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Avg. Duration 1h 7m
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Since Jan 2025
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Welcome to TechMates, the podcast where we spotlight the trailblazing founders and game-changing startups transforming Australasia. Hosted by Mark Pavlyukovskyy, a Silicon Valley success story, and Hendrik Remigereau, a former leader in Europe’s largest AI ecosystem turned venture capitalist, TechMates dives deep into the counterintuitive mindsets and bold strategies that drive extraordinary achievements. Powered by NZVC, the venture firm backing the next generation of iconic companies from New Zealand and beyond, TechMates offers fresh perspectives on the people and ideas shaping the future

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Why VC Funds Are Suddenly Pouring Billions Into Defense

Jun 01, 2026 13m

What do you do when a foreign missile cruiser does a "hot lap" around your country? You build the manufacturing tech and deploy the VC capital needed to turn your nation into an unattackable…

What Happens When AI Listens to Sick Pigs for Six Days Straight?

May 17, 2026 1h 16m

She left a comfortable corporate career to build a Sensory AI startup that listens to pigs—and just secured a major global distribution deal.In this episode of TechMates, we sit down with Saba…

The Startup powering ANZ's Open Banking Moment

May 06, 2026 1h 9m

He built a bank-grade fintech platform while his twin daughters were napping, bootstrapped it for seven years through 677 investor rejections, and is now rewiring the entire financial system.In this…

How to Hit #1 on the App Store with a $0 Marketing Budget

Apr 27, 2026 58m

She beat TikTok to #1 on the App Store with a $0 marketing budget—now this solo founder is using a consumer app as a "Trojan horse" to disrupt a multi-billion dollar legacy industry.🎧 Listen On:…

Inside the Startups Bringing AI to the Physical World

Apr 20, 2026 20m

Why is teaching a robot to fold your laundry actually harder than building an autonomous surgical robot or a self-driving car?In this episode of TechMates, we cut through the sci-fi hype of humanoid…

Meet the Founders Disrupting Australia & NZ's Banking Monopolies

Apr 13, 2026 19m

What do you do when you're so frustrated with your legacy bank that you can't take it anymore? You hire a "Chief Imaginer" and build a financial app designed to rival Instagram and TikTok.In this…

Why Brand Is the Only Moat Left in SaaS

Mar 30, 2026 58m

In a world where software features can be "vibe coded" by AI in 30 minutes, brand expert Simon Pound explains why community and customer obsession are the only moats left for startups.In this episode…

The Secret Space Revolution in Australia & New Zealand

Mar 18, 2026 17m

From hypersonics and space-based hyperspectral imaging to "Starlink for energy" - three deep tech founders are defying the laws of physics to build the future.In this episode of TechMates, we dive…

From Advising HBO’s Silicon Valley to Selling Startups to Big Tech

Mar 09, 2026 50m

He advised HBO’s Silicon Valley for five seasons, was part of a database team built and acquired by Apple, and helped run an "eBay for seized, stolen, and abandoned goods"—now tech veteran Andrew J.…

How to Deploy $5 Billion in New Zealand's New Wave of Tech Startups

Feb 27, 2026 1h

The former London financier who funded Harry Potter now controls the single biggest lever in New Zealand’s startup ecosystem—and he’s on a mission to deploy billions.In this episode of TechMates, we…

Anatomy of a 2,000x Return: Lightspeed Founder Barry Eggers on Spotting Outliers

Feb 19, 2026 1h 9m

From his daughter’s kitchen table tip about a new app called Snapchat to building a $300 billion venture empire—legendary VC Barry Eggers reveals how he spots the next big thing.In this episode of…

A Dynasty of Inventors: From the Photocopier to Orion

Feb 12, 2026 56m

Harry Gestetner’s great-great-grandfather invented the photocopier and nail clippers—now Harry is reinventing how the world sleeps after selling his first startup for eight figures at 21.In this…

Scaling from the Edge: NZ’s Global Champions | NZVC Portfolio Day

Feb 05, 2026 49m

From challenging big banks with a $120M fintech to generating $2.2B in digital collectibles sales—this is how New Zealand founders are conquering the global stage.In this power-packed panel from NZVC…

Born Global: Founding from New Zealand to the World

Jan 29, 2026 28m

From early days at Rocket Lab to running global marketing for Les Mills, these founders reveal exactly how to build world-class startups from the edge of the world.In this "Born Global" panel from…

Why We Lose 30% of All Drinking Water

Jan 22, 2026 1h 11m

Harrison Crowe-Maxwell turned a flooded street on his way to work into a robotics startup that just raised seed funding from Sequoia’s Peak XV.In this episode of TechMates, we sit down with Harrison…

The Agentic AI Future | NZVC Portfolio Day

Jan 15, 2026 40m

What happens when you put a crypto veteran, a Xero co-founder, and a high-stakes lawyer on stage with a robot dog to debate the future of AI? In this special panel from NZVC Portfolio Day, we dive…

We Tried to Control the Weather (And Made It Worse)

Dec 25, 2025 1h 15m

Emily Blythe skipped university to launch a quad-bike accessory business, spent years trying to clear airport fog with drones, and eventually pivoted to solve aviation’s biggest headache through…

I Hired My College Roommates to Build a $300M Empire

Dec 18, 2025 1h 19m

Jamie Beaton managed a hedge fund portfolio at Tiger Management while simultaneously taking maximum course loads at Harvard and building a startup that now generates over $300M in revenue.In this…

Fintech Frontiers: Reinventing Money from the Edge of the World | NZVC Portfolio Day

Dec 05, 2025 44m

In this live NZVC Portfolio Day panel, Jovan Pavlicevic (Emerge & SquareOne), Dermot Butterfield (Wych), and Steven Zinsli (Extraordinary) join hosts Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau to…

Grassroots to Global: Innovation the Kiwi Way

Nov 23, 2025 37m

Four founders: tackling milk without cows, carbon-free composites, AI farming, and plant-grown proteins—only in New Zealand could this panel exist.This special Portfolio Day panel brings together…

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