Stone and Chalk - Michael Bromley: Accelerating Proptech

My guest in this episode is Michael Bromley, the CEO of fintech and proptech accelerator Stone & Chalk. Michael took on the CEO role of Stone & Chalk back in October last year after nine months at AustCyber before the merger and he has an extensive and impressive background as a senior executive and board advisor in the digital transformation space having held roles at RightPoint, Bank of Queensland, IAG Digital Labs, NBN Australia, Telstra, and even going right back to AOL. Stone & Chalk was founded as a not for profit in Sydney in 2015 to help fintech startups commercialise and grow. From 40 startups in 2015, it now has around 200 startups in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide covering all areas of emerging technology including proptech. Currently around 30 proptechs call Stone & Chalk home and with demand so strong, they have just launched a Scale Up hub at the new Tech Central near Centra Station in Sydney. In this conversation, Michael and I explore what proptech can learn from the growth curve of fintech, the innovation landscape in Australia and the value of accelerator programs, where the work needs to be done and the technology coming down the pipe that is going to rock our world even more than it has been already.