Rachael Neumann of Flying Fox Ventures, together with her co-founder Kylie Frazer has built an impressive portfolio of over 50 companies, including Goterra, Heaps Normal, Zapid Hire, Mr Yum and Safewill.

With a mission to build Australia's most impressive community of early stage investors looking to support homegrown heroes and their game-changing startups, Rachael chatted to us about their investment thesis, how Flying Fox began, and what's next.

Find our more about Flying Fox here.
Find Rachael here. 

In this episode, we reflect on what it was like working with the team at Love + Money, whose creativity and thoughtful approach was instrumental in shaping our brand.

We take a closer look at the collaborative process, discussing how their insights and expertise helped bring our vision to life. Tune in to hear the full conversation.

Find out more about Love & Money here.

Caligra is a new computer company, building cutting-edge workstations with a novel user interface for unmatched productivity in technical workloads.

“Our work could be so much faster, our creative output could be so much better than it is today.”

Caligra is off to a flying start thanks to our friends and portfolio fund Blackbird. In an awesome move, Blackbird not only led but also closed the entire pre-seed round in Caligra with a £1M investment at a £4M pre-money valuation, underscoring their deep belief in the founding team's vision.

To add to the awesome, Dom Pym and Caligra founder Grant Bissett have a successful history of building things together. Back in the day, they teamed up to found Pin Payments, Australia’s first all-in-one online payment gateway, and now, through Euphemia’s early support and Blackbird’s investment in Caligra, their paths have crossed again to push the boundaries of what’s possible in tech.

Find out more about Caligra here.
Find out more about Grant here. 

Kate Morris and Justin Ryan of Glow Capital are Co-Founders and Managing Partners. The private equity firm is committed to backing high-growth, profitable businesses and brands that show clear market leadership in both new and established sectors.

Seeking to work with companies run by ambitious founders and management teams, their focus includes market-leading consumer and industrial brands, B2B enterprises, and technology-enabled products and services.

"We want to make the funding journey a much more positive one for founders of all types by placing an outsized emphasis on the culture and values that have made the businesses great."

In this episode, we discuss what it takes to understand the complexities of scaling a business, and leveraging collective expertise to propel businesses to new heights of success.

Find out more about Glow Capital here.
Find Kate here.
And Justin here.

Jackie Vullinghs of @airtreevc and @fasttrackjudy catch up every other month as investor peers to share learnings, market observations & to get feedback on strategy/deals/projects and more.

Together, @dompym and @fasttrackjudy have been a part of Airtree’s explorer program, have conducted due diligence for some of Airtree’s latest fintech deals, as well as co-investing on 2 major deals; Buildkite & Zepto.

Want to hear about what goes down between Euphemia and Airtree? This is the episode for you.

Read about Airtree & Euphemia on our website:
https://euphemia.com/awesome-stories/airtree/

Find Jackie here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvullinghs/

In Episode 2 we sit down with the awesome Xavier Shay, CEO of @up_banking, Australia’s first digital bank, co-founded by Euphemia founder Dominic Pym, offering financial literacy and financial wellbeing to a new generation of consumers. 

If you’re under 35, chances are you’re an Upsider. Up’s growth trajectory means it will likely overtake CBA in its category. It’s both a disruptor and a challenger; as a bank, a tech product, and a startup brand. People look to the design of the brand, the imagery, the tech, and it is admired in financial services.

Upsiders love up, they post their anniversary, their savings, their hook up a mate etc. Everyone is trying to be like Up, and the question is, how do you build that?

Listen to our chat with the CEO of Up, Xavier Shay, @dompym and @fasttrackjudy. 

Read the case study on our website here:
https://euphemia.com/awesome-stories/up/

Find Xav here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xaviershay/

Global infrastructure for build pipelines is awesome. 

Euphemia invested ~$1m into Buildkite's Series B round and introduced the founder Keith Pitt to Airtree VC who went on to lead the round in 2022.

Listen to the full interview, where Dom and Judy ask Keith the hard questions, including what type of questions should a founder ask an investor?

Read the case study on our website here:
https://euphemia.com/awesome-stories/buildkite/

Find Keith:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithpitt/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildkite/

Meet our founder Dominic Pym and Group CEO Judy Anderson-Firth.

In episode 1 we discuss how they came together to build Euphemia, and what their awesome vision is for the family office, as well as the Australian Startup Ecosystem. 

Renowned entrepreneur, executive and ‘guru’ in the Australian fintech industry, Dom (@dompym)  has been recognised as Outstanding Fintech Leader of the Year in 2022 by three different industry bodies (Fintech Australia, Australian Fintech & Pause Awards C-Suite leader of the year).

He has successfully launched and led multiple ventures, most notably co-founding Ferocia, one of Australia's top technology companies, which built Up, Australia’s first, fastest growing and most loved digital bank.

In addition to his entrepreneurial endeavours, Dom has been actively involved in supporting and promoting the fintech ecosystem in Australia. He has participated as a mentor and advisor for startups, sharing his expertise and providing guidance to emerging entrepreneurs in the industry. He is passionate about fostering innovation and driving positive change in the financial sector.

Judy (@fasttrackjudy) was previously the CEO of Startup Victoria (now known as The Startup Network), Australia’s largest startup community with over 60,000 people in the network. She believes in the power of community and equal access to opportunity as a pathway to entrepreneurial success.

An alumni of the Airtree Explorers pilot program, Judy is an angel investor and advocate for investing in women founders & funders across the Australian startup ecosystem. She is a respected advisor to the Australian tech sector and serves as advisory board Chair at LUNA and is a board observer at Birchal on behalf of Euphemia, amongst others.