Hosted by Mark Pesce · 🇺🇸 US · EN-AU · 148 episodes
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Mark Pesce hosts TWISTA - This Week in Startups Australia, a technology show with 148 episodes published.
Since 2013, Australia's Startup Muster report has been an eagerly-awaited snapshot of the state of the national startup ecosystem. Murray Hurps - who oversees Startup Muster under one of the many hats he wears - joins TW
In the three years since TWISTA's last investor special we've seen the end of the zero-interest rate environment, a severe inflationary shock - and much more besides. For at least two years raising investment as a startu
The biggest change in Australia's tech ecosystem over the last decade has been the rise and rise of 'deep tech' - products and services from the frontiers of research. It's slow, expensive - and world-changing. Burl Aero
Can a startup serve a community first and still thrive? Brian Lim's PollenOne offers free, searchable database of grants and tenders - first for Australia, and eventually for every country where Australian startups can d
TWISTA tiptoes back across the Tasman to talk to another startup at the 2025 Canterbury Tech Summit. Rivir manufactures a box that provides satellite data access to field-connected sensors of the sort often found in agri
Sick of carrying a folder of SIMs as he traveled the world, Scott King reckoned he could do better - and did. ZapMe gives users a single number that's always available in any country - and always routes to their mobile.
Jevon LeRoux's startup Keeyu uses 'agentic' AI to revolutionise how online businesses work with their customers. The outcome of deep domain knowledge, LeRoux wants Keeyu to be a platform for the whole business - well bey
TWISTA swims across the ditch to talk with Steve Leftly, founder of Kiwi startup Myovolt - (https://myovolt.com/). Straddling the line between medtech and consumer wearable, Myovolt offers both pain relief and faster reh
After a bit of a pause, THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS AUSTRALIA returns with its annual preview of Spark Festival - sparkfestival.co - with Spark Festival board member and TWISTA 'guardian angel' Murray Hurps, and communications
In TWISTA's Series 10 final, Playful Purpose MD Julie Trell joins us to highlight some of the most impressive WORLDCHANGING startups. Then, LAUNCH's Molly Wood tells us how she approaches the task of investing in WORLDCH
Pioneera's Danielle Owen Whitford and Tahnee Claeys wanted to find a way to alleviate workplace stress and burnout. Their solution, 'Indi', helps employees recognise stressful moments and situations - and offers guidance
Cheryl Mack spent the long 2021 lockdown developing all of the infrastructure to allow any sophisticated Australian investor to create or join a syndicate. Aussie Angeles provides a new, radically open platform to connec
Has 2022 gone to plan? We ask Galileo Ventures co-founder James Alexander and Tech Central Executive Director Annie Parker for their reflections and insights. Then SPARK Festival director Maxine Sherrin shares the high p
TWISTA talks to Slurry Tub Chairman Angus Hudson. Angus dreamed up a solution to 'wet slurry' generated in nearly all construction work, methodically developed a solution, and now looks to scaling into global growth with
TWISTA talks to Like Family co-founder Mat Bertrand about a WORLDCHANGING idea - we can use technology to help us coordinate the web of caring for those we love. Can Like Family scale caring into a profitable global ente
TWISTA talks to Tide co-founder and CEO Michael Loewy about his startup's revolutionary new technology - one that could promise highly secure and tamper-resistant data stores - for businesses, for users - and for the wor
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey created defense startup Anduril Industries as a fast, cheap and out-of-control response to the slow-moving and technologically backward defense 'primes'. Can Anduril really earn billions whil
TWISTA learns about an exciting development in Australia's startup ecosystem - Sydney's Tech Central - from Executive Director Annie Parker. How can six square kilometers become a cradle for the next generation of Austra
TWISTA explores the potential of Australia's 47th Parliament with VCs Anne-Marie Elias (CEO, Beckon Capital) and Phil Morle (Partner, Main Sequence Ventures) - and the policy needs of a nation that demands an innovation
Block Earner has a WORLDCHANGING idea - use decentralised finance - 'DeFi' - to offer better yields than bank deposits: banking without a bank. Co-founder Jordan Momtazi joins TWISTA to explain how it all works, how they
Jason Calacanis
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & Author
5 appearances on this show
Matt Allen
CEO · Bucks County Veterans Affairs
2 appearances on this show
James Alexander
Group Chief Commercial Officer · UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association
1 appearance on this show
Alan Jones
General Partner · M8 Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Tim Parsons
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1 appearance on this show
Andrew Davis
Senior Manager of National Accounts · Sony Music Entertainment
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Rebecca Wilson
executive coach, mindfulness teacher, founder · What Mummy Makes
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Peter Dunne
former United Future leader and political commentator · Petrified Podcasts
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Steve Baxter
Shark Tank Star and VC
1 appearance on this show
Jess Wilson
JWilsonPix
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Rick Baker
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