#125: David Washbrook - The Look Who's Charging Story

In episode 125 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter is joined by David Washbrook to talk about the story of Look Who's Charging, one of Australia's Fintech success stories.David shares his journey from bootstrapping to a successful exit and helping the next generation of Fintech founders through Centauri Ventures.About Look Who's ChargingAlong with Stuart Grover and Nicole Grover, David was the co-founder of Look Who's Charging ("LWC").  LWC's technology was adopted by every major banking group in Australia and tech giants like Apple.  LWC's service touched >70% of the Australian population and the business processed 8x the volume of transactions of Visa, Mastercard and EFTPOS combined (>4bn a month).  LWC was sold to Experian PLC (FTSE 100 company) and David left the business at the end of 2021.Since leaving LWC, David has set up a venture fund, Centauri Ventures, which has made over a dozen direct investments primarily in early-stage high-growth companies (see here for portfolio).   In addition, David is the Founder of Helios Technologies, a technology-driven company working on a number of projects to help drive the transition to clean energy including myenergyguide.com.au, solarisedenergy.com and hems.energy.  David has also recently become a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.Connect with David on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtwashbrook/How you can support the show."follow" on your podcast player and leave a five-star review onApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpTier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0BSend us Fan MailContact: [email protected] on with Dexter Cousins on LinkedinHire Exceptional Fintech TalentSubscribe on LinkedIn