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This week’s special guest in Climate Salad co-founder Mick Liubinskas, on the alarming Australian State of the Environment Report released this week. We talk about his conversion to climate tech after returning from the US, its potential to address some of our biggest challenges, the need for venture capital support, and how to use beer to sell the environment..
From the Startup Daily Show this week, Sally-Ann Williams, CEO of Cicada Innovations, talks about how to leverage renewed interest in science and tech, and how to address fear.
Birchal MD Matt Vitale takes us through a boom financial year for crowdfunding, with investment up 82%, and how retail investors love beer and sustainability.
MITRE corporation is ramping up cybersecurity collaboration between the US and Australia, via the MITRE Center for Information Integrity & Defense, based at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide and due to open next year. MITRE’s chief legal officer and snr VP of operations, Julie Bowen, outlined the issues, threats and how Australia is leading the way in tackling them.
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On SUDS, the weekly washup from the Startup Daily show on ausbiz, Simon’s special guest this week is Siobhan Casey, Director of the ACS Innovation Labs in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of River City Labs. We discuss the Musk-Twitter omnishambles, and how to think about, then tackle diversity and inclusion in a startup in a meaningful way.
The show guests you’ll hear from are Rampersand Taryn Pieterse on VC’s Woodstock of for underrepresented founders - the Great Warm Intro
And if you’ve ever wanted to be an early-stage startup investor, Airtree is opening up its VC 101 program, Airtree Explorer, to everyone - Jessica Walker takes us through what’s involved
Dr Sivan Krish, founder GoMicro, has built a $1 device that attaches to your smartphone to tackle a $1 trillion food waste problem, using it to tell when fresh produce is ripe or spoiled.
And it’s Dry July, raising money for cancer research. Lived founder Sally Metelerkamp is asking the startup sector to help her raise $20,000. Her substance abuse recovery startup has also added a drinks tracker to its app to help you decide if things are getting out of hand.

· WATCH Startup Daily each weekday at 2pm on business streaming channel, ausbiz.com.au
· READ the latest news, insights and stories from the Australian and New Zealand tech ecosystem at startupdaily.net

On SUDS, the weekly washup from the Startup Daily show on ausbiz, Simon’s special guest this week is Adviser Ratings founder and CEO Angus Woods. We talk about the great crypto collapse of Three Arrows Capital and Voyager Digital, as well as how Meta brands Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp account for a staggering two-thirds of social media fraud. Angus offers plenty of advice to fellow founders on startup life and we take about the dramatic shift in interest in financial advice amid generational changes and the rise of millennial investors.

From the Startup Daily show this week, we look at the great redundancy and what’s happening to tech jobs.
We spoke to Dan Brockwell at EarlyWork about their new jobs platform for displaced tech workers, and Dexter Cousins, from Tier One People about the signs of tough times ahead, Alan Jones talks about when to give equity to advisors and we meet Sidekicker founder Jackie Bull following a $20m raise, and Dr Louise Metcalf, founder of kids mental health app Gheorg, about how she’s reducing anxiety in children.

· WATCH Startup Daily each weekday at 2pm on business streaming channel, ausbiz.com.au
· READ the latest news, insights and stories from the Australian and New Zealand tech ecosystem at startupdaily.net

This week’s special guests are Grace Sai and expat Australian Marc Allen, founders of Singapore-based Unravel Carbon, which helps companies decarbonise rapidly. With grocery delivery startup Voly cutting staff and shelving expansion plans, we discuss what lies ahead for startups.

The pair as in Sydney as part of the City of Sydney’s Visiting Entrepreneur program, a 10-day festival of 17 events, on now. We talk about their journey (they met at one of Sai’s previous startup ventures), the future climate tech and the planet, and hear from another visiting entrepreneur, HYPR’s Tim Kentley Klay, who was on the Startup Daily show this week talking artificial intelligence and founder mindset.

This week we also spoke to Mandalay Ventures cofounder Mark Gustowski about their NRMA-backed $50 million agtech VC fund.

And combining the environmental theme with innovation and a favourite subject, wine, we spoke to Mitchell Taylor from family-owned Taylor’s Wines, about their new One Small Step range, which comes in recycled PET bottles that are 83% lighter than glass, and take up 30% less space, cutting transport and energy emissions. A giant leap we’ll raise a glass to.

· WATCH Startup Daily each weekday at 2pm on business streaming channel, ausbiz.com.au
· READ the latest news, insights and stories from the Australian and New Zealand tech ecosystem at startupdaily.net

This week's special guest on SUDS is Jodie Imam, co-founder & COO, Tractor Ventures. We discuss the ongoing slump in tech stocks and what it means for startup valuations and the Tractor funding model. Our big idea is women investing in female founders.

From this week’s shows we hear from SBE Australia CEO Nicole Cook about the impact awards for female founders.

Dr Sara Crowe, founder of impact startup the 4eyesVision Foundation, shares her inspirational idea to help the 1 billion people globally who are vision impaired simply because they lack access to affordable eye tests and glasses.

Duncan Anderson co-founder of edtech startup Edrolo shared his plans in the wake of a $40 million Series B raise.

And Stela Solar, the new head of the National AI Centre is travelling around the country on listening tour, and told us about Australia’s potential in AI.

· WATCH Startup Daily each weekday at 2pm on business streaming channel, ausbiz.com.au
· READ the latest news, insights and stories from the Australian and New Zealand tech ecosystem at startupdaily.net

This week our special guest is Right Click Capital’s Ben Chong, who reveals his childhood entrepreneurship, and offers advice on how founders can prepare for tough times ahead and look after themselves.

We also look at Elon Musk’s edict for execs to return to the office.

From this week’s show, we talk about why Skalata Ventures changed the model for its accelerator and investment model with Wahid Tashkandi.

Aussie Angels CEO Cheryl Mack talks about how thecurrent investment rules are discriminating against female founders and how to change things.
Former Canva exec Gary Zurnamer spotted an opportunity and left the design giant to launch the video platform Vouch, which now counts Canva among its clients. He’s just raised $8 million in a Series B and talked about his plans.

Simon Steele is solving a major pain point for anyone who’s ever grappled with taking meeting notes (or forgotten to) and shares how his Adelaide startup MinuteMe is saving companies time and money.

· WATCH Startup Daily each weekday at 2pm on business streaming channel, ausbiz.com.au
· READ the latest news, insights and stories from the Australian and New Zealand tech ecosystem at startupdaily.net