Today you're going to hear the story of Slingshot featuring Trent Bagnall and Craig Lambert.

Today slingshot is Australia's number 1 corporate accelerator. Trent told me that Slingshot is really invested in supporting regional and have a strong focus on supporting really early-stage startups. They've done 20 investments within the Hunter Valley alone at the time of recording. Which is as he told me, probably more than any other investor in the region, let alone accelerator.

Slingshot has a strong pedigree, they've been around about the same time as Startmate, 6 to 8 years. Slingshot is here to stay for the long term.

With that in mind, let's find out where Slingshot comes from and how they got started, starting with Trent studying at university. Let's go back to day one, where this story begins...