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Tidal Waves in Investing 🌊 Ambitious Startups, Bootstrapping AI & BTC Impact 🚀

New episodes from Day One podcasts for startup enthusiasts.

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DayOne.FM
September 17, 2024

⚡ DayOne.fm Episodes ⚡

  • Recap the most interesting startup and funding headlines on The Startup Retro with Will Richards and guest host Cheryl Mack.

  • Get an insider perspective of early and growth investing from Tidal Ventures’ Georgie Turner on First Cheque with co-hosts Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter.

  • Learn team empowerment, scaling operations and bootstrapping tips Dan Anisse, co-founder of Relume, on the Unfunded podcast with host Joan Westenberg.

  • Deep dive into one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia with Caroline Bowler from BTC Markets on FinTechFun with host Chris Titley.

  • Find out more details on the S2S Summit on later this month.

🚀 Funding News on The Startup Retro 🚀 

Each week, The Startup Retro uncovers the narratives behind the capital raises, celebrates major wins, and explores significant developments reshaping Aussie startups.

EP9: Square Peg’s global shift, Linktree’s 2023 leak & SA rocket launches

On the latest episodes of The Startup Retro, co-host Will Richards has been joined by guest host Cheryl Mack to deep dive into the top funding headlines - while Gemma has been having a much needed break in Europe.

This week, Will and Cheryl discuss funding rounds, an interesting take on financial reports, and big space news - as well as interviewing Emma Grife from Startmate on investing in the most ambitious startups and planning for Startmate’s upcoming Demo Day.

In the episode, learn more about Square Peg’s ambitious new fund, SafetyCulture’s $75M raise, different perspectives on the 2023 financial results of Linktree, a ground-breaking partnership that will see hypersonic rocket launches from South Australia, and a $1M raise for Algenie to replace plastics with algae. This week wraps up with a useful KaaS recommendation from Will for B2B startups navigating their sales funnels.

Download The Startup Retro to get more context around the biggest news impacting Aussie startups right now.

The Startup Retro is supported by our wonderful sponsors.

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 🌊 Making Tidal Waves on First Cheque 🌊

First Cheque exists to share some of the most interesting and informative early-stage investing conversations in Australia, and around the world.

In this episode, co-hosts Cheryl Mack and Maxine Minter interview growth investor Georgie Turner, Partner at Tidal Ventures investing USD$2-3M seed rounds in startups focusing on B2B SaaS with a special focus on AI.

Formerly at Bailador, Georgie is known as a go-to-market guru supporting founders through intense growth stages and international expansion. In the episode, Georgie shares more about Tidal’s portfolio management, how they support founders through partnership, focusing on realistic outcomes in scale-up growth, and how to navigate the AI revolution and AI impacts on the tech stack / business models.

Download the episode with Georgie for more insights on growth investing in AUS and the US.

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🌱 Unfunded Scale with AI 🌱

Unfunded celebrates the underdog spirit and innovation outside the conventional funding pathways. Listen to stories from founders and operators who share their stories of grit and ingenuity to build startups on their terms.

"The Reloom agency effectively was the angel investor into the Reloom product. But after six months, we were able to phase out the agency and fully work off the actual revenue coming from the Reloom product." - Dan Anisse

In the newest episode of the Unfunded podcast, host Joan Westenberg sits down with Dan Anisse, co-founder of Relume, to discuss how they’ve built a profitable AI-powered web design platform - without relying on VC funding.

In this episode, Dan shares how their teams have a strong focus on impact and ownership which also helps their scalable growth. With a focus on cultivating a strong community through continuous user feedback, Dan also emphasises a product-first strategy and solving user problems consistently to stay ahead in a competitive market. For founders and operators, Dan shares more helpful advice encouraging builders to test ideas and launch quickly.

Listen to the episode to get insights from Dan on how to scale and thrive with intentional product development and community-led growth.

📆 All Things Scale: S2S Summit 📆

Learn what it takes to go from idea to successful exit at the Startup to Scaleup Summit in Sydney later this month.

The S2S Summit, hosted by Tank Stream Labs, is a full-day event dedicated to exploring the in-depth journey of founders. Featuring keynote talks, panel discussions, and leadership development sessions led by top startup experts, the summit offers a unique opportunity for operators to connect with founders, investors, accelerators, and government representatives.

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📆 Thursday 26th Sep 2024, 9am - 5:30pm AEST

🔒 FinTechFun with Cypto 🔒

Insightful interviews with finance founders and executive leaders exploring the Aussie FinTech scene - all with a sprinkle of fun.

On the latest episode, tech powerhouse behind Sub11 and host Chris Titley interviews Caroline Bowler from BTC Markets - one of Australia’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges with over 350,000 Australian clients who have traded more than $26 billion since 2013.

Caroline has 20 years experience in financial services and is a passionate advocate for blockchain and fintech innovation. In the episode, Caroline shares more about the importance of security and trust, expanding into international markets, and how leading financial institutions and everyday Australians are adopting cryptocurrency. Caroline also shares future plans for BTC Markets.

Find out more on the latest episode with Caroline, a recognised FinTech leader guiding the expansion of the largest Australian digital asset exchange.

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