett, AFR). Growth of new angel investors falling. Airtree $100 mil + valuation list:New partners at Ten13. (Capital Brief, Hugo Mathers)AI honeymoon is over according to Canva's Cliff Obrecht. (Nick Bonyhady, AFR). Rayn Ong's new ebook, we think. (Simon Thomsen, Startupdaily)Y Combinator: bets in a picture.Why one VC invests. Peter Theil talks about going niche. Simon Beard talks about creating personal and authentic content. Charts -
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Our upcoming DeepdiveMcDeepDiveFace episode on Go-To-Market Strategy.Tech Council of Australia report. Startup shut downs rise. Investors in Baraja have written down their stakes to zero (Nick Bonyhady). Blackbird write-downs and write-ups in portfolio(Jessica Sier).Are VC backed companies just overconfident underachievers?Breakthrough Victoria: our thoughts on if it should exist. Main Sequence is not Breakthrough Victoria (Nick Bonyhady). Deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations launches Cicada x Tech23(Startup Daily). Square Peg's amazing returns to investors (Hugo Mathers).Culture Amp acquisition of Orgnostic (Hugo Mathers).Canva has acquired UK creative software suite Affinit (Jassmyn Goh).Reddit & Truth Social IPO'sNvidia launches new products (Paul Smith and John Davidson).Technology differentiation going to zero. The singularity arriving 2029.OpenAI needs some media training. Charts -
In this episode of Tribe Talkin':
Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones has vowed to crack down on companies seeking to circumvent laws designed to 'staple' workers to a single superannuation fund during employee onboarding programs. (Capital Brief Anthony Galloway)Emerging venture capital managers have raised concerns about the influence super funds have gained over the local startup ecosystem. (Capital Brief Bronwen Clune) Australian workforce management software maker Deputy has cracked the billion-dollar valuation milestone, the first private technology “unicorn” company to emerge since the tech funding market soured in early 2022. (AFR: Tess Bennett).Seven Aussie startups that raised $11.8 million this week. (SmartCompany: Eloise Keating). Invoice payments startup Marmalade raises $16m. (Capital Brief: Prashant Mehra) Alumni of climate tech startup accelerator EnergyLab raised a record $289 million in 2023, with Australian-based startups accounting for $124 million of that total. (Business News Australia) Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano. (Business News Australia: Matt Ogg)Hola Health greets a new chapter in telehealth with $4.5m pre-Series A raise. (Business News Australia: Matt Ogg) Do the best deals have no "fanfare"? Sam JacobsJensen Huang hopes you suffer!Stone and Chalk touts resilience despite $7m loss. (Capital Brief: John Buckley and Bronwen Clune)Spacecubed and CORE Innvoation HubElaine Stead joins Main Sequence. (Capital Brief: Bronwen Clune)Of its 3300 employees, 85 per cent own WiseTech shares thanks to an employee share scheme. (AFR: Yolanda Redrup)For the first time in at least 5 years, there were more total job departures from companies on Carta than there were total new hires. Public Market & Macro Charts -
In today’s episode of Founder Focus, we talk with Dan Jovevski from WeMoney.WeMoney is a Perth headquartered financial platform designed to help users manage their finances more effectively by connecting their entire financial life in one place, tracking budgets, monitoring net worth, understanding credit scores, and fostering a community for sharing financial experiences and advice.Dan shares the story of WeMoney, emphasizing its mission to help individuals achieve financial clarity and freedom.WeMoney's growth has been remarkable, with downloads nearing 600,000, much of this success being attributable to organic, word-of-mouth user acquisition. Dan's branding is impeccable, and you won't find a founder with better merch. The conversation delves into practical aspects of startup management, such as the importance of monitoring key metrics like the customer acquisition cost (CAC) to lifetime value (LTV) ratio, and the strategic decision-making involved in prioritizing growth in the Australian market over immediate international expansion.Dan discusses his focus on creating a company operating system, with an emphasis on developing leadership principles and proactive conflict resolution techniques. Dan explains how he embeds core values into daily operations, ensuring they transcend mere rhetoric. This approach not only attracts but also retains top talent by fostering a sense of belonging and purpose, which in turn enhances team productivity and [email protected]
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In this episode of Tribe Talkin':
More reflections from Southstart.Event with Vu Tran of Go1.Employment Hero V Hostplus. Hostplus calls for CEO's head. (AFR: Tess Bennett, Lucy Dean & Nick Bonyhady) New female founder grants in South Australia. Resources for addressing sexism, harassment, and bullying put together by Elaine Stead. US and European data for female funding. What are the chances your startup gets bought? Not high. Dovetail "struggling" with staff turnover and churn. (AFR: Jessica Sier) PWC cutting more people. The death spiral of professional 60% growth.Will the Canva secondary sale give rise to the "Canva Cartel"? (Capital Brief: Dan Van Boom) Selling a business for $500 Mil and the founders getting almost nothing. Statistics on VC's getting a 2nd, 3rd and 4th fund. Smaller funds have the best returns. TVPI= Theoretical Value, Possibly ImaginedMacro/ Market charts -
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We're at Southstart!Bitcoin all time highs. And so is Gold. Employment Hero vs Hostplus. (Capital Brief: Bronwen Clune).Elon sues OpenAILawyers in Elon's pay case want US$6 Billion. One Ventures breaks down venture debt myths. Raising season is open. Raid fire capital raises.How long it takes to get to certain points of investments.ESOPs can make life difficult. (Capital Breif: Dan Van Boom). Secondary sales at Hopin. (AFR: Nick Bonyhady)Crossing the chasm. -
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Dr. Judy Halliday is an exceptionally rare and valuable asset in the Australian innovation ecosystem, having operated in every pillar of the innovation landscape as an inventor, founder, investor, academic, director, advisor & industry professional across both private and public sectors as well as universities.
A prominent figure in the South Australian innovation and entrepreneurship landscape. She currently serves as the Director of the Office of the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur within the Department for Innovation and Skills (DIS).
She also current serves as a NED at KIK Innovation, working to end youth unemployment through entrepreneurship education, is an Activator at SheEO, is an Advisory Board member of both the Medical Device Partnering Program and the Institute of Photonics & Advanced Sensing at the University of Adelaide
Prior to her current roles she was also a key figure at TechInSA (formerly known as BioSA), an organisation dedicated to supporting South Australia's high-tech sector, as well as roles at UniQuest and a former Director of the Australian Society for Medical Research.
And if that isn't enough, she was also a torch bearer for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games!
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In today's episode of Tribe Talkin'
Listener feedback "keep the sh*t bits in". Sophisticated investor changes are likely to happen:Bronwen Clune of Capital Brief summarises the key submissions from the ecosystem. Financial Services Council says hike the threshold to $5 Million. Berkshire Hathaway annual report. The first post Charlie's passing. Australia's venture capital scene is facing a 'cleansing' by Nick Bonyhady of the AFR. Rayn Wong explains what you need to be able to do to be good in VC. Blackbird heads to the US to find bigger deals. Octopus Deploy does its first large acquisition by Simon Thomsen of Startup Daily.Block's acquisition of Afterpay and what we can learn. A great deep dive by Jack Derwin of Capital Brief. Would you choose the same VC's? A survey from SaasTr. -
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In todays episode of Tribe Talkin':
Canva's CFO Damien Singh resigns: Tegan Jones of Smart Company first article.Bronwen Clune of Capital Brief first article. Tess Bennett and Jessica Sier of AFR article.Tegan Jones of Smart Company second article. Bronwen Clune of Capital Brief second article. Jessica Sier and Paul Smith of AFR article.David Swan of SMH article. Bronwen Clune of Capital Brief Toxic Positivity.Lucy Wark LinkedIn post.
Ansarada acquired for $263 Million.Altium take over offer from Japan's Renesas.Haris Qureshi provides a great tech summaryThree Aussie startups that raised $198.4 million this week:Bugcrowd: $156 million.Diraq: $23 million.Marqo: $19.4 million.Fat Zebra (undisclosed). Gilmore Space raises $55 million. Zuck not going down without a fight with Apple's new Vision Pro.Interesting medical use cases for Vision Pro .Zuck may be missing the point. AI boom continues:OpenAI Sora.Google upgraded Gemini.Nvidia releasing Chat with RTX.Where is this all heading? Michael Jackson provides a summary of the "AI is like Water" article by Morgan Beller. Taylor Swift provides some lessons in a world of falls 20%. Nvida has big shoes to fill from a valuation point of view. Markets are melting up.- Listener feedback which we very much [email protected]
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In this episode of Tribe Talkin':
Facebook turns 20. An article by Daivd Swan on Facebook being the poster child for "enshittification". Kiki's founder Toby Thomas-Smith issues an apology. We share what we think of it. "The Founders Dilemma": what to focus on and the customer should be number one. An article in Startup Daily. We have a different view. People are trying to work out the LinkedIn algorithm. We think this explains it: Vu Tran provides great post on "sales velocity". Is a funding frenzy now underway? How safe are Safe Notes? OneVentures closes its first fund with a 4x return. AMSL lands its first customer. OpenAI now "speaking" 100 billion words per day. OpenAI may need "$7 Trillion" of capital. Will Nvidia end up like Cisco? ChatGPT used in relationship finding and advice. Jack tempts fate on Valentines Day. -
In this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin':
The State of Australia Startup Funding Report and the areas we found interesting. Cake Equity launched their State of Employee Equity Report .Elon: the king of using equity. Deep fake fraud: company loses $25.6 Million on deep fake zoom call instructing an employee to transfer money. Adam Neumann is back seeking to buy WeWork. We intrigued. Atlassian joins "the three comma's club". Block not doing so well. Great reporting by Capital Brief. VC set up by Afterpay founders told to "wind the F'ing thing up". Tail winds of B2B maybe changing. Apple launches Vision Pro.If you don't have word of mouth growth, you're already dead. - Se mer