TWISTA - This Week in Startups Australia

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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

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?

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/twista

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/twista

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

TWISTA explores the potential of Australia's 47th Parliament with VCs Anne-Marie Elias (CEO, Beckon Capital) and Phil Morle (Partner, Main Sequence Ventures) - and the policy needs of a nation that demands an innovation mindset at every level. Plus: Inflationary pressures and more WORLDCHANGING startups!

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/twista

UserTesting - Put yourself in your customer's shoes - https://usertesting.com/twista