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Congratulations to long-standing client IonOpticks who have recently secured funding from Adelis Equity Partners to continue their product development and expansion into global markets 🚀 We have had the privilege of working closely with the team since early 2019. In this time we have chartered highs and lows, navigating changes to the economic climate and growth ambitions of the business as a leading global producer of high-performance chromatography columns for use in proteomics research and drug discovery. We are very excited about this next stage of growth for IonOpticks and their management team Jarrod Sandow Xavier Perronnet who are undoubtedly pushing the envelope in addressing many of the unresolved health conditions in the medical field.     Wishing you every success 🙌 #IonOpticks #Funding #Expansion

Congratulations to our client Fortiro, who won the Startup Daily Startup of the Year award this year 🏆 Fortiro is a Fintech leading the way by fighting document fraud and reducing fraudulent loans, claims and payments, with its automated fraud detection capabilities enabling lenders, insurers and payments companies to proactively identify and prevent fraudulent applications and transactions 📄 The Startup environment in recent years has proven challenging, it's great to see clients like Fortiro gaining significant traction and outperforming on most key metrics. All the best to the team at Fortiro as you continue to shake up the industry 💪 🚀   #StartupoftheYear #Fortiro #StartupDaily #Scendar https://lnkd.in/gJiH75BJ

Curious about the tax implications and benefits for angel investors? 💸 Listen to newest First Cheque episode and learn more about essential early-stage investing tax topics, including:  💰 Tax structures 💰 Tax offsets 💰 Capital gains 💰 Trusts  💰 Investing strategies  💰 ESIC - Early Stage Innovation Companies 💰 ESVCLP - Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnerships 💰 SAFEs -  Simple Agreement for Future Equity Learn more about investment structures and common acronyms for angel investors with experienced startup investors Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures. 🚀 Download the latest First Cheque episode on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. 🎧 Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this episode of First Cheque possible. Vanta, Scendar, Turo #investing #earlystageinvesting #angelinvesting #angelinvestor #investor #startupinvestor #startupinvesting #startups #startupaus

We are fortunate at Scendar to celebrate that the majority of our amazing team are women and further that half our leadership team are female-led 🥳💪 Last week our very own COO Charlotte Bungard joined a panel of powerful women to help launch Airwallex Women in Finance - an initiative designed to connect women from all corners of the finance industry. Charlotte joined Britt Mazerolle (Boxall) from SecondQuarter Ventures and Sue Oh (Financial Controller at Phocas Software) reflecting on their unique career pathways and the importance of finding passion and purpose in their careers. Speaking to a room of 50+ women, it was incredible to hear how significantly the role of women in our industry has changed over the past decade and to be surrounded by like-minded people continuing to drive this change in their respective roles. A huge thank you to Taylor Fox-Smith, Lisa Tsai and Emily Yanay from Airwallex for making this event so impactful and facilitating a community of inspiring women in finance who continue to support and uplift each other 👭 🙌 #Airwallex #Scendar #WomenInFinance

What does it take to build a generational company? It's a question that Llew Jury has asked throughout his career through several businesses that he launched, grew and exited (Alfresco in 2006 and The Reload Group in 2022) and something he focuses on when investing in companies as the General Partner and Executive Chairman of Sprint Ventures. For Ep193 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Llew about: - Lessons from his career on both sides of the table - The common mistakes founders make when it comes to sales and marketing - Llew's approach to building and backing generational companies - How to leverage partners as a channel for growth - How to nuture talent and relationships & much more! The full episode is now available through all major podcasting platforms (i'll add some links in the comments!) Thank you to Kylie Merritt, Craig Somerville and Ian Campbell for their help with this interview! Also a big shout out to our partners for this episode: Scendar - Australia's OG startup accounting firm Vanta - Automate up to 90% of the workflow for your ISO 27001 and SOC2 Compliance. Get USD$1000 off your plans by signing up at vanta.com/playbook

"For us, the pre-seed stage is all or nothing. We're aware that it's a risky business, and we accept that." - Daniel Gavel 🌱 In the latest episode of the First Cheque podcast, we dive into the unique investing approach of Dan Gavel, founder of Black Sheep Capital Fund and the The Flock Syndicate. 🐑 Dan shares his insights on the importance of understanding and accepting risk in the investment world. 🌏 Listen to the episode for key insights from Dan including: 🔍 💡 How to embrace the risk inherent in the pre-seed stage 💡 Why investors need to adapt strategies to the constantly changing market 💡 The benefits of simultaneously running a fund, leading a syndicate, and making personal angel investments 💡 The importance of building relationships with founders and providing post-investment support A serial entrepreneur with a background in financial planning, Dan has an innovative and down-to-earth approach to leadership. ✅ In 2013, Dan teamed up with Paul Osborne to form Black Sheep Capital which has become one of Queensland’s most active angel and seed investors. Black Sheep have invested into a wide range of early-stage opportunities, backing some of Australia’s most exciting startups including Airtasker and Sendle. 🚀 Join co-hosts Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures on the First Cheque podcast as Dan Gavel shares his approach to navigating the investment landscape. 💰 Tune in to First Cheque to hear more from Dan Gavel on managing risk and making impactful investments. 🎧 --- Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this episode of First Cheque possible. Vanta: Vanta automates up to 90% compliance, getting you audit-ready quickly and saving you up to 85% of associated costs. Join 7,000 global companies like Atlassian and Dovetail that use Vanta to build trust and prove security in real-time. Get 10% off here: https://lnkd.in/gzcRN4jA Scendar: Scendar is the OG startup accounting firm in Australia. Free 1-hour consultation about your Business' growth plans and finance needs. https://dayone.fm/scendar Turo: Turo is the world's largest carsharing marketplace and it's the perfect app for travel. Download the Turo app and book cars from $38/day. https://dayone.fm/turo

"Australia produces the kind of founders that international investors are looking at right now." - Bronwen Clune New episode of First Cheque out now! 🚀 Listen to the latest interview episode where co-hosts Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures speak with Bronwen Clune, startups and venture capital correspondent at Capital Brief. 📰 In addition to being one of the most experienced startup journalists in Australia, Bronwen was also employee no. 8 at Culture Amp, has founded a startup, and has been part of a small investment team. 💰 In this episode, Bronwen shares insights on the Australian startup ecosystem, the future of journalism, as well as insights on the intersecting landscapes of politics, markets, and entrepreneurship. 🌱 With a finger on the pulse of startups news both in both AUS and USA, Bronwen acknowledges that Aussie startups have always done more with less. 🦘 The discussion explores the increase in investors looking for high returns and how many Aussie founders have a good ability to be adaptable during challenging times. 🐨 Learn more about the current state of the startup and investing ecosystems and how journalism plays a role among them. 🎯 Follow the First Cheque show wherever you listen to podcasts. 🎧 #venturecapital #vc #startup #startup #startupaus #startupfunding #startupnews #fundingnews #angelinvesting Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this episode of First Cheque possible. Vanta: Vanta automates up to 90% compliance, getting you audit-ready quickly and saving you up to 85% of associated costs. Join 7,000 global companies like Atlassian and Dovetail that use Vanta to build trust and prove security in real-time. Get 10% off here: https://lnkd.in/gzcRN4jA Scendar: Scendar is the OG startup accounting firm in Australia. Free 1-hour consultation about your Business' growth plans and finance needs. https://dayone.fm/scendar Turo: Turo is the world's largest carsharing marketplace and it's the perfect app for travel. Download the Turo app and book cars from $38/day. https://dayone.fm/turo

We say goodbye to yet another financial year (and wonder where the time has gone! 🤔🥂)   Our team has been preparing and planning for this to be the busiest time of the year. With the amount of work and the juggling act of multiple priorities, we always let off some steam and this year was no different! As you can see, our AU and Philippines teams had fun together last Friday! This morning it is very much back to the business end as we guide our clients through EOM, EOFY obligations, high-priority R&D and compliance work. To all our clients. We wish you all the best as you start this new financial year and as always our team will be on hand to guide you through ✨ 💪 #Scendar #EOFY #Letswork

One of my favourite things about hosting The Startup Playbook Podcast is highlighting some of the less told (but important) stories from founders. For Ep189 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I sat down with the Founder & CEO of GAMEFACE.AI, Jalal Shaik. It seems crazy to think that AI companies would find it difficult to fundraise, but 6 years ago the story was very different for Jalal. GAMEFACE.AI is a company that uses AI and machine learning to provide accurate and relevant performance insights for sports. As a first time founder, Jalal found it extremely difficult to fundraise and managed to survive for over 4 years on $1.2M in funding in total before they were eventually acquired by Slinger Bags (now NASDAQ listed as Connexa Sports Technologies ($CNXA)) in February 2022. In this clip from the podcast, Jalal shares some of his advice and insight on what he would do differently when pitching to investors. In the rest of this episode we discussed everything from how the deal with famous Indian cricketer Virender Shewag came about, to the pitfalls of the M&A process and so much more! The full episode is now available wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts. PS a big thank you to Danny Bhandari and Adir Shiffman for their help with research for this interview! PPS a huge shout out to our partners for this episode: Scendar - Australia's OG startup accounting firm Vanta - Automate 90% of the workflow for your compliance frameworks. Get USD$1000 off your plans by signing up at vanta.com/playbook