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S10E20 WORLDCHANGING

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 investing in WORLDCHANGING climatech businesses. Finally, we unveil the BIG theme for TWISTA Series 11. We’re reviewing, summing up, and looking forward.

TWISTA S10E20 WORLDCHANGING

Big thanks to Series 10 sponsors:

OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista
Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista

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S10E19 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 – and offers guidance to them. TWISTA asks whether can managers integrate Pioneera to make workplaces more positive – and more productive? That’s why Pioneera is TWISTA’s tenth and final WORLDCHANGING startup of Series 10.

TWISTA S10E19 Pioneera

Big thanks to TWISTA Series 10 sponsors:

Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista

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S10E18 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 Angels provides a new, radically open platform to connect investors to early-stage startups – revolutionising the investment landscape.

TWISTA S10E18 Aussie Angels

Thanks to Series 10 sponsors:

UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista
Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia

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S10E17 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 Sherrin shares the high points of an incredible program for anyone interested in startups.

TWISTA S10E17 News Special and SPARK Festival

Big thanks to our sponsors:

OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista
Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista

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S10E16 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 into global growth with his WORLDCHANGING innovation.

TWISTA S10E16 Slurry Tub

Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors:

UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista
Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia

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S10E15 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 profitable global enterprise?

TWISTA S10E15 Like Family

Thanks to TWISTA sponsors:

OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista
Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista

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S10E14 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 users – and for the world in search of good solutions to accelerating cyber-threats.

TWISTA S10E14 Tide

Thanks to our sponsors:

Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista

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S10E13 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 really earn billions while saving taxpapers hundreds of millions?

TWISTA S10E13 Anduril Industries

At 6pm on Thursday 18 August 2022, Palmer Luckey will be livestreaming his sold-out Sydney event. If you’d like to watch it, click here. (I’m the MC!)

Huge thanks to our TWISTA Series 10 Sponsors:

UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista
Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia

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S10E12 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 generation of Australia’s WORLDCHANGING startups?

Huge thanks to our TWISTA Series 10 Sponsors:
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista
Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
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S10E11 Post-Election News Special

TWISTA explores the potential of Australia’s new government with VCs Anne-Marie Elias (CEO, Beckon Capital) and Phil Morle (Partner, Main Sequence Ventures) – and the policy needs of a nation that requires an innovation mindset at every level. Plus: Inflationary pressures and two more WORLDCHANGING startups – SLURRYTUB and Samsara Eco!

Read Our Future World, CSIRO’s ‘decadal megatrends report’ here.

Huge thanks to our TWISTA Series 10 Sponsors:

Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/australia
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista

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