Raising Capital Australia with James Tuckerman

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Are you an Australian startup? Want to raise capital? In this series, Australian startup scene veteran James Tuckerman interviews Australian startups to find out EXACTLY what they did to successfully raise multiple rounds of capital, from Angel and Seed to Series A and beyond.

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How Brodie from WLTH raised $3 million

Brodie Haupt is the CEO and co-founder of Australian digital lending and payments provider WLTH. He has extensive experience in the financial services, lending, fintech and proptech industries. Brodie has founded and developed numerous businesses in the finance sector including Moneymgmt, properlytics and Inception Wealth Group, and is currently focused on building and growing WLTH’s payment and banking footprint globally. Brodie is an alumnus of Oxford University, Saïd Business School, and Harv...

Jan 16, 2023•48 min

How Steve from Wholesale Investor raised $5.5 million

Steve Torso is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Wholesale Investor, the largest capital raising platform in Australia, showcasing Private, Pre-IPO and ASX Listed companies to over 31,000+ high-net-worth and professional investors. He is a regular contributor to the media on the Private investment space, including the AFR, BRW, Sydney Morning Herald, Startup Smart, Smart Company Sky Business Switzer and Switzer.com.au. Lastly, he is also considered an opinion leader for companies who are s...

Jan 09, 2023•38 min

How Nic from Midnight Health raised $4 million

Nic Blair is the founder of Midnight Health, a digital healthcare startup that recently raised $4mil from nib after the success of their first two brands Youly (women's healthcare) and Stagger (men's healthcare). Prior to launching Midnight Health, Nic founded digital marketing agency Search Factory in 2011, which was later acquired by global media group Dentsu. He has been recognised in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Anthill 30under30 and was a winner at the 2019 Australian Young Entrepreneur...

Jan 02, 2023•43 min

How Nati from TradeSquare raised $28 million

Nati Harpaz is the former Managing Director of Catch.com.au and now Co-Founder of TradeSquare. For more info visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/natiharpaz/?originalSubdomain=cy

Dec 19, 2022•43 min

How Kate from Simpology raised over $15 million

Simpology is an end-to-end digital mortgage solution that puts the consumer at the centre of the experience. Established in 2012 with first product commercialised in 2015, it provides dynamic real time access to comprehensive lender information, including up-to-date loan data, serviceability calculations, business rules, policy guidelines and lender documents, with automated update alerts. It saves banks and brokers time and money by minimising recalculations and providing tools powered by live ...

Dec 12, 2022•31 min

How Jeremy from RentBetter raised 3 rounds of capital

Jeremy Goldschmidt founded RentBetter in 2016. Prior to that he was an ANZ Bank Wealth Strategist and Management Consultant for Boston Consulting Group, Capgemini, Blackdot and IBM. RentBetter was developed as a solution to the lack of simple, effective and centralised solutions for end-to-end property management tools for Australian property owners. RentBetter’s technology was specifically designed to reduce costs, drive efficiency and improve back-office processes, as well as improve complianc...

Dec 05, 2022•35 min

How John from Superhero raised over $48 million

John is the Co-Founder and CEO of Superhero, a revolutionary investment platform making trading in Australian markets accessible to everyone. He founded the business with Wayne Baskin in 2018 and Superhero officially launched in September 2020. In just over a year, there are now over 140,000 Aussies using Superhero to invest both in the Australian and U.S. markets.

Nov 28, 2022•34 min

How Gautam from inkl raised 5 rounds of capital

Gautam is the Founder and CEO of inkl, a news service that bundles coverage from the world’s best publishers (like The New York Times and Financial Times) into a single subscription. Originally from India, Gautam spent his 20s studying and working in the US. After completing an MBA from Wharton, he worked as a management consultant before moving to Australia in 2008. Soon after, he joined Fairfax Media to lead the Strategy, Data, and Research teams. At Fairfax, Gautam led the launch of paywalls ...

Nov 14, 2022•36 min

How Liz from Hemideina raised over $15 million

Dr Liz Williams, CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR & CEO of Hemideina, has experience in commercialisation and the lean startup methodology. Having mentored early-stage start-ups through customer validation and product-market fit, Liz brings this understanding to Hemideina. Liz has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge and was awarded the BioMelbourne Network Emerging Woman in Leadership Award, 2018.

Nov 14, 2022•34 min

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