E25E08 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 investment as a startup was harder than it had been in nearly a generation. Is that tumult over? And what have we learned from it? We talk to Aussie Angels founder Cheryl Mack and Jelix Ventures co-founder and CEO Andrea Gardner – and get some great answers.

E25S05 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 sort often found in agriculture and mining. So far so good – but what happens when your satellite provider gets bought by StarLink which ‘deorbits’ their constellation? We talk to Rivir co-founder Donna Henderson about negotiating satellites, telcos and investors – on this episode of THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS AUSTRALIA.