PODCAST · business
Startup West
by Startup West
Welcome to the Startup West podcast. We talk with West Australian startups who have been there and done it, or are right here and doing it! Recorded in beautiful Perth, WA; produced by Startup News.
Episodes
-
118. The West Tech Fest Edition With Danelle Cross & Sarah Kahle
In this episode of the Startup West podcast, hosts Jason Balchand and Adam Barrell are joined by Danelle Cross and Sarah Kahle to discuss the upcoming week of West Tech Fest — the favourite week on the calendar for anyone who works in the tech and startup world. We talk about 14 years of WTF…
more -
117. Increasing Access To Highly Skilled Global Talent With Nicholas Chilton
In this episode of Startup West, Nicholas Chilton from Venture Affairs shares his journey from federal politics to the startup world. He discusses the importance of government relations for startups, the challenges of navigating immigration policies, and the need for advocacy to attract...
-
116. Building Communities with Paz Pisarski
In this episode of Startup West, Paz Pisarski from The Community Collective shares her journey in the startup ecosystem, the impact of community during the pandemic, and her recent award at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards as Future Leader. She discusses the importance of community in...
-
115. Inside Politics & The Startup Ecosystem With Wilson Tucker
This episode, we sit down and chat with Wilson Tucker about being an elected member of parliament, some of his achievements in the Legislative Council, and what he's now doing post-politics.
-
114. Investing and Airtree's New $650M Fund With Dan Coughlan
In this episode, Dan Coughlan from Airtree discusses his journey into venture capital, the dynamics of investing in startups, and the recent $650 million fund raised by Airtree. He shares insights on the importance of community in the startup ecosystem, the role of AI in shaping future…
more -
113. The So Perth Origin Story with Adam Barrell
In this episode, Jason Balchand and Adam Barell kick off the new season with the origin story of So Perth. Adam shares his journey from teaching himself to code at age 12, building a popular online wrestling website, to the "lightbulb moment" that led to the creation of the influential Twitter...
-
112. Matt Vitale from Birchal on Crowd-Sourced Funding
We 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...
-
111. Sean Williams — AutogenAI
On 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+...
-
110. Founders' Panel (Live) - the Climate for Tech
For 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...
-
109. Dan Dawson - Paperly
Danelle 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…
more -
108. Jemma Iles - Lightbox Group & AIMI
We 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...
-
107. Intan Oldakowska - Earflo
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with Intan Oldakowska, co-founder and CEO of medtech startup Earflo. She and her team are developing a non-invasive device that drains middle ear fluid in children with chronic ear infections, avoiding developmental delay and the need for surgery.…
more -
106. Stuart Kidd - Foody Bag, Familia, Blezz, Everythere et al
Australia’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,...
-
105. Simon Anderson - Notis & Swayz
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) 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…
more -
104. Tina Ambrose - Valrose & WiTWA
Australia’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 west London, she took on various jobs, found herself homeless at one stage, then later made “the best decision in [her] life” to move…
more -
103. Ingrid Rodriguez - Eikonic
Australia’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...
-
102. Nik Bappoo & Nick Buckley - Veintech
Australia’s number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with two of Veintech's co-founders, Nick Buckley and Nik Bappoo, who with a team of 10 are developing a handheld unit that visualises veins to make cannulation (drawing blood) easier. It’s a disturbing fact that the standard ‘miss rate’ for...
-
101. Rob Kelly - Agora Livestock
Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) breezes into episode 101, with Rob Kelly, managing director of Agora Livestock, a price discovery marketplace for sheep, cattle and goats. Growing up on the family farm in Kojonup, in the Great Southern, 250 kilometres south from Perth, Rob was into maths...
-
100th episode: Professor Fiona Wood AM
For our 100th episode, a real treat: we speak with the inspirational Professor Fiona Wood AM, who with research partner Marie Stoner invented spray-on skin, ‘ReCell’, made famous after the Bali Bombings, for which she was made Australian of the Year in 2005. Growing up in the north of England…
more -
99. Pete Curulli - Three Little Pixels
Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) welcomes well-known co-host of the Mix 94.5 Brekky Radio Show ('Pete, Matt and Kymba'), and, now startup founder and Plus Eight graduate Pete Curulli. A mad-keen gamer, and co-host of popular podcast for gamers, Game on Aus, he is developing a platform for...
-
98. Bourby Webster - Perth Symphony Orchestra
Australia's number 1 startup podcast talks with former Western Australian of the Year, Bourby Webster, founder of the Perth Symphony Orchestra, who recently stepped away from the CEO role, after 13 years. Growing up in the English countryside, she was exposed to orchestral music from a young age,...
-
97. Joanna Morris - Matilda
We talk with Joanna Morris, co-founder and CEO of Matilda, a digital platform that informs, connects and assists patients of endometriosis, a painful chronic condition that afflicts 1 in 9 Australian women. A pelvic physio by background, she and her business partner Kevin started the business to...
-
96. Mehdi Ravanbakhsh - Mapizy + Cryptocrispy
Chris and Steve talk with Dr Mehdi Ravanbakhsh, co-founder of two AI startups – the 7-year-old data analytics and AI company MapIzy and the brand-new cryptocurrency platform, CryptoCrispy. Originally from Iran, with a PhD from the Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany, and 20 years’ experience…
more -
95. Sharka Hornakova - Donut Waste
Danelle and Chris talk with the founder of social impact startup Donut Waste, Sharka Hornakova. Born in Prague, Czech Republic, she arrived in Perth 13 years ago, and discovered “all the beautiful, happy, no worries people.” Having worked in magazines and digital media, she saw an opportunity to...
-
94. Nic Terpkos - Waytree
Danelle and Chris talk with Nic Terpkos, co-founder and CEO of seasonal jobs site, Waytree. Set up five years ago, the fledgling business had to weave around the COVID pandemic to provide a service to seasonal farmers where back packing part time workers were very thin on the ground. Starting out...
-
93. Esther Oh - Agili8
Chris and Steve talk with Esther Oh, founder and CEO of health tech and AI-vision startup Agili8. Born in Singapore, and a top student at school, Esther was the only female software engineer at her consulting company. She moved to Perth in 2009 on a skilled migrant visa, as she wanted to raise…
more -
92. Tim Jones - Hyprfire
Steve and Chris talk with Tim Jones, Managing Director of cyber security startup Hyprfire. Starting out as a lawyer, he moved into technology law, worked in Sydney, and then moved back to WA to work on various startups in the ASX and private space. He did some advisory work, helped fund tech...
-
91. Kate Lewkowski - Neurolotogix
Danelle and Brodie talk with the recently crowned WA Innovator of the Year, Kate Lewkowski, co-founder and CEO of medtech startup Neurotologix. Her company is developing a remote patient monitoring device for dizziness and vertigo, which afflicts 2.9 million Australians, prompting over 350,000...
-
90. Hon Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Innovation
A fantastic start for 2023 and our 5th season: Danelle and Brodie interview the Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy, Hon Stephen Dawson MLC. Growing up in Ireland, the eldest of four children, he moved to Australia in his teens with his family, and became involved in student politics....
-
89. Founders' Panel (Live) - Pets, Property and AI
For the final episode of the 4th season of Startup West and 2022: a founders' panel recorded in front of a live audience in Fremantle as part of this year's Freo Startup Fest. Charlie Gunningham chats with Dan Nembhard (Wolfit Box founder), Holly Bridgwater, (Humyn.ai founder) and Kevin Mitchem...
-
88. Stephen Cornish - Pentanet
Danelle and Chris talk with Stephen Cornish, founder and managing director of Pentanet, a Perth-based internet provider providing super-fast speeds for homes and businesses. A keen gamer, Stephen set up his first tower for himself so he could enjoy faster internet to play League of Legends. Years...
-
87. John Barrington - Artrya
Chris Tan makes his debut on Startup West as co-host, with Danelle, and they talk with John Barrington AM, co-founder and managing director of Artrya, an ASX-listed (‘AYA’) AI-driven healthcare tech company that is looking to tackle the global problem of heart disease. Every 13 minutes, an...
-
86. Tim Hyde - SWAN Systems
Danelle and Steve talk with Tim Hyde, co-founder and CEO of SWAN (‘scheduling water and nutrients’) Systems, a cloud-based platform that allows irrigators to make the most out of every drop of water and fertiliser. Former Carnarvon table grape and banana farmer Tim got together with co-founders...
-
85. Erin Clark - Dark Stry
Brodie and Steve talk with Erin Clark, co-founder of Dark Stry (which is short for ‘Dark Story’), an app that features various immersive walking tours of Perth, including one recognising early female entrepreneurs. Originally from country Victoria, the former journalist moved to Western Australia...
-
84. Kylie Dillon - Realtime Conveyancer
Brodie and Steve talk with Kylie Dillon, co-founder and CEO of Realtime Conveyancer, a three-year-old proptech startup that is streamlining the real estate legal purchase process “from contract to keys”. With 19 years’ experience in conveyancing, she felt that the whole industry needed saving…
more -
83. Eliza Carbines – Tender Relief
Danelle and Steve talk with Eliza Carbines, Founding Director of Tender Relief, who has built a tech platform to help businesses apply for tenders. Eliza has tackled a problem she saw across her client base, the tricky world of project tendering. Hear how she built Tender Relief from Karratha (in...
-
82. Zach Nielsen – Ascend Health
Danelle and Steve talk with Zach Nielsen, co-founder and CEO of Ascend Health Group, which includes Ascend Health services, software company Bruno Health, and hardware operation Obdo. Established in 2017, the group provides care services in the national disability and health sectors. A...
-
81. Matt Hart - Soter Analytics
Steve and Brodie talk with Matt Hart, co-founder of Perth-founded smart wearables tech company Soter Analytics, who is passionate about reducing injuries at work. Scaling the business to more than 50 staff over the past five years, the company is now headquartered in London, with a development…
more -
80. Julie Adams - Chemo at Home
Steve and Brodie talk with Julie Adams, co-founder of Chemo@Home, who with her business partner Lorna Cook has scaled up the home-based infusion service to more than 100 staff over the past 9 years. Both Julie and Lorna mortgaged their houses to fund the business, which quadrupled in size during...
-
79. Dr Paola Magni - CSI VR
Danelle and Brodie talk with Dr Paola Magni, forensic scientist and senior lecturer at Murdoch University. Originally from Turin, Italy, a centre of criminology, award-winning researcher Dr Magni has pioneered crime scene investigations (CSI) using virtual reality (VR), with her CSI VR project in...
-
78. Jon Gregory - Vitruvian
Danelle and Brodie talk with Jon Gregory, founder and CEO of Vitruvian, a global personal fitness device and platform operating from its head offices in West Perth. A decade ago, the former investment trader realised that while the algorithms he was using were very fast and efficient,...
-
77. Nicole Gazey & Rebecca Loftus - IDEA
Brodie and Steve talk with Nicole Gazey and Rebecca Loftus, co-founders of IDEA (Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy), a brand new ‘alternative school’ for young innovators, entrepreneurs and creatives. Having graduated from last year’s Plus Eight tech accelerator program, IDEA raised some...
-
76. Peter Klinken – Chief Scientist
Brodie and Steve talk with Professor Peter Klinken AC, the Chief Scientist of Western Australia, about his role as a government advisor and cheerleader for researchers, innovators and startups. He’s been in the role for 8 years, and has just signed up for another three years. He talks about the...
-
75. David Pettit - PictureWealth
Brodie and Steve talk with David Pettit, cofounder and Group CEO of PictureWealth, a fast-growing fintech company that has successfully digitised financial services, which it sells to its tens of thousands of clients. Originally from Queenstown in New Zealand, David landed in Perth, worked in...
-
74. Angie Keeler - Zella DC
Steve and Brodie talk with Angie Keeler, cofounder and CEO of Zella DC, a next-generation data centre provider disrupting traditional server rooms. Originally from South Africa, together with husband Clint, Angie and her team have developed a mobile data centre - about the size of a fridge - that...
-
73. Mihailo Bozic - Envited
Danelle and Steve talk with Mihailo Bozic, founder of Envited, an events platform that does not need Facebook, and works across all social media platforms. Only 2% of teens use Facebook, so this cohort needs another means to set up and share events. He started working on the concept last year…
more -
72. James Flanagan - HoverIT
Danelle and Steve talk with James Flanagan, co-founder of newly launched HoverIT (‘Hover It’) which is looking to provide a single platform for small businesses to reach and sell to their customers directly. Originally from the west of Ireland, the former oil and gas worker and commercial diver...
-
71. Annie Brox - Origo Farm
Danelle and Brodie talk with Annie Brox, the founder of Origo Farm, an agtech business that recently won both a Boosting Female Founding grant (one of only 3 in WA) as well as an Accelerating Commercialisation grant in 2019, for her farm-based IoT platform and devices business. From growing up in…
more -
70. Louise Matson - Louise M Shoes
Startup West is back for series 4 and 2022, with two of our new co-hosts Danelle Cross and Brodie McCulloch. In this episode, they talk with Louise Matson, founder of Louise M - a corporate shoe brand for women. Working in the aviation industry for more than twenty years, Louise always felt there...
-
Founders' Panel (Live) - the launch, the raise and the exit
For the final episode of the 3rd season of Startup West and 2021: a founders' panel recorded in front of a live audience at Little Creatures in Fremantle as part of this year's Freo Startup Fest. Charlie Gunningham (Startup News) chats with Julian Ilich (founder and CEO of Tiller Rides), Mel...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Startup West podcast. We talk with West Australian startups who have been there and done it, or are right here and doing it! Recorded in beautiful Perth, WA; produced by Startup News.
HOSTED BY
Startup West
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Startup West have?
Startup West currently has 118 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Startup West about?
Welcome to the Startup West podcast. We talk with West Australian startups who have been there and done it, or are right here and doing it! Recorded in beautiful Perth, WA; produced by Startup News.
How often does Startup West release new episodes?
Startup West publishes regularly with 118 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
Where can I listen to Startup West?
You can listen to Startup West on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Startup West?
Startup West is created and hosted by Startup West.
URL copied to clipboard!