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Series 2025 Episode 9 - Startup Muster
Since 2013, Australia's Startup Muster report has been an eagerly-awaited snapshot of the state of the national startup ecosystem. Murray Hurps - who oversees Startup Muster under one of the many…
Series 2025 Episode 8 - Investor Special
In the three years since TWISTA's last investor special we've seen the end of the zero-interest rate environment, a severe inflationary shock - and much more besides. For at least two years raising…
Series 2025 Episode 7 - Burl Aerospace
The biggest change in Australia's tech ecosystem over the last decade has been the rise and rise of 'deep tech' - products and services from the frontiers of research. It's slow, expensive - and…
Series 2025 Episode 6 - PollenOne - REDUX
Can a startup serve a community first and still thrive? Brian Lim's PollenOne offers free, searchable database of grants and tenders - first for Australia, and eventually for every country where…
Series 2025 Episode 5 - Rivir
TWISTA tiptoes back across the Tasman to talk to another startup at the 2025 Canterbury Tech Summit. Rivir manufactures a box that provides satellite data access to field-connected sensors of the…
Series 2025 Episode 4 - ZapMe
Sick of carrying a folder of SIMs as he traveled the world, Scott King reckoned he could do better - and did. ZapMe gives users a single number that's always available in any country - and always…
Series 2025 Episode 3 - Keeyu
Jevon LeRoux's startup Keeyu uses 'agentic' AI to revolutionise how online businesses work with their customers. The outcome of deep domain knowledge, LeRoux wants Keeyu to be a platform for the…
Series 2025 Episode 2 - Myovolt
TWISTA swims across the ditch to talk with Steve Leftly, founder of Kiwi startup Myovolt - (https://myovolt.com/). Straddling the line between medtech and consumer wearable, Myovolt offers both pain…
Series 2025 Episode 1 - Spark Festival
After a bit of a pause, THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS AUSTRALIA returns with its annual preview of Spark Festival - sparkfestival.co - with Spark Festival board member and TWISTA 'guardian angel' Murray…
Series 10 Episode 20 - Pioneera
In TWISTA's Series 10 final, Playful Purpose MD Julie Trell joins us to highlight some of the most impressive WORLDCHANGING startups. Then, LAUNCH's Molly Wood tells us how she approaches the task of…
Series 10 Episode 19 - Pioneera
Pioneera's Danielle Owen Whitford and Tahnee Claeys wanted to find a way to alleviate workplace stress and burnout. Their solution, 'Indi', helps employees recognise stressful moments and situations…
Series 10 Episode 18 - Aussie Angels
Cheryl Mack spent the long 2021 lockdown developing all of the infrastructure to allow any sophisticated Australian investor to create or join a syndicate. Aussie Angeles provides a new, radically…
Series 10 Episode 17 - News Special and SPARK Festival
Has 2022 gone to plan? We ask Galileo Ventures co-founder James Alexander and Tech Central Executive Director Annie Parker for their reflections and insights. Then SPARK Festival director Maxine…
Series 10 Episode 16 - Slurry Tub
TWISTA talks to Slurry Tub Chairman Angus Hudson. Angus dreamed up a solution to 'wet slurry' generated in nearly all construction work, methodically developed a solution, and now looks to scaling…
Series 10 Episode 15 - Like Family
TWISTA talks to Like Family co-founder Mat Bertrand about a WORLDCHANGING idea - we can use technology to help us coordinate the web of caring for those we love. Can Like Family scale caring into a…
Series 10 Episode 14 - Tide
TWISTA talks to Tide co-founder and CEO Michael Loewy about his startup's revolutionary new technology - one that could promise highly secure and tamper-resistant data stores - for businesses, for…
Series 10 Episode 13 - Anduril Industries
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey created defense startup Anduril Industries as a fast, cheap and out-of-control response to the slow-moving and technologically backward defense 'primes'. Can Anduril…
Series 10 Episode 12 - Tech Central Special
TWISTA learns about an exciting development in Australia's startup ecosystem - Sydney's Tech Central - from Executive Director Annie Parker. How can six square kilometers become a cradle for the next…
Series 10 Episode 11 - Post-Election News Special
TWISTA explores the potential of Australia's 47th Parliament with VCs Anne-Marie Elias (CEO, Beckon Capital) and Phil Morle (Partner, Main Sequence Ventures) - and the policy needs of a nation that…
Series 10 Episode 10 - Block Earner
Block Earner has a WORLDCHANGING idea - use decentralised finance - 'DeFi' - to offer better yields than bank deposits: banking without a bank. Co-founder Jordan Momtazi joins TWISTA to explain how…
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TWISTA - This Week in Startups Australia has published 148 episodes since November 2014, covering topics in Business, Technology.
TWISTA - This Week in Startups Australia is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 41m.
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