Pitch to Scale: Female Focused Angel Investing

Google Maps for indoors, finally right? And even better imagine never losing your car again! This is one of the many features Bindimaps has built, BindiLinks simply drop a pin at the exact location of where you parked your car and have the ability to navigate back to it! Life changing!

Anna Wright is the cofounder of Bindimaps, an indoor navigation app. She built this company to help those in need. She herself has a vision impairment after being diagnosed with a rare eye disease years ago, she was directly faced with how she would navigate this setback and has been trying to give away her idea for decades! But it was hers to bring to life and got into the first 'she starts' accelerator program by Blue Chili with her brilliant idea.

Bindimaps is three years young and has recently secured a contract to install the navigation system across all Australian Stockland shopping centres, has raised their first million dollars and Anna was recently nominated for Australian of the year - stuff entrepreneurs dream of! Her decades of experience in Finance as an accountant and consulting startups through to IPOs and trade sales as well as being part of the first 'she starts' cohort, positions her really strongly for success.

Curious about Bindi Maps: https://bindimaps.com/

Curious about Scale: scaleinvestors.com.au

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Lisa and Zoe Paisley of Aggie Global.

Did you know that 90% of farmers live below the poverty line? This is a stat the Paisley twins will change. Having studied agricultural science and worked in developing countries for over 12 months, Lisa and Zoe Paisley have experienced first hand the challenges farmers face.

The lived experience and insight they gained into this real problem quickly developed into a passion the twin sisters are determined to solve. They launched Aggie Global in Fiji in December 2019 after having completed the She Starts accelerator program.

Their business aims to connect farmers with big markets and have already on-boarded some of the world's largest hotels who are and are purchasing produce from local farmers. They have halved their costs and reduced time spent on procurement from months to minutes. But more impressive is those farmers are now making 6x more income and no longer being forced to waste food.

The energy and fresh perspective these impressive founders bring is truly inspiring.

Aggie Global: https://www.aggieglobal.com/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Karissa Mather and Cate Lilja co-founders of Optima Nutricosmetics

Did you know that great skin starts in the gut? It's true, healthy, vibrant skin needs a healthy, balanced gut, one simply cannot exist without the other. The gut-skin connection is extremely complex but luckily, Karissa Mather and Cate Lilja co founders of Optima Nutricosmetics have your skin covered. The pair has created a skin food elixir to help our bodies maintain its delicate balance with a scientifically proven formula!

Optima is the culmination of years of extensive research and development, underpinned by the over 40 years combined industry experience of the founders. Karissa and Cate share their own healing journeys that has cultivated their passion to create sustainable products with pure ingredients, potent formulas with proven results.

Optima Nutricosmetics: https://www.optimanutricosmetics.com.au/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Trish Mackie-Smith founder of Inndox, a the digital logbook for your property.

It is a secure app that holds everything about a property from design through to appliance warranties in the one place. Inndox is revolutionising the way Property Developers and Construction Companies capture, manage and share property information from planning to completion and transfer to future owners.

In the wake of some of the most devastating building disasters in Australia, former property lawyer and co-founder of Australia's most awarded building consultancy, Trish Mackie-Smith is at the forefront of the unfair systems and practices some homeowners are faced with.

Curious about Inndox: https://www.inndox.com/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Kara Jeffers founder of Miss Frankie.

After owning her own natural nail salon for over a decade and three kids later, Kara Jeffers decided she needed to scale-up, back herself and realise her ambition to be a force in the Australian clean beauty movement.

Her fourth baby Miss Frankie was born in 2017, an all natural Australian made, breathable '10 free', vegan and cruelty free nail polish brand.

Kara is educating us on all things 'clean nails' via her website and socials and growing her business at the same time.

Love. nails. naturally with Kara from Miss Frankie.

Curious about Miss Frankie: https://www.missfrankie.com.au/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Cortina McCurry, co-founder and CEO of of Caia

Cortina McCurry found there was no simple easy way for her to access great practitioners whilst on the go. So she founded Caia. It's is a new way to think about women's and family health. Caia uses technology to create easy, seamless access to holistic healthcare and support for women and their families.

Women's health was recently reported on Bloomberg as one of the Venture Capital investment trends for 2020, companies that focus on women as healthcare decision-makers are ripe for success.

Curious about Caia: https://caia.care/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Claire Leach, founder of Hatchbio Systems.

Claire read about how innovative companies overseas were using insects to convert food waste into livestock feed and fertiliser and it's safe to say she was hooked so she founded Hatch in 2016.

Claire is incredibly passionate about solving the food waste epidemic in Australia. She shares her amazing journey of learning about all things black soldier fly from finding these insects in the wild to her sustainable modular approach. It's clear to see why she is uniquely placed to solve this problem.

Curious about Hatchbio Systems: https://www.hatch.bio/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

Pascale Helyar-Moray is the CEO of Super Rewards, a start up company that partners with Australia retailers to top up your super when you shop online.

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Catherine Robson speaks with Pascale about the October launch of Super Rewards.

Pascale's business aims to address the gender imbalance of Australia's superannuation funds. Women retire with 42% less super than men and only enough for six years of retirement. Pascale tells Catherine where this idea started, how scalable she thinks it is and why Barbie might be the key to switching off.

Curious about Pascale or Super Rewards: https://super-rewards.com/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Angel Investor and Scale board member, Catherine Robson.

Catherine says her superpower is founder empathy. She successfully grew and exited her financial services business. Catherine goes deep and shares her amazing story and provides great insight to those wanting to join this lucrative asset class of Angel Investing.

Curious about Catherine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-robson-200a342a/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

Books Catherine mentioned during the interview:

Hard Things About Hard Things Ben Horowitz

What you do is who you are - how to create your business culture Ben Horowitz

Zero to One Peter Thiel

The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage Ryan Holiday

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist Brad Feld

Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors Brad Feld

And my book of the year for 2019 is:

Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense Rory Sutherland

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Angel Investor, Rafael Kimberley-Bowen.

A move from the UK to Australia to settle and raise his family with his wife found him diving feet first into the world of Angel Investing. Raf explains he has always had a keen interest in the lucrative world entrepreneurship. He is passionate about angel investing as a means to invigorate innovation and it's his mission to encourage greater investment in this asset class and celebrate its successes.

Curious about Rafael Kimberley-Bowen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafkb/

Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/