The Transparent Venture Capital podcast, brought to you by Tribe Global Ventures, the VC helping B2B Tech companies scale into the UK and US. This podcast seeks to give insights into venture investing for both founders and investors, and have a bit of fun along the way.
Albert and Chris break down the key take aways from another excellent report. A must listen and read for all founders and investors. You can read the full report here.
In this week's episode: We're back! Why patients and technology may do what the health system can't by Vu Tran. Don's latest addiction: Replit. Speed gets you a demo but not a quality product. Jense Admits he works 7 days a week, including holidays, in a constant state of anxiety, out of fear of going bankrupt. Sharts:
In this week's ep: Where You Raise Matters. Culture Amp & SafetyCulture Writedown. EVP's $100M Fund. Sharts. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Episode 100: reflections from 100 episodes. Blackbird funds change hands at steep discounts, rattling investors. How Australia's top VCs are rethinking startup moats. Sharts. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: OneMRI announces capital raise. Blackbird 2015 fund returns hurt. SEO continuing to be challenged by Chat. James Deck from Clevvi . Sharts
In this episode, Aaron and Don are joined by Chris Gillings of Cut Through Venture to understand the key insights from the Q2 2025 Australian Venture Capital Funding Report. We discuss: Funding outcomes. Whilst the quarter was disappointing, there is evidence to suggest there is a lot of activity occurring behind the scenes. Valuations. How Chris is seeing AI play out in early stage ventures. Lots more! hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Gilmore Space launch. Employment Hero sues Seek, an investor and rival, over platform access. Seek hits back in Employment Hero fight, implies misuse of data. UQ's vaccine victory. Square Peg backs its youngest ever founder in $2.1m Source raise. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Facebook Meta hiring spree. AI tools are not yet there. AI usage a baseline expectation at Shopify. “Coward founders”. Don't know why ChatGPT is working. Chief of Staff role is trying to solve the wrong problem. To drive a tech boom, deal with property. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
Today's guest is Chris Milligan, and Entrepreneur and Investor based in London. We are proud to also have Chris as a shareholder, investor, and venture partner at Tribe Global Ventures. Fresh out of university at QUT, Chris founded Adepto, a B2B SaaS HR platform. In 2015, Chris participated in an early version of Tribe's UK mission and relocated to London five months later, raising a Seed round from UK investors and establishing Adepto in Europe. With teams in both Brisbane and London, Chris continued to scale Adepto, raising further capital and working with global customers, including PwC, Cisco, AECOM, and BAE Systems. In 2019, Adepto was acquired by the US learning platform Degreed, where Chris joined the leadership team and supported a $150 million Series D. Since leaving Degreed in 2022 and still based in London, Chris founded Konfir, an instant employment and income verification solution built on banking, payroll, and tax data. Having raised £3.6m in Pre-seed and Seed funding from UK angels and VCs, Konfir is on track to become the go-to solution for UK verifications. Chris is a passionate supporter of Venture Capital and has invested in and advised over 15 early-stage tech companies in both Australia and overseas. He frequently visits Australia, blending his expertise and experience to support emerging entrepreneurs. hello@tribeglobal.vc
Aaron and Don debrief on the 9 days they had in the US with founders and investors.
In this week's episode: Let's be clear -- the very best B2B companies just explode. www.reshop.com has closed a USD$17m capital raise in 2025. 14 venture capitalists unpack the year ahead. A bridge to nowhere. Its the Data stupid. Cloning websites made easy. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: NASDAQ & S & P 500 fall- why it matters. Kirstin Hunter joins equity platform Birchal as CEO. The startup lesson Australia still struggles with. Why taste, not tech, will be the advantage in the age of AI. Ingredients AI founders will need. Why startups fail. You can have everything you want, just not at the same time. Is your CEO a fraud? Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Employment Hero AI adoption drive. Michael Luorebuilt a basic version of Docusign in 2 days. AI development not fool proof just yet. We are all just wrappers of the previous thing. Market places are squarely in the firing line of AI agents. New definitions of product market fit. Cold outreach by Paypal. Top of funnel is a waste of time sub $5mil? Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's epsidoe: Findings from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services on the Wholesale investor tests are out. AI Agents talking in their own language (data over sound). Voice agents getting better. User experience is part of the rapid growth story: B2B feeling B2C. Vu Tran seeking resumes. Don't assume a static world: model performance and cost. Good Empire in administration. Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Five V SaaS Summit, Sydney March 20th 2025. KKR Acquires Stake in HRM Platform Employment Hero from SEEK Investments. Kiki's investor reports reveal millions burned amid legal risks. The middle class engineer is dying. And it's dying because they're not needed anymore. Small teams are the future. What comes fast can be lost fast. Splose AI raises $5million. Finding creative loop holes. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: OpenAI AI SDR. Investigating ChatGPT Search: Insights from 80 Million Clickstream Records. Glass jaw man baby make face bid to buy OpenAI. YC's first AI Startup School. Cursor becomes the fastest company to $100M ARR. 2021 VC cohort looking very grim. VC's don't reject you after deep DD. About 50% of companies will go from Seed to Series A. Lessons in VC. Themes of the week. Sharts. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Outbound isn't dead. The worst thing that can happen to your startup isn't failure. Australian start-up Lorikeet cracks $100m valuation in AI agent boom. Robotics has reached a tipping point. First bullet point or last bullet point AI companies. Miss America Nuclear Power debate. Adrian Di Marco awarded OAM for his service to information technology. Theme's of the week. Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this episode we are joined by Chris Gillings of Cut Through Venture and Mitchell Bissinger of Folklore Ventures to discuss the 2024 State of Australian Startup Funding Results. You can get access to the full report here. hello@tribeglobal.vc
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