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StartupWest Podcast112. Matt Vitale from Birchal on Crowd-Sourced FundingWe chat with Matt Vitale, Founder and CEO of Birchal — Australia's largest Crowd-Sourced Funding (CSF) platform. We talk about WA being one of their leading markets and what makes a strong CSF campaign.
This episode is an insightful listen for anybody who's considering raising capital through a CSF campaign or just interested in the story of Birchal.
Startup West is recorded at Riff Studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, and Tekkon.
2024-06-1243 min
StartupWest Podcast111. Sean Williams — AutogenAIOn this episode, we're joined by Sean Williams, founder of AutogenAI. We talk about the world of generative AI and how he's using it to help companies write better proposals, faster.
Sean is a serial entrepreneur and exited his previous company, Corndel Ltd, in November 2020 in a reported £40m+ sale. After a two week holiday, Sean founded AutogenAI which now operates with offices in UK, US, and Australia.
He was in Perth for a few days so we thought we'd have a conversation with him to dive into the world of AI.
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2024-05-1157 min
StartupWest Podcast110. Founders’ Panel (Live) – the Climate for TechFor the final episode of 2023, Startup West recorded a founders' panel in front of a live audience of more than 400 at Freo Startup Fest, which is part of the annual West Tech Fest, Australia's longest-running tech festival.
Host Charlie Gunningham chats with Dr Julia Reisser (Uluu), Amy Carter-James (Raaise) and Jonathan Lilley (Electro Ventures). Each company is heavily involved in developing and funding cleaner, climate-friendly products.
Having raised $8.6M, Uluu is commercialising the production of red seaweed as an alternative source of plastics, to change fashion and other industries. Meanwhile, Raaise is a platform connecting...
2023-12-1227 min
StartupWest Podcast109. Dan Dawson – PaperlyDanelle Cross (Curtin Uni) and Chris Tan (Spacecubed) talk with Dan Dawson, founder and director of edtech startup Paperly.
Originally from New Zealand, Dan saw the need to reduce paper-based bureaucratic systems in schools. Coding 7 hours a night while holding down a full-time job, he was selected to join the Plus Eight Tech Accelerator in Perth in 2022.
This year, the newly established early-stage VC fund Purpose Ventures invested in the business, and his goal is to get Paperly into 10,000 schools.
“…It’s one thing starting a company. It’s another thing starting a company...
2023-11-2137 min
StartupWest Podcast108. Jemma Iles – Lightbox Group & AIMIWe talk with Jemma Iles, who has been working in, and promoting, innovation across various industries including local and state government for the past 20 years.
Jemma is also one of the people bringing the new ‘Australian Innovation Management Institute’ (AIMI) to Australia.
How can governments and corporates best innovate? What can they learn from startups? How can governments and corporates best assist startups and the local innovation ecosystem?
“I’d love to see more public sector officers in the startup ecosystem. I think there’s lots to learn, and probably one of the biggest th...
2023-11-0732 min
StartupWest Podcast107. Intan Oldakowska – EarfloAustralia’s number 1 startup podcast talks with Intan Oldakowska, co-founder and CEO of medtech startup Earflo.
She and her team are developing a non-invasive device that drains the middle ear fluid in children with chronic ear infections, avoiding developmental delay and the need for surgery.
From an idea first borne over at Stanford University, California, the company was recently awarded $500,000 in WA government funding, which will help them commercialise their solution over the next few years.
Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, Intan moved to Perth during high school, wanted to be a ballerina at WA...
2023-10-2430 min
StartupWest Podcast106. Stuart Kidd – Foody Bag, Familia, Blezz, Everythere et alAustralia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with serial app entrepreneur, award-winning founder and all-round nice guy Stuart Kidd.
When one startup is not enough, how about four or five? Originally from the UK, Stuart arrived in Australia aged 10, then went back to work there after school, developing his eye for design, tech and online businesses. Back in Perth, he set up Apps People, an app development business, and has launched multiple app businesses over the past few years (Everythere, Foody Bag, Blezz, Familia and others).
Last year, he was voted Startup News Most Admired Startup Fo...
2023-10-1028 min
StartupWest Podcast105. Simon Anderson – Notis & SwayzAustralia’s number 1 startup podcast talks with Simon Anderson, CEO and founder of Notis (student engagement platform for schools) and Swayz (prompts friends and family to share video content for you).
With Notis, established in 2013 in Perth, Simon has raised US$1M over 10 years and is aiming to have a thousand US schools on board in 2023. Simon raised his first $5K thanks to Curtin Accelerate in Perth, then US$350K in an angel round, sold up in Australia everything, moved to Canada, while his kids were young. He’s now back in Perth.
Meanwhile, his new...
2023-09-1922 min
StartupWest Podcast104. Tina Ambrose – Valrose & WiTWAAustralia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with the CEO of tech recruiting firm Valrose and co-Chair of Women in Tech WA (WiTWA), Tina Ambrose.
Growing up in south London, she took on various jobs, found herself homeless at one stage, then later made “the best decision in [her] life” to move to Perth, Western Australia. Working in recruitment, she devised and then set up her own company, and also champions women in technology through her work with WiTWA.
“ If I knew then what I know now, would I have started?! There’s a lot of challenges...
2023-09-0531 min
StartupWest Podcast103. Ingrid Rodriguez – EikonicAustralia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with Ingrid Rodriguez, founder of Eikonic, a dental hygiene product looking to help a billion mouths over the next ten years.
Born in Chile, and growing up in Perth, Ingrid studied oral hygiene and after years of practice, saw a need to develop a revolutionary product that would assist the 3 billion people that suffer from one type of oral disease or another.
“ Do whatever it takes to be you own best friend. That was another great piece of advice, and a quote that I’ve taken with me and my jou...
2023-08-1522 min
Startup West58. Erin Bell - Camp ConnectCharlie talks with Erin Bell, founder and MD of Camp Connect.
After a decade working in HR and health and safety on various mine sites, Erin realised she was seeing the same issues time and time again with FIFO workers. The sector has a relatively poor record for employee engagement, staff turnover, mental health issues and suicide.
To solve this, she developed Camp Connect, an app that provides all the needs to staff on site.
She's now on the cusp of commercialisation, with her first paying mine site client where 500 workers use it on a daily basis. She's also won...
2021-07-1432 min
Startup West14. Tim Brewer, FunctionallyStartupWest talks with Tim Brewer, co-founder and CEO of Functionally, a brand-new startup which is looking to assist CEOs and companies scale their business.
“Poorly designed organisations cost investors a lot of money, and are bad places to work”, he says, “so good work design is crucial.”
Launched last month at SaasTr conference in San Jose, California, Tim explains what Functionally is aiming to do, and talks about his background working in and helping multiple startups and scale ups all over the world.
For more: https://www.functionally.com/
Interviewers: Charlie Gunningham & Beth Caniglia.
‘Startup West’ podcast is brought to you by Start...
2019-03-2735 min
AskAlykaThe Kings of Startups - Matt Macfarlane & Brodie McCulloch - Ep 55This week on the AskAlyka podcast we're doing things a little bit differently! We are featuring a cross-over episode with Startup West, a brand new podcast about building great startups in sunny Western Australia with people who've been here and done it, or live here and are doing it!
Alyka is a proud sponsor of Startup West and co-host Beth Caniglia features on both.
Today you'll be hearing Episode 1 of the brand new show with Startup News' Charlie Gunningham and Beth talking to Yuuwa Capital director Matt Macfarlane and Spacecubed's Brodie McCulloch.
Matt is a well known West Australian early...
2018-08-1427 min